Re: [Assam] Assam Srength

2005-09-23 Thread umesh sharma
I wonder why someone does not this question of going back to his or her roots to the Europeans who have firmly settled in the Americas , Australia and prospering. I do not think Europe has in anyway suffered by the migration of these people (or their anscestors) to other lands.   What about asking

Re: [Assam] Assam Srength

2005-09-23 Thread Chan Mahanta
> >I expected that question. Rajib Das is investing his >money in a house in India as also a business in Assam >if that helps. No it does not, not by a long shot. I have no need to know who is doing what with her personal wealth. My question was about why did Rajib Das leave, and why do

Re: [Assam] Assam Srength

2005-09-22 Thread Utpal
Very well said -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mrinal talukdar Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 4:44 AM To: assam@assamnet.org Subject: [Assam] Assam Srength Dear Assamese Diaspora The strength of the Assamese is that they feel

Re: [Assam] Assam Srength

2005-09-22 Thread Utpal
Very well said -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mrinal talukdar Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 4:44 AM To: assam@assamnet.org Subject: [Assam] Assam Srength Dear Assamese Diaspora The strength of the Assamese is that they feel

Re: [Assam] Assam Srength

2005-09-22 Thread Rajib Das
I expected that question. Rajib Das is investing his money in a house in India as also a business in Assam if that helps. Amongst my circle, many are going back at a moment that suits them and some probably are not. Universally however, everyone's money is going there even if for some it is throug

Re: [Assam] Assam Srength

2005-09-22 Thread Rajib Das
Are you an IIM A alumnus? --- Malabika Brahma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chandan da, > > The answers to these questions are too obvious and > have been debated over and over in the net since the > Jurassic Age. Lets say the roots to all these > problems lie with India. Do you really think we

Re: [Assam] Assam Srength

2005-09-22 Thread Chan Mahanta
That doesn't answer my question though. And raises yet another question: What is Rajib Das doing in the USA, he who knows and sees how India is the place to be in? At 3:14 PM -0700 9/22/05, Rajib Das wrote: >I mull over it and wonder if only the folks who leave >India are doing well, why

[Assam] Assam Srength

2005-09-22 Thread Prasenjit Chetia
As Assamese I have every right to be concerned about her, no matter where I am in this planet. Secondly what is the topic of debate ? To be or not to be in the assam to raise a concern ? If so, why not think the other way, what can you do for her by being anywhere in this world ? I agree not all in

Re: [Assam] Assam Srength

2005-09-22 Thread Malabika Brahma
Alpanaba,   Please take care of  yourself from Rita. You did spell Deisha's name right. If you want to visit NJ while running away from Rita, please be our guest.   We will engage over these debates once you return safely from your escape from  Rita. BTW Deisha liked  your gift. Say hi to Ram da an

Re: [Assam] Assam Srength

2005-09-22 Thread Alpana B. Sarangapani
>Education : Masters from one of the best schools in India. >Helped In creating/generating employment in Assam :   0 >Influenced Global Corporations in investing in Assam :   0 That is our ineptness. We haven't been able to do it. But that is not the ONLY way to help Assam. In my book, even if I h

Re: [Assam] Assam Srength

2005-09-22 Thread Malabika Brahma
Chandan da,   The answers to these questions are too obvious and have been debated over and over in the net since the Jurassic Age. Lets say the roots to all these problems lie with India. Do you really think we NRA could only contribute to Assam's development when David has finally won over the bi

Re: [Assam] Assam Srength

2005-09-22 Thread Rajib Das
I mull over it and wonder if only the folks who leave India are doing well, why in the world would people and companies around the world pump in more than a 100 billion dollars into India? Are they idiots or what? Ask a Louisiana investor (non-Indian) where he would put in his dollar of investmen

Re: [Assam] Assam Srength

2005-09-22 Thread Rajib Das
- let alone > the harm that > >any intruder may cause? > > > >And yes, the diasopora need to stop talking about > the possible > >things that they may/want to do for Assam IF that > hurts Assam. > > > >Thus the blame game goes on. What is new? > > >

Re: [Assam] Assam Srength

2005-09-22 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Assam Srength Dilli was not even in the picture here. Are we getting a little paranoid or defensive here? :)   *** Neither. Merely drawing upon recent experiences. :-) At 4:29 PM -0500 9/22/05, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote: >> IF that hurts Assam >*** That

Re: [Assam] Assam Srength

2005-09-22 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Assam Srength Hi Utpal: As a graduate of IIM and thus being very savvy about business can you help us understand the following:     * WHY is it that NRAs are not returning to Assam by the droves to     set up businesses, factories or other employment generating

Re: [Assam] Assam Srength

2005-09-22 Thread Alpana B. Sarangapani
>> IF that hurts Assam >*** That is where the controversy lies. Obviously it is a debatable and debated subject. Some >wouldn't take a stand, yet would make vague charges against others who do. Why should the >people of Assam not be able to decide what hurts or what helps?  Why should anyone buy t

Re: [Assam] Assam Srength

2005-09-22 Thread umesh sharma
Utpal-da,   Thats a good way of putting things.   Umesh   Utpal-da wrote:   "Education : Masters from one of the best schools in India. Helped In creating/generating employment in Assam :   0 Influenced Global Corporations in investing in Assam :   0   What Assam needs is contribution from children

Re: [Assam] Assam Srength

2005-09-22 Thread Malabika Brahma
>>Also, Utpal, it is good to know that the people that do not write in these forums are >>spending their spare time doing good for Assam. Yeah, right! That is the ONLY alternative >>that they find to writing here. >>And yes, it is also an advantage to have a rich family background so that you don'

Re: [Assam] Assam Srength

2005-09-22 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Assam Srength HI Mayur: Very well said. But I would like to engage you, later that is, on why it is better for Assam to be ruled by others by proxy, instead of being able to be the masters of its own destiny. >You know the contribution of many NRIs (mainly Punjabis)

Re: [Assam] Assam Srength

2005-09-22 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Assam Srength I too agree with Jayanta, Alpana. Very well said indeed. Except in: > IF that hurts Assam *** That is where the controversy lies. Obviously it is a debatable and debated subject. Some wouldn't take a stand, yet would make vague charges against other

Re: [Assam] Assam Srength

2005-09-22 Thread jayanta payeng
Very Well Said A'Ba   Regards   Jayanta "Alpana B. Sarangapani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: An honest, hardworking YET poor farmer from a village could blame the ones living in a concrete (or Assam-type) building in a city in Assam, equally, saying:- How could you afford to communicate with THEM

Re: [Assam] Assam Srength

2005-09-22 Thread Alpana B. Sarangapani
An honest, hardworking YET poor farmer from a village could blame the ones living in a concrete (or Assam-type) building in a city in Assam, equally, saying:- How could you afford to communicate with THEM diaspora, using a computer that costs about Rs. 20,000/? Or Rs. 25/ (or however much!) an hou

Re: [Assam] Assam Srength

2005-09-22 Thread mayur bora
Hi Mrinal Thanks for your interesting observation. It may be more applicable to those people who are outside India than to someone like me who was in Assam till the other day. But your view that they start feeling about the state only after leaving Assam is not entirely true. Because you don't kno

Re: [Assam] Assam Srength

2005-09-22 Thread Chan Mahanta
At 6:13 AM +0530 9/22/05, mrinal talukdar wrote: >Dear Assamese Diaspora > >The strength of the Assamese is that they feel about Assam, express >concern about Assam and talk big about Assam only after leaving their >beloved state for greener pasture and then spend one hour each day >trying to impro

Re: [Assam] Assam Srength

2005-09-22 Thread Malabika Brahma
Very well said. There are some real do-ers, potential investors, entrepreneurs amonst the diaspora population, but you won't find them in these forums for the simple reason that they are busy doing, not talking or doing analysis-paralysis. > Dear Assamese Diaspora> > The strength of the Assamese

Re: [Assam] Assam Srength

2005-09-22 Thread BBaruah
 cannot speak on behalf of my colleagues living either in the States or in UK. Individuals naturally differ in their views. I can only reply to your missile in an individual capacity.   First of all, people in general do not live in air-conditioned houses either in USA or UK. They do have

Re: [Assam] Assam Srength

2005-09-21 Thread Rajib Das
I hear there is an extreme heat wave in Guwahati now :-) --- mrinal talukdar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Assamese Diaspora > > The strength of the Assamese is that they feel about > Assam, express > concern about Assam and talk big about Assam only > after leaving their > beloved state fo

[Assam] Assam Srength

2005-09-21 Thread mrinal talukdar
Dear Assamese Diaspora The strength of the Assamese is that they feel about Assam, express concern about Assam and talk big about Assam only after leaving their beloved state for greener pasture and then spend one hour each day trying to improve Assam through Internet from their air conditioned ro