Re: [Assam] Religion and Rituals

2003-03-18 Thread Alpana Sarangapani
>answers. (Personal advice, attack only Hindu Gods if you want to. Never are you following this strictly? > I miss this one too. Karna--what was he ? Was he a relative of the Pandavs? > Or a sidekick? Not the milkman I hope, or the mailman. Reminds me of an Indian born utterly confused desi.

Re: [Assam] ULFA's Kind Act

2003-03-18 Thread Rajib Das
ULFA and their brothers-in-arms just don't seem to be able to strike their targets when fighting against armed forces (when they fired missiles into the airforce base, they found an empty cafetaria); and they seem to have an uncanny ability to get a very good strike rate when they have unarmed

Re: [Assam] Religion and Rituals

2003-03-18 Thread Chan Mahanta
Dear Dr. P, Thanks for your informative and insightful reply. You are man of much wisdom. Your explanation of why Gargi might lose her life, as explained by Rahul S. is indeed very persuasive. I too practice restraints on asking too many fool questions, of course depending on whom I am asking. Luc

Re: [Assam] Religion and Rituals

2003-03-18 Thread LOLLA PALOOZA
Dear Mr. Mahanta, The learned one (not me) does not pooh pooh one that is acquired by either birth or by knowledge. I feel, once you know the truth, it is no longer faith.  It is the Truth (that's what they say). I do not refer to other religions for fear of physical harm to my family (and nothing

[Assam] SAJA scholarships

2003-03-18 Thread S. Mitra Kalita
Please do forward to everyone you know. /smk [TWO DAYS TO POSTMARK DEADLINE] Please circulate the following to any South Asians you know who are students, or may have high school/college age children, or work with young South Asians. Sure, most South Asian parents don't want their kids to grow

Re: [Assam] rachel corrie

2003-03-18 Thread D Deka
Is the world still waiting for USA to resolve the Palestine problem? When will it be on George Bush's radar screen? After Iraq war is over or will it wait till Arafat's PM proves viable?  Saurav Pathak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: rachel corrie's final moments, in pictureshttp://electronicintifada.ne

Re: [Assam] ULFA's Kind Act

2003-03-18 Thread Alpana B. Sarangapani
Yours will be even better, C'da. Why don't you? :) >From: Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: D Deka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, ASSAMNETCOLORADO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [Assam] ULFA's Kind Act >Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 07:56:10 -0600 > > >I am not going to comment on it. > > >*** Give i

[Assam] Fourth Convocation of Tezpur University

2003-03-18 Thread buljit bura gohain
Phukan: Social justice still eludes us, academics must take up challenges >From our Correspondent TEZPUR, March 17: Former Supreme Court judge Justice SN Phukan has urged the academic community to take up newer and newer challenges so that the horizon of knowledge becomes ‘as large as the Brahma

[Assam] JECIMAGE2003

2003-03-18 Thread buljit bura gohain
Dear Friends, The dailies of Assam such as Assam Tribune, Protidin etc. had published the press release about JECIMAGE2003 on last Saturday i.e. 15th. March03. Hopefully some others will publish it. All total 12 presses of Assam were contacted through printed text for publication of the news in

[Assam] rachel corrie

2003-03-18 Thread Saurav Pathak
rachel corrie's final moments, in pictures http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article1248.shtml rachel corrie's emails home. http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,916299,00.html ___ Assam mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/ma

[Assam] Fourth Convocation of Tezpur University

2003-03-18 Thread buljit bura gohain
Introduce job oriented courses: Sinha >From Falguni Barman TEZPUR, March 17 — “The 21st century would be demanding and challenging both in the context of economic activity, scientific and technical explosion for the material progress,” said Lt General (retd) SK Sinha, Governor of Assam and Chan

Re: [Assam] Religion and Rituals

2003-03-18 Thread Chan Mahanta
Dear Dr. P, Good to hear from you again. Forgive me for butting in here, but I was intrigued by your observation: >What is faith? (To believe in something you have been brainwashed to >believe >from your birth?) *** I am no authority, nor am I an adherent of FAITH- quite a faithless dude reall

Re: [Assam] ULFA's Kind Act

2003-03-18 Thread Chan Mahanta
>I am not going to comment on it. *** Give it a shot ( no pun intended). It would be good for our collective souls. At 7:36 PM -0800 3/17/03, D Deka wrote: >I am not going to comment on it. > > > >ëI have to carry on my life now as a handicappedí > > > >By a Staff Reporter >GUWAHAT