But it is a democracy, you see!
At 4:50 PM +0530 8/1/07, mc mahant wrote:
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I agree.
I don't use one, if I can help it. I have it turned off most of the
time and tell my contacts not to leave any message on it, because it
won't get heard. I carry my cheap and dirty cellphone with me only
when I am on the road and I have a pay-as-you-go contract.
At 12:58
. Think it has
become a habit for you. The problem lies within. The Nagaland and
Arunachal Govt has acted on it's own without any Indian Govt support.
JS
On 01/08/2007, at 8:55 PM, Chan Mahanta wrote:
likes of Hiteswar Saikia, Prafulla Mahanta and now Tarun Gogoi.
*** That has covered
to hear how
it is in the Indian private sector.
Dilip Deka
Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 10:04 PM -0700 7/29/07, Mridul Bhuyan wrote:
As far as engineers employed in India, I am not sure if being
creative or not makes any difference. Regarding most of the
engineering jobs in India
employment or because there is a
position open for an engineering degree holder, then there is a big
problem.
I don't know whether you live in India or not. I'd like to hear how
it is in the Indian private sector.
Dilip Deka
Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 10:04 PM -0700 7/29/07
.
I don't know whether you live in India or not. I'd like to hear how
it is in the Indian private sector.
Dilip Deka
Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 10:04 PM -0700 7/29/07, Mridul Bhuyan wrote:
As far as engineers employed in India, I am not sure if being
creative or not makes any
I agree. Congrats folks.
At 2:54 PM -0500 7/31/07, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote:
Looks great. Posoowa is getting a professional look now.
Congratulations to the editors, especially to
Babul for the great presentation in bringing
out another fine issue of Posoowa with all the
fine
exams, can even get good jobs, not just
as engineers, but in a lot of other fields, but real engineering
also requires creativity -- something Indian engineering schools
rarely help develop, while not everyone is endowed with an ability
or have the aptitude to develop it
Umesh
Chan Mahanta
a beeline for India's market. You name a large company, and
it has a presence in India.
As far as today's India is concerned, Britain does not matter. Its
only thought of as a backdrop to its history.
--Ram
On 7/29/07, Chan Mahanta
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Ram:
I
in the world but I
must say their performance is improving and it is being noticed.
Dilip
Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ram:
I wasn't even paying attention to that part of the story. It is a
spook vs spook intrigue that I don't pay much heed to. But now
that you bring that up, why
gone to the moon. A country
needs visionaries, just like it needs bright people from every other
branch.
More later
--Ram
On 7/28/07, Chan Mahanta
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By this logic, with so many successful Indian
Engineers and Scientists in US and other
** Tsk, tsk!
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Blair's spin doctor spills beans on Indian waiters, PMs
30 Jul 2007, 0038 hrs IST,Rashmee Roshan Lal,TNN
Did you know there are more Indian waiters in Britain than there are
coal miners? Tony
British Intel.
The story seems too convenient as a story for Cambell.
--Ram
On 7/29/07, Chan Mahanta
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** Tsk, tsk!
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Blair's spin doctor spills beans on Indian
:
Distortion already. Look below.
Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 8:10 PM -0700 7/27/07, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote:
However they are not the people who build nations,
DD: I did not say that. You picked up something from what you wrote
and made it look like I said it.
Engineers can
Welcome to Assamnet, Sri Goswami. The name is new here. Would be much
obliged for a little introduction. Myself, I am an old timer, a
fixture you might say, of this e-mail list. I am a probaxi Oxomiya,
an architect by profession, originally from Namti of Xiboxagor
district.
Yes, indeed;
At 1:33 PM -0700 7/27/07, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote:
Netters with interest in science will find this article interesting.
Math is used in all sciences, so obviously good fundamental
knowledge in math helps students in all branches of science. A good
grasp of math in high school helps engineering
get good jobs, not just
as engineers, but in a lot of other fields, but real engineering
also requires creativity -- something Indian engineering schools
rarely help develop, while not everyone is endowed with an ability
or have the aptitude to develop it
Umesh
Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED
, while not everyone is endowed with an ability
or have the aptitude to develop it
Umesh
Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 1:33 PM -0700 7/27/07, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote:
Netters with interest in science will find this article
interesting. Math is used in all sciences, so obviously good
, architects and planners can contribute a lot.
I am glad to see that the contribution of engineers is being
recognized here. What does engineer Mukulda say?
Dilip
==
Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I should know something about engineers
augmented equality for
people and provided power to the masses as evidenced in the recent
election in UP and previous elections in W. Bengal and other places.
Despite many flaws, India will survive and flourish.
Dilip
Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The drive needs to be against the officials
The drive needs to be against the officials in the border districts
who according to you issue fake papers.
*** It is not about what Xourov thinks. But about the realities of
Assam and Indian governance. Do you have any opinion on that? Do you
for example believe that fake papers are or can
? That is the real test here, isn't it ?
Changes would happen faster, if there wern't a some groups who
seem more interested in tearing down whatever foundations of
democracy that exist right now (for their own personal/political
agenda) than building a stronger India.
--Ram
On 7/24/07, Chan Mahanta
At 2:17 PM -0700 7/25/07, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote:
Xourov,
Let's talk about before and after the international border
disappears between India and Bangladesh.
Before: Bangladeshis should have the freedom to live wherever they
want in Bangladesh, not in India.
That is not what Xourov asked.
'illegals'? And the question about who is the sentinel
of freedoms?
Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 2:17 PM -0700 7/25/07, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote:
Xourov,
Let's talk about before and after the international border
disappears between India and Bangladesh.
Before
Thanks for sharing that Alpana. Wikipedia's vulnerability has been
well established by now. We saw it about Assam already, as was
evident in the 'adha- khunda' linguist's entries in regard to the
Assamese language.
At 12:58 AM -0500 7/24/07, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote:
Another
being yolked together in jam-packed buses and taken to election
booths for casting their votes by various political parties of
democratic India.
*** For those who have missed it, or at least pretend that they
missed it, it is not just B'Deshis that are herded to voting booths
in
they ride in the same bus.
Dilip
Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
being yolked together in jam-packed buses and taken to election
booths for casting their votes by various political parties of
democratic India.
*** For those who have missed it, or at least pretend that they
missed
Recently there was a lot of hand-wringing about the state of the
desi-policiary.
Our despondent friends might take heart from the picture at:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshowpics/2230846.cms
Or the story at:
I know it is not nice to blame the police for everything, knowing the
state of the 'policiary' ( you heard it here first).
Besides, they would not be the issue, had the bad guys not kidnapped
PCR to begin with, or made to look bad by digging up the wrong corpse
and calling it Ram's ( I mean
for a chance to
take advantage of such lapses and wreck havoc. And it would, no
doubt be the fault of malgoverance or whatever
- and individual responsibilities, moral compasses be damned.
--Ram
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I know it is not nice
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. They are NOT its
causes.
Rgds,
Sandip
Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't see anything wrong in discussing the
issue. In fact it should be discussed.
But I agree with most of the points made here. Very well said!
. If it is true, then a Gujarati considers a
Bihari
Someone, who does not understand any Hindi, from
another e-mail list, asked for an explanation of
the following post:
Hi All
You logon ki silence for this long is deafening and dar-o-fying me.
To break the ice, here is something to take note of:
HOW BIHAR WAS WON
Jab tak
More American than an American.
AND/OR
*** What such high qualifications of the vaunted meritocracy of
desi-babudom really mean.
At 4:21 PM +0100 7/15/07, uttam borthakur wrote:
More American than an American.
Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Robin Hibu, himself
Who's Sorry Now?
By MAUREEN DOWD
Published: July 15, 2007
WASHINGTON
There's not much lately that we'd like to import from China.
Certainly not the yummy steamed buns stuffed with shredded cardboard
soaked in a caustic agent used to make soap. Or the tasty toothpaste
laced with an
I don't see anything wrong in discussing the
issue. In fact it should be discussed.
But I agree with most of the points made here. Very well said!
. If it is true, then a Gujarati considers a
Bihari mainstream and a Bihari considers a Tamil
mainstream; but they all consider us as not of
I happened to run into this on the Sentinel web site, and I agree
with it wholeheartedly:
Needed: Native Words
I have gone through the Assamese dictionaries from the times of
Hemchandra Baruwa, and the Anglo-Assamese dictionaries written by the
likes of Budhin Chandra Bhattacharyya. But I
It is a tree, of conical habit, that grows quite widely from regions
of south to south-east Asia. The timber is extremely dense and hard,
because of which it is also called Indian ironwood. The British
harvested
most of the large ancient stock from NE region for railroad sleepers
( ties). It
Dear WK:
You need to enroll yourself at assamnet.
If you go to:
http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.orgyou will
find how to do that.
BTW, we eat catfish all the time here in St. Louis. It is more like
an aanri maas . In the US mid-west and south it is a popular fish
Hi Umesh:
Allow me to butt in here for a moment.
I thought Kamal has clearly explained that his viewpoint is not due
to some hidden or ulterior motives , like his plan or desire to bring
his relatives into the USA.
And Santanu explained, although not in these many words, what you,
as an
K:
First,a permanent class of legal immigrants who are constantly told
,their labor is welcome,but their families are not, will never be
full participants in the American dream.The Oath of Allegiance had
been all about ensuring that new Americans don't have divided
loyalties.Now that will
Powerful arguments here! Why don't you do it the way it ought to
be?, as if that is something under the control of the critic.
Therefore, does it mean, that unless I can do better, I am not
qualified to pass critical judgement?
You tell me.
At 5:20 PM -0700 7/8/07, Dilip/Dil Deka
Embedding journalists could have a variety of meanings.
One has to apply one's deductive abilities to conclude which kind
applies in this context.
At 10:28 PM -0700 7/6/07, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote:
I hope cross posting is tolerated here.
Why is the army hosting journalists? Is it similar
And the ToI reports that the cremated body's DNA is being sent to Hyderabad.
It would be hilarious, had it not been for the macabre machinations.
I wonder how the desi-devotees would react to how they were taken by
Indian Army, or its spooks or Assam Police bigwigs. Is it a case of
utter
http://www.asomiyapratidin.co.in/epaper/default.aspx___
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http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
rescuing.
It has to be from Assam police- a force to be built with
sophisticated weapons. BSF and say CRPF do not understand Assam-Naga
problems.
On 07/07/2007, at 10:27 AM, Chan Mahanta wrote:
Hopefully we don't hear statements like have to maintain age old
brotherly relations
*** Why
I know the street named after Col Sivaram Borah
at the foot of the Nobogroh hill at Guahati. Did
not know who he was. So it was an informative and
interesting story of an illustrious Oxomiya.
Thanks for sharing.
The last sentence caught my eye too : I feel
that this was only possible
-craft in his death and cremated in the presence of
high dignitariesof the State. He must have done something good in
his otherwise lowly life to achieve this 'Krama-mukti'!
Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And the ToI reports that the cremated body's DNA is being sent to Hyderabad
As usual, an excellent job Mahesh-da.
c
At 11:28 AM -0700 7/7/07, Mahesh Baishya wrote:
Raiz,
Attached are two sketches of Zubin singing Ya - ali in Assam 2007.
I have done more sketches of the items of the
cultural show. I am thinking to put up those in
a album for your viewing
thru the presentations of piety and left a noble legacy
only to be forgotten. And if not forgotten, to be turned into a
charade of rituals as a substitute for substance.
Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
He must have done something good in his otherwise lowly life to
achieve
-
From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: assam@assamnet.org
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 2:01 PM
Subject: [Assam] From Tehelka---Manu's Memorial
Is it a simple, harmless symbol of cultural heritage? Or is
there a whole lot more to it?
cm
THE WORSHIP OF FALSE GODS
place? How can the symbol of Manu harmless?
I think he is the cause of the overall deteriation of the Indian
civilization.
RB
- Original Message -
From: Chan Mahanta
To:
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 2:01 PM
Subject: [Assam] From Tehelka---Manu's Memorial
Is it a simple
The following is a must read for all who are interested in Assam.
It is available to purchase from Amazon.com for $ 10.
But the .pdf version is free.
cm
http://washington.eastwestcenter.org/Publications/baruah.pdfhttp://washington.eastwestcenter.org/Publications/baruah.pdf
PS 33
Hopefully we don't hear statements like have to maintain age old
brotherly relations
*** Why? Is it subversive? Uncivilized?
A brother who harms you and threatens your existence is no longer a brother.
*** But what if your parents have inculcated that sibling enmity, by
their acts of
At 8:33 AM -0600 7/5/07, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
This from the BBC. One would hope this brings about the same levels
of protests and condemnations when a member of the Indian army goes
awry!
*** And look how the 'authorities', quick to ambush and assassinate
civilians on suspicion of being
that Its not clear to me whether you are one of
the custodian but not into biography writing or
you have nothing to do with assam.org and dont
want to add the biographies
Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Chitta:
While I admire and respect achievers and
do-gooders, I am not into hero
Is it a simple, harmless symbol of cultural heritage? Or is
there a whole lot more to it?
cm
THE WORSHIP OF FALSE GODS
http://www.tehelka.com/story_main31.asp?filename=Cr070707shadow_lines.asp
When a new building was constructed in Jaipur for the state High
Court, the local Bar
How succinct, Santanu :-)!
At 2:54 PM -0500 7/5/07, Roy, Santanu wrote:
C-da:
The symbol can only be as harmless as the heritage it represents :-).
Santanu.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Chan Mahanta
Sent: Thursday, July
Forgive me Debashish-da for not quite being able to catch the main idea here.
Are you afraid of what might replace the outgoing 'people's prez'
whose formidable energies were wasted on something we don't care for,
but at least he was a man of honesty and integrity ?
If that is what it is,
Good points Kamal.
Guwahati flooding and Assam flooding are highly pertinent questions.
If there were too many questions, it means only one thing: There were
few or no answers. It would be nice if those who attended the Q and A
would share what was asked and what answers they got.
However
IMHO, the annual floods are are going to happen every year. I don't
think we can increase/or decrease floods by human action.
The river will find the weakest embankments to crest, and will do so.
*** Yes, you are off base here Ram :-).
There is an enormous amount that could be done and
is that
for an investment idea? :-)
Dilip
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Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
IMHO, the annual floods are are going to happen every year. I don't
think we can increase/or decrease floods by human action.
The river will find the weakest embankments
achiving this?
Why do you think Indian Education system is
dysfunctional?
In US, majority of students making it to top rank
Schools are from Private School. Does the US education
system also flawed so as not to allow BK's third son
to make it to top ?
Thanks
--- Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
Well, Alpana, I won't attempt to characterize your question .
However , the reason I asked the question has to be viewed in the
CONTEXT of the PREMISE of riverlinking, one the president so
ardently advocates and which is supposedly based on relieving the
'flood-prone ' areas of their
society
people in US send their kids to Private Schools (St
* School) paying HUGE fees and still you boast of
checks and balances and functional education, you
win
---
As usual, you have avoided answering my questions
anyway netters are used to it
--- Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED
twist!
--- Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Unfortunately you are NOT using your head at all K.
Think a little
harder. But if you still don't get it, let me know.
I will explain.
It may not look too good on you, but at least you
will learn.
At 9:43 AM -0700 7/1/07
with their terrorists,
and
there is NOT a Peep from any one!
--Ram
On 7/1/07, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One does not negotiate with terrorists and criminals.
'
*** Really? Maybe so. But WHO determines who should be given that label
of
'terrorist' or 'criminal'? Can
At the risk of being charged with insensitivity to the plight of
these flood victims, one cannot help wondering, IF, there will now be
a presidential plan/canal /aqueduct to take flood waters out of
Gujarat to someplace where it might be more needed,like Tamilnadu ?
Shall we say by 2020?
cm
will be on a full scale let's see how
long it takes PCG to come out of hibernation. Or has the PCG been
dismissed and another one formed by Mamoni?
JS
On 01/07/2007, at 10:42 AM, Chan Mahanta wrote:
Does the govt still need to talk with such groups? If yes, then
about what? I don't see Mr Bush sitting
Ibrahim once thought no one could touch him.
Now even Dubai is not safe for him.
Rgds,
Sandip
- Original Message
From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: chittaranjan pathak
[EMAIL PROTECTED]; assam@assamnet.org
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 11:34:22 PM
Subject: [Assam
/07, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
That was just gorgeous, C'da. Didn't know the lotus could bloom in the US.
--Ram
On 6/30/07, Chan Mahanta
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Good Morning Everybody,
Just went outside to our little pond and shot the attached image of
the first lotus
Thanks for the thought Chitta. As you might have
noticed, I did contribute a few things to
Assam.org.
While I agree it is a good thing to aim to put
together a comprehensive, accurate and inclusive
account of Assam ( and I will be pleased to
contribute in areas I am capable of), to do
Let us assume that I went to an elite school. That my fees were paid
for by bribes taken by my guardians in high govt. positions. That I
was driven to school by policemen in uniform and back. And I got
private tuition for IIT entrance exams from class VI onwards.
What would that prove?
O' Komol:
Buisa, bhut laagile mukhot jui nojole'.
You get incurable diseases that daaktors can't cure or you lose your
mind that even Tilok daaktor can't retrieve. A Taabij or two from the
right 'bez' could be the only answer.
So you are really pushing it on attempting to find some
exceptions when humans are
encouraged to interfere with the natural order of things.
Some of those are in the cases like protection for the bald eagle,
or helping a beached whale, and those like the panda from extinction.
--Ram da
On 6/29/07, Chan Mahanta
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED
Does the govt still need to talk with such groups? If yes, then about
what? I don't see Mr Bush sitting down with the Al-Qaeda leaders to
discuss Iraq or Mr Putin discussing Russia's future with Cechen
rebels. Why should India/Assam be any different?
Why don't you tell us? Educate us?
Hi Chitta:
If you would still like to find a historical
perspective (harping on this fallacy that Assam
was never part of India),
*** Why don't you tell us WHEN or HOW Assam ever WAS a part of INDIA?
And When was there such a thing as INDIA even?
Just because the British patched
I missed out addressing another important point here.
I find it quite amazing that otherwise bright
individuals would wave the flag of democratic
values all over, only to run for the tall-grass
to hide from the idea of a plebiscite to prove
what they assert : That there is no support for
Thanks for posting it Umesh. It is one of my all time favorite songs.
I am not sure of it, but I think it is Andy
Williams who sang it. Back in college, in the sixties, my neighbor at
the hostel who had a stereo system and long playing records, gave me
an extension with which I put up two cheap
P.S. My pet peeve is that we have not seen a
plan how independent Assam will function better
than now, with the same people and an unknown
set of laws.
That is a reasonable peeve, PROVIDED it is not merely an excuse, an alibi.
But I will look at the positive side and assume
it is a
I saw this miserable piece in more than one forum. Looks like like it
is a big hit among the desi-yuppies.,particularly among those
self-made, hardworking scions of the establishment, who got where
they did, often out of the largesse of a reverse-Robinhoodism
practising desi govt. that
We discussed this in assamnet, to the chagrin of some of our more
desi friends :-).
cm
Afzal mercy campaign gathers steam abroad
29 Jun, 2007 l 0241 hrs ISTlTIMES NEWS NETWORK
LONDON: The overseas campaign to secure mercy for Afzal Guru, turned
the heat up a notch with 40 British
Hi Mohan:
Hmmm! Moderators? Or was it censors? I didn't see
anything OFFENSIVE here. Perhaps unrealistic and
inconsistent with the complaint that ULFA
approves of and abets B'deshi migration. But
certainly not something that needs censoring.
Perhaps the censors are afraid of open
M:
If ULFA takes the lead to do this in a civiliged way. I do not think
anybody would be against it. This is what I have been saying time and
again.
*** I am not questioning that.
But HOW do you reconcile the contradiction of
chasing ULFA away to hide in surrounding
countries, with the
M:
C'Da,
I believe a possible solution can be found by which ULFA be given amnesty
if they give up arms. And they can take part in forming the government and
get what the State deserves. They have the will power, I am sure they will
do a good job!
*** All very good.
But would you not want
At 9:46 AM -0700 6/27/07, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote:
The whole difference is with the a in the
middle. My wife got royally chastised once by a
Namti descendant for pronouncing Namti as
Naamoti (back in 1978). Guess who the Namti
descendant is.
The village in the news - is it pronounced as
Hi M:
At 11:07 AM -0400 6/27/07, Mohan R. Palleti wrote:
C'Da,
I believe a possible solution can be found by which ULFA be given amnesty
if they give up arms. And they can take part in forming the government and
get what the State deserves. They have the will power, I am sure they will
do a
At 12:57 PM -0400 6/27/07, Mohan R. Palleti wrote:
Very true!
As I see it now, in the event of an elaction, ULFA's chances of coming to
power is very small because they do not have people's support. If they do
and they win the elections, then it will be the will of the raiz
ULFA has to build
Mohan:
At 6:37 PM -0400 6/27/07, Mohan R. Palleti wrote:
C'da:
Assam is not at war with India. It is only the ULFA who is at war with
almost everybody. Therefore UN supervision and a plebicite is a far
fetched thought.
*** But didn't many of you, in the beginning,
egged ULFA on to do, and
At 7:37 PM -0400 6/27/07, Mohan R. Palleti wrote:
C'da:
You have been saying the same things repeatedly on the net. I acknowledge
your committment to ULFA and a independent Assam. Unfortunately I do not
subscribe to that thought.
Mohan R. Palleti
Mohan:
I haven't said ONE thing, yet., in this
so far, Assam as a state is losing more everyday, and Delhi
(assuming it does NOT care for Assam) loses very little.
So, what is the grand logic in having this continue?
Maybe you know the answer, I certainly don't.
--Ram
On 6/27/07, Chan Mahanta
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL
it
is
grown in one of the Asomiya housholds:)
--Ram
On 6/25/07, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ram:
It is highly unlikely to find dhekia xaak in the warmer regions here.
The
equivalent, Fiddleback fern-sprouts, grow best in the cool moist areas,
such as the Pacific
carrying it (and a tad cheaper too). I guess we will have to wait till it
is
grown in one of the Asomiya housholds:)
--Ram
On 6/25/07, Chan Mahanta
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Ram:
It is highly unlikely to find dhekia xaak in the warmer regions here.
The
equivalent
Dhekia Xaak is consumed by indigenous populations all over south and
south Asian regions, ranging north east all the way to Japan.
Fiddleback fern shoots are highly prized in Japanese haute-cuisine,
and sell in US markets, imported from Maine and Washington State for
exorbitant prices
it.
--Ram
On 6/25/07, Chan Mahanta
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Dhekia Xaak is consumed by indigenous populations all over south and
south Asian regions, ranging north east all the way to Japan.
Fiddleback fern shoots are highly prized in Japanese haute-cuisine,
and sell in US
Good to hear from you Utpal.
We have heard of these RECOMMENDATIONS, time and again.
But what translates into action or what OTHER Avatar it might
re-appear as, are the big questions?
cm
At 3:48 PM +0100 6/25/07, utpal borpujari wrote:
Some good news for NE. The Administrative
, the AFSPA is on the way out.
--Ram
On 6/25/07, Chan Mahanta
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Good to hear from you Utpal.
We have heard of these RECOMMENDATIONS, time and again.
But what translates into action or what OTHER Avatar it might
re-appear as, are the big questions
the oposition doing? And more importantly, how much
opposition(or support) did the MPs from Assam offer?
In any case, bad laws are bad laws - they ought to go.
--Ram
On 6/25/07, Chan Mahanta
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Ram:
It is the Armed Forces Special Powers Act
Bihar also boasts the highest number of entrants each year to Post
Grad. Med. Schools like AIIMS, to the civil services, to the IITs
and what have you. And it is not last year or this year's phenomena.
It has been like this for years, if not decades.
But why is Bihar's condition not
this? They all come up front center with righteous
indignation, even if one single gun-weilding ulfa cadre is killed.
--Ram
On 6/23/07, Chan Mahanta
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Ram,
Your expression of outrage surely shames the silent ones. Somebody
has to hold the torch
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