>--- - Refer to the line about Delhi.
Ki muskil! Abaar!! >---If it were a bunch of students from DElhi, I do believe the >>response might have been somewhat more thoughtful. I raise that possibility >>because of my willingness to be observant and what I have seen. Etaar maane-ta hocche jodi ei chhele-gulu dillir chokra hoto, taa-hole UPSCr baburar protikiriya aalga hoto. Keno? Aare, baba -- dillir cheler ma-baba-rar moddhye keu keu boro-saheb thaakte paare; montri othoba secretary othoba commisioner, othoba MP - bujhlen to? W-rar songe rul-ful chhloe-na. Wra ese UPSC baburak baans diye debe. UPSCr babura eto bwka noyto! Wra thik jaane kar songe rul jaari kora jai, aar kar pododhula mathai lete hoy. That is not the same as ACCUSING UPSC honchos of deliberately discriminating against these students because they are from Assam. But the net effect is the same. Aar eisob jinis ingrezi jana / na -jaanar othoba bujha / na -bujhar kotha noy. Esob manobhaaber kotha. Jara bujhte sai, taara thik bujhte paare. Jaara bujhte sai na, tara kwnw bhasatei bujbe na. Bujhlen to ekhon :-)? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- At 5:36 PM +0000 8/30/02, Rajib Das wrote: >I suggest you read your own writing to figure out the "reading / >comprehension" deficiency - Refer to the line about Delhi. English as a >language is given to some ambiguity - not so much as to infer something else >all together. Because people "observe" without blinkers, they also notice >similar cases happening with students from all over, including from Delhi >and not just a bunch of losers from Assam. I can give you an incident about >a "loser" Assamese who did not receive intimation about his GD / Interview >for IIM B in time. They called him subsequently and he got through. > >Inspite of your assertion, the only deficiency, nay a disease, that I see >here is this amazing ability to connect everything to discrimination against >Assam. I would see this as a "variation of bi-polar dis-order" more than >anything else - maybe Dr. Tilok can help you out on this. I doubt though!!! > >:-) > >As a footnote - if it were possible, the students should sue the hell out of >Postal department, UPSC, the PM, the deputy PM, the Health department etc. >etc. Yes, CM too!!! > > > >>4: I don't recall ANYONE, much less the perennial offender, yours truly; >>who has claimed in THIS instance, that it was a case of discriminating >>against the Assamese. It is either a case of serious reading/comprehension >>deficiency or a case of some variation of bi-polar disorder causing hearing >>of voices not sopken ( Dr. Tilok, any comments, if you are listening ?). >> >>I did however raise the possibility that the clerks-from-hell, the suck-up >>and piss down bunch, who are not only expected to be able to read the >>rule-books but also are expected to be able to exercise good judgement and >>are paid to SERVE the citizenry with their tax rupees, might have iognored >>the appeals, because the appealers were nobodies--just a bunch of losers >>from Assam. If it were a bunch of students from DElhi, I do believe the >>response might have been somewhat more thoughtful. I raise that possibility >>because of my willingness to be observant and what I have seen. >> >> >>cm :-) >> >> >> >> >>At 5:05 PM +0800 8/30/02, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > [ From: Rajib Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] >> > [ Date: Aug 30, 2002 07:04 (-0000) ] >> > >> > > Does the postal department in your home country take >> > > the responsibility of ensuring delivery of your >> > > normal mail? As in provide a GUARANTEE? A service >> > >> >An emphatic NO. The postal department of any country, in their >> >right minds, would not "guarantee" the delivery of mail. >> >Keeping that in mind that, if you had an urgent and important >> >document to be sent, what would you do ? Turn to some such >> >service which can provide a guarantee of sorts as far as the time >> >of delivery is concerned, would you not ? I would presume that >> >this is exactly why, as you mentioned, you would think of Fedex. >> > >> >And so, coming back to the case at hand, they, just as you would, >> >did send it through a service, which for all its claims, is a >> >service that can be construed to be something like Fedex. As you >> >would think of Fedex as the first thing when you have to send >> >something urgently, some people in India can be forgiven for >> >thinking of "Speedpost" in a similar manner. And, as far as I >> >remember (that was 10 years back), it did claim to be able to >> >deliver your mail anywhere in India within 3 working days. And >> >you do pay a price for it - I remember paying INR 150 to >> >"Speedpost" a document (that was 10 years back). >> > >> >With that in mind, if you were to send an important document via >> >Fedex and had a similar result, what would you do ? I guess then >> >the normal thing would be for you to ask for compensation from >> >Fedex, notwithstanding the fact that Fedex would have probably >> >made you sign off on an agreement form to the effect that they >> >would only expend "all reasonable means" to deliver your document >> >on time, unless of course you have insured your document. But, >> >your case will have some ground in a court because you can argue >> >that you have used the "Fedex-like" service and NOT the normal >> >mail primarily because of the service's claims and that in doing >> >so you have been misled, because had it not been for it's claims, >> >you would have filled up your forms way ahead of the deadline >> >knowing jolly well that normal post would take a much longer >> >time. >> > >> >Having said that, I agree with your other points and I do NOT >> >subscribe to the hypotheses that this is yet another classic case >> >of step-motherly treatment for Assam and that there is a >> >conspiracy at play. >> > >> >/amlan. > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: >http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
