[Assam] Ramji Londonwaley: A journey from Bihar to London

2005-09-03 Thread Rini Kakati
Kamal Hassan's Ramji Londonwaley, which opens worldwide on September 3, is the first mainstream Hindi film to be made entirely in Britain under the UK government's "Bollywood Initiative", which encourages British investment into Bollywood cinema. The film is the result of a scheme first

Re: [Assam] newspapers of the world

2005-09-03 Thread Gautam Choudhury
Baideo, Sorry to reply you so late. In fact I tried to reply you on the day I received your mail. It didn't go then for some reasons unknown to me. After that somehow I was not able to reply you. Anyway I am trying to reply your mail now. Yes, you guessed it right - I am from Guwahati only. In

Re: [Assam] newspapers of the world

2005-09-03 Thread Gautam Choudhury
Baideo, Sorry to reply you so late. In fact I tried to reply you on the day I received your mail. It didn't go then for some reasons unknown to me. After that somehow I was not able to reply you. Anyway I am trying to reply your mail now. Yes, you guessed it right - I am from Guwahati only. In

Re: [Assam] From Aji

2005-09-03 Thread Chan Mahanta
Ram, Ram, Ram : Assuming there is truth the report, you miss the irony of this whole thing. The ULFA, the ISI and B-Deshi stooges, supposedly in its last-throes ( how Chenneyesque!), is sought after by none other than saffron waving, India -for- -Hindus and Hinduttwa spouting brigades

[Assam] A forgotten civil war in northeastern India

2005-09-03 Thread Neep Hazarika
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/09/02/news/india.php --- Neep Hazarika ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org

Re: [Assam] A forgotten civil war in northeastern India

2005-09-03 Thread Chan Mahanta
Thanks for sharing it Neep. About time the world got a glimpse of India's abiding shame. cm At 2:13 PM + 9/3/05, Neep Hazarika wrote: http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/09/02/news/india.php --- Neep Hazarika ___ assam mailing list

[Assam] An Appeal : Related to Jorhat Engineering College

2005-09-03 Thread Don Vikro Foundation
Freinds In view of coming Golden Jubilee Celebration of Jorhat Engineering College , we are going to register the “ Jorhat Engineering College Alumni Association” as earliest possible . All the ex-students , ex- teachers , ex- staffs of Jorhat Engineering College can become a member of this

Re: [Assam] newspapers of the world

2005-09-03 Thread umesh sharma
seems situation is a little better than before. So people travel in costly Volvo buses in Assam . I rode on one exactly one year ago while going to Delhi to board a plane to US. It costs twice the normal super deluxe fare and 4 times the regular express bus service. I used it since it was

Re: [Assam] A forgotten civil war in northeastern India

2005-09-03 Thread umesh sharma
Yes it is a good balanced article showing excesses by the army and the terror of the militants/terrorists. Not much is mentioned about development in the region or lack thereof. UmeshChan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for sharing it Neep.About time the world got a glimpse of India's

Re: [Assam] A forgotten civil war in northeastern India

2005-09-03 Thread Alpana B. Sarangapani
Yes, thanks for the forward, Neep. Hi C'da: About time the world got a glimpse of India's abiding shame. And yes, that's right. They should also see this from the article: "More than a dozen ethnic armies operate here, each with its own separatist agenda. What they share is a deep distrust of

[Assam] Maybe - rules and no corruption was an impediment in Aid in Katrina relief

2005-09-03 Thread umesh sharma
Hi, I am not an expert in US affairs - just like the rest of us but I feel that in India aid reaches a little bit faster since we do not follow traffic laws such as - no human transport in private trcuks or on top of bus roofs or at the back of pick up trcuks. There may be less buses in US -

Re: [Assam] Evolution: Chimp is 96% Man - Harvard-MIT-Wash. Univ.research; Jurassic

2005-09-03 Thread mc mahant
Thanks for the info on the book. Yesterday in Europe-papers carried item that in the same cave somewhere -they found remains of Cro-Magnons and Humans -living together!! How? mm From: umesh sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: assam@assamnet.org Subject: [Assam] Evolution:

Re: [Assam] Maybe - rules and no corruption was an impediment in Aid inKatrina relief

2005-09-03 Thread mc mahant
Please read this view too: Katrina: an economic blow worse than 9/11 By : Allister Heath September 04, 2005 HURRICANE Katrina will inflict greater damage to the global economy than the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, top analysts warned this weekend. The gloomy forecasts came as United

Re: [Assam] newspapers of the world

2005-09-03 Thread mc mahant
Volvo bus OR Good roads plus cheap old Tata bus for Janata? Costly Road maintenance EVERY year after monsoon ptholes using TRADITIONAL Indian Bitumen Technology OR resurfacing lightly once every 5years with POLYMER-Modified Bitumen This is the Choice in front of 'Hoping to be an Advanced

Re: [Assam] Maybe - rules and no corruption was an impediment in Aid inKatrina relief

2005-09-03 Thread mc mahant
Executive waiver, Homeland Security, National Emergency,War on Terror,WMD laws ---why were these not used in the ONLY-SUPER -POWER nation? mm From: umesh sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: assam@assamnet.org Subject: [Assam] Maybe - rules and no corruption was an

Re: [Assam] Maybe - rules and no corruption was an impediment in Aid inKatrina relief

2005-09-03 Thread Chan Mahanta
Up to 10,000 people are feared dead I think an Indian, prone to hyper-hyperbole wrote this :-). At 6:38 AM +0530 9/4/05, mc mahant wrote: Please read this view too: Katrina: an economic blow worse than 9/11 By : Allister Heath September 04, 2005 HURRICANE Katrina will inflict

Re: [Assam] Maybe - rules and no corruption was an impediment in Aid inKatrina relief

2005-09-03 Thread Chan Mahanta
Those questions are already being asked, even by GWB's own party folks. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. At 7:05 AM +0530 9/4/05, mc mahant wrote: Executive waiver, Homeland Security, National Emergency,War on Terror,WMD laws ---why were these not used in the ONLY-SUPER