Re: sms to india

2003-01-28 Thread a.saha
[ From: Saurav Pathak [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] [ Date: Jan 28, 2003 11:18 (-0500) ] does anyone use sms (short message service, to cell phones) to india from the united states? does anyone have any suggestion? i can't really suggest anything on plans or rates, if that is what

Re: FW: BBC Vote

2002-12-11 Thread a.saha
the legitimacy of this vote is pretty much moot (if an indian song wins that is) if you look at the first page of the BBC site. it says, votes are arriving from over 140 countries, PREDOMINANTLY INDIA, for over 4600 songs. so, if an indian song does actually win, would it not be a hollow win?

Re: Photos from Assam

2002-11-28 Thread a.saha
[ From: Anjan K. Nath [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] [ Date: Nov 29, 2002 09:19 (+0800) ] The Nikon 5000 has now upgraded to Nikon 5700. One just can't keep up with the hi-tech development these days. Anyway, the good news is that the Nikon 5000 will be much cheaper after

Re: Photos from Assam

2002-11-27 Thread a.saha
[ From: Alpana Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] [ Date: Nov 27, 2002 21:14 (-0600) ] Hello! yes, but is it not an $800.00 program? One of the projects for our you are right about buying licences for your lab, but for home use, just about every decent digital camera comes with a

Re: Need your help

2002-11-21 Thread a.saha
have you ever considered joining lonely planet? :-) /amlan. [ From: Alpana Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] [ Date: Nov 22, 2002 01:02 (-0600) ] Hello Swapnali: Howdy!! and a big welcome from Texas. I am so glad to see Assamese girls doing so much on their own,

Re: Fw: India Since 1947

2002-11-19 Thread a.saha
[ From: Alpana Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] [ Date: Nov 19, 2002 00:47 (-0600) ] that exactly is my point. But you do show respect - you don't have to show by rituals or words, you do inherently show respect to them. It is the underlying sincerity that has to be

Romanisation of Assamese

2002-11-06 Thread a.saha
following up on my message about han yu pin yin yesterday, here is some more information on the same, as requested. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pinyin/romcover.html i could not locate the chinese governement website that has information on this, but i guess the above provides the gist of it. from

Re: [aana] Re: Re From the AT (fwd)

2002-11-05 Thread a.saha
[ From: Rajen Barua [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] [ Date: Nov 6, 2002 00:34 (-0600) ] I would go for your: Moi Eziptor laksorot sithikhon ziroks koriboloi xomoy napalw. when writing Assamese in Roman script. i think it would make sense to standardise this

Re: New topic?

2002-10-31 Thread a.saha
[ From: Rajib Das [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] [ Date: Oct 31, 2002 08:39 (-) ] India today. China has 200 bn. of forex reserves, India has 18 bn. well, it is not that bad :-) while you are right about china's forex reserves, last i checked, india's was more than USD 60 billion.

Re: New topic?

2002-10-31 Thread a.saha
[ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] [ Date: Oct 31, 2002 18:51 (+0800) ] the 6.8% of the population does not really give you the perspective properly. at least it does not show why china is such an important market for any communications company. china,

RE: Dual citizenship?

2002-10-30 Thread a.saha
[ From: supratic gupta [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] [ Date: Oct 31, 2002 12:57 (+0900) ] confers on you all the rights of an ordinary indian citizen except the right to vote and the right to run for political office. and the right to call yourself Indian Citizen well,

Re: Why should any Dalits stay Hindu? -links

2002-10-28 Thread a.saha
[ From: D Deka [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] [ Date: Oct 28, 2002 19:19 (-0800) ] make India a better place. You and I cannot change a diddly from USA. Remember that and carry on with your life. and not only that, things have not, largely, changed any bit even after going abroad

Re: Why should any Dalits stay Hindu? -links

2002-10-28 Thread a.saha
[ From: Alpana Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] [ Date: Oct 28, 2002 22:55 (-0600) ] But I was wondering about what would happen to those who without even gulping down that extra drink, keep looking for a brahmin boy (or a non-brahmin but of a little higher caste, like,

Re: An instance of colonialism

2002-10-27 Thread a.saha
[ From: N.Bhattacharyya [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] [ Date: Oct 27, 2002 00:40 (-0500) ] These are manifestations of the colonial hold of the ruling elite over Eastern India. you mean it is otherwise elsewhere in india? i was under the impression that this is so with everything indian.

Re: Politicians:Disclosure of criminal records and educationalqualifications

2002-10-23 Thread a.saha
[ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] [ Date: Oct 24, 2002 00:08 (-0400) ] Must a politician,contesting a poll,disclose his or her criminal records and educational qualifications? Would be wrong,if someone says-there is nothing more shameful than a

Re: Re-interpreting Islam

2002-10-13 Thread a.saha
I have a very elementary and simple question. may be one of you guys can clear my doubts - how do you determine, legally and within indian law that is, whether an indian is a muslim or a hindu or a christian etc.? is it allowed under indian law to ask the citizens this question in the census

Re: Re-interpreting Islam

2002-10-13 Thread a.saha
[ From: D Deka [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] [ Date: Oct 13, 2002 18:37 (-0700) ] Original indeed. Your question opened up, in my mind, apprehension of all kinds of possibilities. Can one absolutely so. i was just musing about it since i do not claim any religion and list myself as

Re: Re-interpreting Islam

2002-10-13 Thread a.saha
[ From: Saurav Pathak [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] [ Date: Oct 13, 2002 23:32 (-0400) ] expertise in weapons :). i have fired just 5 rounds of .22 in my entire life. and one of the bullets managed to hit the target next to mine :(. speaking of which, if you ever want to try your

Backward status for Muslims of Assam ?

2002-09-26 Thread a.saha
...interesting... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2284015.stm

Re: AT Letter to Editor

2002-09-12 Thread a.saha
[ From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] [ Date: Sep 12, 2002 10:27 (-0500) ] Sir, - Now-a-days, sex-related interactions and crimes are increasing fast among the urbanite college boys and girls. Other reasons apart, many fashion magazines are also responsible for

Re: [aana] immerging women slogan in Assam

2002-09-05 Thread a.saha
cm, this kind of stupid ideas and philosophies (calling such ludicrous beliefs philosophy is in itself an insult to the word) purported by these brainless dimwits do not even merit any attention. But then, who are we to say that ? If some medieval retards want to live by these principles and

Re: payment of bills by bank transfer vrs cash

2002-08-21 Thread a.saha
[ From: Dr. Supratic Gupta [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] [ Date: Aug 21, 2002 14:12 (+0900) ] In Japan they try to tell us by bank transfer. Most people indeed do so. ButI myself have resisted from doing so. Am I crazy? No, you are not. You are just stuck in the 19th century and

RE: payment of bills by bank transfer vrs cash

2002-08-21 Thread a.saha
[ From: Dr. Supratic Gupta [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] [ Date: Aug 22, 2002 11:13 (+0900) ] Because I filed the Tax return forms and got back the Taxes, well through my credit card (I paid in Cash, as I always carry traveler's cheque, I don't like the fluctuation of yen, and