Re: [Assam] UVa: Afghan girl escapes Taliban execution to win Peabody award

2008-03-30 Thread DR BIKASH KUMAR DAS
Great information.Keep it up Umesh. Bikash umesh sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:ttp://www.aands.virginia.edu/x11101.xml moral of the story http://www.virginia.edu/insideuva/2005/16/kamela.html her mother her teacher Umesh Sharma - Explore your

[Assam] [WaterWatch] Tibet strategic water resources

2008-03-30 Thread Chan Mahanta
At 11:23 AM + 3/30/08, mediavigil wrote: Yes, indeed charity begins at home but isn't Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) different. Tibet shares borders with India, Nepal, Bhutan and Myanmar. *** Different issues here. Petition to Chinese President Hu Jintao: As citizens around the world,

[Assam] Lachit Bordoloi booked under NSA

2008-03-30 Thread bg
Lachit Bordoloi booked under NSA [image: 17_02_08_lachit_bordoloi_488819184.jpg] Peace broker and MASS leader Lachit Bordoloi has been arrested under the National Security Act on Sunday accusing him of link with ULFA. Mr Bordoloi was detained in Moran in February following a set of confessional

[Assam] Dr. Utpola Borah's contact information

2008-03-30 Thread Priyankoo
Hi, I am looking for some contact info of Dr. Utpola Borah, an enthnomusicologist. If somebody has some contact information, could you kindly forward to me in a personal email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] best Priyankoo ___ assam mailing list

Re: [Assam] Lachit Bordoloi booked under NSA

2008-03-30 Thread kamal deka
Lachit Bordoloi was arrested because of the fact that he abetted the banned outfit in carrying out mayhem in the state.He was not picked up by the police,as suggested by the report, on account of his link with the ULFA . KJD On 3/30/08, bg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lachit Bordoloi booked under

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

2008-03-30 Thread DR BIKASH KUMAR DAS
Great Umesh, Prof Unus is always taken heart of like me ordinary man and he did showed the way of doing from poverty etc.Necessity if creation of invention. he did and showed.Sorrowfully our Indian or Govt of India did all the wrong. finding place nowhere to implement, they did implemented a

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

2008-03-30 Thread umesh sharma
Bikash-da, You miss out a very important point. Yunus's non-profit was NOT started by the government so why should we expect Indian govt to take the initiative? Regards. Umesh DR BIKASH KUMAR DAS [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Great Umesh, Prof Unus is always taken heart of like me ordinary man

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

2008-03-30 Thread DR BIKASH KUMAR DAS
Dear Umesh, Not to mis quote- this was India Govt to follow the wrong route.I mentioned why did they wanted to implement only the name as Pragjyotish Gawolia Bank was doing well in rural Assam having their first branch at my village-Kalaigaon.It was Kolkata based then UTI to rename after Unus

[Assam] Brahmaputra jitters from China project

2008-03-30 Thread Pradip Kumar Datta
Brahmaputra jitters from China project OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT New Delhi, March 30: Hints have emerged from China that it may be gearing for a project on the Brahmaputra that threatens drought in India’s Northeast, environment experts and Indian officials claim. Delhi,

[Assam] Gandhian visits State to promote cause of underprivileged children(The Assam Tribune, Monday, March 31, 2008 )

2008-03-30 Thread Buljit Buragohain
Gandhian visits State to promote cause of underprivileged children By A City Correspondent GUWAHATI, March 30 - International Member of Friends of Assam Seven Sisters (FASS), Garvin Brown, a 79-year-old Gandhian from Queensland, Australia, met Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on March 24 at

[Assam] Stress laid on new thinking for real development (The Assam Tribune, Monday, March 31, 2008 )

2008-03-30 Thread Buljit Buragohain
Stress laid on new thinking for real development By A Staff Reporter GUWAHATI, March 30 – Noted academic and writer Dr Hiren Gohain today underlined the need for new thinking to emerge for real people-oriented development to take place in Assam. Unless that happened, a coterie of

[Assam] Potatoeconomics of Assam

2008-03-30 Thread uttam borthakur
A news item in Pratidin makes a difficult reading. Less of facts, more of opinions. But an item published on 31st March2008 is of concern. The prices of potato have suddenly plummetted in Assam. Apparently it should indicate the positive impact of withdrawal of Value Added Tax on