[Assam] akhil gogoi

2008-03-29 Thread utpal borpujari
(From Today's Indian Express) Manjunath’s ‘spirit’ travels all the way to Assam’s forest and farmers Geeta GuptaPosted online: Saturday, March 29, 2008 at 0033 hrs 31-year-old Akhil Gogoi gets Manjunath Shanmugam Integrity Award for exposing corruption in govt projects New Delhi, March 28

Re: [Assam] What an Abomination!

2008-03-29 Thread utpal borpujari
Chandan-da and others: please draft the appeal and ask everyone who support it to send their names to you to be appended to it (with their profession location). I will take the responsibility of disseminating it in media in Assam to the best of my abilities. - Utpal

Re: [Assam] World Class Central University at Guwahati

2008-03-29 Thread baruah
I share this skecticism about the idea of a world class university without serious institutional reforms. All institutions that are seen as being good, are facing a serious problem with faculty recruitment. For a good critical article on the state of Indian universities see the

Re: [Assam] AT Photo- A Quiz

2008-03-29 Thread Chan Mahanta
At 3:00 AM + 3/29/08, uttam borthakur wrote: To earn a living, I always have to look down and for many years the occeasion has not arisen to look up to quite tall trees. I never had the brush with life science either. Moreover, I cannot boast of Chandan Da's penchant. Still I

Re: [Assam] AT Photo- A Quiz

2008-03-29 Thread Chan Mahanta
Excellent Chitta! And thanks for sharing the autherntic Oxomiya name, Kath Xaalika. Incidentally the widespread , lowly Xaalika Sorai is a Mynah too. It is called Common Indian Mynah. At 7:41 AM + 3/29/08, chittaranjan paTHAK wrote: Mahanta daThe bird looks like a Jungle Mynah. In

Re: [Assam] What an Abomination!

2008-03-29 Thread Chan Mahanta
Thanks so much for caring Utpal. I will do that. At 10:59 AM + 3/29/08, utpal borpujari wrote: Chandan-da and others: please draft the appeal and ask everyone who support it to send their names to you to be appended to it (with their profession location). I will take the responsibility

Re: [Assam] What an Abomination!

2008-03-29 Thread Ram Sarangapani
C'da others You can count me in too. I totally agree that such preservations are paramount. --Ram On 3/29/08, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks so much for caring Utpal. I will do that. At 10:59 AM + 3/29/08, utpal borpujari wrote: Chandan-da and others: please draft

Re: [Assam] What an Abomination!

2008-03-29 Thread Chan Mahanta
Thanks Ram I am trying to make contact with someone that Uttam sent me the phone no. of. Will keep you all posted on progress. At 8:14 AM -0600 3/29/08, Ram Sarangapani wrote: C'da others You can count me in too. I totally agree that such preservations are paramount. --Ram On

Re: [Assam] What an Abomination!

2008-03-29 Thread parul hazarika
Please count me in. I don't agree that any other structure be erected near our historical site. hazarika from sugar land - Original Message From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world assam@assamnet.org Sent: Saturday,

Re: [Assam] Sharp rise in women trafficking from NE

2008-03-29 Thread DR BIKASH KUMAR DAS
This was to happen and happening more and more.The only reason- Male counterpart is away holding gun for freedom(Although none studied well other than 10th or so_), leaving owman alone. Remaining male dnt work.Just walk around sreet to tease other females or peeps at other house- a routine

Re: [Assam] AT Photo- A Quiz: Chutiya Xalika

2008-03-29 Thread DR BIKASH KUMAR DAS
Haaa... Dada This is known in Darrang and Kamrup as CHUTIYA SHALIKA /XALIKA ( Chutiya Shalka).They are the direct version of original Indian Mynah all because they call talk like you and me. I had one before leaving for Military.She used to talk and if I run will fly behind me and sit on my

[Assam] Over 6, 000 children under the age of six die in india everyday from hunger and malnutrition

2008-03-29 Thread Ram Dhar
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/biggest-killer-of-indian-kids-poverty-ignorance/62252-3.html it's a sad , sad fact ... Abject poverty, lack of basic health care facilities and poor health of rural women are all killing children. _

Re: [Assam] AT Photo- A Quiz: Chutiya Xalika

2008-03-29 Thread Chan Mahanta
Thanks Bikash for reminding us of the Sutiya Xaalika name. Back at Namti we called it that as well--completely forgot about it. At 3:15 AM +0100 3/30/08, DR BIKASH KUMAR DAS wrote: Haaa... Dada This is known in Darrang and Kamrup as CHUTIYA SHALIKA /XALIKA ( Chutiya Shalka).They are

Re: [Assam] video; Book : Innovation is not just about Technology - Yunus etc

2008-03-29 Thread umesh sharma
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrMEW1LpnsI BA Yale Univ/college, MD Yale Medical School, Harvard MBA, Harvard Bus School professor and now.. originally from China. It seems he does a strange , global job - for an Asian - interviewing countries' leaders. Umesh