[Assam] From The Sentinel

2005-08-18 Thread Chan Mahanta
My question is this: Is this something new? A surprise? If it is NOT a surprise, then has anything happened over the decades to hold the responsible accountable? If not why? Is it because of a moral collapse of the people of Assam, the intelligentsia? Or is it because there is no

[Assam] From The Sentinel Editorial: Public Transport in Europe

2005-08-05 Thread Rini Kakati
Public Transport in Europe HN Das Stuttgart is a relatively small city of about a million souls in the South West of Germany hedged in by hills and the narrow valley of the river Necker. It is the home of the automobile giants such as Mercedez Benz and Daimler Benz. It leads in the manufacture

[Assam] From The Sentinel

2005-06-12 Thread Alpana B. Sarangapani
Why was the miscreant released (if he was theguy). It is very unlikely to find him if he has moved toanother place/state. So much ofhatred? He should be put in jail for ever. http://www.sentinelassam.com/ AHRC pulls up SSP on Sipra acid case By a Staff ReporterGUWAHATI, June 11: The Assam Human

[Assam] From the Sentinel

2005-06-12 Thread Chan Mahanta
Where did we hear this before :-)? cm State-Sponsored Culture T he recent controversy surrounding the just-replaced Sangeet Natak Akademi chairperson, Sonal Mansingh, has once again brought to the fore the growing rot in the State-sponsored institutions of culture in our country. The

Fwd: Re: [Assam] From the Sentinel

2005-06-02 Thread Chan Mahanta
.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 09 Mar 2005 08:44:57 PST Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 08:44:57 -0800 (PST) From: pranab saloi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Assam] From the Sentinel To: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset

[Assam] From the Sentinel

2005-05-07 Thread Alpana B. Sarangapani
howtrue! aconstructive criticism.. http://www.sentinelassam.com/sentinel_en/story3.htm --Disabilities Mindlessly CreatedWITH EYES WIDE OPEN D. N. Bezboruah In India, we are very fond of rituals. We gloat over them, thrive on them and even turn them into annual

[Assam] From the Sentinel

2005-05-02 Thread Chan Mahanta
Proud to be Westernized! Tavleen Singh When I am in Mumbai I live on Marine Drive within spitting distance of the police cabin in which monster More raped a girl so young we cannot tell you her name. Much horror has already been expressed over a 16-year-old virgin being raped by a policeman

[Assam] From the Sentinel/ Mamoni's Peace Efforts

2005-04-28 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: From the Sentinel/ Mamoni's Peace Efforts Naren Modi's Gujarat killed hundreds of innocents in days, burnt them alive, hacked men women and children, with the law watching from the sidelines if not actively assisting the killers. And the PM rose to criticize US's denying visas to Modi as

Re: [Assam] From the Sentinel/ Mamoni's Peace Efforts

2005-04-28 Thread Ram Sarangapani
C'da, The same Indian govt. lobbies the US to put brand Assam freedom fighters 'terrorists', while the Indian military took more than ten thousand Assamese lives. I don't know where you got the info that the Indian Govt lobbied the US (not saying its unfathomable)? To some these are

Re: [Assam] From the Sentinel/ Mamoni's Peace Efforts

2005-04-28 Thread Chan Mahanta
Heh, heh, heh :-). I am impressed with the steel trap minded perceptive prowess. At 6:58 PM -0700 4/28/05, Rajib Das wrote: And the same US Government takes a 100,000 lives and it brands Osama Bin Laden, the freedom fighter for the Arabs as a terrorist!!! It is a twisted world! The same

RE: [Assam] from the sentinel

2005-04-10 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: RE: [Assam] from the sentinel Hi Ram: At 4:58 AM + 4/10/05, Ram Sarangapani wrote: C'da, Ah! at last there is some congruency. That was a pretty good description of what any of us would want to happen and I don't think I can disagree with what you has said. *** Thanks. I sure am

RE: [Assam] from the sentinel

2005-04-10 Thread Ram Sarangapani
if these terms are fashionable today, but being old-fashioned, I still believe in these. --Ram From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Ram Sarangapani" [EMAIL PROTECTED], assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu Subject: RE: [Assam] from the sentinel Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 08:29:11 -0500 Hi Ram: At 4:58 AM +00

RE: [Assam] from the sentinel

2005-04-09 Thread Chan Mahanta
. The solution lies in strengthening the common man. --Ram .net To: assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu Subject: [Assam] from the sentinel Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 22:13:23 -0500 Dear Netters: The following from tonight's Sentinel. Do people wonder what this means? It means that the means of democratic

RE: [Assam] from the sentinel

2005-04-09 Thread Ram Sarangapani
From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Ram Sarangapani" [EMAIL PROTECTED], assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu Subject: RE: [Assam] from the sentinel Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 08:58:44 -0500 I think this is where some might disagree with you. Yes, the system needs 'reforms' and yes it needs some new thinki

Re: [Assam] from the sentinel

2005-04-09 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] from the sentinel At 9:28 PM -0700 4/8/05, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote: About 36,000 cases of the State Government are pending in both the Supreme Court and the Gauhati High Court. -- these are law suits that the state government of Assamfiled against someone or other, or were filed

RE: [Assam] from the sentinel

2005-04-09 Thread Chan Mahanta
, what exactly do you mean by radical reform? And I will understand if you don't really want to give us your definition :-) --Ram From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ram Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED], assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu Subject: RE: [Assam] from the sentinel Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 08

RE: [Assam] from the sentinel

2005-04-09 Thread Ram Sarangapani
apani" [EMAIL PROTECTED], assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu Subject: RE: [Assam] from the sentinel Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 10:07:00 -0500 So, what exactly do you mean by "radical reform"?And I will understand if you don't really want to give us your definition :-) *** My definition of 'radical'

[Assam] from the sentinel

2005-04-08 Thread Chan Mahanta
Dear Netters: The following from tonight's Sentinel. Do people wonder what this means? It means that the means of democratic societies for holding people accountable do not work. It is an example of a dysfunctional govt. Something that direly needs reforming, or so one might think. What do our

RE: [Assam] from the sentinel

2005-04-08 Thread Ram Sarangapani
. --Ram .net To: assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu Subject: [Assam] from the sentinel Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 22:13:23 -0500 Dear Netters: The following from tonight's Sentinel. Do people wonder what this means? It means that the means of democratic societies for holding people accountable do not work

Re: [Assam] from the sentinel

2005-04-08 Thread Dilip/Dil Deka
"About 36,000 cases of the State Government are pending in both the Supreme Court and the Gauhati High Court." -- these are law suits that the state government of Assamfiled against someone or other, or were filed against the government. Then there are other lawsuits that the citizens have filed

[Assam] From the Sentinel

2005-03-20 Thread Chan Mahanta
Tsk, tsk! What turn of events. I wonder if this will give religion to some of our self-flagellating kharkhowa netters. But I won't hold my breadth :-). cm Decision to stop border fencing draws flak By a Staff Reporter GUWAHATI, March 19: There is resentment in the social and political

Re: [Assam] From the Sentinel

2005-03-20 Thread umesh sharma
C-da, Do u support the move? UmeshChan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tsk, tsk! What turn of events.I wonder if this will give religion to some of our self-flagellating kharkhowa netters. But I won't hold my breadth :-).cmDecision to stop border fencing draws flakBy a Staff ReporterGUWAHATI,

Re: [Assam] From the Sentinel

2005-03-20 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] From the Sentinel Which move Umesh? There is resentment in the social and political circles of the State over the Union Government's decision to stop the construction of the fencing along the Indo-Bangladesh border. This one--the one about the resentments

Re: [Assam] From the Sentinel

2005-03-06 Thread Ram Sarangapani
C'da, But what did you mean by? As usual, Inder Malhotra is at his best. He is really good. ** Do you think he makes good points, or are you indicating he is spinning:-), very well that is ? No, no, I actually do like the analyses that Malhotra gives. I have been reading his articles for

[Assam] From the Sentinel

2005-01-17 Thread Alpana B. Sarangapani
Could it be true? "It found it "unbelievable that kar sevaks (to the extent of 90 per cent of the total occupants) armed with trishuls, would allow to get themselves burnt without a murmur by miscreant activity like a person entering S-6 coach from outside and setting the coach on fire." " Would

Re: [Assam] From the Sentinel--Godhra train arsony

2005-01-17 Thread umesh sharma
When there are about 2000 people outside armed with whatnot - I'm sure that "cowardly" Hindus would like to hide their faceandkeep mum inside the train, whereas the outsiders entered from the weakest link in the train - the place where the two bogies joined and created the fire. If it was

[Assam] From The Sentinel: British Upper House members meet Gogoi

2005-01-06 Thread Rini Kakati
British Upper House members meet Gogoi Guwahati, Jan 5: Members of the British House of Lords, Navaneet Dholakia and Lady Ann met Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi here yesterday and urged him to take adequate measures to project the State outside the country as a major tourist destination, an official

[Assam] From the Sentinel

2005-01-01 Thread Alpana B. Sarangapani
http://www.sentinelassam.com/sentinel_en/story1.htm Assam government employees continue working until the age of59. Also, free health and accident insurance for all citizens upto to the age of 90. Isn't it just great? At least in this regard, Assam will be on the 1st row with some of the developed

Re: [Assam] From the Sentinel

2005-01-01 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] From the Sentinel That is indeed an awesome bit of news. Actually too good to believe. And that is where my curiosity is: How and who will pay for it? Where is Assam going to get the funds to put the scheme in place? And if it is not funded adequately what could happen? Being

RE: [Assam] From the Sentinel

2005-01-01 Thread Roy, Santanu
. -Original Message- From: Chan Mahanta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sun 1/2/2005 12:26 PM To: Alpana B. Sarangapani; assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu Cc: Roy, Santanu Subject: Re: [Assam] From the Sentinel That is indeed an awesome bit of news. Actually too good to believe

RE: [Assam] From the Sentinel

2005-01-01 Thread Alpana B. Sarangapani
ot; [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Chan Mahanta" [EMAIL PROTECTED],"Alpana B. Sarangapani" [EMAIL PROTECTED],assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu Subject: RE: [Assam] From the Sentinel Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 22:56:08 -0600 The details in the press release are extremely fuzzy. However, it defies credu

[Assam] From the Sentinel of December 11, 2004

2004-12-10 Thread Alpana B. Sarangapani
http://www.sentinelassam.com/ ULFA kin criticize Paresh for rejecting offer By a Staff ReporterGuwahati, Dec 10: The ULFA Pariyal Committee, an organization of family members of ULFA cadres, today came down heavily on Paresh Barua for rejecting the offer of talks. In a statement, the

[Assam] From the Sentinel

2004-11-22 Thread Chan Mahanta
*** Where have I heard this before :-)? ON THE SPOT Everything has Become a Ritual Tavleen Singh While interviewing Sir Vidya Naipaul I once asked him why a country as obsessed with religion and purity as ours could not understand the importance of keeping at least its sacred rivers clean.

[Assam] From the Sentinel

2004-10-18 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: From the Sentinel A sobering view! cm A Weariness with Elections Tavleen Singh On my travels in our vast and wondrous land, I notice a weariness with elections that our politicians should no longer ignore. This weariness manifests itself in the mud huts of the very poor and the

[Assam] From The Sentinel--A Voice of Reason

2004-06-12 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: From The Sentinel--A Voice of Reason The Vale of Tears Khushwant Singh Ever since we were reborn as an Independent nation, Kashmir has been an unrelieved headache like migraine which never goes. We have tried all kinds of palliatives but to little effect. It abates for a while; then

Re: [Assam] from the Sentinel

2004-03-01 Thread umesh sharma
good going! How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos. Get Yahoo! Photos___ Assam mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam To unsubscribe or change options:

[Assam] from the Sentinel

2004-02-28 Thread Alpana B. Sarangapani
Village youth steals show at science meet http://www.sentinelassam.com/sentinel_en/story4.htm ___ Assam mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam To unsubscribe or change options:

[Assam] from the Sentinel

2003-11-13 Thread Alpana Sarangapani
Hindi film ban: vigil upBoost Assamese cinema: industry By a Staff ReporterGUWAHATI, Nov 13: With just a day left for the November 15 deadline set by nine extremist organizations in the region to stop screening of Hindi movies in the theatres across the North-east, artistes, producers,

[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

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,

Re: [Assam] from the Sentinel

2003-10-31 Thread Alpana Sarangapani
for criminal activities. - Original Message - From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Alpana B. Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 7:53 AM Subject: Re: [Assam] from the Sentinel Professor Cohen himself addressed the point with his rejoinder

[Assam] From the Sentinel

2003-08-31 Thread Alpana Sarangapani
Woman dies of drowning in drain as rains lash city http://www.sentinelassam.com/sentinel_en/story2.htm

[Assam] From The Sentinel

2003-08-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
How Efficient is our Police Force? Tavleen Singh On the day of the Mumbai bandh last week, it happens that I was jogging down Marine Drive when I saw a Shiv Sena mob attack a motorist who had dared disobey their call to close the city to protest the recent bomb blasts. In the presence of

[Assam] From the Sentinel

2003-08-08 Thread Chan Mahanta
US Senator backs NSCN-IM, new office in DC By Wasbir Hussain LONDON, Aug 6: In a clear push to its efforts at internationalizing the Naga issue, the NSCN(IM) has set up an office in Washington DC, appointed a 'Registered Foreign Agent' and has succeeded in enlisting the support of US Senators in

[Assam] from the Sentinel

2003-08-06 Thread Alpana Sarangapani
How dare they? then again, why are they there?..but anyway, the victims are the innocent villagers. http://www.sentinelassam.com/sentinel_en/regional1.htm Women up in arms against Army From a CorrespondentBARPETA, Aug 5: Army atrocities on the innocent people of Assam in the name of

Re: [Assam] From the Sentinel

2003-08-06 Thread Alpana Sarangapani
When did Hawaii become one of the states? 1956 or 1959? - Original Message - From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 8:11 PM Subject: [Assam] From the Sentinel US Senator backs NSCN-IM, new office in DC By Wasbir Hussain LONDON

[Assam] from the Sentinel

2003-07-15 Thread Alpana Sarangapani
Ageing bunds give way; floods worst in 50 yrs, says CM The 'Sentinel Poll' is on an interesting topic today..please see it at http://www.sentinelassam.com/main.shtml This isjust FYI. Thanks.

[Assam] From The Sentinel

2003-07-13 Thread Chan Mahanta
An interesting piece below. cm Why is the North-east so special for PMO, South Block? Comment Gauri Sankar Kalita One must be amazed at the ingenuinity of the mandarins of the PMO and the Home Ministry in devising the special stratagem to keep the people of the North-east in good humour -

[Assam] From the sentinel

2003-06-06 Thread jayanta payeng
we shall swim together , all right but will WE drown together ? We shall swim together : CMGen Singh sworn in new Assam Governor Lt. Gen (retd) Ajai Singh (right) with Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi after the former's swearing-in at the Raj Bhavan in the city on Thursday. (Sentinel) By a Staff

[Assam] From The Sentinel

2003-03-25 Thread Chan Mahanta
Law enforcement in Assam : requisition vehicles, don't pay! By a Staff Reporter GUWAHATI, March 24: Depression grips a group of educated - mostly unemployed - youths as they are yet to get Rs 31,000 for their two Tata Sumo taxis requisitioned by the Army even after a year and two months have