Re: [Assam] Word to ULFA into action now, PM. Confer ballot onAssam Sovereignty restoration

2005-08-22 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Word to ULFA into action now, PM. Confer ball I have said this to the Hurriyat in Kashmir, ULFA in Assam and Naxalites in Andhra Pradesh—there is no grievance that cannot be redressed through democratic means and sustained dialogue,’’ What a self contradicting

Re: Fwd: [Assam] Boga Baduli and BPO Boom--Part 1

2005-08-22 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: Fwd: [Assam] Boga Baduli and BPO Boom--Part 1 You are right BK. People, professionals, most of us 'probaxi Oxomiyas in the west, won't risk their life's savings to go invest in an environment where there is no accountability, no trust in governance and its institutions, even if

Re: Fwd: [Assam] Word to ULFA into action now, PM. Confer ballot onAssam Soverei...

2005-08-22 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: Fwd: [Assam] Word to ULFA into action now, PM. Confer What Dr Manmohan Singh is suggesting is a constitutional process. ULFA's demand, and for that matter that of any insurgency group, isnotbased on India'sConstitution. The constitution is skewed against Assam's legitimate

Re: [Assam] Word to ULFA into action now, PM. Confer ballot onAssam Sovereignty restoration

2005-08-22 Thread Chan Mahanta
than to fight such groups and their ideology of hatred. Extremism of any form, based on any divisive ideology, cannot be tolerated in any civilised democratic society,'' Nor, do I see a problem with the above. --Ram On 8/22/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have said

Re: Fwd: [Assam] Word to ULFA into action now, PM. Confer ballot onAssam Soverei...

2005-08-22 Thread Chan Mahanta
look at the glass as half full and try to improve, or we look at it half empty and try to destory. That is my brother is the difference. Try to be a Friend of Assam. Don't try to be a power hungry patriot. Rajen - Original Message - From: Chan Mahanta To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; Assam

Re: [Assam] To better serve, assamnet will move to [EMAIL PROTECTED] soon

2005-08-22 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] To better serve, assamnet will move to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ram: My feelings likewise. You and I and so many of us here, often get into passionate debates. There are times we even lose it and get angry. But still there is a common bond of caring and mutual respect as fellow

Re: [Assam] Sentinel News

2005-08-21 Thread Chan Mahanta
not have let your guard down so badly to allow me to pile on your spinalysis like this on a Sunday morning Ram :-) Take care. c-da Just thoughts. --Ram On 8/19/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As a wellwisher of Assam, I support Dr. Goswami in her efforts. If anyone from

Re: [Assam] Bandh culture

2005-08-21 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Bandh culture Right on Brother ( pardon my 70s slogan)! Surely the 'media', should not go bite the hand that feeds. Isn't that desi-demokrasy all about? But seriously, the role of the media is NOT to censor news. It is to disseminate it. Like Sushil Mishra explains, ONLY

Re: [Assam] Bandh culture

2005-08-21 Thread Chan Mahanta
Whoever is saying independence, midwifed by ULFA, is going to be any different is pulling wool over our eyes. Let us hear WHY and HOW it would be the SAME. And if it WOULD be the same, HOW could it be CHANGED for the better? Or is Assam forever condemned to the state of affairs as a

Re: [Assam] Bandh culture

2005-08-21 Thread Chan Mahanta
be allowed such an assessment. But at least it would not pile onto an already high list of other similarly poorly deliberated, seat-of-the-pants recommendations. - Original Message - From: Chan Mahanta To: Barua25 ; sushil mishra ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; Ram Sarangapani ; [EMAIL

Re: [Assam] Bandh culture

2005-08-21 Thread Chan Mahanta
have to blame the desi-demokresi, and people of Assam will not have to cry and wipeboth ends. That my brother I would call a well wisher proposal for the common hard working poor people of Assam. Any support, brother? Rajen Barua - Original Message - From: Chan Mahanta To: Barua25 ; sushil

Re: [Assam] Bandh culture

2005-08-21 Thread Chan Mahanta
Ram: Not that I am a defender of desi-media, assam-media or any media; but you and Rajen are making the most convoluted of arguments here. The 'bondhos' are not the result of 'media-support' or coverage, before or after the fact. 'Bondhos' are a result of the absurdity that is Indian

Re: [Assam] Bandh culture

2005-08-21 Thread Chan Mahanta
Karnataka has virtually none? --Ram On 8/21/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ram: Not that I am a defender of desi-media, assam-media or any media; but you and Rajen are making the most convoluted of arguments here. The 'bondhos' are not the result of 'media-support' or coverage

Re: [Assam] Bandh culture

2005-08-21 Thread Chan Mahanta
Message - From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ram Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Barua25 [EMAIL PROTECTED]; sushil mishra [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 11:24 AM Subject: Re: [Assam] Bandh culture Ram: Not that I am

[Assam] The Bandh-ers

2005-08-21 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: The Bandh-ers Ram: When was the last time you or anyone else heard of a total Maharastra bandh or a Karnataka bandh? Take a look below. And I hope you won't suggest to us that these are rare isolated phenomena. c-da http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040113/edit.htm THE Bombay

Re: [Assam] Bandh culture

2005-08-21 Thread Chan Mahanta
At 2:20 PM -0500 8/21/05, Ram Sarangapani wrote: C'da How do you know that? What are the grounds for making that assertiuon or even assumption? Because the newspapers themselves say that 'someone from xyz org. telephoned'. Then one obviously assume that either they don't really

RE: [Assam] What?? Indian/Muslim Churidar compulsory! Ban on Dokhna ! othersacquiescing!!

2005-08-21 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: RE: [Assam] What?? Indian/Muslim Churidar compulsory! Ban Hi A: I don't have an answer for you. But I saw the news, and I am sure there will be more on this :-). c-da At 3:59 PM -0500 8/21/05, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote: Yes, this is ridiculous - prohibiting the bodostudents from

Re: [Assam] Boga Baduli and BPO Boom--Part 1

2005-08-21 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Boga Baduli and BPO Boom--Part 1 Very well said Swapnali. Good luck to you. cm At 4:38 AM +0530 8/22/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: content-class: urn:content-classes:message Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=_=_NextPart_001_01C5A6A5.4D753E50 Hi

[Assam] From NYT--Chief was in the Dark/ London Shooting

2005-08-21 Thread Chan Mahanta
Tsk, tsk! But , more than that, our own second lynching of Mr. Menenzes is what I like to bring out to Netters' attn. here. cm Chief Tells of Delay in Learning Facts of London Shooting By ALAN COWELL Published: August 22, 2005 LONDON, Aug. 21 - Sir Ian Blair, commissioner of the

Re: [Assam] Much Ado about What?

2005-08-20 Thread Chan Mahanta
, while others are not.So the GOI plays out the appeasement game - tell whomsoever what they want to hear. I think thats what happened with Regupati here. Just pure and simple appeasement. --Ram On 8/19/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ram: Till such a time, Assamese people (who

Re: [Assam] Re: ref: my introduction

2005-08-19 Thread Chan Mahanta
. Every one must be knowing the company called 'Jokai India Limited'. C.R.Baruah -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Chan Mahanta Sent: 19 August 2005 08:05 To: utpal borpujari; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL

Re: [Assam] NE TV's Ekap Half Chah programme

2005-08-19 Thread Chan Mahanta
, that is their choice. Why should the people of Assam follow those outdated and alien ways? At 8:16 AM +0100 8/19/05, Prasenjit Chetia wrote: Cda; These small formalities make up your bigger identity. Cheers!! prasenjit On 8/18/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree. The emphasis should

Re: [Assam] Re: ref: my introduction

2005-08-19 Thread Chan Mahanta
this comercial break. Rajen - Original Message - From: Chan Mahanta To: Barua25 ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 8:29 AM Subject: Re: [Assam] Re: ref: my introduction If I am not mistaken, 'suk' is synonymous with 'suburi' At 12:57 AM -0500 8

Re: [Assam] Much Ado about What?

2005-08-19 Thread Chan Mahanta
at least 2 parties. It will never be possible, when one of the parties is out playing Rambo. --Ram On 8/17/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was waiting to exhale after holding my breath for so long--about the impending violence and mayhem on Dependence Day--I mean, Independence Day

[Assam] More on Indian Justice--from Tehelka

2005-08-19 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: More on Indian Justice--from Tehelka Sorry to post such a long one. But since it is not available in the public domain, I thought it would be useful to the interested. cm Scot-free: The killers in uniform Senior police officers, who were held responsible for inciting anti-Sikh

[Assam] For Gardeners

2005-08-19 Thread Chan Mahanta
Raiz: I am a part-time khetiyok ( gardener), among other things :-). I am pleased to announce that I created a hybrid tita kerela, by cross breeding a variety of semi-wild kerela that I collected seeds of from a vine from the highlands of Jamaica in 2003 with the long Assamese variety. This

[Assam] Sentinel News

2005-08-19 Thread Chan Mahanta
As a wellwisher of Assam, I support Dr. Goswami in her efforts. If anyone from Delhi is listening, I will appreciate if he/she would forward the word of my humble solidarity, for whatever it is worth, to her.

Re: [Assam] For Gardeners

2005-08-19 Thread Chan Mahanta
the treeproduced enough khar-khwa Bogoris for Ajanta to make couple of bottles of Bogori Asar which we are enjoying sparingly like bapoti xahwn. May be you can teach me how to make a hybrid Bogori out of this with some American plum variety. Thanks Rajen - Original Message - From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL

[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

Re: [Assam] New Member

2005-08-18 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] New Member You are the true ambassadors of Assam to tell the rest of India that the Assamese are just as capable as any other Indian, if not better. This image of the Assamese is a CREATION of a certain genre' of people, scions of the establishment, raised in

Re: [Assam] NE TV's Ekap Half Chah programme

2005-08-18 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] NE TV's Ekap Half Chah programme I agree. The emphasis should be on asking pertinent questions and getting forthright answers. I realize, we 'probaxis' have shed a lot of our traditional formalities, which many of our peers back in Assam might find uncouth and impolite. But

[Assam] Fwd: [riverlink] Digest Number 550

2005-08-18 Thread Chan Mahanta
Mailing-List: list [EMAIL PROTECTED]; contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] List-Id: riverlink.yahoogroups.com List-Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 18 Aug 2005 15:20:06 - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [riverlink] Digest

[Assam] Re: ref: my introduction

2005-08-18 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: ref: my introduction Welcome Utpal. Our paths crossed before. I am sure you remember. Congrats. again on your fine efforts. Thanks for correcting me. I had a vague idea that there indeed is a place called Jokaisuk, but was never clear on where it stood. Turns out it is less than ten

[Assam] From Outlook India--A Rare but Clear View

2005-08-18 Thread Chan Mahanta
INVISIBLE INDIA Stuck At The Midnight Hour Independence-as an idea, a state of being, lived reality-means nothing to the majority in India. The majority that does not ask for or get anything in return. S. ANAND | e-mail | one page format | feedback: send - read | Special Issue: Independence

Re: [Assam] Jobs Abroad

2005-08-17 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Jobs Abroad Dear BK: We need to train our boys and girls in these very trades, not with a view to finding jobs abroad but to make theirskills available in the country itself. Could you, NRAs, do something about it? There are of course a number oftraining schools in Assam;

[Assam] More on Desi Independence/ from ToI

2005-08-17 Thread Chan Mahanta
Dalit woman not allowed to hoist national flag SUCHANDANA GUPTA http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1202862.cms TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2005 09:46:59 AM ] Citibank NRI Offer BHOPAL: In the 58th year of our Independence, a sarpanch's claim that she was not allowed

Re: [Assam] News From NE Tribune/ On Desi Civilization

2005-08-17 Thread Chan Mahanta
to the HR of so many inncoents killed and the children of Dhemaji. Who appeals for their rights? Its definitely not the ULFA. On 8/16/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But what about the Children of Demaji? Those that survived and those that were lost. The Ulfa children may be deprived

[Assam] Welcome

2005-08-17 Thread Chan Mahanta
Welcome all the many newcomers to assamnet. This is a big jump in new membership all of a sudden. Very good to see. Has there been some kind of a new awareness of assamnet for some reason? Anyway, please do participate. This is the ONLY forum where you can express yourselves frankly, freely

Re: [Assam] my introduction

2005-08-17 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] my introduction Since the question was left open, and I have a few moments to spare, allow me to throw in my observations: Where exactly is Upper Assam? For those who are unfamiliar with geography, it starts east of Nagaon. Being from Upper Assam - does it connote

Re: [Assam] ULFA's perspective - An Aspect of Independent Asom

2005-08-17 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] ULFA's perspective - An Aspect of Independent A Pol Pot regime in the making? *** What an eloquent label!! But sure would like to hear how the analogy is derived at, hopefully without resorting to simple-minded labels. At 7:07 AM -0700 8/17/05, Dilip/Dil Deka

[Assam] RE: ULFA Children

2005-08-17 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: [Assam] RE: ULFA Children but I feel an appeal by ULFA donot posses that strength. * That is understandable. But where were the righteous raising their voices about these children? At 3:22 PM +0100 8/17/05, sangeet chakraborty wrote: Ya, I can call the mass support for

Re: [Assam] my introduction

2005-08-17 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] my introduction Pise' aarubeli ki kal hobo he Ajoy? s At 9:21 AM -0700 8/17/05, Ajoy Hazarika wrote: You are right. kahanibai is a past tense. adh Alpana B. Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Though my roots are from Dibrugarh/Sibsagar and I grew up in Guwahati

Re: [Assam] Jobs Abroad

2005-08-17 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Jobs Abroad In any case, my interest is having skills for our boys and girls, degree or not, so that they can become our nation builders. I agree. Unfortunately it won't happen, until skill levels are improved, wages are increased and there is respect for their labor.

Re: [Assam] Dialects of Assam: Classification in two ways

2005-08-17 Thread Chan Mahanta
in kothito bhaxa? :) From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu Subject: Re: [Assam] Dialects of Assam: Classification in two ways Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 12:33:03 -0500 J: So, you would hear someone say loa-sOwali instead of lora-sOwali (boys and girls

Re: [Assam] my introduction

2005-08-17 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] my introduction R: I have never come across this word : TEUHBELI What is its meaning? Is an antonym of aarubeli? c At 12:55 PM -0500 8/17/05, Rajen Barua wrote: And what about TEUHBELI? R/ - Original Message - From: Chan Mahanta To: Ajoy Hazarika ; Alpana B

Re: [Assam] my introduction WORD

2005-08-17 Thread Chan Mahanta
Mahanta To: Rajen Barua ; Ajoy Hazarika ; Alpana B. Sarangapani ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu ; Chan Mahanta Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 1:15 PM Subject: Re: [Assam] my introduction R: I have never come across this word : TEUHBELI What is its meaning

Re: [Assam] Hi Group.............

2005-08-17 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Hi Group. Welcome Bhriti. Tell us something more about yourself,your studies and your future plans. That will be a good way to get a conversation going. I am a fifty-nine year old geezer :-), from St. Louis, an architect by profession, originally from Namti.

[Assam] Much Ado about What?

2005-08-17 Thread Chan Mahanta
I was waiting to exhale after holding my breath for so long--about the impending violence and mayhem on Dependence Day--I mean, Independence Day :-) celebrations and also to read about all the throngs that would have defied the insurgents' call to go listen to the 'netas' on I-Day. But there

Re: [Assam] I - Day, AT editorial

2005-08-16 Thread Chan Mahanta
, or else! From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Namita Das [EMAIL PROTECTED], Ram Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED], Assam assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu Subject: Re: [Assam] I - Day, AT editorial Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 22:09:45 -0500 blockquote, dl, ul, ol, li {padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0

Re: [Assam] I - Day, AT editorial

2005-08-16 Thread Chan Mahanta
? --Ram On 8/15/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good to hear from you after a very long time Namita. But I think you are looking at the issue thru a rather constricted aperture. There is a whole lot more to it. Some of it you can see at: http://www.dainikagradoot.com/mainnews1

[Assam] News From NE Tribune/ On Desi Civilization

2005-08-16 Thread Chan Mahanta
Jailed children living in most inhospitable condition: ULFA NET News Network Guwahati, Aug 15: The banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) today alleged that minimum diet required for all around development of a child has not been supplied by the Indian government to the jailed

Re: [Assam] News From NE Tribune/ On Desi Civilization

2005-08-16 Thread Chan Mahanta
of working, this kind of an arrangement will only drive them away. The police should act in such a way that the common people are not harassed in the name of security, said Saishav Dutta, a social worker. On 8/16/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jailed children living in most

[Assam] Snehalaya Day/From the Sentinel

2005-08-16 Thread Chan Mahanta
Snehalaya Day: kids live up to occasion By a Staff Reporter GUWAHATI, Aug 16: They came in their new uniforms, performed to the best of their ability and made the spectators feel a moistness in their hearts and eyes. The children of Snehalaya kept a full house at the Don Bosco School

Re: [Assam] Assamese Get-Together 2006

2005-08-15 Thread Chan Mahanta
Congratulations to Kharkhowa Californians ( KCs) for venturing to hold a non-denominational, yet inclusive 'bor-xobaah' in 2006. As ex-Californians who have a lot of goodwill towards and attachments to the progressive attitudes of the folks in the Golden State, we sure hope to attend. And I

Re: [Assam] The Assamese get-together,2006

2005-08-15 Thread Chan Mahanta
O'Kamal: grouped them as 'Californiar Kharkhuwa Nibaxi/ Baxinda( CKN) CKN or CKB would be fine too. But KC is short and easier on the tongue I thought. You know how some of us are--we don't like to lift heavy weights, be it by hands or by our tongues? Moreover,'Akhyabihin' would be the

Re: [Assam] I - Day, AT editorial

2005-08-15 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] I - Day, AT editorial Good to hear from you after a very long time Namita. But I think you are looking at the issue thru a rather constricted aperture. There is a whole lot more to it. Some of it you can see at: http://www.dainikagradoot.com/mainnews1.htm and also for

Re: [Assam] Bollywood Tantrums : Kapoor's broken marriage

2005-08-12 Thread Chan Mahanta
either. Any views?? Umesh Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Umesh: The Assam Netters have been very accommodating to you, considering you are a gate-crasher with an agenda. Remember how I got on your case about your anti-Muslim posts to Assam Net and those who echo your sentiments, although

Re: [Assam] something which does not happen in India--- perhaps

2005-08-12 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] something which does not happen in India--- pe There is an alarming incidence of wife beating and other forms of abuse by H1B visa holders from South Asia in the USA. In an upcoming article, Rupaleem Bhuyan, a second generation American of Assamese parents and a doctoral

Re: [Assam] 2nd Gen. NRAs invited

2005-08-12 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] 2nd Gen. NRAs invited U: Hemav is on a temporary assignment to the USA. He is not an NRA ( yet), much less a second gen. c-da At 6:54 PM +0100 8/12/05, umesh sharma wrote: Hi, I guess someone should formally invite second generation NRAs to post their views on

Re: [Assam] Yeh Delli hai - Hindu

2005-08-12 Thread Chan Mahanta
In India a) there are hardly any women (in comparison with China) in the service industry - Could it be because of the fact that those rare few who ARE in it, have terrible things to say about their lot--that they become targets of unwanted advances from men customers? *** Could it

RE: [Assam] Bollywood Tantrums : Kapoor's broken marriage

2005-08-11 Thread Chan Mahanta
problem almost allyour life. A better forum for your ramblings is the blog site www.bihu.in/jaipurschool/profile/ because this mailing list, incidentally, is not a BLOG!!! Regards, Hemav From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Chan Mahanta Sent: Wed 8/10/2005 6:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; tridip

[Assam] From Tehelka

2005-08-11 Thread Chan Mahanta
CARNAGE 84 We, the bloody people By Sankarshan Thakur IN AN UNREQUITED LAND: A child from one of Trilokpuri's ravaged families Photographed by Gauri Gill We are the apparatchik of serial and periodic political madness, we are the midwives of the abortion of the senses For a talkative

Re: [Assam] Cultural geography?

2005-08-11 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Cultural geography? What if one is a middle age adult , with an equally huge brain, but selectively deactivated to filter out information about his/her own culture's predation on those who seem to RESIST technology and economic growth? Is there a wide open field for them

Re: [Assam] From Tehelka

2005-08-11 Thread Chan Mahanta
can present all the logic we want about such differentiation, but the stark realities are just the opposite. But, I do concur with you that people should be able to differentiate the perpetuators from the innocent. --Ram On 8/11/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ram: At least

Re: [Assam] From Tehelka,

2005-08-11 Thread Chan Mahanta
/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried to drive home that very point. I brought up the Sikh bodyguards, because events perpetuated by ONE group (in this case the Sikhs) had a devastating effect on the whole nation. You are missing the whole point- entirely, Ram. Because

Re: [Assam] Trying to celebrate ID in Guwahati - Telegraph

2005-08-11 Thread Chan Mahanta
Speaking at the meeting, Dhiren Baruah, president of Save Guwahati Build Guwahati, said it was sad that citizens were forced to hold meetings on how to make Independence Day a success. That is an astute observation. Too bad however, that the doyens - the dinosaurs of society, who

Re: [Assam] Assam red-faced over CAG report - Telegraph

2005-08-10 Thread Chan Mahanta
about the rampant corruption in the state - its their fault anyway, for not researching well enough. --Ram On 8/9/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Center ought to send its own border construction team and get the job done. *** I think that would

Re: [Assam] Assam red-faced over CAG report - Telegraph

2005-08-10 Thread Chan Mahanta
On 8/9/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Center ought to send its own border construction team and get the job done. *** I think that would be jumping the gun. After all twenty five years is not that long. I mean for the Center to realize there is a problem, and that it has

Re: [Assam] Bollywood Tantrums : Kapoor's broken marriage

2005-08-10 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Bollywood Tantrums : Kapoor's broken marriag Hi Umesh: The Assam Netters have been very accommodating to you, considering you are a gate-crasher with an agenda. Remember how I got on your case about your anti-Muslim posts to Assam Net and those who echo your sentiments,

Re: [Assam] Assam red-faced over CAG report - Telegraph

2005-08-10 Thread Chan Mahanta
At 9:47 AM -0700 8/10/05, Rajib Das wrote: I checked the balance sheet numbers on Assam Government website and did not find any indicators. I think one would accept if you used numbers and sources for those numbers instead of just referring to Sanjib Baruah. Well, then that is the final

Re: [Assam] Assam red-faced over CAG report - Telegraph

2005-08-09 Thread Chan Mahanta
The Center ought to send its own border construction team and get the job done. *** I think that would be jumping the gun. After all twenty five years is not that long. I mean for the Center to realize there is a problem, and that it has a duty to protect the borders, and not cry about

Re: [Assam]

2005-08-06 Thread Chan Mahanta
O' Alpana: Moi 'expart' nohoy, tothapi mukh melilw: Sri, by definition, is an appellation for a live person. Therefore Srijuta would be too I think. BTW, what is the meaning of 'Proyato'? Is it same as Sworgiya/ Sworgiyo? If it is, then the combo may be an unusual one :-). c-da

Re: [Assam]

2005-08-06 Thread Chan Mahanta
is too farfetched, in my opinion. Dilip = Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: O' Alpana: Moi 'expart' nohoy, tothapi mukh melilw: Sri, by definition, is an appellation for a live person. Therefore Srijuta

[Assam] What is the Matter with These People? ? From ToI

2005-08-06 Thread Chan Mahanta
I cannot believe these people. Aren't they some of the best educated in the country, with the best educational institutions and 'corruption free' and more India than Indians ?? cm The untounchables Part - II what upper castes do to dalits, the dalits do to vannars Wretched of the Earth

[Assam] Rightly or Wrongly

2005-08-05 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Rightly or Wrongly In the English language, when someone uses the phrase 'rightly or wrongly' referring to an issue , it means the issue is debatable, that it is a contested matter. It does not NECESSARILY mean the user of the phrase has no opinion on the matter, but chooses not to

Re: [Assam] Indian SC and Parliament attack - Indian Express

2005-08-05 Thread Chan Mahanta
If we can point to EVEN ONE case of Assam death-in-custody and fake encounter deaths investigated, prosecuted and the guilty punished, we may say, in keeping with our traditional overuse of hyperbole--finally justice,! Geelani's trial and acquittal, observed by the international media,

[Assam] This in Mumbai--from the ToI

2005-08-05 Thread Chan Mahanta
'Dig up dead baby for Rs 50,000 compensation' SOMIT SEN TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ FRIDAY, AUGUST 05, 2005 12:05:53 PM ] Surf 'N' Earn -Sign innow MUMBAI: The rains may have broken lives, limbs and and homes but they've made not the slightest dent in the great bureaucratic machine. The Thane

RE: [Assam] This in Mumbai--from the ToI

2005-08-05 Thread Chan Mahanta
rules, Only if it concerns someone else of course, especially the poor. May Mahek rest in peace and may her parents andher brother get the strength to go on with life. From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu Subject: [Assam] This in Mumbai--from the ToI Date: Fri, 5 Aug

[Assam] Re: Floods and Droughts

2005-08-04 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: Floods and Droughts Most people in the nation feel that Bihar is Water Surplus state, thanks to official propaganda but can we do something to bring Gujarat or Maharashtra water to Bihar in case of such emergency and such availability. A similar situation had occurred, in 1987, when

Re: [Assam] A new diktat from ULFA

2005-08-04 Thread Chan Mahanta
To: Chan Mahanta Cc: assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu Subject: Re: [Assam] A new diktat from ULFA *** Unlike me or you, ULFA is made up of people, who, rightly or wrongly, claim to represent the wishes of the people of Assam. The above sentence is grammatically and logically incorrect, and does

Re: [Assam] A new diktat from ULFA

2005-08-04 Thread Chan Mahanta
flinching, can the ULFA? In the end the people lose. --Ram On 8/4/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jugal, I really cannot think of one single democratic country that will allow that in their constitution, a sedition clause. Does the US allow that, the UK? Catch 22 here, isn't

Re: [Assam] A new diktat from ULFA

2005-08-03 Thread Chan Mahanta
Considering that ULFA does not recognize India's rule over Assam, it makes all the sense in the world to them to not allow an occupying power to interfere in the elections of its state. Would India allow Pakistanis or BDeshis or Americans to come canvass for elections in it's territory? The

Re: [Assam] A new diktat from ULFA

2005-08-03 Thread Chan Mahanta
). On 8/3/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Considering that ULFA does not recognize India's rule over Assam, it makes all the sense in the world to them to not allow an occupying power to interfere in the elections of its state. Would India allow Pakistanis or BDeshis or Americans to come

Re: [Assam] A new diktat from ULFA

2005-08-03 Thread Chan Mahanta
? - a free election where no threats of any kinds was used, that is. From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Rajib Das [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], Assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu Subject: Re: [Assam] A new diktat from ULFA Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 08:08:55 -0500 Considering that ULFA does

Re: [Assam] A new diktat from ULFA

2005-08-03 Thread Chan Mahanta
there might actually bring the spotlight on them. As for polarization problems, sitting cozily in Bangladesh, passing dikats, and encouraging illegal immigration does more to polarize than anything else. --Ram On 8/3/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Huh! So, it now seems

Re: [Assam] re: why conscetious Hindus should not go to GuruVayoor

2005-08-02 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] re: why conscetious Hindus should not go to G What would be outrageous would be to present this or any such religion as THE religion for all Indians. And any political entity that exists with the support and approval of such religions, ought not to be accepted/endorsed or

[Assam] From the ToI

2005-08-02 Thread Chan Mahanta
The good minister R P Singh has his heart in the right place. But, unless most of Indian rural or suburban folks are or planning to run for elections, it won't make a dent in the problem. Unfortunately ministers such as PRPS, and who knows who else, have not heard of such tools as Building

Re: [Assam] re: why conscetious Hindus should not go to GuruVayoor

2005-08-02 Thread Chan Mahanta
a secular country! From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Rajen Barua [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu Subject: Re: [Assam] re: why conscetious Hindus should not go to GuruVayoor Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 07:52:02 -0500 What would

Re: [Assam] ASA Newsletter, July 2005 (Volume 33, Issue No 10) published..

2005-08-01 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] ASA Newsletter, July 2005 (Volume 33, Issue N Not that it matters, but I think porhuoixokol would be the correct way to transliterate the Oxomiya word in Roman letters. I also think it was a typographical error on the part of the ASA Newsletter editors, instead of an

Re: [Assam] ASA Newsletter, July 2005 (Volume 33, Issue No 10) published..

2005-08-01 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] ASA Newsletter, July 2005 (Volume 33, Issue N Phonetically the solution appears to be Porhuoixokol I agree. At 5:29 AM -0700 8/1/05, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote: Are you sure? Porhuwoixokol has w and I realize w has been usedin instancesphonetically as a special form of o.

Re: [Assam] ASA newsletter

2005-08-01 Thread Chan Mahanta
What does porhuoixokol mean Pathok brindo ( same for pathikas too) Moi oxomiyat okonman kesa. Gotike xyoma kore jen. Buisa Kamal, pise' xyoma is not synonymous to khyoma. 'xyoma' xobdo-tw oxomiya bhaxat nai :-). At 6:50 PM -0700 8/1/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [Assam] raging in AEC (1 sem)

2005-07-31 Thread Chan Mahanta
. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Chan Mahanta Sent: Sun 7/31/2005 12:59 AM To: Babul Gogoi; assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu Subject: Re: [Assam] raging in AEC (1 sem) wht can we do?? How about the AEC alumni raising their voice? They can write to the Principal, write

[Assam] re: why conscetious Hindus should not go to GuruVayoor

2005-07-31 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: [Assam] re: why conscetious Hindus should not go to GuruV At 11:34 PM + 7/31/05, priyankoo sarma wrote: One of the devotees of the Guruvayyur Temple is the famous singer Yesudas. The fun thing is that, every now and then he donates large sum of money and paintings to the GV temple,

Re: [Assam] Durga and Mahishasur

2005-07-31 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Durga and Mahishasur That was a riot. Sooo cool. Enjoyed it thoroughly. At 5:50 PM -0700 7/31/05, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote: It's a fairly long animation. Watch it till the end. My sister in law in Bangalore sent it to me. It is hilarious.

[Assam] Re: Truth?? police encounter shooting in UK metro

2005-07-30 Thread Chan Mahanta
There is another thing. If the cops in India had been in a similar situation, I have little doubt that the whole Western Hemisphere would be tellling the Indians how to apprehend and capture terrorists and avoid killing innocent bystanders. Not only that, they would be do so in a

Re: [Assam] raging in AEC (1 sem)

2005-07-30 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] raging in AEC (1 sem) wht can we do?? How about the AEC alumni raising their voice? They can write to the Principal, write to newspapers, police and the Minister of Tech. Education, demanding an immediate investigation and intervention; and after that staying in touch with

Re: [Assam] Dual Citizenship - TOI

2005-07-29 Thread Chan Mahanta
He is right. The only fair thing to do. At 7:24 AM -0500 7/29/05, Ram Sarangapani wrote: Prof. Jagadish Bhagawati thinks that dula citizenship comes with tax obligations. Wonder how this pans out? ___ 'Dual citizenship? NRIs should pay tax too' PERCY FERNANDEZ NEW

[Assam] Re: [riverlink] Digest Number 537

2005-07-27 Thread Chan Mahanta
The report on GUJARAT WATER LOGGING and its effects is appalling. Tragic! That brings to the fore-front the planning abilities ( or, more precisely, the lack thereof) of the 'world-class' engineers, who planned these highways, railroads and canals. Goes to prove, once again, that the

Re: [Assam] Ulfa drops pre-conditions - Sentinel

2005-07-27 Thread Chan Mahanta
The Government has received appeals for peace talks from ULFA and these reflect willingness of the outfit to hold talks with the Government without any pre-conditions and also specifically referred to their 'core demand' of sovereignty, Reghupathy said. Huh? What does this mean? In

Re: [Assam] Ulfa drops pre-conditions - Sentinel

2005-07-27 Thread Chan Mahanta
has withdrawn pre-conditions, including sovereignty. Now, I guess we will have to wait till what the ULFA has to say about this. Obviously, this is only the GOI statement. --Ram On 7/27/05, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Government has received appeals for peace talks from ULFA

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