Re: [Assam] heedful anticipation

2003-10-31 Thread Chan Mahanta
That was a rather unexpected answer, even discounting for all the absurdities that we have been treated to over the past few years in Assam net, and thus been immunized to spurts of idiocy. At 7:55 PM -0800 10/30/03, Rabin Deka wrote: Just out of curiosity, why should i talk to a

[Assam] From The Sentinel

2003-10-31 Thread Chan Mahanta
Netters might note that our fellow netter Prof. Sanjib Baruah is currently with the Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development, where Stephen Cohen presented the following. cm Eminent scholar Stephen Cohen in the city on Thursday. (Sentinel) By a Staff Reporter GUWAHATI, Oct

[Assam] A Letter from the Sentinel

2003-10-31 Thread Chan Mahanta
*** I don't endorse the idea of reviling an entire city on account of a few incidences of crime, however senasational or heinous. But the writer does present a view, a perception, that is obviously quite widespread. Is it a fair perception? cm What Kind of a National Capital? The recent

[Assam] From the NYTimes

2003-10-31 Thread Chan Mahanta
Critical Study Minus Criticism of Justice Dept. By DAVID JOHNSTON and ERIC LICHTBLAU Published: October 31, 2003 ASHINGTON, Oct. 30 - An internal report that harshly criticized the Justice Department's diversity efforts was edited so heavily when it was posted on the department's Web site

Re: [Assam] from the Sentinel

2003-10-31 Thread Alpana B. Sarangapani
Thanks for sending the very interesting article, C'da. Just wanted to add that the title of the article (I think it is a direct quote from Prof. Cohen's speech) is: US has lessons to take from India on terror: Cohen and I think everything makes very good sense including this: "Academics and

Re: [Assam] from the Sentinel

2003-10-31 Thread Chan Mahanta
Professor Cohen himself addressed the point with his rejoinder, A: Refusing to classify all terrorist activities under a single head, the South Asia security expert instead drew a line between idealistic terrorism, violent activities against real or perceived injustices, and criminal terrorism,

[Assam] focus , focus...its all in the diet :)

2003-10-31 Thread deepjyoti kakati
Indian satellites safe after solar fury http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/00031143001.htm meantime, those who dont eat chicken curry parboiled rice suffer the consequences Japan bids adeiu to $640 mil satellite and another one felled by solar flares... Japan bids adios to ADEOS earth

[Assam] Cohen sahib in guwahati

2003-10-31 Thread deepjyoti kakati
I was amazed to see Cohen go as far as guwahati and folks like CM reporting his 'expert comments' happily here...expecting a round of happy applause no doubt :) its takes a man of special caliber to be Cohen. a bit of biodata always helps:

[Assam] Please help me update my address book

2003-10-31 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: [Assam] Cohen sahib in guwahati

2003-10-31 Thread Chan Mahanta
Rarely have I come across so much ink wasted to say so little. At 9:08 PM +0530 10/31/03, deepjyoti kakati wrote: I was amazed to see Cohen go as far as guwahati and folks like CM reporting his 'expert comments' happily here...expecting a round of happy applause no doubt :) its

Re: [Assam] heedful anticipation

2003-10-31 Thread Rabin Deka
Just out of curiosity, why should i talk to a homosexual? i do not know who wrote the above that came to me in the following thread. i knew he wrote in assam-net that homosexuality (topic?) is very interesting to him, but did not say if he is one. even if he is one i will continue to TALK. [ doo

[Assam] The Iraq War and contempt for Democracy by Noam Chomsky

2003-10-31 Thread bhattach
Hi everybody, I got the following from a ZNet commentary. Znet commentary is sent to Z Net Sustainers. I am a ZNet sustainer. I am one of the 6000 sustainers who send a regular contribution to ZNet so that they can post altenative news and analysis. Truth, in these deceptive times, has become

Re: [Assam] from the Sentinel

2003-10-31 Thread Alpana Sarangapani
If you leave this part out of the pragraph you picked to highlight, then the meaning is lost. It would be cherry-picking. Thats right, and if one (not purposely - somehow just missed it) avoids this part, then it gets worse: criminal terrorism, under which a god cause is used as a cover for

[Assam] Iraq's real WMD crime

2003-10-31 Thread Rabin Deka
F.Y.I. Iraq's real WMD crime By Lawrence Smallman Thursday 30 October 2003, 9:55 Makka Time, 6:55 GMT Depleted uranium has a half life of 4.7 billion years – that means thousands upon thousands of Iraqi children will suffer There are weapons of mass destruction all over