I think I was fifteen year old when I visited Barpeta district first time. I was eager to see the Namghor built there by Madhava Deva the most celebrated disciple of Sankara Deva. Fortunately, it was also the period of holi , festival of color , which we also call daul. I was not much fond of ho
Dilip
Your reply is apposite. G8 is committed to end world poverty. My
question was why there is no mention of it at all when proposing a global
institution? Why not use the umbrella that you have? I give an example. The UNO
was created to end all wars. Yet Blair and Bush sidetracked it ign
Very interesting. Is there a way to cross-check an NGO - I mean to find out if they are genuine.
Also, those from the 'banned list' should also be criminally prosecuted.
--Ram
On 3/13/06, Dilip/Dil Deka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
NGO is a profession to many in India. In December 2005, I met
NGO is a profession to many in India. In December 2005, I met a few in Assam who are making a good living with money from NGOs. I didn't have the heart to tell them that I could see through it all. Dilip Print This PageMagazine| Mar 20, 2006 Exclusive: NGOsWe Serve Fudge
Harvard University alumni may influence the G8 and its policies, but the university itself probably has nothing to do with the G8 block. Is Oxford, Cambridge or Sorbonne University a part of the superbody of G8? Dilip Deka[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has not G8 the entire responsibility for loo
When you come to think of it - I never made $5,000 per year (Rs 200,000) in my life. Even after coming to US. Maybe this year would be different. Umeshumesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Average Indian ten times poorer than an Average Human being: http://www.unep.org/GEO2000/english/
Has not G8 the entire responsibility for looking after global
poverty? How could Harvard be not a part of this superbody of
nations?
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I saw this photo of items like water pistols and colorss being sold in Gauhati on the occasion of Doul Jatra. Does it relate to Holi (celebrated in North India) of similar nature - during this time. UmeshUmesh Sharma5121 Lackawanna STCollege Park, MD 20740 1-202-215-4328 [Cell Phone]Ed.M. - Int
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Average Indian ten times poorer than an Average Human being: http://www.unep.org/GEO2000/english/0025.htm "Average global per capita income has now passed US$5 000 a year - 2.6 times that of 1950 - but more than 1 300 million people still live on less than US$1 per day." India's per capit
Dilip-da, It seems you also have subscribed to http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ Harvard Bus. School's newsletter. Maybe the system is less useful in developed nations where non profits are able to generate lots of money from rich donors and work with poor countires. However, it is imperative in poor n
Title: Re: [Assam] System and People
>I remember someone on the Net saying that ONLy those who have
been in developed , democratic nations are qualified to speak about
how to bring about functional democracy in a country. And that without
having spent a significant period of time in such a develo
The article is long but I think you should read it. From Harvard Business School - so it must be original. Right? :-) Just kidding, it's a good article. Dilip Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer March 13, 2006 A World Developme
more info: http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/03/stories/2006030307690500.htmumesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Also, as far as I know the education law in Rajasthan - no educational institution can be closed down (as per raj patrika reports orders have been issued to lokk the schools etc) unless
Also, as far as I know the education law in Rajasthan - no educational institution can be closed down (as per raj patrika reports orders have been issued to lokk the schools etc) unless the academic session is over. Academic sessions for state schools go on till May. Umeshumesh sharma <[EMAIL P
I remember someone on the Net saying that ONLy those who have been in developed , democratic nations are qualified to speak about how to bring about functional democracy in a country. And that without having spent a significant period of time in such a developed country noone can develop democratic
What about other facts? Deny them , if you can? Where was Maharaja Ranjit Singh's capital -- Lahore --now in Pakistan. Where is most of Punjab -- in Pakistan. Where is Nankana Sahib --in pakistan. Go in fight against Pakistan -and demand a Khalistan there. India took in all the Sikhs -- noo
C-da, I had been following the story on Rajasthan Patrika for quite sometime but since most on AssamNet do not know Hindi I did not present the link. Emmanuel Mission is famous in Rajasthan for their 300 odd schools and 300 churches set up by MA Thomas who was granted the high Central govt hono
what ?? Am I tangled with the big people now? Well, I will follow their rule when I write a paper for the Assam Sahitya Sabha (forgive me if that is not the way to write in English letters) in Roman letters, or write a policy for the Assam (or Asam or Asom or Osom or Axom or Oxom) government.
But
Title: Re: [Assam] Acute inferiorty complex
IC
Don't do this to me Rajen. I am having perfectly decent
day--getting a few things done. And you throw this stuff at me to mess
me up :-)!
At 2:59 PM -0600 3/13/06, Rajen Barua wrote:
At least we got the Urohi gosor ghai-xipa to work
with.
Or may
> Dear All,
> Finally I could store information in Assamese
> in a relational database and retrieve them in
> a website dynamically using ASP. The result is
> a baby
Well Alpana:
Your problem is solved if you had
been looking for an authority to approve.
Mr Chandra Prasad Saikia, Ex
President of Sahitya Sabha has already approved the letter S for Assamese XO
sound.
Assam government also approved
it.
So on that authirity you can safely
write S for Assame
Title: Re: [Assam] Lekhiboloi vs.
Likhiboloi
>But for the net, I won't judge anyone and that too, so
harshly :) if they write >"desh", "des" or
"dex" even if I am comfortable with writing it as
"dex".
*** Context again Alpana! Context!
At 1:45 PM -0600 3/13/06, Alpana B. Sarangapani wro
Title: Re: [Assam] Acute inferiorty complex IC
At least we got the Urohi gosor
ghai-xipa to work with.
Or may be not.
May be to find the wr, I will
have to work hard on the Buddhist Sutra what is called
"Paticca-Samuppada"
The Law of Dependent
Origination - the Buddhist equivalent of the Th
Title: Re: [Assam] Acute inferiorty complex
IC
*** Somehow I am NOT convinced that is the reason.
I have a feeling the 'urohi gosor wr is elsewhere' :-)!
At 1:48 PM -0600 3/13/06, Rajen Barua wrote:
>And is it MORE riduculous than what you charged
with - ie disrespecting Himen da?
Loo
>assign a letter from the Roman script, be it X or Ch or whatever. We need to assign. We >cannot say Hobo Diok. We cannot assign S or SH because those are taken by other >sounds.
If I may say so!
And until the day it (a "verdict" is passed by the pundits) is assigned, it WILL be a "Hobo Diok" situ
>Suddenly we cannot be smarter and try to write it as 'kantry' and say they >will enrich the English language.
But English is NOT written in English script. If English were to be written in Assamese script ( for the non-English writer/reader), then the author would have to use the closest possi
Title: Re: [Assam] Lekhiboloi vs. Likhiboloi
And that is why we have the
dictionaries which specifys the correct way of spelling a word. It is like
this English word (say) 'country' which has this spelling. Suddenly we
cannot be smarter and try to write it as 'kantry' and say they will enric
It is not about 'Lekhiboloi vs. Likhiboloi' as it doesn't matter much to me, as long as it fits the context - i.e., it will be wrong if I wrote: Bohut maanuh aahisil, pise likhiboloi (instead of 'lekhiboloi') nohol, kejon aahisil janu!
My main purpose to write here was this:
If you write it in Ass
Title: Re: [Assam] Palash - AT
Ram:
> but as I am aging these mundane things seem to carry more of
an importance & >weight than political-charged issues :)
:).
Take it from a true geezer -- one can do both, quite effectively
:-). I have been at those 'mundane' things longer than anything else.
Thanks C'da for the description.
All these years I haven't given much thought to flowers (or trees) - but as I am aging these mundane things seem to carry more of an importance & weight than political-charged issues :) :).
I was thinking Polaax was some kind of tulip, but wasn't sure. In any ca
Title: Re: [Assam] Lekhiboloi vs.
Likhiboloi
>"that only makes the
language richer and becomes inclusive. The option of writing a
word >like Dex in other forms (des or desh) might indicate
that the language is not just inclusive >but also has several
"accepatble" ways of writing certain words. Is
Title: Re: [Assam] Palash - AT
Hi Ram:
Yes indeed. Polaax, Butea frondosa is indeed a stunning flowering
plant that blooms in Fagun.
It is not a very common tree in Oxom. More widely seen in Bengal,
Bihar etc. Modaar ( Indian Coral Tree), a cousin is more common to
Assam.
A cousin of both is w
>As you know, a language dies when strict rules start controlling it. Let the user decide >- Tekhetor lekhiboloi kiba asene, ne likhiboloihe kiba ase.>Dilip Deka
Exactly. This is what I have been trying to convey but to no avail. In their exuberance, I think some have made the rules more important
Title: Re: [Assam] Acute inferiorty complex/ Assamese
IC
The Sumanta Chaliha compiled dictionary is called:
Aadhunik Oxomiya Xobdokwx. It is sponsored by Oxom Xahityo Xobha
and published by Bani Mandir.
At 8:29 AM -0600 3/13/06, Rajen Barua wrote:
Himenda:
If you go to any good Bookshop i
I am so glad Assamese language hasn't changed in the last four decades! I am assuming from the email address that Mr. J P Rajkhowa lives in Assam. Do you, Mr. Rajkhowa? Dilip Deka =j p rajkhowa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Date: 13 Mar
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