Re: [Assam] Engineered Bamboo Furniture
My 1990 declaration in BOODHBAR(Late Parag Daas')that "Assam's future will be through Saah,Baanh,Maah,Ghaanh" got widely debated and overpublished/Underacted through the formation of "National Bamboo Mission"(NBM). Located at Delhi,NBM's bevy of beauties went worldwide attending seminars ,employing Consultants , importing Taiwan/China/Japan machinery - now wasting at many NBM backed Units. Lately Bodoland Delegation was in China chaperoned by(you guessed it)NBM 's many consultants. At one time -some 8 years back NEDFi's --Dr. Jayanta Madhab + our Dear Manoj Das went with Secret Service Delegates to China--also on related Mission Bamboo. I thought nothing would happen TILL! But ever optimistic Manoj goaded me to give one more try. I presented a plan to Dr.JM-this time as Assam Govt's New Employment Generating Minister(de Facto) to RE- kickstart OXOM Bamboo. "Begin by marketing my Wonderbed/Wonder Chair kitsIndia-wide where they will make their Steel frames with tiny investments Districtwise, and bind Oxom-originated BambooKits to frames and sell to local 1 lakh Janata. Everybody would have gained. 1 such assemly points would shape up. Saved trees, import by India for Petro-Plastics would have fallen- small low-Tech Distributed Industry all over India would have boomed. By the way--the Minister who is supposedto develop theNE and toincrease Employment all-over India is the same Mani Shankar Aiyar. JM kept quiet. So I told Manoj--"Ask your NEDFi boss to bell the cat--otherwise National Bamboo Mission will be another farce" Poor Manoj has his limits. He did pass on. K.HAZARIKA did a little move.When I asked -What's up-he said in true Indianese"We should make a small start". And:" NeDFi cannot be in the Entreprenuer's seat". That is the State of the Art today! Like SEZ's, India is waiting for a brave Knight with lots of Dollars to come in and take charge-of everything-including Governing. Note:,barring seasonal Tea ,thousands of Trucks/Rail wagons return empty to all-over --daily. Kits can go any way. Furniture cannot. Freight of 1 WonderChair would beRs500/-+. But MRP should be 200/-!!That is why KITS isa must. MM From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: Dilip/Dil Deka [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rajib Das [EMAIL PROTECTED],assam@assamnet.orgSubject: Re: [Assam] Engineered Bamboo FurnitureDate: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 14:23:41 -0600 First off, you got it mixed up again: Rajib was NOT speaking about manufactured goods. He was talking about the raw material : bamboo. Also I wouldn't be surprised if today's transportation cost from Assam to Delhi is higher than that between China and Delhi due to all the gate fees and goonda fees one pays in Assam. *** So it is the MIDDLEMEN . Goonda-tax / gate charges are NOT charged by the growers if I am not mistaken. Then WHO is it? And where is the benevolent Indian governance -- is it not supposed to PREVENT that? Oh, I see now! It must be the ULFA!!! Are you serious? At 12:16 PM -0800 3/5/07, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote: OMG! There is no government control in domestic furniture business and it is a free market in India at least in furniture. The furniture dealer in Delhi knows only profit, he does not care about politics between Assam and India. He sells the products for which he can make the maximum profit - based on quality of the product, ready availability and reliable supply. The product may come from China or from Assam, he doesn't care and doesn't have to. The middlemen between him and the bamboo grower work on the same principle - supply a product and make money. At the end if he can't sell because he is charging too much money due to greed, he is the one who is losing the market. So, who is the middleman in the chain who is charging too much and spoiling the whole show? The furniture manufacturer? The wholesaler? The transporter? I suspect it is the manufacturer because he doesn't have the machinery his counterparts in East Asia have. Also I wouldn't be surprised if today's transportation cost from Assam to Delhi is higher than that between China and Delhi due to all the gate fees and goonda fees one pays in Assam. Dilip ===Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know. Low import prices could be due to dumping or a ploy tobuild market-share or there could be a number of other reasons. Highprices of bamboo MUST be due to Indian middle-men's mark-ups. Surelybamboo producers get pea-nuts, around Rs. 10 in upper Assam if I amnot mistaken,for a normal sized mature bamboo. I am no expert. Youare the guys who should know.If SE Asian countries' bamboo producers are selling bamboo for export at sayRs. X per piece, with transportation cost ( must be a whole lot morethan from the NE), that HIGHER import duty and dealers' profit added;still selling it at a price at Dilli lower than those from the NE,then the value of X must be less than zero ( being donated or heavilysubsidized ). That being
[Assam] A Correspondence
Dear friends, Please see the correspondence between Umesh Sharma and Uttam Teron below. It's a sad reality that even after 59 years of India's Independence, our children have to struggle every day even to get the basic education. Sincerely, Ankur Bora -- To Umesh Sharma 5121 Lackawanna ST College Park, (Washington D.C. Metro Region) MD 20740 Dear Umeshji, They come by walking. It takes 3 hours. The road is narrow muddy. There is no bus facility. Totally bacward. It is not posible for them every day coming and going to their village. That is why hostel started for them only. And there are many unfortunate children . Upto our capacity we are trying to help 7 children as hostel accomodation. Hope you all will bless for this. If you visit Parijat Academy in future I'll take you to that village. Thank you all for your special feeling for the Indian underprivileged children. Much love from Parijat Academy. Sincerely Uttam Teron Parijat Academy Pamohi, P.O. Garchuk, Guwahati-781035, Assam, India mobile: 91-9864041711 umesh sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Uttam-da, Thank you for the info. One question - how do these children travel 35 kms each way - do they come by bus? Umesh Parijat Academy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To Ankur Bora Texas Dear Ankur da, Thank you so much for your help for spreading the work of Parijat Academy. 1. Now at present total children 192. (Girls -90, boys- 102) 2. Total teacher 15. 3. one cook Hostel for 7 children has been started from 16th February, 2007. These children coming from 35 KMs remote tribal village. Thanks to Umeshji, Satyajitji, Manjuji, Rukmaniji for your special feeling for the children of Parijat Academy. You all are welcome to visit Parijat Academy. Thanking you. Sincerely Uttam Teron Parijat Academy a school for underprivileged children Pamohi, P.O.Garchuk, Guwahati-781035, Assam, India mobile: 91-9864041711 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Have a burning question? Go to Yahoo! Answers and get answers from real people who know. - The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing.___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Engineered Bamboo Furniture
Nothing can make MORE SENSE than this proposal. It does not require
great skills, does not require sophisticated machinery or tools, does
not require huge capital expenditures, does not require large factory
structures, does not even need an un-inturrpted power/energy supply.
All it requires is design ingenuity, which is available , waiting to
be exploited.
It demonstrates once again the paralysis of Indian governance, one
that has usurped the role of protector and provider to all, while
failing miserably at every step.
I don't know if the photographs went thru to the list. If netters
tell me, and if they did no go thru, I will post them at Flick'r for
all to see. Pictures tell the story far better than words ever will.
cm
At 4:59 PM +0530 3/7/07, mc mahant wrote:
My 1990 declaration in BOODHBAR(Late Parag Daas')that Assam's
future will be through Saah,Baanh,Maah,Ghaanh got widely debated
and overpublished/Underacted through the formation of National
Bamboo Mission(NBM).
Located at Delhi, NBM's bevy of beauties went worldwide attending
seminars ,employing Consultants , importing Taiwan/China/Japan
machinery - now wasting at many NBM backed Units.
Lately Bodoland Delegation was in China chaperoned by(you guessed
it)NBM 's many consultants.
At one time -some 8 years back NEDFi's --Dr. Jayanta Madhab + our
Dear Manoj Das went with Secret Service Delegates to China--also on
related Mission Bamboo.
I thought nothing would happen TILL!
But ever optimistic Manoj goaded me to give one more try. I
presented a plan to Dr.JM-this time as Assam Govt's New Employment
Generating Minister(de Facto) to RE- kickstart OXOM Bamboo.
Begin by marketing my Wonderbed/Wonder Chair kits India-wide
where they will make their Steel frames with tiny investments
Districtwise, and bind Oxom-originated BambooKits to frames and sell
to local 1 lakh Janata. Everybody would have gained. 1 such
assemly points would shape up.
Saved trees, import by India for Petro-Plastics would have fallen -
small low-Tech Distributed Industry all over India would have boomed.
By the way--the Minister who is supposed to develop the NE and
to increase Employment all-over India is the same Mani Shankar Aiyar.
JM kept quiet. So I told Manoj--Ask your NEDFi boss to bell the
cat--otherwise National Bamboo Mission will be another farce
Poor Manoj has his limits. He did pass on. K.HAZARIKA did a little
move.When I asked -What's up-he said in true IndianeseWe should
make a small start. And: NeDFi cannot be in the Entreprenuer's
seat.
That is the State of the Art today!
Like SEZ's, India is waiting for a brave Knight with lots of Dollars
to come in and take charge-of everything-including Governing.
Note:, barring seasonal Tea ,thousands of Trucks/Rail wagons return
empty to all-over -- daily.
Kits can go any way. Furniture cannot. Freight of 1 WonderChair
would beRs500/-+. But MRP should be 200/-!!That is why KITS is a
must.
MM
From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Dilip/Dil Deka [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rajib Das
[EMAIL PROTECTED],assam@assamnet.org
Subject: Re: [Assam] Engineered Bamboo Furniture
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 14:23:41 -0600
blockquote, dl, ul, ol, li {padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;}
First off, you got it mixed up again:
Rajib was NOT speaking about manufactured goods. He was talking
about the raw material : bamboo.
Also I wouldn't be surprised if today's transportation cost from
Assam to Delhi is higher than that between China and Delhi due to
all the gate fees and goonda fees one pays in Assam.
*** So it is the MIDDLEMEN . Goonda-tax / gate charges are NOT
charged by the growers if I am not mistaken. Then WHO is it? And
where is the benevolent Indian governance -- is it not supposed to
PREVENT that?
Oh, I see now! It must be the ULFA!!!
Are you serious?
At 12:16 PM -0800 3/5/07, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote:
OMG!
There is no government control in domestic furniture business and it
is a free market in India at least in furniture.
The furniture dealer in Delhi knows only profit, he does not care
about politics between Assam and India. He sells the products for
which he can make the maximum profit - based on quality of the
product, ready availability and reliable supply. The product may
come from China or from Assam, he doesn't care and doesn't have to.
The middlemen between him and the bamboo grower work on the same
principle - supply a product and make money. At the end if he can't
sell because he is charging too much money due to greed, he is the
one who is losing the market. So, who is the middleman in the chain
who is charging too much and spoiling the whole show? The furniture
manufacturer? The wholesaler? The transporter? I suspect it is the
manufacturer because he doesn't have the machinery his counterparts
in East Asia have. Also I wouldn't be surprised if today's
transportation cost from Assam to Delhi is
[Assam] Fwd: Re: Dr Kalam's obsession with DIVERSION of RIVERS
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 08:47:08 -0600 To: S G Vombatkere [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Dr Kalam's obsession with DIVERSION of RIVERS Cc: ilrRAMASWAMY R. IYER [EMAIL PROTECTED], ilrMUKTA SRIVASTAVA [EMAIL PROTECTED], ilrJAYANTA BANDYOPADHYAY [EMAIL PROTECTED], ilrHIMANSHU THAKKAR [EMAIL PROTECTED], ilrDINESH KUMAR MISHRA [EMAIL PROTECTED], ilrDEVASHIS CHATTERJEE [EMAIL PROTECTED], ilrGOPAL KRISHNA [EMAIL PROTECTED], napmUMA SHANKARI [EMAIL PROTECTED], ilrDr.SUDHIRENDAR SHARMA [EMAIL PROTECTED], ilrCHANDAN MAHANTA [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Chzlrs: 0 I have been out of the loop on the goings on in Waterwatch for a while. Read the post by Kamaraj Nadar the other day and was completed taken aback by the assertions and arguments, particularly because of his being an 'engineer' and 'Expert Committee Member on Inter-linking of Rivers (ILR)'. What was even more appalling was the writer's patronizing dismissal of Sudhirendar Sharma's very detailed accounts of rational and thoughtful rebuttals by knowledgeable individuals, illustrated with apt and colorful analogies. I have had the mind to ask some of the same questions asked by Sudhir Vombatkare. But he made my job a lot easier by asking them far better than I could have, and exposing the massive holes in the writer's 'pseudo-engineering' proposals on this NWP thing. It is obvious that this proposed engineering marvel, is no different from its pre-cursor,the ILR. With such promoters of Indian engineering and technological skills, one hardly needs saboteurs. It is rather sad that the President's legitimate record of rocket engineering has to be sullied so unceremoniously by his association and support of both of these ill-conceived boondoggles that are sure to wither on the vine. Unfortunately, before they do, they have the potential to do irreparable harm with the connivance and participation of'expert' promoters. Finally a question for Kamaraj Nadar: Has he even taken the trouble to look up the contours of the terrain of Assam and the Brahmaputra valley, before he made the allusion, that somehow NWP will rid the Brahmaputra valley of flooding, or that the NWP canals, if ever built, will NOT create massive waterlogging and increased flooding or NOT create floods where none happened before? If he can say he did, one will have to conclude that he needs to go back to school to read contours himself, before he can teach Sudhirendar Sharma anything. And if he did not, he is doing a great disservice to the people as 'Expert Committee Member on Inter-linking of Rivers (ILR)', if not to his own professional reputation. By the way, for Kamaraj Nadar's information, I am very familiar with the topography of the Brahmaputra valley and its surrounding terrain. I was born and grew up in the Brahmaputra valley. Chandan Mahanta Architect At 11:34 AM +0530 3/7/07, S G Vombatkere wrote: Friends, Re.Message No.2 in WaterWatch Digest Number 905 and the correspondence, which I have been following with growing interest and amazement. I write with particular reference to Mr.Kamaraja Nadar's latest response. I presume that Mr.Kamaraja is an engineer, and I make my remarks accordingly. I cannot understand how Mr.Kamaraja's proposal to have a canal at a uniform level (same level above MSL), fill it with water, and expect water to flow in either direction can work to transfer water. Mr.Kamaraja gives the clarification that, if one tries to understand how the water level in Bay of Bengal maintains at the same level from Calautta to Kanyakumari, then, he / she can understand this aspect and understand the hydrology and contour concept. My question to Mr.Kamaraja is, does water flow from Calcutta to Kanyakumari or vice versa? This discussion is not about maintaining levels but about flow of water when levels are the same. The canals are supposed to TRANSFER water from one place to another by FLOWING, and flow occurs only if there is a HEAD (difference of level) of water. What is the available head for flow in a canal that is level? As an engineer, I am unable to understand Mr.Kamaraja's two-way flow and the contour concept. When his team gave a presentation at the Institution of Engineers in Mysore some years ago - perhaps in Jan 2003 - I had asked for this clarification and his associates were unable to answer (Mr.Kamaraja was absent because they told us that he was called away to Delhi to explain his concept to some Minister). Mr.Kamaraja claims that Computer simulation was also done on this at Indian Institute of Science, which confirms the concept. Would Mr.Kamaraja kindly state who is the concerned scientist/engineer in IISc who carried out this work, and also provide us with a copy of the Report. Mr.Kamaraja also claims that many experts have already accepted including the professors of IIT. Would Mr.Kamaraja be so kind as to
Re: [Assam] Engineered Bamboo Furniture
The photographs did not make it through. Please post them at Fickr.
I have a genuine question, not a criticism. If raw material, design, skill,
labor and market are all available, why does one have to wait for GOI to fund
and launch the project? What prevents an entrepreneur from getting a bank loan
to start a modest scale unit? If there is a market and the profit margin is
good, won't a bank provide the funds quickly? What am I missing? Is it possible
that the venture will be successful or even be able to compete with other
similar products, only with government subsidy?
Mukulda probably could answer the questions better than anyone else.
Dilip
==
Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nothing can make MORE SENSE than this proposal. It does not require
great skills, does not require sophisticated machinery or tools, does not
require huge capital expenditures, does not require large factory structures,
does not even need an un-inturrpted power/energy supply. All it requires is
design ingenuity, which is available , waiting to be exploited.
It demonstrates once again the paralysis of Indian governance, one that has
usurped the role of protector and provider to all, while failing miserably at
every step.
I don't know if the photographs went thru to the list. If netters tell me,
and if they did no go thru, I will post them at Flick'r for all to see.
Pictures tell the story far better than words ever will.
cm
At 4:59 PM +0530 3/7/07, mc mahant wrote:
My 1990 declaration in BOODHBAR(Late Parag Daas')that Assam's future will be
through Saah,Baanh,Maah,Ghaanh got widely debated and overpublished/Underacted
through the formation of National Bamboo Mission(NBM).
Located at Delhi, NBM's bevy of beauties went worldwide attending seminars
,employing Consultants , importing Taiwan/China/Japan machinery - now wasting
at many NBM backed Units.
Lately Bodoland Delegation was in China chaperoned by(you guessed it)NBM 's
many consultants.
At one time -some 8 years back NEDFi's --Dr. Jayanta Madhab + our Dear Manoj
Das went with Secret Service Delegates to China--also on related Mission Bamboo.
I thought nothing would happen TILL!
But ever optimistic Manoj goaded me to give one more try. I presented a plan
to Dr.JM-this time as Assam Govt's New Employment Generating Minister(de Facto)
to RE- kickstart OXOM Bamboo.
Begin by marketing my Wonderbed/Wonder Chair kits India-wide where they
will make their Steel frames with tiny investments Districtwise, and bind
Oxom-originated BambooKits to frames and sell to local 1 lakh Janata. Everybody
would have gained. 1 such assemly points would shape up.
Saved trees, import by India for Petro-Plastics would have fallen - small
low-Tech Distributed Industry all over India would have boomed.
By the way--the Minister who is supposed to develop the NE and to increase
Employment all-over India is the same Mani Shankar Aiyar.
JM kept quiet. So I told Manoj--Ask your NEDFi boss to bell the
cat--otherwise National Bamboo Mission will be another farce
Poor Manoj has his limits. He did pass on. K.HAZARIKA did a little move.When
I asked -What's up-he said in true IndianeseWe should make a small start.
And: NeDFi cannot be in the Entreprenuer's seat.
That is the State of the Art today!
Like SEZ's, India is waiting for a brave Knight with lots of Dollars to come
in and take charge-of everything-including Governing.
Note:, barring seasonal Tea ,thousands of Trucks/Rail wagons return empty to
all-over -- daily.
Kits can go any way. Furniture cannot. Freight of 1 WonderChair would
beRs500/-+. But MRP should be 200/-!!That is why KITS is a must.
MM
-
From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Dilip/Dil Deka [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rajib Das [EMAIL
PROTECTED],assam@assamnet.org
Subject: Re: [Assam] Engineered Bamboo Furniture
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 14:23:41 -0600
blockquote, dl, ul, ol, li {padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;} First off, you
got it mixed up again:
Rajib was NOT speaking about manufactured goods. He was talking about the
raw material : bamboo.
Also I wouldn't be surprised if today's transportation cost from Assam to
Delhi is higher than that between China and Delhi due to all the gate fees and
goonda fees one pays in Assam.
*** So it is the MIDDLEMEN . Goonda-tax / gate charges are NOT charged by the
growers if I am not mistaken. Then WHO is it? And where is the benevolent
Indian governance -- is it not supposed to PREVENT that?
Oh, I see now! It must be the ULFA!!!
Are you serious?
At 12:16 PM -0800 3/5/07, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote:
OMG!
There is no government control in domestic furniture business and it is a
free market in India at least in furniture.
The
Re: [Assam] Engineered Bamboo Furniture
Mukulda probably could answer the questions better than anyone else.
*** I agree. But I also have a guess:
In rural Assam, the knowledge and resources to start something
as modest as this does not exist.
Actually I will venture to guess it does not exist amongst the vast
under-classes in urban Assam either.
At 7:27 AM -0800 3/7/07, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote:
The photographs did not make it through. Please post them at Fickr.
I have a genuine question, not a criticism. If raw material, design,
skill, labor and market are all available, why does one have to wait
for GOI to fund and launch the project? What prevents an
entrepreneur from getting a bank loan to start a modest scale unit?
If there is a market and the profit margin is good, won't a bank
provide the funds quickly? What am I missing? Is it possible that
the venture will be successful or even be able to compete with other
similar products, only with government subsidy?
Mukulda probably could answer the questions better than anyone else.
Dilip
==
Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nothing can make MORE SENSE than this proposal. It does not require
great skills, does not require sophisticated machinery or tools,
does not require huge capital expenditures, does not require large
factory structures, does not even need an un-inturrpted power/energy
supply. All it requires is design ingenuity, which is available ,
waiting to be exploited.
It demonstrates once again the paralysis of Indian governance, one
that has usurped the role of protector and provider to all, while
failing miserably at every step.
I don't know if the photographs went thru to the list. If netters
tell me, and if they did no go thru, I will post them at Flick'r for
all to see. Pictures tell the story far better than words ever will.
cm
At 4:59 PM +0530 3/7/07, mc mahant wrote:
My 1990 declaration in BOODHBAR(Late Parag Daas')that Assam's
future will be through Saah,Baanh,Maah,Ghaanh got widely debated
and overpublished/Underacted through the formation of National
Bamboo Mission(NBM).
Located at Delhi, NBM's bevy of beauties went worldwide attending
seminars ,employing Consultants , importing Taiwan/China/Japan
machinery - now wasting at many NBM backed Units.
Lately Bodoland Delegation was in China chaperoned by(you guessed
it)NBM 's many consultants.
At one time -some 8 years back NEDFi's --Dr. Jayanta Madhab + our
Dear Manoj Das went with Secret Service Delegates to China--also on
related Mission Bamboo.
I thought nothing would happen TILL!
But ever optimistic Manoj goaded me to give one more try. I
presented a plan to Dr.JM-this time as Assam Govt's New Employment
Generating Minister(de Facto) to RE- kickstart OXOM Bamboo.
Begin by marketing my Wonderbed/Wonder Chair kits India-wide
where they will make their Steel frames with tiny investments
Districtwise, and bind Oxom-originated BambooKits to frames and sell
to local 1 lakh Janata. Everybody would have gained. 1 such
assemly points would shape up.
Saved trees, import by India for Petro-Plastics would have fallen -
small low-Tech Distributed Industry all over India would have boomed.
By the way--the Minister who is supposed to develop the NE and
to increase Employment all-over India is the same Mani Shankar Aiyar.
JM kept quiet. So I told Manoj--Ask your NEDFi boss to bell the
cat--otherwise National Bamboo Mission will be another farce
Poor Manoj has his limits. He did pass on. K.HAZARIKA did a little
move.When I asked -What's up-he said in true IndianeseWe should
make a small start. And: NeDFi cannot be in the Entreprenuer's
seat.
That is the State of the Art today!
Like SEZ's, India is waiting for a brave Knight with lots of Dollars
to come in and take charge-of everything-including Governing.
Note:, barring seasonal Tea ,thousands of Trucks/Rail wagons return
empty to all-over -- daily.
Kits can go any way. Furniture cannot. Freight of 1 WonderChair
would beRs500/-+. But MRP should be 200/-!!That is why KITS is a
must.
MM
From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Dilip/Dil Deka [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rajib Das
[EMAIL PROTECTED],assam@assamnet.org
Subject: Re: [Assam] Engineered Bamboo Furniture
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 14:23:41 -0600
blockquote, dl, ul, ol, li {padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;}
First off, you got it mixed up again:
Rajib was NOT speaking about manufactured goods. He was talking
about the raw material : bamboo.
Also I wouldn't be surprised if today's transportation cost from
Assam to Delhi is higher than that between China and Delhi due to
all the gate fees and goonda fees one pays in Assam.
*** So it is the MIDDLEMEN . Goonda-tax / gate charges are NOT
charged by the growers if I am not mistaken. Then WHO is it? And
where is the benevolent Indian governance -- is it not
Re: [Assam] Engineered Bamboo Furniture
If there is good money to be made, what prevents an urban entrepreneur from putting the project together? The underclass (?) could be brought in as partners. The good example of Amul exists, Amul started on a modest scale. I am still missing some vital information that is hard to get without being there on the test pad. Lack of government assistance cannot prevent a venture that has the potential of raking money. Dilip Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mukulda probably could answer the questions better than anyone else. *** I agree. But I also have a guess: In rural Assam, the knowledge and resources to start something as modest as this does not exist. Actually I will venture to guess it does not exist amongst the vast under-classes in urban Assam either. At 7:27 AM -0800 3/7/07, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote: The photographs did not make it through. Please post them at Fickr. I have a genuine question, not a criticism. If raw material, design, skill, labor and market are all available, why does one have to wait for GOI to fund and launch the project? What prevents an entrepreneur from getting a bank loan to start a modest scale unit? If there is a market and the profit margin is good, won't a bank provide the funds quickly? What am I missing? Is it possible that the venture will be successful or even be able to compete with other similar products, only with government subsidy? Mukulda probably could answer the questions better than anyone else. Dilip == Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nothing can make MORE SENSE than this proposal. It does not require great skills, does not require sophisticated machinery or tools, does not require huge capital expenditures, does not require large factory structures, does not even need an un-inturrpted power/energy supply. All it requires is design ingenuity, which is available , waiting to be exploited. It demonstrates once again the paralysis of Indian governance, one that has usurped the role of protector and provider to all, while failing miserably at every step. I don't know if the photographs went thru to the list. If netters tell me, and if they did no go thru, I will post them at Flick'r for all to see. Pictures tell the story far better than words ever will. cm At 4:59 PM +0530 3/7/07, mc mahant wrote: My 1990 declaration in BOODHBAR(Late Parag Daas')that Assam's future will be through Saah,Baanh,Maah,Ghaanh got widely debated and overpublished/Underacted through the formation of National Bamboo Mission(NBM). Located at Delhi, NBM's bevy of beauties went worldwide attending seminars ,employing Consultants , importing Taiwan/China/Japan machinery - now wasting at many NBM backed Units. Lately Bodoland Delegation was in China chaperoned by(you guessed it)NBM 's many consultants. At one time -some 8 years back NEDFi's --Dr. Jayanta Madhab + our Dear Manoj Das went with Secret Service Delegates to China--also on related Mission Bamboo. I thought nothing would happen TILL! But ever optimistic Manoj goaded me to give one more try. I presented a plan to Dr.JM-this time as Assam Govt's New Employment Generating Minister(de Facto) to RE- kickstart OXOM Bamboo. Begin by marketing my Wonderbed/Wonder Chair kits India-wide where they will make their Steel frames with tiny investments Districtwise, and bind Oxom-originated BambooKits to frames and sell to local 1 lakh Janata. Everybody would have gained. 1 such assemly points would shape up. Saved trees, import by India for Petro-Plastics would have fallen - small low-Tech Distributed Industry all over India would have boomed. By the way--the Minister who is supposed to develop the NE and to increase Employment all-over India is the same Mani Shankar Aiyar. JM kept quiet. So I told Manoj--Ask your NEDFi boss to bell the cat--otherwise National Bamboo Mission will be another farce Poor Manoj has his limits. He did pass on. K.HAZARIKA did a little move.When I asked -What's up-he said in true IndianeseWe should make a small start. And: NeDFi cannot be in the Entreprenuer's seat. That is the State of the Art today! Like SEZ's, India is waiting for a brave Knight with lots of Dollars to come in and take charge-of everything-including Governing. Note:, barring seasonal Tea ,thousands of Trucks/Rail wagons return empty to all-over -- daily. Kits can go any way. Furniture cannot. Freight of 1 WonderChair would beRs500/-+. But MRP should be 200/-!!That is why KITS is a must. MM - From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Dilip/Dil Deka [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rajib Das [EMAIL PROTECTED],assam@assamnet.org Subject: Re: [Assam] Engineered Bamboo Furniture
[Assam] Mukul Mahanta's Bamboo Furniture Photos
I have just uploaded 12 images of highly affordable but ergonomically designed
bamboo furniture by Mukul Mahanta at :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cmahanta-stl/
Enjoy.
cm
Nothing can make MORE SENSE than this proposal. It does not require
great skills, does not require sophisticated machinery or tools, does
not require huge capital expenditures, does not require large factory
structures, does not even need an un-inturrpted power/energy supply.
All it requires is design ingenuity, which is available , waiting to
be exploited.
It demonstrates once again the paralysis of Indian governance, one
that has usurped the role of protector and provider to all, while
failing miserably at every step.
I don't know if the photographs went thru to the list. If netters
tell me, and if they did no go thru, I will post them at Flick'r for
all to see. Pictures tell the story far better than words ever will.
cm
At 4:59 PM +0530 3/7/07, mc mahant wrote:
My 1990 declaration in BOODHBAR(Late Parag Daas')that Assam's
future will be through Saah,Baanh,Maah,Ghaanh got widely debated
and overpublished/Underacted through the formation of National
Bamboo Mission(NBM).
Located at Delhi, NBM's bevy of beauties went worldwide attending
seminars ,employing Consultants , importing Taiwan/China/Japan
machinery - now wasting at many NBM backed Units.
Lately Bodoland Delegation was in China chaperoned by(you guessed
it)NBM 's many consultants.
At one time -some 8 years back NEDFi's --Dr. Jayanta Madhab + our
Dear Manoj Das went with Secret Service Delegates to China--also on
related Mission Bamboo.
I thought nothing would happen TILL!
But ever optimistic Manoj goaded me to give one more try. I
presented a plan to Dr.JM-this time as Assam Govt's New Employment
Generating Minister(de Facto) to RE- kickstart OXOM Bamboo.
Begin by marketing my Wonderbed/Wonder Chair kits India-wide
where they will make their Steel frames with tiny investments
Districtwise, and bind Oxom-originated BambooKits to frames and sell
to local 1 lakh Janata. Everybody would have gained. 1 such
assemly points would shape up.
Saved trees, import by India for Petro-Plastics would have fallen -
small low-Tech Distributed Industry all over India would have boomed.
By the way--the Minister who is supposed to develop the NE and
to increase Employment all-over India is the same Mani Shankar Aiyar.
JM kept quiet. So I told Manoj--Ask your NEDFi boss to bell the
cat--otherwise National Bamboo Mission will be another farce
Poor Manoj has his limits. He did pass on. K.HAZARIKA did a little
move.When I asked -What's up-he said in true IndianeseWe should
make a small start. And: NeDFi cannot be in the Entreprenuer's
seat.
That is the State of the Art today!
Like SEZ's, India is waiting for a brave Knight with lots of Dollars
to come in and take charge-of everything-including Governing.
Note:, barring seasonal Tea ,thousands of Trucks/Rail wagons return
empty to all-over -- daily.
Kits can go any way. Furniture cannot. Freight of 1 WonderChair
would beRs500/-+. But MRP should be 200/-!!That is why KITS is a
must.
MM
From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Dilip/Dil Deka [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rajib Das
[EMAIL PROTECTED],assam@assamnet.org
Subject: Re: [Assam] Engineered Bamboo Furniture
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 14:23:41 -0600
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First off, you got it mixed up again:
Rajib was NOT speaking about manufactured goods. He was talking
about the raw material : bamboo.
Also I wouldn't be surprised if today's transportation cost from
Assam to Delhi is higher than that between China and Delhi due to
all the gate fees and goonda fees one pays in Assam.
*** So it is the MIDDLEMEN . Goonda-tax / gate charges are NOT
charged by the growers if I am not mistaken. Then WHO is it? And
where is the benevolent Indian governance -- is it not supposed to
PREVENT that?
Oh, I see now! It must be the ULFA!!!
Are you serious?
At 12:16 PM -0800 3/5/07, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote:
OMG!
There is no government control in domestic furniture business and it
is a free market in India at least in furniture.
The furniture dealer in Delhi knows only profit, he does not care
about politics between Assam and India. He sells the products for
which he can make the maximum profit - based on quality of the
product, ready availability and reliable supply. The product may
come from China or from Assam, he doesn't care and doesn't have to.
The middlemen between him and the bamboo grower work on the same
principle - supply a product and make money. At the end if he can't
sell because he is charging too much money due to greed, he is the
one who is losing the market. So, who is the middleman in the chain
who is charging too much and spoiling the whole show? The furniture
manufacturer? The wholesaler? The transporter? I suspect
Re: [Assam] Engineered Bamboo Furniture
There are umpteen needs to be filled and money made. So where are the enterprises ? What seems to be the matter? At 7:45 AM -0800 3/7/07, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote: If there is good money to be made, what prevents an urban entrepreneur from putting the project together? The underclass (?) could be brought in as partners. The good example of Amul exists, Amul started on a modest scale. I am still missing some vital information that is hard to get without being there on the test pad. Lack of government assistance cannot prevent a venture that has the potential of raking money. Dilip Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mukulda probably could answer the questions better than anyone else. *** I agree. But I also have a guess: In rural Assam, the knowledge and resources to start something as modest as this does not exist. Actually I will venture to guess it does not exist amongst the vast under-classes in urban Assam either. At 7:27 AM -0800 3/7/07, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote: The photographs did not make it through. Please post them at Fickr. I have a genuine question, not a criticism. If raw material, design, skill, labor and market are all available, why does one have to wait for GOI to fund and launch the project? What prevents an entrepreneur from getting a bank loan to start a modest scale unit? If there is a market and the profit margin is good, won't a bank provide the funds quickly? What am I missing? Is it possible that the venture will be successful or even be able to compete with other similar products, only with government subsidy? Mukulda probably could answer the questions better than anyone else. Dilip == Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nothing can make MORE SENSE than this proposal. It does not require great skills, does not require sophisticated machinery or tools, does not require huge capital expenditures, does not require large factory structures, does not even need an un-inturrpted power/energy supply. All it requires is design ingenuity, which is available , waiting to be exploited. It demonstrates once again the paralysis of Indian governance, one that has usurped the role of protector and provider to all, while failing miserably at every step. I don't know if the photographs went thru to the list. If netters tell me, and if they did no go thru, I will post them at Flick'r for all to see. Pictures tell the story far better than words ever will. cm At 4:59 PM +0530 3/7/07, mc mahant wrote: My 1990 declaration in BOODHBAR(Late Parag Daas')that Assam's future will be through Saah,Baanh,Maah,Ghaanh got widely debated and overpublished/Underacted through the formation of National Bamboo Mission(NBM). Located at Delhi, NBM's bevy of beauties went worldwide attending seminars ,employing Consultants , importing Taiwan/China/Japan machinery - now wasting at many NBM backed Units. Lately Bodoland Delegation was in China chaperoned by(you guessed it)NBM 's many consultants. At one time -some 8 years back NEDFi's --Dr. Jayanta Madhab + our Dear Manoj Das went with Secret Service Delegates to China--also on related Mission Bamboo. I thought nothing would happen TILL! But ever optimistic Manoj goaded me to give one more try. I presented a plan to Dr.JM-this time as Assam Govt's New Employment Generating Minister(de Facto) to RE- kickstart OXOM Bamboo. Begin by marketing my Wonderbed/Wonder Chair kits India-wide where they will make their Steel frames with tiny investments Districtwise, and bind Oxom-originated BambooKits to frames and sell to local 1 lakh Janata. Everybody would have gained. 1 such assemly points would shape up. Saved trees, import by India for Petro-Plastics would have fallen - small low-Tech Distributed Industry all over India would have boomed. By the way--the Minister who is supposed to develop the NE and to increase Employment all-over India is the same Mani Shankar Aiyar. JM kept quiet. So I told Manoj--Ask your NEDFi boss to bell the cat--otherwise National Bamboo Mission will be another farce Poor Manoj has his limits. He did pass on. K.HAZARIKA did a little move.When I asked -What's up-he said in true IndianeseWe should make a small start. And: NeDFi cannot be in the Entreprenuer's seat. That is the State of the Art today! Like SEZ's, India is waiting for a brave Knight with lots of Dollars to come in and take charge-of everything-including Governing. Note:, barring seasonal Tea ,thousands of Trucks/Rail wagons return empty to all-over -- daily. Kits can go any way. Furniture cannot. Freight of 1 WonderChair would beRs500/-+. But MRP should be 200/-!!That is why KITS is a must. MM From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Dilip/Dil Deka [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rajib Das [EMAIL PROTECTED],assam@assamnet.org Subject: Re: [Assam]
[Assam] Another Vidarbha, From ToI
Another Vidarbha Bharat Dogra RSS Feeds| SMS NEWS to for latest updates Even as policymakers and the media exult in India's growth story, it was left for the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to bare a few skeletons, literally speaking. According to NHRC, there have been 100 suicides and hunger deaths in just two of Bundelkhand's seven districts (Jhansi, Jalaun, Lalitpur, Banda, Chitra-koot, Mahoba and Hamirpur) over the last four years. One can safely assume that 400 people have lost their lives in the entire region over this period. Yet, it has taken the Uttar Pradesh government all this while to declare four districts drought-prone. Is this another Vidarbha? NHRC blamed the crisis on a malfunctioning PDS and cancellation of ration cards of poor people. In addition, the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), which was introduced in six of Bundelkhand's seven districts in its first year, did not deliver the expected results. The Union Budget, which extends NREGS to another 130 districts from the present number of 200, has only increased the allocation by another Rs 700 crore to Rs 12,000 crore. A reduction in per district allocations cannot do regions like Bundelkhand much good. A district is declared drought-prone when crop loss is over 50 per cent. Apart from Jhansi district, 80 per cent of the population lives in rural areas. Social activists in the area point out kharif loss of over 50 per cent was the norm. The rabi crop is no better; hence drought-relief work should be started without delay and NREGS implemented in its proper spirit. According to Bhagwat Prasad, director of Akhil Bharatiya Samaj Seva Sansthan (ABSSS), Despite the existence of employment guarantee, very large-scale distress migration is taking place in most villages. Abishek of Arunodaya points out that in Bharha village in Mahoba district, a farmer with 27 bighas committed suicide. He could not pay back a loan taken for buying a tractor due to the recent crop failures. In Nahri village, Banda district, where five starvation deaths occurred in the last two years, people were so fed up with official apathy that they announced a mass suicide in July 2006. A recent visit to the Dalit basti of this village revealed that conditions of extreme distress are widespread. In Padui village of the same district, eight suicides linked to poverty and indebtedness have taken place in the last six years. In addition, nine Dalits died due to desperate efforts to earn a little income in highly hazardous conditions. The overwhelming majority of villagers are indebted to private moneylenders or banks or both. Recovery notices have been sent to several of them. Several farmers run the risk of being reduced to landlessness if their land is auctioned for loan recovery. Abid Ali of ABSSS points out, On the one hand, people suffer from hunger, and on the other a two years old payment of 74 quintals of grain has not been made to 45 workers in Tikariya. In many villages, anganwadis appear to be non-existent. Meenu from ABSSS says, Ration shops are supposed to be near villages, but people of Amchur Nerava have to travel 20 km to get their ration ⤠a full day to go there by shuttle train and return. There is no guarantee they will get the ration. ICDS and mid-day meals are in poor shape. Children said the quality of mid-day meals was so poor that they preferred to eat at home. As for genuinely poor people not being provided Antyodaya cards, an investigation team visited the region three months back and carried away the existing cards. People have had no access to ration since then. The Annapurna scheme for free grain, meant in particular for the old and infirm who cannot earn their livelihood, has been discontinued. This area has several vulnerable groups such as Kol tribals, Sahariya tribals, Kabutras, Bansors, Bedni and Saperas. A special effort needs to be made to strengthen their rights. But all is not lost. Bundelkhand has a rich tradition of constructing tanks. This can be seen in Mahoba, Charkhari and numerous other places. These have been damaged due to encroachment and lack of maintenance. Priority should be accorded to restore these structures. Efforts to maintain an adequate level of farm productivity should be linked to land reforms which make available more land to the landless and marginal peasants. The writer is a journalist. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] The Kingdom of Assam where most foreigne rs dared not enter is given to foreigners of all shades on a platter to control Assam under Indian possession. Is not it a colonial ruler’s cla ssica
Indian who's a foreigner in Sikkim Neeti Tandon CNN-IBN Posted Wednesday, March 07, 2007 at 19:20 Updated Wednesday, March 07, 2007 at 21:32 [image: Email]http://www.ibnlive.com/news/politics/03_2007/foreigner-in-sikkim-indian-in-assam-35427.html Emailhttp://www.ibnlive.com/news/politics/03_2007/foreigner-in-sikkim-indian-in-assam-35427.html [image: Print] http://www.ibnlive.com/printpage.php?id=35427section_id=4Printhttp://www.ibnlive.com/printpage.php?id=35427section_id=4 QUESTIONABLE CITIZENSHIP: Congress MP Moni Kumar Subba claims that he is an Indian, but CNN-IBN proves that he is a Nepali citizen. http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/35427/indian-whos-a-foreigner-in-sikkim.html *also read* - Subba defensive, row in Parliament http://www.ibnlive.com/news/subba-defensive-row-in-parliament/35406-4.html - Impact: Subba story stuns BJP | SIThttp://www.ibnlive.com/news/impact-subba-story-stuns-bjp--sit/35376-4.html - Subba claims he is supremehttp://www.ibnlive.com/news/subba-claims-he-is-supreme/35350-4.html - Subba's school missing on maphttp://www.ibnlive.com/news/subbas-school-missing-on-map/35344-4.html - Cong MP born 4 times at 3 places!http://www.ibnlive.com/news/cong-mp-born-4-times-at-3-places/35342-4.html *Gangtok:* The Congress MP from Tezpur, Moni Kumar Subba, has lied about his place of birth, date of birth and education. He claims that he is an Indian, but CNN-IBN's Special Investigation proves that he is a Nepali citizen, something that has been suspected for long. Subba's nationality was first questioned in 1985, when the Chief Electoral Officer of Sikkim stopped him from including his name in the state's electoral rolls. TT Dorji was Sikkim's Electoral Registration Officer in 1979 and today he is the Finance Secretary of the state. Dorji gave CNN-IBN an attested copy of his report in which he said this about Subba: *I have examined the detailed investigation reports submitted by the Special Branch and the Vigilance Police Force of the Sikkim Police. These reports certify that Shri M K Subba, son of Dhan Bahadur Subba, is a foreign national from Nepal. Shri M K Subba does not fulfill the criteria for enumeration as a voter. * *'Speak to my lawyers'* When confronted with this report, Subba refused to comment on camera. CNN-IBN's hidden camera recorded him saying this: *Ye vakil ko dikhao. Hum to dosti ka baat se aapko bulaya tha. Hum kuch nahi bolega. Yeh maine bola tha ki nahi *. (I called you here for friendship. I will not say anything about the case. Show this to my lawyers). Subba's old friend, Bal Chand Sarda, who has set up the Royal Plaza Hotel in Sikkim in partnership with the MP, confirms the fact. He (Subba) is from Nepal, no doubt about it, said Sarda. *CNN-IBN: **How can you be so sure? * *Sarda*: That everybody knows. *CNN-IBN: **He says he is born in Darjeeling?* *Sarda*: No, no. If he was born in Darjeeling, he must prove it. Even his language is typically that of Nepal. Subba's third wife, Karma Kanu, also confirms that her husband is not an Indian. Indian *toh nahi hai vo. Ab *Nepali India *aane se *Indian *to nahi ho jayega. Hai to *Nepali (He's not Indian. Just by coming to India, a Nepali does not become an Indian. He is still a Nepali), she says. Subba managed to get listed as a voter in Assam. He was elected as a Congress MLA from Nowbasia in 1991, becoming possibly the first foreign national to win an election in India. *Election challenged* But Subba's election was questioned. Bhim Bahadur Chhetri, who knew Subba from his Nepal days, challenged Subba's nomination in Guwahati High Court. Chhetri's complaint was listed as election petition Case No. 8/91. RP Sarmah, an advocate in the Guwahati High Court, told CNN-IBN about the petition. Bhim Bahadur Chhetri knew him (Subba) from childhood. They were of the same age. But Chhetri died under mysterious circumstances in Udalgudi (in Assam) after filing the case, Sarmah said. Subba was born in Nepal, in Ward No 8 under San Sabu panchayat. The high court dismissed Chettri's petition challenging Subba's nomination, as Chettri himself was a Nepali national. Subba went on to become an MLA in June 1991. Subba first tried to include his name in the voter's list in Sikkim, but failed. It's strange that he was allowed to get his name included in the electoral rolls of another state and then fight elections too. (*With Sudesh Bhatt*) ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Mukul Mahanta's Bamboo Furniture Photos
Thanks C'da for sharing those photos.
And Mukul da, congratulations to you too. The designs look feel excellent,
and the first thought that occurred to me was that this type of furniture
would do wonders for my aching back.
--Ram
On 3/7/07, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have just uploaded 12 images of highly affordable but ergonomically
designed
bamboo furniture by Mukul Mahanta at :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cmahanta-stl/
Enjoy.
cm
Nothing can make MORE SENSE than this proposal. It does not require great
skills, does not require sophisticated machinery or tools, does not require
huge capital expenditures, does not require large factory structures, does
not even need an un-inturrpted power/energy supply. All it requires is
design ingenuity, which is available , waiting to be exploited.
It demonstrates once again the paralysis of Indian governance, one that
has usurped the role of protector and provider to all, while failing
miserably at every step.
I don't know if the photographs went thru to the list. If netters tell me,
and if they did no go thru, I will post them at Flick'r for all to see.
Pictures tell the story far better than words ever will.
cm
At 4:59 PM +0530 3/7/07, mc mahant wrote:
My 1990 declaration in BOODHBAR(Late Parag Daas')that Assam's future will
be through Saah,Baanh,Maah,Ghaanh got widely debated and
overpublished/Underacted through the formation of National Bamboo
Mission(NBM).
Located at Delhi, NBM's bevy of beauties went worldwide attending
seminars ,employing Consultants , importing Taiwan/China/Japan machinery -
now wasting at many NBM backed Units.
Lately Bodoland Delegation was in China chaperoned by(you guessed it)NBM
's many consultants.
At one time -some 8 years back NEDFi's --Dr. Jayanta Madhab + our Dear
Manoj Das went with Secret Service Delegates to China--also on related*Mission
Bamboo.
*
I thought nothing would happen TILL!
But ever optimistic Manoj goaded me to give one more try. I presented a
plan to Dr.JM-this time as Assam Govt's New Employment Generating
Minister(de Facto) to RE- kickstart OXOM Bamboo.
Begin by marketing my Wonderbed/Wonder Chair kits *India-wide* where
they will make their Steel frames with tiny investments Districtwise, and
bind Oxom-originated BambooKits to frames and sell to local 1 lakh Janata.
Everybody would have gained. 1 such assemly points would shape up.
Saved trees, import by India for Petro-Plastics would have fallen - small
low-Tech Distributed Industry all over India would have boomed.
By the way--the Minister who is supposed to develop* the NE* and*to increase
Employment
* all-*over India* is the same Mani Shankar Aiyar.
JM kept quiet. So I told Manoj--Ask your NEDFi boss to bell the
cat--otherwise National Bamboo Mission will be another farce
Poor Manoj has his limits. He did pass on. K.HAZARIKA did a little
move.When I asked -What's up-he said in true IndianeseWe should make a
small start. And: NeDFi cannot be in the Entreprenuer's seat.
That is the State of the Art today!
Like SEZ's, India is waiting for a brave Knight with lots of Dollars to
come in and take charge-of everything-including Governing.
Note:, barring seasonal Tea ,thousands of Trucks/Rail wagons return empty
to all-over -- daily.
Kits can go any way. Furniture cannot. Freight of 1 WonderChair would
beRs500/-+. But MRP should be 200/-!!That is why KITS is a must.
MM
--
From:* Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED]*
To:* Dilip/Dil Deka [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rajib Das [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:* Re: [Assam] Engineered Bamboo Furniture*
Date:* Mon, 5 Mar 2007 14:23:41 -0600*
blockquote, dl, ul, ol, li {padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;}
First off, you got it mixed up again:
Rajib was NOT speaking about manufactured goods. He was talking about the
raw material : bamboo.
Also I wouldn't be surprised if today's transportation cost from Assam
to Delhi is higher than that between China and Delhi due to all the gate
fees and goonda fees one pays in Assam.
*** So it is the MIDDLEMEN . Goonda-tax / gate charges are NOT charged by
the growers if I am not mistaken. Then WHO is it? And where is the
benevolent Indian governance -- is it not supposed to PREVENT that?
Oh, I see now! It must be the ULFA!!!
Are you serious?
At 12:16 PM -0800 3/5/07, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote:
OMG!
There is no government control in domestic furniture business and it is a
free market in India at least in furniture.
The furniture dealer in Delhi knows only profit, he does not care about
politics between Assam and India. He sells the products for which he can
make the maximum profit - based on quality of the product, ready
availability and reliable supply. The product may come from China or from
Assam, he doesn't care and doesn't have to.
The middlemen between him and the bamboo grower work on the same principle
- supply a product
Re: [Assam] Mukul Mahanta's Bamboo Furniture Photos
Chan Da,
Simply stunning. Will u allow me to post some of the photos in one of our
yahoo groups, of course the name will be yours ?
Regards
Mridul
Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have just uploaded 12 images of highly affordable but ergonomically
designed
bamboo furniture by Mukul Mahanta at :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cmahanta-stl/
Enjoy.
cm
Nothing can make MORE SENSE than this proposal. It does not require great
skills, does not require sophisticated machinery or tools, does not require
huge capital expenditures, does not require large factory structures, does not
even need an un-inturrpted power/energy supply. All it requires is design
ingenuity, which is available , waiting to be exploited.
It demonstrates once again the paralysis of Indian governance, one that has
usurped the role of protector and provider to all, while failing miserably at
every step.
I don't know if the photographs went thru to the list. If netters tell me,
and if they did no go thru, I will post them at Flick'r for all to see.
Pictures tell the story far better than words ever will.
cm
At 4:59 PM +0530 3/7/07, mc mahant wrote:
My 1990 declaration in BOODHBAR(Late Parag Daas')that Assam's future will be
through Saah,Baanh,Maah,Ghaanh got widely debated and overpublished/Underacted
through the formation of National Bamboo Mission(NBM).
Located at Delhi, NBM's bevy of beauties went worldwide attending seminars
,employing Consultants , importing Taiwan/China/Japan machinery - now wasting
at many NBM backed Units.
Lately Bodoland Delegation was in China chaperoned by(you guessed it)NBM 's
many consultants.
At one time -some 8 years back NEDFi's --Dr. Jayanta Madhab + our Dear Manoj
Das went with Secret Service Delegates to China--also on related Mission Bamboo.
I thought nothing would happen TILL!
But ever optimistic Manoj goaded me to give one more try. I presented a plan
to Dr.JM-this time as Assam Govt's New Employment Generating Minister(de Facto)
to RE- kickstart OXOM Bamboo.
Begin by marketing my Wonderbed/Wonder Chair kits India-wide where they
will make their Steel frames with tiny investments Districtwise, and bind
Oxom-originated BambooKits to frames and sell to local 1 lakh Janata. Everybody
would have gained. 1 such assemly points would shape up.
Saved trees, import by India for Petro-Plastics would have fallen - small
low-Tech Distributed Industry all over India would have boomed.
By the way--the Minister who is supposed to develop the NE and to increase
Employment all-over India is the same Mani Shankar Aiyar.
JM kept quiet. So I told Manoj--Ask your NEDFi boss to bell the
cat--otherwise National Bamboo Mission will be another farce
Poor Manoj has his limits. He did pass on. K.HAZARIKA did a little move.When
I asked -What's up-he said in true IndianeseWe should make a small start.
And: NeDFi cannot be in the Entreprenuer's seat.
That is the State of the Art today!
Like SEZ's, India is waiting for a brave Knight with lots of Dollars to come
in and take charge-of everything-including Governing.
Note:, barring seasonal Tea ,thousands of Trucks/Rail wagons return empty to
all-over -- daily.
Kits can go any way. Furniture cannot. Freight of 1 WonderChair would
beRs500/-+. But MRP should be 200/-!!That is why KITS is a must.
MM
-
From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Dilip/Dil Deka [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rajib Das [EMAIL
PROTECTED],assam@assamnet.org
Subject: Re: [Assam] Engineered Bamboo Furniture
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 14:23:41 -0600
blockquote, dl, ul, ol, li {padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;} First off, you
got it mixed up again:
Rajib was NOT speaking about manufactured goods. He was talking about the
raw material : bamboo.
Also I wouldn't be surprised if today's transportation cost from Assam to
Delhi is higher than that between China and Delhi due to all the gate fees and
goonda fees one pays in Assam.
*** So it is the MIDDLEMEN . Goonda-tax / gate charges are NOT charged by the
growers if I am not mistaken. Then WHO is it? And where is the benevolent
Indian governance -- is it not supposed to PREVENT that?
Oh, I see now! It must be the ULFA!!!
Are you serious?
At 12:16 PM -0800 3/5/07, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote:
OMG!
There is no government control in domestic furniture business and it is a
free market in India at least in furniture.
The furniture dealer in Delhi knows only profit, he does not care about
politics between Assam and India. He sells the products for which he can make
the maximum profit - based on quality of the product, ready availability and
reliable supply. The product may come from China or from Assam, he doesn't care
and doesn't have to.
The
Re: [Assam] Mukul Mahanta's Bamboo Furniture Photos
Please do Mridul. I did not take Mukul da's furniture pictures.
Somebody else did. The other pictures of Assam are min however.
c-da
At 11:26 AM -0800 3/7/07, Mridul Bhuyan wrote:
Chan Da,
Simply stunning. Will u allow me to post some of the photos in one
of our yahoo groups, of course the name will be yours ?
Regards
Mridul
Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have just uploaded 12 images of highly affordable but ergonomically designed
bamboo furniture by Mukul Mahanta at :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cmahanta-stl/
Enjoy.
cm
Nothing can make MORE SENSE than this proposal. It does not require
great skills, does not require sophisticated machinery or tools,
does not require huge capital expenditures, does not require large
factory structures, does not even need an un-inturrpted power/energy
supply. All it requires is design ingenuity, which is available ,
waiting to be exploited.
It demonstrates once again the paralysis of Indian governance, one
that has usurped the role of protector and provider to all, while
failing miserably at every step.
I don't know if the photographs went thru to the list. If netters
tell me, and if they did no go thru, I will post them at Flick'r for
all to see. Pictures tell the story far better than words ever will.
cm
At 4:59 PM +0530 3/7/07, mc mahant wrote:
My 1990 declaration in BOODHBAR(Late Parag Daas')that Assam's
future will be through Saah,Baanh,Maah,Ghaanh got widely debated
and overpublished/Underacted through the formation of National
Bamboo Mission(NBM).
Located at Delhi, NBM's bevy of beauties went worldwide attending
seminars ,employing Consultants , importing Taiwan/China/Japan
machinery - now wasting at many NBM backed Units.
Lately Bodoland Delegation was in China chaperoned by(you guessed
it)NBM 's many consultants.
At one time -some 8 years back NEDFi's --Dr. Jayanta Madhab + our
Dear Manoj Das went with Secret Service Delegates to China--also on
related Mission Bamboo.
I thought nothing would happen TILL!
But ever optimistic Manoj goaded me to give one more try. I
presented a plan to Dr.JM-this time as Assam Govt's New Employment
Generating Minister(de Facto) to RE- kickstart OXOM Bamboo.
Begin by marketing my Wonderbed/Wonder Chair kits India-wide
where they will make their Steel frames with tiny investments
Districtwise, and bind Oxom-originated BambooKits to frames and sell
to local 1 lakh Janata. Everybody would have gained. 1 such
assemly points would shape up.
Saved trees, import by India for Petro-Plastics would have fallen -
small low-Tech Distributed Industry all over India would have boomed.
By the way--the Minister who is supposed to develop the NE and
to increase Employment all-over India is the same Mani Shankar Aiyar.
JM kept quiet. So I told Manoj--Ask your NEDFi boss to bell the
cat--otherwise National Bamboo Mission will be another farce
Poor Manoj has his limits. He did pass on. K.HAZARIKA did a little
move.When I asked -What's up-he said in true IndianeseWe should
make a small start. And: NeDFi cannot be in the Entreprenuer's
seat.
That is the State of the Art today!
Like SEZ's, India is waiting for a brave Knight with lots of Dollars
to come in and take charge-of everything-including Governing.
Note:, barring seasonal Tea ,thousands of Trucks/Rail wagons return
empty to all-over -- daily.
Kits can go any way. Furniture cannot. Freight of 1 WonderChair
would beRs500/-+. But MRP should be 200/-!!That is why KITS is a
must.
MM
From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Dilip/Dil Deka [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rajib Das
[EMAIL PROTECTED],assam@assamnet.org
Subject: Re: [Assam] Engineered Bamboo Furniture
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 14:23:41 -0600
blockquote, dl, ul, ol, li {padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;}
First off, you got it mixed up again:
Rajib was NOT speaking about manufactured goods. He was talking
about the raw material : bamboo.
Also I wouldn't be surprised if today's transportation cost from
Assam to Delhi is higher than that between China and Delhi due to
all the gate fees and goonda fees one pays in Assam.
*** So it is the MIDDLEMEN . Goonda-tax / gate charges are NOT
charged by the growers if I am not mistaken. Then WHO is it? And
where is the benevolent Indian governance -- is it not supposed to
PREVENT that?
Oh, I see now! It must be the ULFA!!!
Are you serious?
At 12:16 PM -0800 3/5/07, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote:
OMG!
There is no government control in domestic furniture business and it
is a free market in India at least in furniture.
The furniture dealer in Delhi knows only profit, he does not care
about politics between Assam and India. He sells the products for
which he can make the maximum profit - based on quality of the
product, ready availability and reliable supply. The product may
come from China or from Assam, he doesn't care and doesn't have to.
The
[Assam] Private varsity for technical education, The Sentinel, 08.03.2007
Private varsity for technical education By a Staff Reporter GUWAHATI, March 7: In order to provide for establishment and incorporation of private universities in Asom for imparting higher education and to regulate their functions and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto, Asom Education Minister Ripun Bora introduced the Assam Private Universities Bill, 2007 in the State Assembly today. While introducing the Bill, Education Minister Ripun Bora said that the two engineering colleges set up in the State were totally inadequate to cater to the growing need of students in the State, and the existing capacity of technical education in the State for degree as well as diploma courses was significantly lower than the national average. HRD Minister Arjun Singh suggested that the State Government should plan for expanding the capacity under technical education to bring it at par with the national level at least by the end of 11th Plan period, Bora said, and added: Taking these in view, the Education Department scanned steps taken by States in this direction in the post-Chattisgarh Private University judgement by the Supreme Court. Rajasthan and Haryana enacted private university legislation in 2005 and 2006 respectively, and taking these legislation as a guideline, the Assam Private University Bill-2007 has been introduced. The Sentinel,08.03.2007 Buljit Buragohain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Sirs/Madams, I have sent the news(front page)on Dhemaji Engineering College as attach file(2 nos). The news is published in the ADINOR SAMBAD(07.03.2007). The editor of the paper is is Adip Phukan.I have discussed with him about the Engineering College at Dhemaji on 05.03.2007. I request all of you please write your comments on news paper about Dhemaji Engineering College. Thanking you Buljit Buragohain , Research Scholar, Centre for Energy, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati Guwahati-781039, India Phone: +91 3612583150 (O) Fax: +91 3612690762 E-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - Heres a new way to find what you're looking for - Yahoo! Answers - Heres a new way to find what you're looking for - Yahoo! Answers ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] [Iepgraduates-list] Global Campaign for Education Action Week
anyone interested? umesh Justin W. van Fleet wrote: Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 11:04:07 -0500 From: Justin W. van Fleet@post.harvard.edu To: .harvard.edu Subject: [Iepgraduates-list] Global Campaign for Education Action Week Dear Friends and Colleagues, Given our chosen field of study and professions, we all understand that there is nothing more important for children than the opportunity to receive a quality, basic education. The Global Campaign for Education's Annual Action Week is around the corner. I urge all of you to send this link out to your friends and colleagues, especially teachers in the United States, to have them join the U.S. Chapter of the Global Campaign for Education. The website is: www.campaignforeducationusa.org On our website, teachers can download the full Activity Pack, curricula, educational games, fact sheets, and learn about a special opportunity for educators to receive a copy of the PBS Wide Angle documentary Back to School on DVD for use in classrooms. GCE-USA engages thousands of students in classrooms across the country during its Annual Action week to learn about educational challenges for children around the world and take action to support access to quality education. The U.S. students join millions of other students and committed citizens from GCE chapters across the globe who also learn about and advocate for education rights during the same week. Here is a summary of this week's Action Week: Dates: April 23-29, 2007 Theme: Education as a Human Right Collective Action: Create posters about education as a human right and join them together in displays in local communities, Washington, D.C. and online to form the world's longest chain To register to participate, please visit: www.campaignforeducationusa.org Thanks in advance for forwarding our link on to other teachers and relevant organizations in your networks. We look forward to engaging more and more Americans on the issue of education rights. Sincerely, -Justin -- Justin W. van Fleet ___ Iepgraduates-list mailing list http://gse.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/iepgraduates-list Umesh Sharma 5121 Lackawanna ST College Park, (Washington D.C. Metro Region) MD 20740 1-202-215-4328 [Cell Phone] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 weblog: http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ website: www.gse.harvard.edu/iep - New Yahoo! Mail is the ultimate force in competitive emailing. Find out more at the Yahoo! Mail Championships. Plus: play games and win prizes.___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] A Correspondence
Ankur-da, You are right. Thanks to internet and increased travel we (some of us - like you) are able to pinpoint the weak areas in India's development. Hopefully, Education dept and govt will wake up from their election sloganeering and do something . We need more people like Uttam-da. Regards. Umesh Ankur Bora [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear friends, Please see the correspondence between Umesh Sharma and Uttam Teron below. It's a sad reality that even after 59 years of India's Independence, our children have to struggle every day even to get the basic education. Sincerely, Ankur Bora -- To Umesh Sharma 5121 Lackawanna ST College Park, (Washington D.C. Metro Region) MD 20740 Dear Umeshji, They come by walking. It takes 3 hours. The road is narrow muddy. There is no bus facility. Totally bacward. It is not posible for them every day coming and going to their village. That is why hostel started for them only. And there are many unfortunate children . Upto our capacity we are trying to help 7 children as hostel accomodation. Hope you all will bless for this. If you visit Parijat Academy in future I'll take you to that village. Thank you all for your special feeling for the Indian underprivileged children. Much love from Parijat Academy. Sincerely Uttam Teron Parijat Academy Pamohi, P.O. Garchuk, Guwahati-781035, Assam, India mobile: 91-9864041711 umesh sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Uttam-da, Thank you for the info. One question - how do these children travel 35 kms each way - do they come by bus? Umesh Parijat Academy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To Ankur Bora Texas Dear Ankur da, Thank you so much for your help for spreading the work of Parijat Academy. 1. Now at present total children 192. (Girls -90, boys- 102) 2. Total teacher 15. 3. one cook Hostel for 7 children has been started from 16th February, 2007. These children coming from 35 KMs remote tribal village. Thanks to Umeshji, Satyajitji, Manjuji, Rukmaniji for your special feeling for the children of Parijat Academy. You all are welcome to visit Parijat Academy. Thanking you. Sincerely Uttam Teron Parijat Academy a school for underprivileged children Pamohi, P.O.Garchuk, Guwahati-781035, Assam, India mobile: 91-9864041711 email: MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from us.f823.mail.yahoo.com claiming to be [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Have a burning question? Go to Yahoo! Answers and get answers from real people who know. - The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing.___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org Umesh Sharma 5121 Lackawanna ST College Park, (Washington D.C. Metro Region) MD 20740 1-202-215-4328 [Cell Phone] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 weblog: http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ website: www.gse.harvard.edu/iep - How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos. Get Yahoo! Photos___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] IE: Asian women in power; have they arrived?
http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=73213 Umesh Sharma 5121 Lackawanna ST College Park, (Washington D.C. Metro Region) MD 20740 1-202-215-4328 [Cell Phone] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 weblog: http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ website: www.gse.harvard.edu/iep - The all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address from your Internet provider.___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] NYTimes.com: Darwin's God
This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] How do we know that dogs do not believe in gods? ***These scholars tend to agree on one point: that religious belief is an outgrowth of brain architecture that evolved during early human history. Umesh MAGAZINE | March 4, 2007 Darwin's God By ROBIN MARANTZ HENIG In the world of evolutionary biology, the question is not whether God exists but why we believe in him. Is belief a helpful adaptation or an evolutionary accident? http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/04/magazine/04evolution.t.html?ex=1173934800en=5332195fd5072121ei=5070emc=eta1 -- ABOUT THIS E-MAIL This e-mail was sent to you by a friend through NYTimes.com's E-mail This Article service. For general information about NYTimes.com, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] NYTimes.com 500 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10018 Copyright 2007 The New York Times Company ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] AT: Education officers held
Two ex-school inspectors among 5 held http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=mar0707/at05 From Ramen Kalita NALBARI, March 6 In a significant move, the Nalbari police today arrested five people including two former Inspectors of Schools of Nalbari district in connection with a case filed with the Gauhati High Court, over the large scale irregularities in teachers appointment in different high schools. The arrested former Inspectors of the Schools are Satish Sarma and Prasanna Kalita. The other arrested are the head assistant of Nalbari Inspector of Schools Office Bhudev Goswami, upper division assistant Ratul Deka and lower division assistant Ram Sarma. Three of the five people were today produced at the chief judicial magistrate court which remanded them to two days police custody. Police sources said here that they are also searching some other employees of the IS office who are now absconding. It may be mentioned that a teacher had filed a case in the Gauhati High Court in connection with the illegal appointments of teachers from non-selected list in 1998 and thereafter. Umesh Sharma 5121 Lackawanna ST College Park, (Washington D.C. Metro Region) MD 20740 1-202-215-4328 [Cell Phone] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 weblog: http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ website: www.gse.harvard.edu/iep - New Yahoo! Mail is the ultimate force in competitive emailing. Find out more at the Yahoo! Mail Championships. Plus: play games and win prizes.___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Mukul Mahanta's Bamboo Furniture Photos
Thanks Chan Da.
Regards
Mridul
Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Please do Mridul. I did not take Mukul da's furniture pictures.
Somebody else did. The other pictures of Assam are min however.
c-da
At 11:26 AM -0800 3/7/07, Mridul Bhuyan wrote:
Chan Da, Simply stunning. Will u allow me to post some of the photos in
one of our yahoo groups, of course the name will be yours ? Regards
Mridul
Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have just uploaded 12 images of highly affordable but ergonomically
designed bamboo furniture by Mukul Mahanta at :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cmahanta-stl/
Enjoy.
cm
Nothing can make MORE SENSE than this proposal. It does not require great
skills, does not require sophisticated machinery or tools, does not require
huge capital expenditures, does not require large factory structures, does not
even need an un-inturrpted power/energy supply. All it requires is design
ingenuity, which is available , waiting to be exploited.
It demonstrates once again the paralysis of Indian governance, one that has
usurped the role of protector and provider to all, while failing miserably at
every step.
I don't know if the photographs went thru to the list. If netters tell me,
and if they did no go thru, I will post them at Flick'r for all to see.
Pictures tell the story far better than words ever will.
cm
At 4:59 PM +0530 3/7/07, mc mahant wrote:
My 1990 declaration in BOODHBAR(Late Parag Daas')that Assam's future will be
through Saah,Baanh,Maah,Ghaanh got widely debated and overpublished/Underacted
through the formation of National Bamboo Mission(NBM).
Located at Delhi, NBM's bevy of beauties went worldwide attending seminars
,employing Consultants , importing Taiwan/China/Japan machinery - now wasting
at many NBM backed Units.
Lately Bodoland Delegation was in China chaperoned by(you guessed it)NBM 's
many consultants.
At one time -some 8 years back NEDFi's --Dr. Jayanta Madhab + our Dear Manoj
Das went with Secret Service Delegates to China--also on related Mission Bamboo.
I thought nothing would happen TILL!
But ever optimistic Manoj goaded me to give one more try. I presented a plan
to Dr.JM-this time as Assam Govt's New Employment Generating Minister(de Facto)
to RE- kickstart OXOM Bamboo.
Begin by marketing my Wonderbed/Wonder Chair kits India-wide where they
will make their Steel frames with tiny investments Districtwise, and bind
Oxom-originated BambooKits to frames and sell to local 1 lakh Janata. Everybody
would have gained. 1 such assemly points would shape up.
Saved trees, import by India for Petro-Plastics would have fallen - small
low-Tech Distributed Industry all over India would have boomed.
By the way--the Minister who is supposed to develop the NE and to increase
Employment all-over India is the same Mani Shankar Aiyar.
JM kept quiet. So I told Manoj--Ask your NEDFi boss to bell the
cat--otherwise National Bamboo Mission will be another farce
Poor Manoj has his limits. He did pass on. K.HAZARIKA did a little move.When
I asked -What's up-he said in true IndianeseWe should make a small start.
And: NeDFi cannot be in the Entreprenuer's seat.
That is the State of the Art today!
Like SEZ's, India is waiting for a brave Knight with lots of Dollars to come
in and take charge-of everything-including Governing.
Note:, barring seasonal Tea ,thousands of Trucks/Rail wagons return empty to
all-over -- daily.
Kits can go any way. Furniture cannot. Freight of 1 WonderChair would
beRs500/-+. But MRP should be 200/-!!That is why KITS is a must.
MM
-
From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Dilip/Dil Deka [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rajib Das [EMAIL
PROTECTED],assam@assamnet.org
Subject: Re: [Assam] Engineered Bamboo Furniture
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 14:23:41 -0600
blockquote, dl, ul, ol, li {padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;}
First off, you got it mixed up again:
Rajib was NOT speaking about manufactured goods. He was talking about the
raw material : bamboo.
Also I wouldn't be surprised if today's transportation cost from Assam to
Delhi is higher than that between China and Delhi due to all the gate fees and
goonda fees one pays in Assam.
*** So it is the MIDDLEMEN . Goonda-tax / gate charges are NOT charged by the
growers if I am not mistaken. Then WHO is it? And where is the benevolent
Indian governance -- is it not supposed to PREVENT that?
Oh, I see now! It must be the ULFA!!!
Are you serious?
At 12:16 PM -0800 3/5/07, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote:
OMG!
There is no government control in domestic furniture business and it is a
free market in India at least in furniture.
The furniture dealer in Delhi knows only profit, he does not
