Heh-heh-heh! So Google Search finds now are irrefutable proofs of everything?
Could it possibly be that Google points merely to whatever garbage someone puts up into a webpage? However one way to validate the hyper-numbers would be to take the test I gave. Compute the associated logistical stats and demonstrate that the numbers just might be possible . Should not be too difficult I hope to a desi number-cruncher. A clue: Mumbai's total population is 13 million. Note the six zeros after 13. And the entire population of Assam in 2000 was about 28 million. > It even has images of Kumbha Mela from space. **** Well, that must be proof of the numbers then ! But it sounds like Hinduttwa logic to me. At 9:37 AM -0700 9/7/05, Rajib Das wrote: >I did a simple Google search and it came up with >numbers to the tune of at least 25 to 30 million >visiting Kumbh Mela from sources other than >"hyper-Indian hyperbole". > >Check Time Magazine's website. Check BBC's Website. It >even has images of Kumbha Mela from space. Check the >Lonely Planet Guide. Please check the website of J. E. >Llewellyn of Missouri. Google actually has hundreds of >other such pointers. > >You can do as much math as you want. Since this is an >event that has happened, it has facts. Facts reported >by various agencies. People including Umesh seem to >have attended it. > >It sounds like the poster cannot get himself to accept >that there are 6 zeroes to a million. To me it sounds >like BS when someone tries to bluster his way through >facts being reported from all over. > > > > >--- Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Those numbers , 35 million, 70 million,are plain old >> BS Umesh. They >> defy ordinary reasoning. Obviously very good >> examples of hyper-Indian >> hyperbole, and from people who do not know how many >> zeros are to a >> million. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> At 12:41 AM +0100 9/7/05, umesh sharma wrote: >> >C-da, >> > >> >It is true the figures are mind boggling - isn't >> it? Even you seem >> >amazed and disbelieving! >> >Also I went there twice - once from Jan 14-16 and >> then from Jan23rd >> >to Jan25 (The next morning when I reached Delhi it >> was the morning >> >when 30,000 people died in Bhuj earthquake in >> Gujarat) so I have a >> >pretty good idea of the arrangements of the Kumbha >> Mela. >> > >> >For one I have relied on the newsreports by various >> sources to >> >mention that on Jan24th an estimated 30 million >> people took a dip in >> >the river -- over a period from 4am to 6pm. Overall >> it is estimated >> >that 70 million took a dip over the 2 week period. >> A google search >> >of the event would clear the matter. >> > >> >Most people who came were poor and yes (unlike >> USA's market places >> >or Malls) there were plenty of public toilets and >> ope areas where >> >they could cook food. Hospitals, temples , every >> house - had set up >> >temperory western style toilets and beds. There >> were railings to >> >avoid stampedes. People were shepharded to ensure >> that atleast on >> >Jan24 (Mauni Amawaysa) there was constant movement >> - the moment >> >people got down from trains - they were led to >> Ganga river. Those >> >returning were directed to board the waiting trains >> etc. >> > >> >Seeing is believing - I hope you will be there at >> Kumbha Mela - for >> >the next time for the main one- after 12 years from >> the last one. >> >Hopefully it would also go smoothly. >> > >> >Umesh >> > >> >"The main bathing day, when the most people come, >> was on January 24, >> >on the Mauni Amavasya day (the dark moon), when >> over 15 million >> >people are said to have bathed" >> >><http://www.kumbhamela.net/kumbha-mela-2001.html>http://www.kumbhamela.net/kumbha-mela-2001.html >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > >Also I wonder how extra ordinary an effort the >> Indian govt must >> >have made when >during the Kumbha Mela in Allahabad > > in 2001 on Jan >> >24 there were 30 million >people in the small city >> to bathe in Ganga >> >river. I was there with my mother- a >veritabl sea >> of people - >> >thousands of trains, buses etc were plying non stop >> . >No stampede , >> >no food shortage, no disease. >> > >> > >> > >> >How many people Umesh? 30 million? >> > >> >I am sure you know enough arithmetic to do some >> computing. I am not >> >very good at it myself. Can you figure out for us >> how much space >> >will be required for that many people to stand , >> packed tight, just >> >barely enough to be able to breathe and turn >> around? Since you may >> >be unfamiliar with space requirements, I can help >> you out here: >> >Allow about 4 sq. ft. per person. >> > >> > >> >Or if you prefer to get scientific about it -- I >> don't mean to put >> >you in a spot here--just a thought; allow for >> moving around, >> >sleeping, respond to nature's call etc., and of >> course allow for >> >the fact that people came and went over a number of >> days, compute >> >the stats. for: >> > >> >Sleeping space. >> > >> >Number of buses required, or trains required, the >> amount of space >> >for them to come and go etc. >> > >> >Amount of solid and liquid waste that was generated >> over the number >> >of days involved. >> > >> >Talking of human waste, where did it all go? No >> doubt the holy Ganga. >> >If the Ganga is 1/4 mile wide and 30 ft. deep at >> the location, if >> >that much waste is dumped into it in the number of >> days involved, >> >can you compute the >> >rise in the level of water and the flood of >> you-know-what >> >downstream? A veritable tidal wave of s--t is what >> I imagine. >> > >> > >> > >No stampede , no food shortage, no disease. >> > >> > >> >**** A Hindu miracle, and the Ganga's ability to >> purify everything, >> >nothing less! And another crowning achievement of >> desi-demokrasy for >> >sure. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >At 6:28 PM +0100 9/4/05, umesh sharma wrote: >> > >> >>Hi, >> >> >> > >> > >> >I was recalling my experience of a Katrina like >> situation in Jaipur, >> >which as you know is a city in sandy desert. In >> 1981 or 1982 there >> >was a flood - unheard of there- so the embankments >> were cut off >> >-electric poles were down - and the roads to the >> main city were >> >washed away - water cuts sand easily. >> > >> > >> > >> >Despite the fact that there was no electricty for >> atleast a week - >> >that autumn - and tap water was out for 3 days - >> still there was no >> >crisis . There was enough grain and pulses in the >> house for 6-12 >> >months and we used gas or kerosene stove to cook. >> The farmers were >> >on our side of the city - and sold stuff cheap >> since they also could >> >not go to the city to sell their produce. >> > >> >We had cash to buy their stuff. >> > >> >We had a good supply of water in overhead tanks and >> besides had >> >enough large buckets to fill rain water etc. Later >> went >=== message truncated ===> >_______________________________________________ >> assam mailing list >> [email protected] >> >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >> > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
