[Assam] Would you like to know how zippers work?

2006-04-20 Thread Dilip/Dil Deka
How Zippers Workby Tom HarrisThe zipper is one of the simplest machines of modern times and arguably one of the least essential, but it is an immeasurably useful device in our everyday lives. Think how much easier it is to close a pants fly, a suitcase, th

Re: [Assam] MRTS for Guwahati

2006-04-20 Thread Dilip/Dil Deka
There is a kind of a ring road that bypasses the city. However it is not enough. There definitely is a need for mass transportation through the city. City buses ply but they are all small. Dilipumesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:How about making a Beltway --like in Washington DC or Delhi's

Re: [Assam] Dilbert on IIT

2006-04-20 Thread Dilip/Dil Deka
Yeh to dekha hua hai, shuna hua hai. How much flogging can the IITians stand? :-) Dilip Malabika Brahma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Dilbert on IIT Yahoo! Photos – NEW, now offering a quality print service from just 7p a photo.___assam mailing lis

[Assam] Local news: On a lighter note - dress sense, gamekillers

2006-04-20 Thread umesh sharma
      http://www.axegamekillers.com/home2.html Something about kind of people who can kill your chances and seeking a partner of the opposite sex   I just saw this advertisemnt (full page in a student newspaper  http://www.diamondbackonline.com ) about obituaries of those who were struck by "g

Re: [Assam] Dilbert on IIT

2006-04-20 Thread umesh sharma
thats a good one. I thought I saw one on IITians some years back also though -reprinted in Indian newspapers.   UmeshMalabika Brahma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Dilbert on IIT Yahoo! Photos – NEW, now offering a quality print service from just 7p a photo.___

Re: [Assam] MRTS for Guwahati

2006-04-20 Thread umesh sharma
How about making a Beltway --like in Washington DC or Delhi's Ring Road around the city - for a start. I think it would be cheaper and eaier to build and take off  load from inner city . Also, how does one to tackle the floods - which frequent the city?   UmeshDilip/Dil Deka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> w

Re: [Assam] poem - eight year olds - Bush on Math Now! --Kathak

2006-04-20 Thread umesh sharma
I forgot to mention that in the poem recitation there has to be movement - as told by our site manager.    So at each underlined word they would do some action --just like Kathak dance (Katha - means story --so Kathak is telling story thru dance). We got the hand movements right --such as pointin

Re: [Assam] 51 die in bus accident in Assam

2006-04-20 Thread umesh sharma
May their souls rest in peace to next birth.   I thought such things happened only in Himalayan roads.   UmeshRajiv Baruah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Shocking news. --- NEW DELHI, Apr 20, 2006 (Xinhua via COMTE

[Assam] Fwd: World Bank Website: Live Chat on Monitoring the Millennium Development Goals

2006-04-20 Thread umesh sharma
anyone interested? I submitted my question.   UmeshResearch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Research<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: World Bank Website: Live Chat on Monitoring the Millennium Development GoalsDate: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:48:00 -0400 How is the developing world far

[Assam] Dilbert on IIT

2006-04-20 Thread Malabika Brahma
Dilbert on IIT Yahoo! Photos – NEW, now offering a quality print service from just 7p a photo.<> ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org

[Assam] International finance and NE region

2006-04-20 Thread Rajen Barua
    Guwahati, Thursday, April 20, 2006 EDITORIAL International finance and NE region— Anubhav DuttaIn the matter of economic development, the North East region was always neglected by the various Central governments since the days of independence, resulting in a backward economy in the

[Assam] poem - eight year olds - Bush on Math Now!

2006-04-20 Thread umesh sharma
  Hi,   This is the poem made by joint effort of all the six students in the SES After School program . The program for this year ends next Thursday. I am on lookout for another job trill June to pay my bills.   The program is promoted by Pres. Bush - he was quite close to our school the other

Re: [Assam] Assam Institute of Management

2006-04-20 Thread umesh sharma
Shantikam-da,   I would suggest that in an era when even students of top MBA programs in US etc are lining up to do summer inetrnship at Bangalore Tech companies etc - it would be a useful experience for your atudents as well.   Further, tying up (affiliation/academic linkages with some good fo

Re: [Assam] IE: Discrimination against muslims-how much ?

2006-04-20 Thread umesh sharma
Masuk-da,   Good to hear your views. I think that modernistic muslims need to 'infiltrate" these Madrasa boards and Waqf Boards to help bring about reforms. However, there is discrimination due to other factors as well. But so is against minorities (such as immigrants) all over the world - and on

[Assam] Fwd: [Appeal] How has Reservation in education helped you.

2006-04-20 Thread umesh sharma
Sashi Kanth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]From: "Sashi Kanth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:45:38 -Subject: [Appeal] How has Reservation in education helped you.Visit http://www.ambedkar.org To unsubscribe this magazine, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Assam] MRTS for Guwahati

2006-04-20 Thread Dilip/Dil Deka
Guwahati definitely needs better mass transportation and this article makes the case for MRTS well. Do you think MRTS will be a good solution to Guwahati's road traffic nightmare? Dilip = The property prices in Pitampura and Rohini have

Re: [Assam] 51 die in bus accident in Assam

2006-04-20 Thread mc mahant
This is common happening every year. The NATIONAL or State highways are built  Very Very High(* maximum moneys spent, so maximum Achievements!)All decisions from Delhi! --with soil borrowed from just next to the lanes because that way the contractor and bill-passers make maximum "moneys". --This ca

[Assam] 51 die in bus accident in Assam

2006-04-20 Thread Rajiv Baruah
Shocking news. --- NEW DELHI, Apr 20, 2006 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- At least 51 passengers were killed and 10 others injured on Thursday morning when a bus skidded off a highway and fell into a pond in northeast India's

[Assam] Photgraphs or screensaver

2006-04-20 Thread mani rizwan
  Dear all   I need some pictures of assam lke popular sites ,tea garden, kaziranga, manas national park, Brahmaputra etcs.   Please advise me some sites or some links   With Regards Rizwan How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messenger’s low PC-to-Phone call rates._