[Assam] FA Ahmed : a staunch patriot Suren Ram Phookun

2007-02-11 Thread Pradip Kumar Datta
FA Ahmed : a staunch patriot — Suren Ram PhookunThe State of Asom from where Fakhruddin Saheb began his active involvement in the freedom struggle can rightly feel proud to have nurtured a great son of the country and a true representative of its composite culture. A staunch

Re: [Assam] Request for Articles for Luitor Pora Mississippi magazine

2007-02-11 Thread Rabin Mahanta
All Asom Sahitya Sabha Well Wishers: Asom Sahitya Sabha, North America Branch I like to remind you that we want to keep the tradition of publishing the Luitor Pora Mississippi going along with the Assam Convention held on 4th of July weekend. You are welcome to contribute

[Assam] Fwd: Re: [Assam Society] No future t o sovereignty demand — Ranen Kumar Goswami

2007-02-11 Thread Chan Mahanta
I did not read the article, as I usually don't most of this kind of material that appear on desi-rags so routinely. I saw Chitta's and Sandip's comments indicating their approval of and common cause with the writer. I thought Jugal's comments would put in perspective the quality of the

Re: [Assam] Fwd: Re: [Assam Society] No futu re t o sovereignty demand — Ranen Kumar Goswami

2007-02-11 Thread Ram Sarangapani
C'da, I too did not read the article till after reading your's and Jugal's comments. I really did not read anything written the way Jugal describes it - may be it was an implication (but it could just be me). There may have been that intellectual hypocrisy, but the author did make some

[Assam] Non-competiton agreements?

2007-02-11 Thread umesh sharma
ANyone has any idea about this non-competition contracts between a company and its employees. I recently signed one at my new workplace (even though technically I am not their employee) . I have been worrying sick that does it make me their bonded labor - or that I have to leave town to seek

[Assam] A ‘different’ kind of visit to Assam

2007-02-11 Thread Ram Sarangapani
We just came back from Assam from a short trip. Trips are always short, even though we spent a few days more than usual. This trip was a bit different as it was one of the most fulfilling ones we have had. We ignored the usual frustrations with erratic power supply, or the fact that phone

Re: [Assam] A ‘different’ kind of visit to Assam

2007-02-11 Thread umesh sharma
thats a lovely account! Umesh Ram Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We just came back from Assam from a short trip. Trips are always short, even though we spent a few days more than usual. This trip was a bit different as it was one of the most fulfilling ones we have

[Assam] Fwd: November issue of Posoowa published

2007-02-11 Thread umesh sharma
nice pics and articles. Any comments on unreasonalble approaches article which talks about Sony chief's work ethics as well. I read the Sony founder's book Made in Japan when I was in high school . My father had purchased it while running an iron scrap (junk) business. Morita was CEO of a

[Assam] [Iepgraduates-list] New Harvard President

2007-02-11 Thread umesh sharma
Controversies lead to positive change? Harvard's first female president now in place. Umesh Fernando M. Reimers @harvard.edu wrote: Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 21:06:04 -0500 From: Fernando M. Reimers @harvard.edu To: @gse.harvard.edu Subject: [Iepgraduates-list] New Harvard President

Re: [Assam] A 'different' kind of visit to Assam

2007-02-11 Thread Chan Mahanta
Bless your hearts, Alpana and Ram. We are proud of your efforts. c-da At 7:58 PM -0600 2/11/07, Ram Sarangapani wrote: We just came back from Assam from a short trip. Trips are always short, even though we spent a few days more than usual. This trip was a bit different as it was

Re: [Assam] Sikh tycoon going home to clean up politics

2007-02-11 Thread umesh sharma
interesting effort. I was told that soon NRIs would be allowed to hold dual-citizenships and can vote in India. Anyway if you are a millionaire (USD) then even US govt laws change -- u can get Green Card in 6 months -so coming back is easy -if it doesn't work out in India :-). Umesh

Re: [Assam] A 'different' kind of visit to Assam

2007-02-11 Thread Alpana B. Sarangapani
Thanks for your kind words, C'da. However, what little we dois literally nothing compared to what these people are self-lessly doing for others. We wanted to highlight just that again. These institutes were rare in Assamwhen we were growing up. These people who are running and working tirelessly

Re: [Assam] agreements? Credentials matter!

2007-02-11 Thread umesh sharma
It seems tutoring companies and sales and marketing companies are the few which have such contracts (?) Also, it seems that college background/credentials do matter. So far ALL my jobs in US have had some Harvard connection - most had staff which was a graduate or a student of Harvard.

Re: [Assam] A 'different' kind of visit to Assam

2007-02-11 Thread umesh sharma
Alpana-ji, You are right. These brave folks are idealists drawing pleasure in helping others. Your visit and accounts will inspire others to follow in their footsteps (and support these organizations.) For Parijaat Academy Assam Foundation is also providing support and here in DC (and

Re: [Assam] A 'different' kind of visit to Assam

2007-02-11 Thread Manoj Das
Lot of success stories in an otherwise damp situation. We must highlight those and bring a silver lining on the clouds. C'da's visit to 'Kolajan' was another good effort. Actually what I would like to suggest is that, we should at least for once visit whole length and breadth of Assam and NE and

Re: [Assam] A different kind of visit to Assam

2007-02-11 Thread Mridul Bhuyan
Dear Ram Da, Alpana Ba, It's great. Your visit might have helped those ppl in some way or the other. Please keep it up. Regards Mridul Ram Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We just came back from Assam from a short trip. Trips are always short, even though we spent a

Re: [Assam] Article on Assam Asom

2007-02-11 Thread muktikam phukan
Dear Netters Here is the email of the Hon'ble President of India: [EMAIL PROTECTED] All concerned people should send mails to him highlighting this would be historical blunder. Regards M.Phukan Buljit Buragohain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here is an article about Assam Asom