Mukul da, >Dear Netters. >Peace through M.A. ,Ph.D degrees? Very interesting >proposition! >I thought you folk are all worked up
And why not? Its seems that almost everybody else has had a go at it. :) BTW: Those bamboo engineering structures were excellent. Really loved them. Do you have any photos that you could share with us? What would be an estimated cost for one or two rooms? The village scenes shown still exist and I was fortunate enough to visit a few in spartan, village surroundings last year. Great stuff, wouldn't miss it for the world. --Ram On 10/10/07, mc mahant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In the meantime, selection of candidates for the course has started and > syllabus has also been prepared, said Prof Sandhya Goswami, the Head of the > Political Science Department, in a statement here. > > The course is expected to foster research activities on the prevailing > situation in the NE region, besides opening up new avenues for employment by > creating experts on the subject. > > Dr Nanigopal Mahanta, a Reader of the department, who received higher > education in the area in the Barkley University, USA, will act as the > coordinator of the course. > > It needs mention here that peace studies could secure recognition as an > academic activity in 1959 even though scholars like Imanual Kant and > Frederick Nitze advocated the relevance of the academic importance of peace > much before. > > Dear Netters. > Peace through M.A. ,Ph.D degrees? Very interesting proposition! > I thought you folk are all worked up. > How about a break. > Some friends at CR4- a worldwide Engineers' blogsite composed this gem : > > Immanuel Kant was a real pissant who was very rarely stable. > Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar > who could think you under the table. > David Hume could out-consume Schopenhauer and Hegel. > And Wittgenstein was a beery swine > who was just as schloshed as Schlegel. > There's nothing Nietzsche couldn't teacha > 'bout the raising of the wrist. > Socrates, himself, was permanently pissed. > John Stuart Mill, of his own free will, > On a half a pint of schandy was particularly ill. > Plato, they say, could stick it away, > Half a crate of whiskey every day. > Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for the bottle. > And Hobbes was fond of his dram. > And Rene Descartes was a drunken fart, > ``I drink, therefore I am.'' > So? > Del The Cat strarted it all: > So, Rene Descarte goes up to the cash machine thinking...'shall I get ze > 30 or 40 quid?' > What will he decide and why? > (This thread is complete lunacy based on a conversation I overheard! > Hopefully it will result in a 'humour' tag) > > ***************************** > Enjoy .Relax. Let GOI give up. Best for the 1.1+Billion. > MM > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:40:18 -0600 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Assam] New GU PG course on Peace & Conflict Studies - AT > > This should be very interesting. This is encourging, but it all depends > upon how it is structured. Whether the course emphasizes on conflict > resolution techniques or not will be the key. Hopefully, the course will > focus on the situation in Assam as a starting point, and try and find > soultions that will help Assam. > > --Ram > > > http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=oct1007\City3<http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=oct1007%5CCity3> > *New GU PG course on Peace & Conflict Studies > *By A Staff Reporter > GUWAHATI, Oct 9 – A UGC-sponsored two-year Post-Graduate (PG) course on > Peace and Conflict Studies will be launched by the Gauhati University (GU) > Political Science Department from November next. > > In the meantime, selection of candidates for the course has started and > syllabus has also been prepared, said Prof Sandhya Goswami, the Head of the > Political Science Department, in a statement here. > > The course is expected to foster research activities on the prevailing > situation in the NE region, besides opening up new avenues for employment by > creating experts on the subject. > > Dr Nanigopal Mahanta, a Reader of the department, who received higher > education in the area in the Barkley University, USA, will act as the > coordinator of the course. > > It needs mention here that peace studies could secure recognition as an > academic activity in 1959 even though scholars like Imanual Kant and > Frederick Nitze advocated the relevance of the academic importance of peace > much before. > > At present peace studies has acquired an important place in the academic > activities of the universities of many countries for its link with the > day-to-day life of the people. > > The first semester course of the GU programme will introduce students to > peace and conflict studies, provide the theory and practice of non-violence > and also of violence. The second semester course will include lessons on > peace and conflict management, political economy and sustainability of > development in South Asia. > > The third semester course will include lessons on globalisation and > democracy in India, on issues of governance and human security, on South and > South-East Asia and on issues concerning women, peace and security. > > The fourth semester course of the programme has been designed to enlighten > the students on research methodology and filed exposure, said Prof Goswami, > adding several experts in the field have already been invited to take part > in the programme. > > > > > ------------------------------ > Get the new Windows Live Messenger! Try > it!<http://get.live.com/messenger/overview> > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > >
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