Re: [Assam] History: Voting Rights for Asians in Canada ; Guru's 100 years of Indian presence in North America

2006-10-09 Thread mc mahant
called" Koma.gata..Maru" (Guru Nanak Ship) But--Nothing to do with Guru Nanak Devji. Maru- in Japanese =Island. All Japanese Ships have a name ending with Maru. Why So? Chartered by Hongkong's retired Sikh policemen to Go-East toWest and settle - just as Cantonese were. Sikhs were

[Assam] NPTEL program

2006-10-09 Thread jogen kalita
Hi, Every one, its Dr Jogen Kalita from King's College, London back again to Assam net.I do appreciate Mr Buragohain'seffort ofputting the NPTEL website in the net for the benefit of our young generation and I do sincerely hope that this will help large number of students preparing for their

[Assam] screening of 'Dooor' at IIC, Delhi

2006-10-09 Thread utpal borpujari
Hi. The North-East Media Forum, the platform for journalists from North-East India working in the Print and Electronic media in New Delhi, is organizing the first-ever public screening of “Dooor”, a digital Hindi feature film, in collaboration with India International Centre at 6:30 PM on 18th

[Assam] The Sentinel: Jahnu Barua misses Oscar date

2006-10-09 Thread Rini Kakati
Jahnu Barua misses Oscar date ‘The only regret is that the film missed larger audience’ NEW DELHI, Oct 8: Filmmaker Jahnu Barua’s Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara, chosen as the best film in Japan’s Fukuoka International Film Festival, has missed an entry to this year’s Oscars run up due to ‘a technical

[Assam] Award instituted to honour Sankari scholars (The Assam Tribune, 09.10.2006)

2006-10-09 Thread Buljit Buragohain
Award instituted to honour Sankari scholarsGUWAHATI, Oct 8 – Srimanta Sankardev Antarjatik Pratisthan, the international non-religious body founded in the year 1998 by renowned story-writer Arnab Jan Deka, has decided to institute an annual award of rupees 50,000 each in the style of “Sankardev

[Assam] UK assamese Community united my experiences

2006-10-09 Thread jogen kalita
It is really nice to see that the Assamesepeople living in Great Britain are united. They organise Bihu, observe Tithi of Srimanta SankarDeva , Silpi Divas Rabha Divas, and have been trying for development of Assamese Culture Abroad.I was a PhD student then (1995-1999) at King's College,

[Assam] Award instituted to honour Sankari scholars(The Assam Tribune, 09.10.2006)

2006-10-09 Thread Buljit Buragohain
Award instituted to honour Sankari scholarsGUWAHATI, Oct 8 – Srimanta Sankardev Antarjatik Pratisthan, the international non-religious body founded in the year 1998 by renowned story-writer Arnab Jan Deka, has decided to institute an annual award of rupees 50,000 each in the style of “Sankardev

Re: [Assam] Nehru favoured flow of migrants to NE

2006-10-09 Thread xourov pathok
--- umesh sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Xourav-da, Really? The question which you have to answer is that whether nehru favored illegal migration from Bangladesh, Burma or China etc into Assam. Bangladeshi illegal immigrants are all over India --even about 200,000 in Delhi

[Assam] Dr.Jogen Kalita: Welcome back to Assam Net

2006-10-09 Thread Rini Kakati
Dear Netters: I would like to welcome back Dr. Jogen Kalita from Gauhati University. The Royal Society in London has invited Dr. Jogen Kalita to Kings College in London. He has done his PHD from Kings College. He was the initiator and founder of the Branch of the Asom Xahitya Xabhaof UK in 1998

[Assam] Acquaintance

2006-10-09 Thread Momy Saikia
Hello Ms Kakati, I am Momy Saikia, a graduate engineer in Scotland. I have picked up your id from the assam net forums. Is there an Assamese association in London or elsewhere in UK. I would love to get in touch with other fellow Assamese here, as already we arn't the majority of NRIs in

Re: [Assam] UK assamese Community united my experiences

2006-10-09 Thread Momy Saikia
Hello all, I really appreciate the effort of all the individuals towards keeping Assamese in London united. It would be a better idea to let the Assamese living in the rest of UK and world be a part of it as well. Only than its a unity as there are already very few Assamese abroad. For