India too had its achievements. Haven't you heard about the Iron Pillar in Delhi ? Anyway, the issue is that not all cultures develop at the same rate at all times. Sometimes, we need to borrow ideas from others. But that doesn't mean that such cultures will always lag behind. Why India might not have made as many achievements as the west did in engineering may have to do with our religion Hinduism, at least partially. It had many inhibiting effects, like in earlier times people were forbidden to cross the seas. So, that meant there was no enthusiasm for exploration. But with the advent of modern ideas we have discarded those superstitions and are marching ahead towards development. By the way, India had always held the focus of the world. Which other nation has an ocean named after it ? What do you think about the decimal system ? It was in India that 0 was first used. Was this not an achievement that the modern number system which we use is known as the Hindu-Arabic number system ? In the famous book Cosmos, the author Carl Sagan has praised ancient India as a highly mathematical society!! I can give you many more examples. Besides, we don't get to see much of our earlier Hindu architecture because during the Mohammedan invasions many such monuments were either destroyed or converted to mosques. There is even a hypothesis that the Taj Mahal was actually a Hindu Rajput king's palace. Its name was Tejo Mahalay. Aren't such monuments achievements in architecture ??
The point is that one needs to come out of the cocoon that surrounds him and open his eyes. One should broaden one's views and meet people from diverse cultures(other parts of India, i mean). Then only shall his constricted notions loosen themselves and he/she shall start appreciating others. On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 12:00 PM, <assam-requ...@assamnet.org> wrote: > Send assam mailing list submissions to > as...@assamnet.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > assam-requ...@assamnet.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > assam-ow...@assamnet.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of assam digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: India's Civil Engineering Achievements --NOT! (mc mahant) > 2. Dy 365 (T.V. Channel from North East) can watch online. > (Buljit Buragohain) > 3. Re: Dy 365 (T.V. Channel from North East) can watch online. > (Dhruba Jyoti Deka) > 4. All are equals but some are more equal (mc mahant) > 5. Re: All are equals but some are more equal (Chan Mahanta) > 6. From ToI - About Prosperous and Peaceful Gujarat (Chan Mahanta) > 7. Re: From ToI - About Prosperous and Peaceful Gujarat > (Alpana B. Sarangapani) > 8. Re: From ToI - About Prosperous and Peaceful Gujarat > (Chan Mahanta) > 9. Non-Muslims deserve to be appointed President (in Bangladesh) > (Nava Thakuria) > 10. Re: From ToI - About Prosperous and Peaceful Gujarat > (Alpana B. Sarangapani ) > 11. Re: From ToI - About Prosperous and Peaceful Gujarat > (Chan Mahanta) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: mc mahant <mikemah...@hotmail.com> > To: assam assamnet <assam@assamnet.org> > Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:12:41 +0530 > Subject: Re: [Assam] India's Civil Engineering Achievements --NOT! > > SEE WHAT SUBHAS MEDHI QUESTIONED? > > > I knew that would happen. > > > Should I have eulogized Sir Visheswaraiya's achievements in Dam > Building , > How Romans borrowed Ancient Vedic Art of Temple Construction fro US > How Portland Cement was already in vogue alongwith Prestressing techniques > during the Battle of Kurukshetra------- > > > Does it help India being praised no end --as a "Developed Nation" and" > SuperPower in the making" > > > > > > > mm > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Buljit Buragohain <buluas...@yahoo.co.in> > To: as...@assamnet.org > Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:09:09 +0530 (IST) > Subject: [Assam] Dy 365 (T.V. Channel from North East) can watch online. > > T.V. Channel Dy 365 can watch online from the below link : > > http://www.dy365.in/ > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Dhruba Jyoti Deka <dhrubajyotid...@hotmail.com> > To: assamnet org <assam@assamnet.org> > Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:57:31 +0530 > Subject: Re: [Assam] Dy 365 (T.V. Channel from North East) can watch online. > > It is not said "Watch online". It is said "Embeding Edited version of their > show through Streaming video". > >> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:09:09 +0530 >> From: buluas...@yahoo.co.in >> To: assam@assamnet.org >> Subject: [Assam] Dy 365 (T.V. Channel from North East) can watch online. >> >> >> T.V. Channel Dy 365 can watch online from the below link : >> >> http://www.dy365.in/ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> assam mailing list >> assam@assamnet.org >> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: mc mahant <mikemah...@hotmail.com> > To: assam assamnet <assam@assamnet.org> > Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:09:03 +0530 > Subject: [Assam] All are equals but some are more equal > > What do ASSAMNETTERS SURMISE? > > > > Gangaji is sacred- so no dams -High or Low > > ASSAMese are not needed. Assam's resources are. > > > So--- High Dam to block Subansiri cannot be stopped!! mm > On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Peoples Science Institute > <psidd...@rediffmail.com> wrote: >> Dear Friends: >> I am happy to inform you that Dr G.D. Agrawals tapasya, his third >> fast-unto-death, has finally achieved the desired result. Since 2008, Dr >> Agrawal has been trying to persuade the Government of Uttarakhand and the >> Government of India that R. (Bhagirathi) Ganga must be allowed to flow in >> its natural state in the uppermost reach between Gangotri and Uttarkashi. >> The two governments had plans to construct three new large hydropower >> projects in this stretch. Dr Agrawals fasts have led to the scrapping of all >> the three projects. >> On August 24, 2010 the 36th day of Dr G.D. Agrawals fast Shri Jairam Ramesh, >> Union Minister for Environment & Forests handed him a letter from Shri >> Pranab Mukherjee, Union Finance Minister and Head of a Group of Ministers >> (GoM) appointed by the Prime Minister to advise the GoI on the issues raised >> by Dr Agrawal.Agrawal. >> In this letter Shri. Pranab Mukherjee outlined the following decisions of >> the GoI: >> (i) Scrapping the Loharinag-Pala, Pala-Maneri and Bhaironghati Hydel >> projects on the R. Bhagirathi. Earlier the GoU had suspended work on its >> Pala-Maneri and Bhaironghati projects. >> (ii) Declare approximately 135 km from Gaumukh (upstream of Gangotri) to >> Uttarkashi as an eco-sensitive zone under the Environment Protection Act >> (1986). >> (iii) These decisions have been taken by the government keeping in mind the >> faith that millions of Indians have in the sanctity of R. Ganga. >> (iv) A consortium of seven IITs has been entrusted with the responsibility >> for preparing a comprehensive Ganga River Basin Management Plan. The >> consortium will engage in the widest possible public consultations in this >> work. >> (v) The above decisions of the GoI will be formally ratified at a meeting of >> the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) to be convened soon. Dr >> G.D. Agrawal and his selected supporters will address the Authority. >> Dr Agrawal reviewed the letter and announced that he would amend his >> fast-unto-death by beginning to consume a diet of fruits everyday. He >> pointed out that in May 2009 the Uttarakhand High Court had ordered that a > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Chan Mahanta <cmaha...@gmail.com> > To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world > <assam@assamnet.org> > Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:40:56 -0500 > Subject: Re: [Assam] All are equals but some are more equal > Assam could not look for or depend on north-Indians' sense of outrage or > justice or propriety. In that I won't make much of > Agarwal's commitments or PSI's support for THEIR mother-Ganga, a mother they > had no hesitance to defile as they have been doing for decades with no end in > sight. Some mother it is! They can hardly take care of their own. > > > > > > On Aug 29, 2010, at 11:39 AM, mc mahant wrote: > >> >> What do ASSAMNETTERS SURMISE? >> >> >> >> Gangaji is sacred- so no dams -High or Low >> >> ASSAMese are not needed. Assam's resources are. >> >> >> So--- High Dam to block Subansiri cannot be stopped!! mm >> On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Peoples Science Institute >> <psidd...@rediffmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Dear Friends: >>> I am happy to inform you that Dr G.D. Agrawals tapasya, his third >>> fast-unto-death, has finally achieved the desired result. Since 2008, Dr >>> Agrawal has been trying to persuade the Government of Uttarakhand and the >>> Government of India that R. (Bhagirathi) Ganga must be allowed to flow in >>> its natural state in the uppermost reach between Gangotri and Uttarkashi. >>> The two governments had plans to construct three new large hydropower >>> projects in this stretch. Dr Agrawals fasts have led to the scrapping of all >>> the three projects. >>> On August 24, 2010 the 36th day of Dr G.D. Agrawals fast Shri Jairam Ramesh, >>> Union Minister for Environment & Forests handed him a letter from Shri >>> Pranab Mukherjee, Union Finance Minister and Head of a Group of Ministers >>> (GoM) appointed by the Prime Minister to advise the GoI on the issues raised >>> by Dr Agrawal.Agrawal. >>> In this letter Shri. Pranab Mukherjee outlined the following decisions of >>> the GoI: >>> (i) Scrapping the Loharinag-Pala, Pala-Maneri and Bhaironghati Hydel >>> projects on the R. Bhagirathi. Earlier the GoU had suspended work on its >>> Pala-Maneri and Bhaironghati projects. >>> (ii) Declare approximately 135 km from Gaumukh (upstream of Gangotri) to >>> Uttarkashi as an eco-sensitive zone under the Environment Protection Act >>> (1986). >>> (iii) These decisions have been taken by the government keeping in mind the >>> faith that millions of Indians have in the sanctity of R. Ganga. >>> (iv) A consortium of seven IITs has been entrusted with the responsibility >>> for preparing a comprehensive Ganga River Basin Management Plan. The >>> consortium will engage in the widest possible public consultations in this >>> work. >>> (v) The above decisions of the GoI will be formally ratified at a meeting of >>> the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) to be convened soon. Dr >>> G.D. Agrawal and his selected supporters will address the Authority. >>> Dr Agrawal reviewed the letter and announced that he would amend his >>> fast-unto-death by beginning to consume a diet of fruits everyday. He >>> pointed out that in May 2009 the Uttarakhand High Court had ordered that a >> >> _______________________________________________ >> assam mailing list >> assam@assamnet.org >> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Chan Mahanta <cmaha...@gmail.com> > To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world > <assam@assamnet.org> > Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:58:20 -0500 > Subject: [Assam] From ToI - About Prosperous and Peaceful Gujarat > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/opinions/6456957.cms > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Alpana B. Sarangapani" <absarangap...@hotmail.com> > To: <assam@assamnet.org> > Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:36:55 -0500 > Subject: Re: [Assam] From ToI - About Prosperous and Peaceful Gujarat > > Is the title of the article different? > > > > > > > > > > >> From: cmaha...@gmail.com >> To: assam@assamnet.org >> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:58:20 -0500 >> Subject: [Assam] From ToI - About Prosperous and Peaceful Gujarat >> >> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/opinions/6456957.cms >> >> _______________________________________________ >> assam mailing list >> assam@assamnet.org >> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Chan Mahanta <cmaha...@gmail.com> > To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world > <assam@assamnet.org> > Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:16:30 -0500 > Subject: Re: [Assam] From ToI - About Prosperous and Peaceful Gujarat > Does it matter :-) ? > > > > On Aug 29, 2010, at 6:36 PM, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote: > >> >> Is the title of the article different? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> From: cmaha...@gmail.com >>> To: assam@assamnet.org >>> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:58:20 -0500 >>> Subject: [Assam] From ToI - About Prosperous and Peaceful Gujarat >>> >>> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/opinions/6456957.cms >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> assam mailing list >>> assam@assamnet.org >>> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> assam mailing list >> assam@assamnet.org >> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Nava Thakuria <navathaku...@yahoo.com> > To: northeastjour...@yahoogroups.com > Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:34:11 -0700 (PDT) > Subject: [Assam] Non-Muslims deserve to be appointed President (in Bangladesh) > Non-Muslims deserve to be appointed President (in Bangladesh) > > It is a fact that no non-Muslim has become President of Bangladesh. It is > contrary to the concept of secularism doctrine. While Prime Minister is a > Muslim > so President should be from non-Muslim or vice versa. Not only for the post of > President but also for some other posts viz. Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Chief > Justice, Chief Election Commissioner, Adviser to the President, Chief Adviser > to > the Caretaker Government, Chief of Army, Chief of Navy, Chief of Air Force > etc. > no non-Muslims were appointed as yet. Non-Muslims should be treated equally in > the secularism doctrine. > > > http://www.weeklyholiday.net/edit.html > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Alpana B. Sarangapani " <absarangap...@hotmail.com> > To: "Chan Mahanta " <cmaha...@gmail.com>, "assam@assamnet.org " > <assam@assamnet.org> > Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:17:26 +0000 > Subject: Re: [Assam] From ToI - About Prosperous and Peaceful Gujarat > No, it doesn't, I guess. I was just thinking if there was a 'thattar xur'. In > there. :) > Crime or corruption does not necessarily have a venue, does it? > ..we're in between movies, back to back, doing worse than those college > days...next on the list is Eat Pray Love. Will send the reviews soon. :) > > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chan Mahanta <cmaha...@gmail.com> > Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:16:30 > To: <assam@assamnet.org> > Subject: Re: [Assam] From ToI - About Prosperous and Peaceful Gujarat > > Does it matter :-) ? > > > > On Aug 29, 2010, at 6:36 PM, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote: > >> >> Is the title of the article different? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> From: cmaha...@gmail.com >>> To: assam@assamnet.org >>> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:58:20 -0500 >>> Subject: [Assam] From ToI - About Prosperous and Peaceful Gujarat >>> >>> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/opinions/6456957.cms >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> assam mailing list >>> assam@assamnet.org >>> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> assam mailing list >> assam@assamnet.org >> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > assam@assamnet.org > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Chan Mahanta <cmaha...@gmail.com> > To: Alpana B. Sarangapani <absarangap...@hotmail.com> > Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:46:29 -0500 > Subject: Re: [Assam] From ToI - About Prosperous and Peaceful Gujarat > It is NOt the crime, but what society does, thru its institutions, also > called government, about it, that makes the difference. > Crime is everywhere, how a nation deals with it, or not, is the difference. > > > > On Aug 29, 2010, at 10:17 PM, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote: > >> No, it doesn't, I guess. I was just thinking if there was a 'thattar xur'. >> In there. :) >> Crime or corruption does not necessarily have a venue, does it? >> ..we're in between movies, back to back, doing worse than those college >> days...next on the list is Eat Pray Love. Will send the reviews soon. :) >> >> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Chan Mahanta <cmaha...@gmail.com> >> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:16:30 >> To: <assam@assamnet.org> >> Subject: Re: [Assam] From ToI - About Prosperous and Peaceful Gujarat >> >> Does it matter :-) ? >> >> >> >> On Aug 29, 2010, at 6:36 PM, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote: >> >>> >>> Is the title of the article different? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> From: cmaha...@gmail.com >>>> To: assam@assamnet.org >>>> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:58:20 -0500 >>>> Subject: [Assam] From ToI - About Prosperous and Peaceful Gujarat >>>> >>>> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/opinions/6456957.cms >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> assam mailing list >>>> assam@assamnet.org >>>> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> assam mailing list >>> assam@assamnet.org >>> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> assam mailing list >> assam@assamnet.org >> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > assam@assamnet.org > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
