At 9:37 AM -0700 10/18/07, Krishnendu Chakraborty wrote: >I have no arguments regarding the monsoon pattern. I >do not think that I have enough knowledge to >authoratitively speak on this subject, more so, since >my school education (Desi School education that is :-)
**** So, that it must be it then, if you cannot JUDGE the value of the information under contention. It is about "kandogyan"--common sense. >) agrees to what you mentioned. > >However, the concern here is the site from where this >has been picked up. > >I find the following statements in that site --- > >1) This Web site contains the online versions of books >previously published (1988-98) in hard copy by the >Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress >under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program >sponsored by the U.S. Department of the Army. > >2) The Federal Research Division provides customized >research and analytical services on domestic and >international subjects to agencies of the United >States Government, the District of Columbia, and >authorized Federal contractors on a cost-recovery >basis. > >If the piece of info is garbage (indicates there may >be more garbage) , it implies that --- > >1) Federal Research Division published garbage under >a program sponsored by US Army > >2) Any Tom, Dick Harry can write a piece of garbage >and get it published by Federal Research Division > >3) The agencies of US Government and Federal >Contractors are fed with such garbage. > > > > >>>Just because a document resides in the US LIbrary >>>of Congress does >>>not in any way, shape or form guarantee its >>>accuracy, veracity , >>>usefulness or any such other quality. > >>>It is like a storage vault, a library. In a library >>>you can get works >>>of genius as well as unadulterated garbage. > >>>Is that hard to imagine, that you would argue the >point? > > > >>>About the issue involved does it need high >scientific training to >>>imagine that the SW Monsoons that travel to Assam >retraces its >>>steps because there was no one home to receive the >order? So it >>>returns to the west and go deliver it in Dilli? > > >>>What kind of a moron would argue such a point, tell >me? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >At 8:26 AM -0700 10/18/07, Krishnendu Chakraborty >wrote: >> >>**** Yet another PSEUDO scientific account, of >the >>>>tanker truck >>>>driver. But if you want to stake your monsoon >>>>expertise on it, so be >>>>it! >> >>C'da, >>I am not an expert in Monsoon and in fact my school >>knowledge had been like what is mentioned by you >>(Western Ghat and Eastern Ghat). >> >>However, the piece of info which has been cited by >>Umesh is Originally from "Library of Congress" -- >>http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+in0035) >> >> >>Shall we consider this as "Yet another PSEUDO >>scientific account" ??? Or perhaps LoC hired some >ad >>agency copywriter who probably graduated >>from a desi school/college sporting the name of some >>Christian saint ? >> >> >> >>>The southwest monsoon occurs in two branches. After >>breaking on the >>>southern part of the Peninsula in early June, the >>branch known as >>>the Arabian Sea monsoon reaches Bombay around June >>10, and it has >>>settled over most of South Asia by late June, >>bringing cooler but >>>more humid weather. The other branch, known as the >>Bay of Bengal >>>monsoon, moves northward in the Bay of Bengal and >>spreads over most >>>of Assam by the first week of June. On encountering >>the barrier of >>>the Great Himalayan Range, it is deflected westward >>along the >>>Indo-Gangetic Plain toward New Delhi. Thereafter the >>two branches >>>merge as a single current bringing rains to the >>remaining parts of >>>North India in July. >> >> >>>>**** Yet another PSEUDO scientific account, of the >>>>tanker truck >>>>driver. But if you want to stake your monsoon >>>>expertise on it, so be >>>>it! >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>At 8:17 PM -0700 10/17/07, umesh sharma wrote: > >>"The other branch, known as the Bay of Bengal >>monsoon, moves >>>northward in the Bay of Bengal and spreads over most >>of Assam by the >>>first week of June. On encountering the barrier of >>the Great >>>Himalayan Range, it is deflected westward along the >>Indo-Gangetic >>>Plain toward New Delhi. Thereafter the two branches >>merge as a >>>single current bringing rains to the remaining parts >>of North India >>>in July." Source of the website info is CIA >>WorldFact Book and >>>Library of Congress -USA >>>http://www.photius.com/countries/india/climate/india_climate_climate.html >>>Cheers >>> >>>umesh > > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________ >Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's >updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. >http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow > >_______________________________________________ >assam mailing list >[email protected] >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
