Re: [Assam] [assam] Cricket's JuggernautReturns to Action

2012-04-03 Thread bbaruah
Dear Friends; This article is from the NY Times this morning (03 04 2012). This is the full version and has escaped the usual block. -bhuban RICKET Cricket's Juggernaut Returns to Action By HUW RICHARDS Published: April 2, 2012 RECOMMEND TWITTER LINKEDIN SIGN IN TO E-MAIL PRINT

Re: [Assam] [assam] At 60, catching up after a late start

2012-04-03 Thread bbaruah
Dear Friend; Blazing after a late start. Kathy Martin discovered in her late 40s that she was not merely a good runner, but a great one. Now 60, she has the muscle tone of athletes half her age and consistently sets both U.S. and international records. It is from the Global Edition of

Re: [Assam] [assam] President of Hungary quits in Plagiarism scandal

2012-04-03 Thread bbaruah
Dear Friends: I would have missed this interesting article had I not received a print copy of today's International Herald Tribune (03 04 2012). It has been published in many papers worldwide. As the Tribune article is long, I have found a short version of the same and copy it below. If

Re: [Assam] [assam] Urdu declared an official language of West Bengal

2012-04-03 Thread bbaruah
Dear Mr Roychoudhury It also looks to me like a ploy preparatory to the next rounds of general elections. Well, Ms Mamata Banerjee is an astute politician Yes, as Indians we know very well the history of our languages in India. We guard our language like a worker bee guarding its hive from

Re: [Assam] [assam] Urdu declared an official language of West Bengal

2012-04-03 Thread Sushanta Kar
Well Said! Sushanta kar On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 7:14 PM, bbar...@aol.com wrote: Dear Mr Roychoudhury It also looks to me like a ploy preparatory to the next rounds of general elections. Well, Ms Mamata Banerjee is an astute politician Yes, as Indians we know very well the history of our

Re: [Assam] [assam] US offers $10 million for Pakistani militant

2012-04-03 Thread bbaruah
Dear Friends: This is today's news (03 04 2012) from the NY Times. The US are really making genuine efforts to find the culprits who carried out the attacks in Mumbai in 2008. I believe there is at least someone who knows and willing to earn this reward without the fear of any retribution.

Re: [Assam] [assam] A Childhood Passage to Israel for Baghdadi Jews of India

2012-04-03 Thread bbaruah
Dear Friends: A nice story of Jewish migration from today's NY Times (03 04 2012).I hope the Jews from Mizoram too settled peacefully in Israel by this time. Any information? -bhuban April 3, 2012, 8:03 AM A Childhood Passage to Israel for Baghdadi Jews of India By DEBRA KAMIN

Re: [Assam] [assam] Indian victims of domestic violence in UK to get aid

2012-04-03 Thread bbaruah
Dear Friends: This news is from the Times of India (04 04 2012). From time to time I too hear of Assamese women being victims of their NRI husband's cruelty.But seldom do we get to read about them in the press. -bhuban LONDON: Britain has changed immigration rules to