Mukul da >From the site that Babul Gogoi sent
http://www.indiapost.gov.in/Netscape/foreigntariff.html South Africa is obviously there in the dropdown. I suspect the clerk at the post office (and possibily the other officials) either do not have the latest software or are not computer literate. --Ram On 12/3/07, mc mahant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > <As the country was projecting itself as an IT hub, the youth of Asom were > found to be much ignorant about it. 36 per cent are not aware where the > software is stored in a computer. Only five per cent use e-mails regularly, > 54 per cent never used e-mail and 21 per cent of them want to, but do not > know how to use the e-mail.> > > > > I am not too sure about India being an IT hub! > Incident was today's. > I dropped into Guahati GPO to SpeedPost(EMS) an article to Durban ,South > Africa 2014. > The mouse- toting booking Clerk exclaimed : > "What is this you are writing--there is no country called South Africa" > My telling him that Sonia Gandhi and MMS have both paid State visits to > South Africa a couple of months back--did not impress him. > He grudgingly took a huge sum of money,booked the article and handed me a > receipt--Durban-USA > I demanded to see the GPO Master. > PM was baffled too. His ultramodern Flatscreen monitor had no SA either. I > told him "Your Nation's Father M.K.Gandhi brought a copy of African > National Congress from there(and so many lived here happily ever after)' . > This also fell flat on him."Iam helpless" he pleaded. > "Oh no you are not helpless--you have all the genius sitting at Delhi-pick > up and dial -speak--you are here to solve problems". He advised me to > write in the Sentinel!!! > "Sir , you do not know our Problems"--he pleads. > > Finally after3 top officers battled with various discs and Rule Books the > said --the best we can do is book it for Central African > Republic,Kenya,Morocco,Botswana or --presto hey-Namibia. > I said NAmibia then--but how will it go to Durban SA > They all were very hopeful "Sir do not worry--somehow it will reach". > I did not hear them say 'God is there' > Iam trying now to locate PMGeneral- in Delhi's -E-mailID. > > The objects listed in Article below may or may not be relevant in 2007. > These can be looked up. > Not so when a" IT Hub Nation" battles so hard to get a country called SA! > mm > > Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 12:54:42 +0000> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > [email protected]> Subject: [Assam] Asom youths unaware of Govt policies: > Survey (The Sentinel, 03.12.2007)> > > Asom youths unaware of Govt > policies: Survey> > Guwahati, Dec 2: In a youth survey conducted by a > magazine in Asom, it was found that the State's youth lacked the knowledge > of the Government policies and other major issues of national and > international importance. The survey was conducted by a monthly magazine > Jibon among 2270 students and youths in the age of 15-40 in more than a > hundred villages and towns, with equal male-female ratio and proportionate > urban-rural representation. According to the survey, 95 per cent youth was > found unaware of the separate Ministry for North-east (Department for North > East Region), with 46 per cent even demanding such a ministry be created. > Seventy six per cent did not know where the North Eastern Council (NEC) was > headquartered (in Shillong), with 29 per cent thinking such a council did > not exist at all. Another 51 per cent did not even know that Irom Sharmila, > whose hunger strike for past couple of years against alleged army excesses > has drawn international attention, was from> Manipur, though 83 per cent > knew where Kanaklata attained martyrdom. Though 90 per cent know that > Baichung Bhutia is a footballer, at least six per cent think that he is the > king of Bhutan. The youth were equally ignorant in international matters > like what brought Mohammad Yunus of Bangladesh the Nobel Prize is not known > to 75 per cent, while 13 per cent think he got it for being a freedom > fighter. Yunus was awarded the Nobel Prize for micro-financing in the rural > areas.> The survey also proved to be an eye opener when it came to lack of > awareness among the State's youth regarding financial matters. As many a 38 > per cent could not answer whether the RBI can print money on its own to make > the country owner, with 15 per cent thinking that it can do so on the > Finance Minister's directive.> Forty five per cent of the youth did not know > what sensex is related to as five per cent related it to sex and another > four per cent to heartbeat. Though 64 per cent know what is a credit card, > 14 per cent think it is a card for availing banks loans and 10 per cent > think it is a guarantee card against bank loans.> In yet another finding, 38 > per cent youth had no clue how the money comes at the ATMs, with 13 per cent > thinking that it came from the bank through satellite or wire and eight per > cent thinking that ATM's print currency. > As the country was projecting > itself as an IT hub, the youth of Asom were found to be much ignorant about > it. 36 per cent are not aware where the software is stored in a computer. > Only five per cent use e-mails regularly, 54 per cent never used e-mail and > 21 per cent of them want to, but do not know how to use the e-mail. In > health matters the youths fared comparatively better with 93 per cent > knowing that jaundice is a water-borne disease and 91 per cent knew that > kissing does not cause AIDS. > The editor of Jibon Suresh Ranjan Goduka said > such findings would help the policy makers to frame better youth policies so > that they become aware of the relevant issues. (UNI)> > (The Sentinel, > 03.12.2007)> > > > > ---------------------------------> Save all your chat > conversations. 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