In Youth wings of political parties, 55/56 yrs. old are also considered youth. :) Regards Mridul
Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Interesting, The thing that surprised me most was this "among 2,270 students and youths in the age group of 15 to 40 " When did 40 become a youth? "Is 40 the new 20?" :) On another note, the question on ATMs - that really depends upon how common ATMs are in "more than a hundred villages and towns across Assam" where the survey was conducted. --Ram On 3/17/08, Buljit Buragohain wrote: > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Siddharth Barthakur > Date: Jan 31, 2008 8:58 PM > Subject: Assam - Perspective ! > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Dear All, > > A questionnaire-based survey conducted in later part of 2007 among youths > in Assam has revealed that their general knowledge is below par.Thissurvey > was conducted by the monthly magazine for youth 'Jiban' among 2,270 > students and youths in the age group of 15 to 40 in more than a hundred > villages and towns across Assam. Editor of "Jiban" Mr Suresh Ranjan Goduka > is a TATA-RGVN (Rashtriya Gramin Vikas Nidhi) senior fellow, who led the > survey team. > > (1) 95 percent of the respondents do not know that there is a separate > ministry for the northeast at the centre. 46 percent of those surveyed said > there should be one! > > (2) What is more surprising is that 62 percent of the respondents were not > aware of Assam's population while 73 percent did not have a clue about the > state's literacy rate. > > (3) 38 percent of them did not know where money comes from at the ATMs, > > (4) A small 5 percent of those surveyed thought Sensex has something to do > with sex! > > (5) At least 90 percent of those surveyed knew Baichung Bhutia is a > footballer although 6 percent thought he was the king of Bhutan! > The only silver lining, according to the highlights of the Youth Awareness > Survey, is the health awareness level among the youths. > (6) As much as 91 percent of the respondents knew that kissing does not > spread AIDS and 93 percent were aware that jaundice is a water-borne > disease. > What is amazing is the lack of awareness among those surveyed about > several common facts concerning Assam's history and politics. > > (7) 37 percent of the youths surveyed did not know that the Assam Accord > signed in 1985 to end the six-year-long anti-foreigners stir had set March > 25, 1971 as the cut-off date for detection and expulsion of illegal migrants > from the state. > (8) 27 percent of the respondents thought that the Saraighat Bridge over > the river Brahmaputra in state capital Guwahati was built by a king of the > Ahom dynasty that ruled Assam for 600 years starting 1,228 AD. This bridge > in fact was opened to traffic in 1962. > Warm Regards. > > Siddharth Barthakur > Skype: siddharthbarthakur > New Delhi > > Note: I have randomly selected some of the email addresses of the > recipients of this mail. For some of you, this mail may be irrelevant > because you do not belong to North East nor you have any connection > with North East. If you don't desire to receive such mails, you may kindly > send me a note via return mail and I will remove your address from this > group immediately. > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Get the freedom to save as many mails as you wish. Click here to know how. > _______________________________________________ > 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 --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
