Re: [Assam] bush sr quote -- for dilip-da

2003-04-02 Thread Saurav Pathak
D Deka said on AssamNet: + + There was a big change in between called attack on USA on 9/11 that changed the US government's outlook. A change must take place in the middle east. Whether starting with Iraq was the right choice is debatable. Apparently the US government including Colin

[Assam] anyone has an explanation?

2003-04-02 Thread Saurav Pathak
why should rss/vhp not like the iraq war? they are anti-muslim, and are a conservative lot, after all. and definitely not pacifist. how come their position is so close to that of pakistan's? saurav -- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63533-2003Mar31.html In New

Re: [Assam] anyone has an explanation?

2003-04-02 Thread Alpana B. Sarangapani
a simple anwer will be on 'humanitarian grounds'. and a complex? one will be hindus are always harmless, humble and open-minded, - even though some of them go to extremes, after all they"originally belonged"to them hindus. :) Seriously, who with a normal mind, would want to see innocent/ordinary

Re: [Assam] anyone has an explanation?

2003-04-02 Thread Santanu Roy
Saurav Pathak wrote: why should rss/vhp not like the iraq war? they are anti-muslim, and are a conservative lot, after all. and definitely not pacifist. how come their position is so close to that of pakistan's? Saurav: They also like to think of India as an emergent military superpower. And

Re: [Assam] re: anyone has an explanation

2003-04-02 Thread Probal Tahbildar
why should rss/vhp not like the iraq war? they are anti-muslim, and are a conservative lot, after all. and definitely not pacifist. how come their position is so close to that of pakistan's? saurav Saurav, You say the RSS/VHP folks are definitely not pacifists and anti-muslim. On the face

Re: [Assam] re: anyone has an explanation

2003-04-02 Thread Saurav Pathak
On Thu, 03 Apr 2003 01:09:44 +0530 deepjyoti kakati [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Because they understand Iraq is not a radical islamic state, that it has not indulged in activities harmful to indian interests or has open issues with india. though this is a valid and correct explanation, it can

Re: [Assam] re: anyone has an explanation

2003-04-02 Thread Saurav Pathak
On Wed, 02 Apr 2003 21:22:16 + Probal Tahbildar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Saurav, You say the RSS/VHP folks are definitely not pacifists and anti-muslim. On the face of it, given the characterizations of the liberal media :-), your assertions look correct. But as you yourself say,

[Assam] For your attention

2003-04-02 Thread jamstew73
Rajiv spotted this on the Guardian Unlimited site and thought you should see it. To see this story with its related links on the Guardian Unlimited site, go to http://www.guardian.co.uk Mesopotamia. Babylon. The Tigris and Euphrates How many children, in how many classrooms, over how many

[Assam] Re: Thekera

2003-04-02 Thread Tazma Ahmed-Datta
Hi Alpana, This is rather a late response. Good to hear from you. that is, if we all have the same kind of 'petor-oxukh' and that too, is not a contagious one. :) Thekera has its uses other than for the suffering 'pet', I was to learn a few years ago! A Tamil friend offered to show me how

[Assam] indo-US military cooperation

2003-04-02 Thread deepjyoti kakati
india has conflicts with US state dept and chief Powell on how US has handled Indo-Pak relations and issue of cross border terrorism. india has no policy conflicts with the defence department. weapon location radars, GE404 engine deals have been signed, many more deals in pipeline. a tug of war is

Re: [Assam] re: anyone has an explanation

2003-04-02 Thread Alpana Sarangapani
and they do not see much beyond pakistan. Doesn't that show that they are *not anti-muslims, but are against anybody who tries to threaten India? I wouldn't want my children to join a VHP/RSS sangha, but I think in most cases they *react (though violently, sometimes) to others' actions. -