Re: [Assam] Outrage

2005-08-24 Thread Chan Mahanta
supporting the continued existence of the net. So, I would exhort the whole Assamnet community not only to condemn such cowardly acts, but also be vigilant. --Ram On 8/24/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A: Thanks for the note. You and Ram have been two of our net family's

Re: [Assam] To better serve, assamnet will move to assam@assamnet.org soon

2005-08-24 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: Re: [Assam] To better serve, assamnet will move to as R: We don't know for sure who this coward is. We have an idea, but is still only a guess. For those who want to know what his e-mail id was, it is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] There was a person in assamnet, a rabid Hinduttwa/

Re: [Assam] Indian Army forces Assam Doctors abandon Hippocratic oath.

2005-08-25 Thread Chan Mahanta
Am llow me to butt-in here: Does this mean, all Indians are subhuman or does it mean there are subhuman Indians around? *** It does not take much to discern that what is meant here are the sub-humans who consider it a crime to dispense medical care to the ill and the wounded, regardless of

Re: [Assam] Indian Army forces Assam Doctors abandon Hippocratic oath.

2005-08-25 Thread Chan Mahanta
Ram: Was it? How does one classify this doc as upholding the Hyp. oath? He says he was FORCED. That means if was NOT, then he would not have rendered aid to the ULFA (Hyp. oath or not). If he was taken away by the military--who must have cited what his crime was--that he treated ULFA

Re: [Assam] Goa/ Play on Words

2005-08-26 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Goa/ Play on Words Ram: - when Goa joined the Union Heh-heh-heh, nice try! History was not your strong subject or what :-)? If I remember correctly, the people of Goa had NO desire to join the 'union'. It was the Indian Army that finally went in to to vote for

[Assam] [Re:Assam] Loot of the Exchequer-Sentinel Article

2005-08-26 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: [Assam] [Re:Assam] Loot of the Exchequer-Sentinel Article Dear BK: You ( and Ram) make it sound like Indian governance's dysfunctional nature is MY fabrication, something in my extremist:-) views dreamed up to demonize it, and thus am being challenged to offer remedies. Or that nothing

[Assam] Olpo-bidya-bhoyonkori

2005-08-26 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Olpo-bidya-bhoyonkori At 9:10 AM -0700 8/26/05, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote: The following info may help those who are bogged down by Alpa Bidya Bhayankari and shoot from the hip. Happy reading!. Looks like my reference to Olpo-bidya-bhoyonkori stung. Well, it was designed to. But my

Re: [Assam] Goa's Freedom Movement

2005-08-26 Thread Chan Mahanta
OK, I will make it easier for you: Does the article refute what I said? A: That Goans did not wish to merge with India? B: But that did not deter India from annexing it, NOT with the power of its much vaunted BALLOT BOX, but with its military might., or

[Assam] Testing

2005-08-26 Thread Chan Mahanta
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Re: [Assam] Goa's Freedom Movement

2005-08-26 Thread Chan Mahanta
. Need I add more to the list? I am curious about the cow belt. What are its features? Dilip Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just out of curiosity, what exactly is this ---mainstream India , the rule of the cow belt? At 11:06 AM -0700 8/26/05, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote: There is no need

Re: [Assam] ULFA man speaks in NETV

2005-08-30 Thread Chan Mahanta
Some observations: Simple minded acceptance of propaganda in the name of news, like the ---ULFA workers were arrested by police will leave one confounded all the time. We know that time and again, the police, who does not have any track record of investigating anything sufficiently to

Re: [Assam] NYTimes.com: In Bangalore, India, a Cuddle With Your Baby Requires a Bribe

2005-08-30 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] NYTimes.com: In Bangalore, India, a Cuddle Wit This kind of corruption is common in all developing countries - Are you suggesting, it could happen in Karnataka, and B'Lore at that? That is a surprise or what :-) At 9:19 PM +0100 8/30/05, umesh sharma wrote:

Re: [Assam] Fwd: Help Needed for Refugees that are coming to Houston Astro Dome

2005-08-31 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Fwd: Help Needed for Refugees that are coming Dilip: Are they taking donation of goods from out of state? n At 2:34 PM -0700 8/31/05, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote: Texas is trying to help the hurricane victims from Louisiana by offering the Astrodome for accommodation

[Assam] Fwd: [riverlink] Digest Number 559

2005-08-31 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Fwd: [riverlink] Digest Number 559 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: groups-digest Mailing-List: list [EMAIL PROTECTED]; contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] List-Id: riverlink.yahoogroups.com List-Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 31 Aug 2005 18:52:07

Re: [Assam] Bandh and Hartal.

2005-08-31 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Bandh and Hartal. Rajen: Instead of mocking, why don't you attempt to refute or rebut the reasons I have cited, any number of times, for my conclusions? I know that would require thinking, which I notice that some of us get head-aches from. But trust me, it won't hurt.

Re: [Assam] Nice Headline /from AT

2005-09-01 Thread Chan Mahanta
of governance.? Will await with bated breath :) :) --Ram On 9/1/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ram: I can't give India solutions to its problems. But I sure do have ideas for Assam. Your response implies there are no better options. But that is not credible. There are many

Re: [Assam] Nice Headline /from AT

2005-09-02 Thread Chan Mahanta
is this hunger for power? Rajen - Original Message - From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ram Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: assam@assamnet.org Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 9:41 PM Subject: Re: [Assam] Nice Headline /from AT Ram: At 3:14 PM

Re: [Assam] Freedom of speech censored?

2005-09-02 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Freedom of speech censored? Kamal's question is a rather vague one, directed towards justifying certain acts and attitudes towards people of the Muslim faith that bedevil a number of people of India, who identify themselves with Hindu nationalism, regardless of whether they

Re: [Assam] Assamese as an Assistant Secretary of Commerce forEconomic Development.

2005-09-02 Thread Chan Mahanta
Unfortunately, few second generation 'markhowa' children or youth or adults find the goings on in Assam or in India of much interest. Umesh Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 10:04 PM +0530 9/1/05, mc mahant wrote: How we wish he joins assamnet as active member. mm Recently we had

Re: [Assam] NYTimes.com: Government Saw Flood Risk but Not Levee Failure

2005-09-02 Thread Chan Mahanta
U: Seems there is much more to people's intelligence than mere school level education - since nearly ALL are literate in US and have money enough to buy TVs and hire buses to leave the city. Still about 100,000 remained in the city and thousands are supposed to be dead. Dilip explained some

Re: [Assam] Assamese as an Assistant Secretary of Commerce forEconomic Development.

2005-09-02 Thread Chan Mahanta
. Thats quite an indictment. :) --Ram Unfortunately, few second generation 'markhowa' children or youth or adults find the goings on in Assam or in India of much interest. Umesh Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 10:04 PM +0530 9/1/05, mc mahant wrote: How we wish he joins

Re: [Assam] Katrina deaths Americans' Geographical ignorance?

2005-09-02 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Katrina deaths Americans' Geographical ignor At 9:46 PM +0100 9/2/05, umesh sharma wrote: Hi, A question which arose in my mind was that : Is theAmerican disdain for geographical knowledge responsibel for a mismanagement in handling the hurricane saftey measures by the

Re: [Assam] Assamese as an Assistant Secretary of Commerce forEconomic Development.

2005-09-02 Thread Chan Mahanta
challenged person. In fact I barely passed the subject in college. But even I know that your assessment is ridiculous. Either your knowledge of the English language, or your statistical savvy requires a lot of work. Umesh Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: U: Are you or the desi-media

Re: [Assam] NRI kids - one last time - results of lecturing by me

2005-09-02 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] NRI kids - one last time - results of lecturi I do not see anything wrong has occured by discussing the consequences of rash acts by individuals and showing some issues in Indian culture in a positive light. Discussion usually requires at least two willing

[Assam] From Aji

2005-09-02 Thread Chan Mahanta
http://www.ajionnet.com/headline1.htm#1 Ooooh! BJP seeking ULFA help to dethrone Congress. Is that a surprise or eruption of 'pragmatism' ? Kalorw kal, bismoy kal, horinai seleke baghor gaal :-). cm ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org

Re: [Assam] NRI kids - one last time - results of lecturing by me

2005-09-02 Thread Chan Mahanta
to be cultivated -- most of all - by the parents of the kids. Parents are the first teachers of the child. Umesh Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do not see anything wrong has occured by discussing the consequences of rash acts by individuals and showing some issues in Indian culture in a positive

Re: [Assam] Freedom of speech censored?

2005-09-02 Thread Chan Mahanta
At 5:56 PM -0700 9/2/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Content-type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-language: en Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline Mine was a pin-pointed question. I am glad that Bhubanda of UK has set forth a fitting reply. Rights, in any democracy, are

Re: [Assam] From Aji

2005-09-02 Thread Chan Mahanta
to the belly in :-). c-da Thoroughly amused. --Ram On 9/2/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.ajionnet.com/headline1.htm#1 Ooooh! BJP seeking ULFA help to dethrone Congress. Is that a surprise or eruption of 'pragmatism' ? Kalorw kal, bismoy kal, horinai seleke baghor

Re: [Assam] From Aji

2005-09-03 Thread Chan Mahanta
. :):). --Ram On 9/2/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 5:33 PM -0500 9/2/05, Ram Sarangapani wrote: C'da, Ooooh! BJP seeking ULFA help to dethrone Congress. Is that a surprise or eruption of 'pragmatism' ? Maybe some kind of political calculation on the part of the BJP

Re: [Assam] A forgotten civil war in northeastern India

2005-09-03 Thread Chan Mahanta
Thanks for sharing it Neep. About time the world got a glimpse of India's abiding shame. cm At 2:13 PM + 9/3/05, Neep Hazarika wrote: http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/09/02/news/india.php --- Neep Hazarika ___ assam mailing list

Re: [Assam] Maybe - rules and no corruption was an impediment in Aid inKatrina relief

2005-09-03 Thread Chan Mahanta
Up to 10,000 people are feared dead I think an Indian, prone to hyper-hyperbole wrote this :-). At 6:38 AM +0530 9/4/05, mc mahant wrote: Please read this view too: Katrina: an economic blow worse than 9/11 By : Allister Heath September 04, 2005 HURRICANE Katrina will inflict

Re: [Assam] Maybe - rules and no corruption was an impediment in Aid inKatrina relief

2005-09-03 Thread Chan Mahanta
Those questions are already being asked, even by GWB's own party folks. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. At 7:05 AM +0530 9/4/05, mc mahant wrote: Executive waiver, Homeland Security, National Emergency,War on Terror,WMD laws ---why were these not used in the ONLY-SUPER

Re: [Assam] A forgotten civil war in northeastern India

2005-09-05 Thread Chan Mahanta
/terrorists. Not much is mentioned about development in the region or lack thereof. Umesh Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for sharing it Neep. About time the world got a glimpse of India's abiding shame. cm At 2:13 PM + 9/3/05, Neep Hazarika wrote: http://www.iht.com

Re: [Assam] A forgotten civil war in northeastern India

2005-09-05 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] A forgotten civil war in northeastern India Dear BK: It is a very strong note - very scathing of the netters. I would not like to indulge myself in such a game; I would just deal with the salient points - solutions if you really want it. Yes, you are right about the

Re: [Assam] A forgotten civil war in northeastern India

2005-09-05 Thread Chan Mahanta
At 4:46 PM -0700 9/5/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Content-type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-language: en Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline Hi Sarangapani, Root causes of bandhs in Assam? I am wondering what was the convincing reason that a bandh had to be

[Assam] Cost of Bondhos

2005-09-06 Thread Chan Mahanta
I am an economically challenged person. Don't understand the meaning of the numbers being cited. It does not matter about the magnitudes, the quantities, and the accuracy of the stats. But what in essence does it mean, when someone cites X-crores being lost in Y number of Bondhos and thus

Re: [Assam] Cost of Bondhos

2005-09-06 Thread Chan Mahanta
to recognize them. Prohibitive enough for intellectuals to discourage bondhs and suggest other ways for people to express grievances in ways OTHER than bandhs. And prohibitive enough for intellectuals NOT to encourage bondhos on one pretext or another. --Ram On 9/6/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL

Re: [Assam] On Mayor Wallace and Michael Moore

2005-09-06 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] On Mayor Wallace and Michael Moore At 11:21 AM -0700 9/6/05, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote: It is unfortunate that we have Michael Moores in our country who can only take pot shots and blame others, AAAh, the power of language! With one well aimed word, pot-shot, Bush Admin's

Re: [Assam] On Mayor Wallace and Michael Moore

2005-09-06 Thread Chan Mahanta
it the state governorwho controls thenational guard of the state? Did governor Blanco forget that? We need to put the blame where it should really fall. Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 11:21 AM -0700 9/6/05, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote: It is unfortunate that we have Michael Moores in our

Re: [Assam] On Mayor Wallace and Michael Moore

2005-09-06 Thread Chan Mahanta
governorwho controls thenational guard of the state? Did governor Blanco forget that? We need to put the blame where it should really fall. Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 11:21 AM -0700 9/6/05, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote: It is unfortunate that we have Michael Moores in our country who can only take pot

Re: [Assam] Assam Bandhs

2005-09-07 Thread Chan Mahanta
is the land of lahe, lahe and more importantly WHY? Is this the same as Barua's 'Hobo Diok attitude? It will be interesting to get different views. On 9/7/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: O' Ram: I think we need to put up a page in RaizKox -the Assam Wikii-like-pedia, on the primers

Re: [Assam] Excepting collaborators, whole of Assam behind the ULFA is PROVEN.

2005-09-08 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Excepting collaborators, whole of Assam behi Of course it could be. In fact the entire thing maybe based completely on fear of ULFA. Forget sympathy or solidarity. Question then would be: What does it mean? cm At 12:12 PM +0100 9/8/05, muktikam phukan wrote: It may

Re: [Assam] OUR RIVER ISLANDS ARE GONE!!

2005-09-12 Thread Chan Mahanta
-appointed scientist? Isn't Dr. Kalam a recognized, well known scientist? From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Barua25 [EMAIL PROTECTED], mc mahant [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: assam@assamnet.org Subject: Re: [Assam] OUR RIVER ISLANDS ARE GONE!! Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 22:46:33 -0500 blockquote, dl, ul

Re: [Assam] OUR RIVER ISLANDS ARE GONE!!

2005-09-12 Thread Chan Mahanta
post if there is any report on the subject. Rajen - Original Message - From: Chan Mahanta To: Barua25 ; mc mahant Cc: assam@assamnet.org Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 10:46 PM Subject: Re: [Assam] OUR RIVER ISLANDS ARE GONE!! Rajen: Two things to note: 1: Do you keep tab on all

Re: [Assam] OUR RIVER ISLANDS ARE GONE!!

2005-09-12 Thread Chan Mahanta
soil nutrients science. Mias also know nothing of that. They have only these as their Lebensraum.How did they get in? Majuli is no Island. Come to me -I shall show at Guahati If you are in USA you can see with Chan Mahanta If and when The Luit is dug up rationally we

Re: [Assam] Freedom of expression, lawsuit against Bengali poet -BBC

2005-09-12 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Freedom of expression, lawsuit against Bengali www.anandautsav.com/abp2004/images/kids_games/movie/animation.html That is a classic! A riot :-)! I saw it here before. Forget who forwarded it. Someone from the UK I think,someone with a great sense of humor. And those who

Re: [Assam] Freedom of expression, lawsuit against Bengali poet -BBC

2005-09-12 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Freedom of expression, lawsuit against Bengali Hello Umesh: You are reverting back to your undescended,deliberative skills again or what? ---the poet's mother - when she was young -- or to his young daughter now Guess what? The two--the public goddess and the private

Re: [Assam] OUR RIVER ISLANDS ARE GONE!!

2005-09-12 Thread Chan Mahanta
that political overtones are one-sided is simply not true. China, B'desh, India, states within India, as well as different factions within states all seem to have some political interest with RL. Whats the difference? On 9/12/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rajen: I am sorry I cannot

[Assam] Vignettes of a 'Tolerant Society'

2005-09-12 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Vignettes of a 'Tolerant Society' The following from Tehelka: I know of the discrimination against non-vegetarians in Gujarat fist hand--from 1967. Seems like nothing has changed. cm No entry, we are the meat nazis Gujaratis in Kalbadevi, South Indians in Matunga, Muslims in Mumbra,

Re: [Assam] OUR RIVER ISLANDS ARE GONE!!

2005-09-12 Thread Chan Mahanta
at a time. First off, there is no mechanism in Assam to get such a public debate going. What do you mean Assam does not have this? Why the kahrkhwas do not make one? How the kharkhwas plan to solve any problem at all.? Rajen - Original Message - From: Chan Mahanta To: Barua25 ; mc mahant Cc

Re: [Assam] OUR RIVER ISLANDS ARE GONE!!

2005-09-12 Thread Chan Mahanta
koi bwle galw balw khwlakotir tal. I say Hobo Diok Rajen - Original Message - From: Chan Mahanta To: Rajen Barua ; mc mahant Cc: assam@assamnet.org Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 11:08 AM Subject: Re: [Assam] OUR RIVER ISLANDS ARE GONE!! Rajen: I am sorry I cannot take your criticisms

Re: [Assam] Mails

2005-09-13 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Mails Hello KC, Sorry to hear of your troubles. But I understand your predicament. This is a self subscribe/un-subscribe e-mail list. If you click on http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org, it will lead you to the web-page for un-subscribing. I hope it

Re: [Assam] OUR RIVER ISLANDS ARE GONE!!

2005-09-13 Thread Chan Mahanta
philosophy and I have mine and Jodu has Jodu's. The point is to show a scheme whichwill work, So far we have not seen any from you. So what is the point in indulging in philosophy like a typical Hindu?. We need action. Rajen - Original Message - From: PRANJAL SONOWAL To: 'Chan Mahanta' ; 'Rajen

Re: [Assam] Freedom of expression, lawsuit against Bengali poet -BBC

2005-09-13 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Freedom of expression, lawsuit against Bengali Mine is not a legal expert's opinion here, but for all intents and purposes, my understanding is that Indian laws or other foreign country laws have no jurisdiction over discussions emanating from an US based web-site. That is

Re: [Assam] ASSAMESE - STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

2005-09-13 Thread Chan Mahanta
Hello Mayur: Welcome to assamnet. I am delighted to see a newcomer starting out not only participating, but taking a lead on a discussion. That is very commendable. I hope you will continue to be a contributing member. I also invite all the others to participate as well. The net, after all,

Re: [Assam] Fernandes, Indian Army was sent into Bhutan to destroy the ULFA in Dec03 by you!

2005-09-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Fernandes, Indian Army was sent into Bhutan t Nando ( a short form of Fernandes in certain Latin countries) saheb may very well be right in his observation. It might all be an election year ploy. Unfortunately he is no more credible than the rest of them either. He sounds

Re: [Assam] ULFA

2005-09-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] ULFA Hi Utpal: Thanks for sharing the contact address and not seeing any response, of following up. It is a very timely reminder for those who care, to contact the PCG and offer their ideas for Assam. Particularly for those whose 'Assam patriotism' is more than an abject

Re: [Assam] ULFA

2005-09-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
and parcel of India. They feel they can be proud Assamese as well as proud Indians. They could well ask those who have a visceral hatred for India, and who would like nothing better than to separate Assam from India at any cost, as being 'subservient' to ULFA. On 9/14/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL

Re: [Assam] OUR RIVER ISLANDS ARE GONE (TO BANGLADESHIS)

2005-09-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] OUR RIVER ISLANDS ARE GONE (TO BANGLADESHIS) Hi Anupam: Your concerns about the lungi-menace is far less important to the people whose lives and livelihoods are dependent on the life-sustaining yet destructive Brahmaputra river. Only people who have secured their lifestyles

Re: [Assam] ASSAMESE - STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

2005-09-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] ASSAMESE - STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES Well said Malabika. At 6:02 PM +0100 9/14/05, Malabika Brahma wrote: 1. Alienation of tribal people from the mainstream due to the cavalier attitude shown by caste Hindu Assamese. This has resulted in disunity and a sense of mutual

[Assam] 'India's Obscene Inequalities' / From Outlook

2005-09-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20050914fname=paromitasid=2 'India's Obscene Inequalities' More money and more public investment in health, education and rural infrastructure is not a stand-alone strategy. Progress at the scale required is not possible without greater democracy and

Re: [Assam] ASSAMESE - STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

2005-09-15 Thread Chan Mahanta
Hi Mayur: Malabika's comment and my endorsement are not fixations on semantics, but rejection of a deeply ingrained, but unacceptable cultural chauvinism that permeates thruout the south Asian subcontinent's many peoples. It also works in a pac-man-like, the bigger fish eating up the smaller

[Assam] Anupam'sa Mission

2005-09-15 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Anupam'sa Mission Hi Mayur and Anupam: I am sure Mr Anupom Rajkhowa is probably feeling on the same lines in respect of the issue he raised. My apologies to both of you if I hurt your feelings with my responses. But allow me to explain a couple of things here: *** Nothing I say or

Re: [Assam] ASSAMESE - STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES

2005-09-15 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: ASSAMESE - STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES Hi Mayur: First off, I congratulate you on a finely composed response. Next, allow me to get some extraneous matters out of the way so we can get back to your original aim of cataloguing the --strengths and weaknesses of Assamese people--. Whether

[Assam] A Surprising Editorial

2005-09-16 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: A Surprising Editorial The following is a Sentinel Editorial. Surprising, considering the paper's usual stance on these issues. Would be interesting to see what the Assam Net Indian patriots think of it :-). cm Setback to Talks The recent announcement of the ULFA to form a peoples'

Re: [Assam] The Fashion Police are out there again - TOI

2005-09-16 Thread Chan Mahanta
Ram: What are you, some wishy-washy apologist? What do you mean ---there is always some self-righteous group which tells us what NOT to wear Is it not an exclusive Mullah territory? Heartrending to see no one is there to deliver poor Sania from the tyranny of their Mullahs. c-da :-) :-)

Re: [Assam] The Fashion Police are out there again - TOI

2005-09-16 Thread Chan Mahanta
, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ram: What are you, some wishy-washy apologist? What do you mean ---there is always some self-righteous group which tells us what NOT to wear Is it not an exclusive Mullah territory? Heartrending to see no one is there to deliver poor Sania from

Re: [Assam] A Surprising Editorial

2005-09-17 Thread Chan Mahanta
/16/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The following is a Sentinel Editorial. Surprising, considering the paper's usual stance on these issues. Would be interesting to see what the Assam Net Indian patriots think of it :-). cm Setback to Talks The recent announcement

Re: [Assam] ASSAMESE - STRENGTHS ---/The Other Problem

2005-09-17 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: ASSAMESE - STRENGTHS ---/The Other Problem Mayur: I was hoping that I did not have to open this chapter. I avoided getting into it it in my first response. But since you are not convinced, I am forced into it :-). First off, congratulations on your perceptiveness in starting off

Re: [Assam] More Moral Police -- in Chennai

2005-09-18 Thread Chan Mahanta
Ram: It must be something to do with civilizational forces,spreading its wings, getting inspiration from the even older ones :-). Incidently, the Big Mullah (Jama Masjid) has overruled the previous fatwa by some small-fry mullah. He has 'allowed' Sania to wear what she pleases. *** Whew!

Re: [Assam] Cherry picking news reports (and editorials)

2005-09-18 Thread Chan Mahanta
. Umesh Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The following is a Sentinel Editorial. Surprising, considering the paper's usual stance on these issues. Would be interesting to see what the Assam Net Indian patriots think of it :-). cm Setback to Talks The recent announcement of the ULFA

Re: [Assam] ASSAMESE - STRENGTHS ---/The Other Problem

2005-09-19 Thread Chan Mahanta
hope I have answered a few question of yours. As usual, looking forward to further comments from your side. Regards Mayur Chandigarh --- Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Mayur: The intent of your mission is now abundantly clear. I did not suspect it in the beginning, thinking

[Assam] Now Try This---From the Sentinel

2005-09-19 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Now Try This---From the Sentinel Blame it on the Babus ON THE SPOT Tavleen Singh Once upon a time, not so very long ago, we were proud of our poverty. We liked to whine endlessly about it and blame it for all our sins. We would have nice airports and roads and beautiful, clean cities and

Re: [Assam] Now Try This---From the Sentinel

2005-09-19 Thread Chan Mahanta
That was impressive from the sheer size of the zeros. But who was laughing at what? At any event, the quotient of a number with a lot of zeros divided by another number with many zeros is ultimately what matters, doesn't it? The per capita thingie is what matters. Size of the economy in its

Re: [Assam] Now Try This---Addendum

2005-09-19 Thread Chan Mahanta
India did not start at 5th place in 1947. And India's population has grown how many folds since 1947 to impact the per capita share? At 2:42 PM -0700 9/19/05, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote: Like I said - though wealth distribution is not where we want to it to be and per capita income is low,

Re: [Assam] ASSAMESE - STRENGTHS ---/The Other Problem

2005-09-20 Thread Chan Mahanta
in an objetive and dispassionate way to come to a somewhat realistic and workable solution. Bye for now. Mayur Chandigarh --- Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Mayur: I am sure you can not be serious when you attribute a politically motivated backdoor campaign behind my purely academic

Re: [Assam] ASSAMESE - STRENGTHS ---/The Other Problem

2005-09-20 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] ASSAMESE - STRENGTHS ---/The Other Problem Hi Bhuban Kokaideu, ---a foray into the pugilistic expertise of the participants. *** You are right. And I take responsibility for notching it up. But I did not make those judgements which precipitated it :-). We cannot let

Re: [Assam] This 'damned English language' !

2005-09-20 Thread Chan Mahanta
in Ingrezi, mal-functioning spin machines , and bring some resoultion to the sparring. Now, as long as this 'dammed English Language' doesn't become a hinderance to logic (or used instead of logic), I think, we will all be fine. :):) On 9/20/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 9

Re: [Assam] Fwd: Re: ASSAMESE - STRENGTHS ---/The Other Problem

2005-09-21 Thread Chan Mahanta
] To: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: HIRANYA NATH [EMAIL PROTECTED], Loken Das [EMAIL PROTECTED], assam@assamnet.org Subject: Re: [Assam] ASSAMESE - STRENGTHS ---/The Other Problem Hi Mahanta da Since you have come one step ahead, I don't mind going forward two steps

Re: [Assam] Fwd: khou.com Breaking News Alert

2005-09-21 Thread Chan Mahanta
Hope all of you in Texas and elsewhere in the path of Rita are safe, kharkhowa,kolguti-khowa, khoinikhowa, markhowa and every other shade of life. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org

Re: [Assam] The Lost Children of Assam.

2005-09-21 Thread Chan Mahanta
O'Kamal: Twmar logot olop kotha ase' ei bixoye. Pisot paatim baaru. Ritar baator pora aatori thakibahonk etiya . We wouldn't want you guys to become some more of The Lost Children of Assam. :-). c-da At 6:40 PM -0700 9/20/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Content-type: text/html;

[Assam] From Tehelka: Bonded for Life Laborers

2005-09-21 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: From Tehelka: Bonded for Life Laborers THE MINING MAFIA HAS LABOUR BONDED FOR LIFE Stone age on Delhi's border The recent rescue of 114 bonded labourers, including children, from Haryana reveals that the authorities and mine owners are still conniving to hire and exploit bonded labour,

Re: [Assam] Assam Srength

2005-09-22 Thread Chan Mahanta
At 6:13 AM +0530 9/22/05, mrinal talukdar wrote: Dear Assamese Diaspora The strength of the Assamese is that they feel about Assam, express concern about Assam and talk big about Assam only after leaving their beloved state for greener pasture and then spend one hour each day trying to improve

Re: [Assam] Assam Srength

2005-09-22 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Assam Srength I too agree with Jayanta, Alpana. Very well said indeed. Except in: IF that hurts Assam *** That is where the controversy lies. Obviously it is a debatable and debated subject. Some wouldn't take a stand, yet would make vague charges against others who do.

Re: [Assam] Assam Srength

2005-09-22 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Assam Srength HI Mayur: Very well said. But I would like to engage you, later that is, on why it is better for Assam to be ruled by others by proxy, instead of being able to be the masters of its own destiny. You know the contribution of many NRIs (mainly Punjabis) to their

Re: [Assam] From Tehelka: Bonded for Life Laborers

2005-09-22 Thread Chan Mahanta
Now the question is if this barbaric practice is limited to Haryana and Punjab only, or other states as well? If it is prevalent elsewhere too, what are those places? Question also arises about PM M M Singh's assertions about how 'democracy' can resolve any problem India faces, if not

Re: [Assam] Assam Srength

2005-09-22 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Assam Srength Hi Utpal: As a graduate of IIM and thus being very savvy about business can you help us understand the following: * WHY is it that NRAs are not returning to Assam by the droves to set up businesses, factories or other employment generating ventures? * Are

Re: [Assam] Assam Srength

2005-09-22 Thread Chan Mahanta
the fortunate ones living in Assam to set up a common tube-well in a village that he once belonged to?we can go on... Dilli was not even in the picture here. Are we getting a little paranoid or defensive here? :) From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Alpana B. Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED], assam

[Assam] Are You All OK?

2005-09-23 Thread Chan Mahanta
Our Houston Friends: Are you all OK so far? cm ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org

Re: [Assam] Are You All OK?

2005-09-23 Thread Chan Mahanta
of Houston. More later --Ram On 9/23/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Our Houston Friends: Are you all OK so far? cm ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org

Re: [Assam] Bihu in the eyes of Mainstream India

2005-09-23 Thread Chan Mahanta
Hi Mayur: Saw the report in the AT web site. The pictures are an insult. In this day and age, works of Indian artists, like they use for illustrations here, ought to be nothing less than a national disgrace. With the substance being what is described as, speaks volumes of the text-books'

Re: [Assam] Are You All OK?

2005-09-23 Thread Chan Mahanta
concerns. Regards, - A. From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ram Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: assam@assamnet.org Subject: Re: [Assam] Are You All OK? Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 10:11:20 -0500 blockquote, dl, ul, ol, li {padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;} Ram: Is Sugarland, home to so

[Assam] Fwd: [Assam Society] Mizo farmer's staple food will be biodiesel

2005-10-10 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Fwd: [Assam Society] Mizo farmer's staple food will be bio X-IronPort-AV: i=3.97,191,1125892800; d=scan'208,217; a=325493416:sNHT23775344 Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=lima; d=yahoogroups.com;

[Assam] From NY Times-Scientists Renew a Warning About a Himalayan Danger Zone

2005-10-10 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: From NY Times-Scientists Renew a Warning About a Himalayan Let us not forget that Assam and Arunachal are wrapped by the shallow fault-line that forms the northern edge of the Indian Plate this article refers to. Movements of shallow faults are especially devastating. The Sunbansiri dam,

Re: [Assam] Fwd: [Assam Society] Mizo farmer's staple food will bebiodiesel

2005-10-10 Thread Chan Mahanta
for themselves for along time. This is dangerous. I hope they won't be so reckless. mm From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: assam@assamnet.org Subject: [Assam] Fwd: [Assam Society] Mizo farmer's staple food will bebiodiesel Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 08:23:36 -0500 blockquote, dl, ul, ol, li {padding-top

Re: [Assam] Wrong interpretation

2005-10-11 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Wrong interpretation At 8:31 PM -0700 10/10/05, Bidyut Kakati wrote: To my observation, Umesh is not knowledgeable on Vedic scriptures, he is like other Assamese that is why he is here :) Why are YOU here? Someone forced you? Tsk, Tsk! Varna was not equal to

Re: [Assam] Late: Padma Kanta Dutta: Founder of Sankar Jayanti atUK in 1983

2005-10-11 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Late: Padma Kanta Dutta: Founder of Sankar Jay The problems is that our desi- culture accepts homage paying to the reformers and doers as substitute for action. If we can sing the praises, louder the better, we have done our part. Rituals substituting for the real thing, in

Re: [Assam] Wrong interpretation

2005-10-11 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Wrong interpretation -- he is here to learn just like some other Assamese :) Anything wrong with that? And what is YOUR excuse being here? There is no difference between you and me. - why did you say so? That, however, I must say, that Bhuban Kokaideu made

Re: [Assam] Fwd: Pictures from last Saturday

2005-10-11 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Fwd: Pictures from last Saturday Hi Alpana: Good to hear from both you and Ram. I agree, the pictures are beautiful. Rana did a splendid job. I am sure Mano Hazarika's videos have come out well too. Looking forward to having both of you back in the net soon. Best to you.

[Assam] Xonkor Joyonti

2005-10-12 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Xonkor Joyonti Not sooo fast! You all need the Xonkordev/Gita Nazi's clearance and approval. Last time someone talked of that , they came under heavy fire for desecrating the gurujona's memory and 'hurting the sentiments' of his authentic 'xisyo's. Assam Netters might have become

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