Maybe you don't need to. We are in august company - just next to China. And if you need to explain how the Americans do it worldwide - when exporting arms, changing governments, laying oil pipelines etc., doing assasinations (or attempting to). I guess we are small fry in the business.
It is a good thing! --- Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > O'Ram: > > >And how on earth am I going to explain this away to > the folks at work? > > Kelei baaru baator kosu singi tikat kele ghonhi > lo'la-he'? > > > The shoes are for those whom they fit. But in the > unlikely event you find yourself in such a jam, > you can always invoke Dilip's explanation, which, > in Oxomiya would translate to: > > "Swre' nere' swr porkiti, kukure' nere' saai, > jaar ji porkiti morilew logote' jaai". A truly > 'hwza aru dhowan-khowa' explanation, that would > be. > > Ne' ki kwa ? > > c-da :-) > > > > > > > > > > > At 10:27 PM -0500 10/4/06, Ram Sarangapani wrote: > >Hehehe! > > > >Thats really bad. Wonder what that tells of us > >(who came from India). Is it possible to > >dealienate ourselves from the desh? > >Maybe this is one reason that some in Assam want > >to be a separate desh (of sorts). > > > >And how on earth am I going to explain this away to > the folks at work?:) > > > >--Ram > > > > > > > >On 10/4/06, Chan Mahanta > ><<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >wrote: > > > >What did I tell you :-)? > > > >cm > > > > > >India world leader in greasing palms > >[ 5 Oct, 2006 0031hrs ISTTIMES NEWS NETWORK ] > > > >RSS Feeds| SMS NEWS to 8888 for latest updates > > > >LONDON/NEW DELHI: India doesn't just have loads > >of corruption at home, it is also the world > >leader in exporting graft. > > > >Months after Transparency International ranked > >India as among the more corrupt societies in the > >world, the NGO·¢?s Bribe Payer's Index 2006 shows > >that Indian exporters are more willing than their > >counterparts from other countries to pay overseas > >bribes to secure business, clinch contracts, do > >deals and generally get on in the world. > > > >Of the 30 countries surveyed by the index, India > >was the worst ·¢" or most willing to give ·¢" > >followed by China and Russia. > > > >With Brazil also ranking pretty low as the > >eighth biggest bribe giver, the BRIC nations ·¢" > >the foursome of Brazil, Russia, India and China > >·¢" predicted to become among the biggest > >economies in the world by 2050 ·¢" emerge as > >being prepared to do whatever it takes to enhance > >their share of the global trade pie. > > > >While this is the third BPI released by > >Transparency, after the ones in 1999 and 2002, it > >is the first time India has featured in the index. > > > >It was considered too economically insignificant > >and lacking global spread and reach in the > >earlier rounds. Liaoran Liao, Transparency > >International programme coordinator for South > >Asia, told TOI on Wednesday that it was > >definitely bad news for India to make its first > >outing on the BPI with a most-corrupt ranking for > >its newly jet-setting companies. > > > >"In 1999 and 2002, India was not listed on the > >BPI," said Liaoran, "but now India is considered > >an emerging economy and an emerging export power, > >so the CEOs and MDs ranked its companies." > > > >The newest league table was compiled after > >asking 11,000 top business executives in 125 > >countries to rank foreign companies in order of > >their propensity to bribe in the World Economic > >Forum's Executive Opinion Survey. > > > >Transparency said the executives ranked India > >bottom of the list of 30 countries. The > >executives suggested Indians seemed ready to do > >business by paying bribes or making extra > >payments. > > > >The BPI ranked Swiss companies as least likely > >to use brown envelopes and backhanders to get the > >job done. No Asian country figures in the list of > >the ten cleanest countries. Japan figures > >eleventh followed by Singapore. > > > >_______________________________________________ > >assam mailing list > ><mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] > ><http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org> > > >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > _______________________________________________ > 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
