>shedding some hindu-nationalism baggage to become able to see things more
>clearly.
and you some Anti-India.
:)
>From: Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "deepjyoti kakati" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [Assam] re: replacing bridges in 9 hours
>Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 09:52:01 -0500
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> >1. it was a election publicity stunt by govt
> >2. no minorities were given chance to be labour
> >3. its all a fake, everything from india is a fake
> >4. its a conspiracy against assam (as usual)
> >5. why 140 yr old bridge was there in first place
> >6. has anyone done a audit of cost incurred
> >7. its delhis fault! (as usual)
> >8. it proves india is a sectarian country
> >9. St. louis under your guidance did a 10km bridge in 2 hrs.
> >10. incite a tangential flamewar to hide the original issue
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>*** Those were excellent attempts at reading my mind. But it is really not
>a very fruitful pursuit to try and PREDICT what MY responses might be. It
>is a sure way to get oneself upset with no other conceivable benefit.
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>A far better approach would have been to deal with the issue in point.
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>*** In this instance the issue was with the news report, the information
>contained in ( or missing from) the report , and if that was ADEQUATE to
>judge
>the MAIN IDEA as expressed in the headline/subject title.
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>Was it adequate for a technically highly trained and obviously exposed to
>the world around person like yourself?
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>Maybe it was. If it was, we might have attempted to explain why it was.
>That, I would submit,would have been a more productive endeavor.
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>That also could have put me in my place for asking outrageous and/or
>otherwise embarassing questions, exposing my ignorant, anti-Indian
>tendencies.
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> >I never address any of my informational type posts to you and would prefer
> >you not
> >comment on them. my posts are meant for the more serious posters here.
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>*** Now, now! We don't need to get THAT protective of a newspaper report do
>we? It was hardly out of the ordinary bit of incisive desi-reporting,
>heh-heh. Nobody was accusing Deepjyoti of either malfeasance or propaganda.
>The only negative connotation might have been in being perceived as
>gullible or simple minded. Nothing to get so worked up about, to take it
>personally. More so since it is not an incurable condition. All it takes is
>shedding some hindu-nationalism baggage to become able to see things more
>clearly.
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>cm :-)
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>At 5:31 PM +0530 9/26/03, deepjyoti kakati wrote:
> >>So when you crow about all of it done in 9 hours, WITHOUT telling of the
> >>details, the size and complexity of the tasks involved, the story means
> >>very little.
> >
> >CM even if the article had mentioned the bridges being 1 km long each , you
> >would say
> >
> >1. it was a election publicity stunt by govt
> >2. no minorities were given chance to be labour
> >3. its all a fake, everything from india is a fake
> >4. its a conspiracy against assam (as usual)
> >5. why 140 yr old bridge was there in first place
> >6. has anyone done a audit of cost incurred
> >7. its delhis fault! (as usual)
> >8. it proves india is a sectarian country
> >9. St. louis under your guidance did a 10km bridge in 2 hrs.
> >10. incite a tangential flamewar to hide the original issue
> >
> >I never address any of my informational type posts to you and would prefer
> >you not
> >comment on them. my posts are meant for the more serious posters here.
> >
> >thanks for your consideration.
> >
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