[Assam] Fwd: Assamese feature film at Habitat Film Festival, Delhi

2011-05-09 Thread Manoj Das
-- Forwarded message -- From: Utpal Borpujari utpal...@gmail.com Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 14:46:33 +0530 Subject: Assamese feature film at Habitat Film Festival, Delhi To: Manoj Das dasm...@gmail.com, INDRAJIT DAS indrajitd...@gmail.com, Kaushik Deka kaushik.d...@gmail.com For

[Assam] India on the move

2011-05-09 Thread Wahid Saleh - Indiawijzer
One of my friends sent me the following and I wanted to share with you. Quote: There were two rickshaw-walas vying for our business when we wanted to go to Sankat-Mochan temple in Benaras. I agreed to go with the one who was about 20, seemed like a regular young rickshaw-wala, but I found

Re: [Assam] India on the move

2011-05-09 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Thanks Wahid da for forwarding this interesting piece. Damn, what a ride that was! India is changing, and changing fast Yes, she is changing. This poor rickshawala's case seems to throw 2 things at us. On the one hand, one can argue that even the poorest sections of Indian society can

Re: [Assam] India on the move

2011-05-09 Thread Wahid Saleh - Indiawijzer
Dear Ram, This is still possible in India. Check also the following links: http://changeminds.wordpress.com/2008/11/15/the-rickshawallahs-son-who-crack ed-the-ias/ http://gleez.com/articles/did-you-know/inspiring-rags-riches-tale-sarathbabu

[Assam] Oracle at Bihaguri

2011-05-09 Thread Ankur Bora
Bihaguri is located near the town of Tezpur. A talk on career opportunities was organized at Karmabir Chandra Nath Sarmah HS School, Bihaguri on 1st May The program was attended by a large number of students (Class VIII, IX and X) along with their teachers and parents. The Session was conducted