Re: [Assam] [assam} Has Poverty Really Dropped in India?

2012-03-21 Thread Bhuban Baruah
Dear Friends: There are two editions to India Ink, N Y Times, this morning (21.03 2012). The first one is below: -bhuban Advertise on NYTimes.com March 21, 2012, 3:06 AM Has Poverty Really Dropped in India? By NIKHILA GILL Rafiq Maqbool/Associated Press A young girl sitting

Re: [Assam] [assam] Veteran Crew Sets Imaginative Course

2012-03-21 Thread Bhuban Baruah
Dear Friends: This article I suppose is not strictly India Link. In any case New York Times is basically the New York Times and similar articles appear in the restaurant pages from time to time and they are as delightful to read as it would be to wine and dine there. In Sanskrit it says:

Re: [Assam] [assam] Rome

2012-03-21 Thread Bhuban Baruah
Dear Alpana Ages ago, we had been to the eternal city by bus but pre-booked our hotel reservations in the city.We went to different places by train. On one journey, mainly for not knowing Italian, we had to pay excess fare as the particular train we boarded was a faster train. It was

Re: [Assam] [assam] The Schoool where every teacher/student has an iPad

2012-03-21 Thread Bhuban Baruah
Dear Mr Kakoty I agree with your view. In any case, we have to leave the matter to the schools.Recently the use of iPads/laptops has led to cheating by the students in colleges and universities and malpractices in cyber businesses.It appears the use of these gadgets by students should be

Re: [Assam] [assam] The Schoool where every teacher/student has an iPad

2012-03-21 Thread Sanjib Baruah
This reminds me of a New York Times report last year of a Silicon Valley private school - with children whose parents are in the high tech world -- that does not allow computers. I especially liked the argument of one of the parents: “At Google and all these places, we make technology as

Re: [Assam] [assam] Reconciling Gandhi with Ambedkar

2012-03-21 Thread Bhuban Baruah
Dear Friends: This is the latest addition to the India Ink, N Y Times, today(21 03 2012). There is another article which I will post later. -bhuban March 21, 2012, 8:11 AM Reconciling Gandhi With Ambedkar By SARAH KHAN Courtesy of Asia Society and Queens Museum of Art Dayanita

Re: [Assam] [assam] Repairing the Damage at Indian National Archives

2012-03-21 Thread Bhuban Baruah
Dear Friends: This is from NY Times today(21 03 2012): -bhuban Repairing the Damage at India’s National Archives By DINYAR PATEL Manpreet Romana for The New York Times Mushirul Hasan, director general, National Archives of India, in his office in New Delhi. When he took charge of

Re: [Assam] [assam] Reconciling Gandhi with Ambedkar

2012-03-21 Thread Bhuban Baruah
Dear Friends: This is the latest addition to the India Ink, N Y Times, today(21 03 2012). There is another article which I will post later. -bhuban Reconciling Gandhi With Ambedkar By SARAH KHAN Courtesy of Asia Society and Queens Museum of Art Dayanita Singh’s “Ambedkar,

Re: [Assam] [assam] Why has India become the world's Top Arms Buyer?

2012-03-21 Thread Bhuban Baruah
Dear Friends: This article is similar with one that I posted a few days ago. I also commented. What we need is universal disarmament and the money thus saved is iused for removal of poverty, malnutrition etc -bhuban ___ assam mailing list

Re: [Assam] [assam] NRI Children:Indian officials to attnd hearing in Norway

2012-03-21 Thread Bhuban Baruah
Dear Friends: This news is from the Times Of India (22 02 2012) -bhuban ill attend the custody hearing on March 23. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Ahead of the hearing on the custody row involving two NRI children, two senior Indian officials are expected to leave forNorway later this

Re: [Assam] [assam] Good news for American visa seekers

2012-03-21 Thread Bhuban Baruah
Dear Friends: This is from the Times Of India (22.03 2012) -bhuban Good news for American visa seekers NEW DELHI: In good news to American visa applicants, US today announced those Indians who are renewing their visas, valid or expired, within 4 years, are likely to get waiver for a

Re: [Assam] [assam] A Hindu Victory in Russia Could Heal Rift With India

2012-03-21 Thread Bhuban Baruah
Dear Friends: This news is from India Ink, N Y Times (21 03 2012) -bhuban Hindu Victory Could Ease Indian Anger With Russia By HARVEY MORRIS | March 21, 2012, 8:16 AM European Pressphoto Agency Hindus demonstrated in Mumbai in December to protest a proposed Russian ban one of their

[Assam] photo gallery of EMFA

2012-03-21 Thread Nava Thakuria
Hello friends, Here are few photographs from our award function held recently in Guwahati to inspire television journalist and other employees. Nava Thakuria http://emfa.in/gallery.htm ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org

Re: [Assam] [assam] Indian politicians in latest porn scandal

2012-03-21 Thread Bhuban Baruah
Dear Friends: This news is from today's Telegraph UK (22 03 2012). net.org bhuban INDIA Indian politicians in latest porn scandal The speaker of an Indian state assembly ordered an inquiry on Wednesday into allegations that two politicians had viewed pornography during a sitting of