[Assam] Pakistan's Jihadis again bomb Indian cities
http://www.thehindu.com/2007/10/16/stories/2007101661020100.htm Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ - Yahoo! Answers - Get better answers from someone who knows. Tryit now.___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] “WE WILL REMOVE THIS SITE IF PROVEN WR ONG”: A scholarly long and rewarding debate f rom the site. Earlier link incorrect. Correct ed link here.
http://www.faithfreedom.org/debates/Ghamidi60904.htm It is recommended that the reader should look for the next button in each page to read through the whole debate till the last reply. BB. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] Who would care to find out if ‘Raju’ is a nickname used by his friends? Assam shoul d seek an answer why did the victim named him as Raju first, then work through the deception the army lik
Woman gets cold feet in molest case OUR CORRESPONDENT http://www.telegraphindia.com/1071016/asp/northeast/story_8438102.asp The anti-army protest at Tengakhat. A file picture *Dibrugarh, Oct. 15: *The woman whose molestation charge against an unidentified soldier triggered an outpouring of anti-army sentiments last week is ready to take back her complaint if the one against her is withdrawn, too. Police today said Jyotsna Konwar, a resident of Tipomia village in Dibrugarh district, changed her mind about pursuing the case after the army countered it with a complaint against her for allegedly acting at the banned Ulfa's behest. But Jyotsna's willingness to back out has not melted the army, at least not yet. The lady and her associates brought certain serious allegations against our unit, which were published in the media. Therefore, we are not going to leave the case. The police have registered a case and we have been informed that the investigation is progressing well. We are waiting for an early result, Col Yashpal Singh, the commanding officer of the 11 Guards Regiment, said. Apart from Jyotsna, the army named her husband Pratap Konwar, fellow villager Putuli Phukon and the headman of Tipomia village, Nareswar Gogoi, in its complaint. It accused them of criminal conspiracy and framing baseless charges against the army. The officer-in-charge of Tengakhat police station, Mrinal Kumar Das, confirmed that Jyotsna would withdraw her case if the army did likewise. We are trying to find a middle course, another police officer added. This is the first known instance of an Assam-based army unit initiating a parallel police probe into a complainant's motive. For the army, which had only recently declared that it was ready to deal a decisive blow to Ulfa, the upsurge triggered by Jyotsna's complaint was reminiscent of occasions when public protests were stumbling blocks in operations against the militant outfit. The police registered the molestation case against a soldier named Raju hours after a protest rally in Tengakhat on October 9. Jyotsna, a mother of two, said Raju molested her during a house-to-house search by the 11 Guards Regiment the previous night. The army immediately clarified that there was nobody by that name in the ranks of the 11 Guards Regiment. The counter complaint came two days later. In another statement today, the commander of the Tinsukia-based 181 Mountain Brigade, Brig. Binoy Poonnen, said Ulfa and its sympathisers had been inciting protests and false accusations to deflect the heat of counter-insurgency operations and create a gulf between peace-loving people and security forces. *Army files case against 'victim'* http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews/newsitem.asp?NEWSID=%7b5094772D-5569-4A14-B605-546A976C59E9%7dCATEGORYNAME=CRME Dibrugarh, Oct 13: Accused of outraging the modesty of a woman, the Army has filed a police case against a 'victim', her husband, another woman and a village headman in Assam's Dibrugarh district charging them with unlawfully restraining government agencieshttp://www.chennaionline.com/colnews/newsitem.asp?NEWSID=%7b5094772D-5569-4A14-B605-546A976C59E9%7dCATEGORYNAME=CRME from carrying out their official duties and of criminal conspiracy. Eleven Guards Regiment company commander based at Lengrai on Thursday night filed the case in the Tengakhat police station against the alleged victim, her husband Pratap Konwar, Tipamia village headman Nareswar Gogoi and another woman, Putoli Phukan. The army filed the case under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Putoli was named in the Army complaint as she had allegedly made the village headman sign a memorandum to the district administration about the molested woman. A case had been filed against the Army in the same police station against an unidentified soldier that he allegedly molested the woman during a house-to-house search operation at Tipamia village on October 8. A demonstration by over 5,000 people had also taken place two days later demanding action against the Army personnel involved. Denying the charge pf molestation, defence sources said, The Army maintains dignity and decorum during operations and we request the people not to fall prey to the nefarious plan of the ULFA to malign us. The sources claimed the victim was trying to shelter ULFA cadres and was not happy with the counter-insurgency operations. (Agencies) [image: Top]http://www.telegraphindia.com/1071016/asp/northeast/story_8438102.asp#top ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] Interesting item about Jharkhand and Bihar
Interesting item about Jharkhand and Bihar: http://www.telegraphindia.com/1071016/asp/frontpage/story_8439822.asp Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=listsid=396545469___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] The Language Bill was orchestrated by De lhi to poison the calm waters of Assam to destroy her. Assam should eject the Kamraj’s three l anguage formula put in place and introduce her ow n at
Assam groups push for Assamese as official language http://www.eians.com/ http://in.news.yahoo.com/071016/43/6lzuj.html By IANS *Tuesday October 16, 02:03 PM* Guwahati, Oct 16 (IANS) Literary and student groups in Assam have embarked on a campaign to force the state government to use Assamese as the official language by implementing a legislation to that effect which was enacted nearly five decades ago, movement leaders said Tuesday. 'In 1960 itself the state passed the Official Language Act. It is unfortunate that governments in Assam have not taken concrete measures to implement the legislation. We are now bent on ensuring that Assamese is actually used as the state's official language,' Kanak Sen Deka, president of the Asom Sahitya Sabha (ASS) - Assam's highest socio-literary body - told IANS. On Monday, Deka, accompanied by dozens of ASS members, toured eastern Assam districts of Jorhat, Sivasagar, Dibrugarh and Tinsukia, meeting the district magistrates at their respective offices and making the case for using Assamese in all official documentation and correspondences. 'Our interaction with the district magistrates has been good. Most of them assured me that they would try their best in enforcing the legislation,' Deka said. The ASS has made it clear, however, that it was not against any language as such. 'We are not opposed to the English language or English as a medium of instruction in some schools, for instance. But, Assamese, which is Assam's official language, must be patronised,' Deka said. He said the ASS has urged Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on a number of occasions to take the initiative in implementing the use of Assamese as the official language. 'But no government seems to be actually carrying out what has been accepted and made legally binding 47 years ago,' Deka said. The Official Language Act provided for the use of Bengali as associate official language in the Bengali-dominated southern Assam districts of Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi and Bodo in the Bodo-majority districts in western and northern Assam. In the southern districts, Bengali is often used along with English in government offices. On Monday, another influential organisation in the State, the All Assam Students' Union (AASU), urged Bodo leaders running the autonomous Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) to use Assamese as the official language along with the commonly used Bodo language in the area. A 20-member AASU delegation led by its president Shankar Prasad Rai made this appeal during a meeting with BTC chief Hagrama Mahilary in Guwahati. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] The Mother Goddess Her Symbolism
Happy Puja and Navratri to all !! Thanks for the links. - A. Sarangapani Spring, Texas. USA. “In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree and humble like a blade of grass” Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:29:52 -0700From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; assam@assamnet.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [Assam] The Mother Goddess Her Symbolism The Mother Goddess Her Symbolism Source: http://www.madurgapuja.com Goddess Durga is the mother of the universe and believed to be the power behind the work of creation, preservation, and destruction of the world. Since time immemorial she has been worshipped as the supreme power of the Supreme Being and has been mentioned in many scriptures - Yajur Veda, Vajasaneyi Samhita and Taittareya Brahman. The Meaning of DurgaThe word Durga in Sanskrit means a fort, or a place which is difficult to overrun. Another meaning of Durga is Durgatinashini, which literally translates into the one who eliminates sufferings. Thus, Hindus believe that goddess Durga protects her devotees from the evils of the world and at the same time removes their miseries. The Many Forms of DurgaThere are many incarnations of Durga: Kali, Bhagvati, Bhavani, Ambika, Lalita, Gauri, Kandalini, Java, Rajeswari, et al. Durga incarnated as the united power of all divine beings, who offered her the required physical attributes and weapons to kill the demon Mahishasur. Her nine appellations are Skondamata, Kusumanda, Shailaputri, Kaalratri, Brahmacharini, Maha Gauri, Katyayani, Chandraghanta and Siddhidatri. Durga's Many Arms Durga is depicted as having eight or ten hands. These represent eight quadrants or ten directions in Hinduism. This suggests that she protects the devotees from all directions. Durga's Three EyesLike Shiva, Mother Durga is also referred to as Triyambake meaning the three eyed Goddess. The left eye represents desire (the moon), the right eye represents action (the sun), and the central eye knowledge (fire). Durga's Vehicle - the LionThe lion represents power, will and determination. Mother Durga riding the lion symbolises her mastery over all these qualities. This suggests to the devotee that one has to possess all these qualities to get over the demon of ego. Durga's Many Weapons The conch shell in Durga's hand symbolizes the 'Pranava' or the mystic word 'Om', which indicates her holding on to God in the form of sound. The bow and arrows represent energy. By holding both the bow and arrows in one hand Mother Durga is indicating her control over both aspects of energy - potential and kinetic. The thunderbolt signifies firmness. The devotee of Durga must be firm like thunderbolt in one's convictions. Like the thunderbolt that can break anything against which it strikes, without being affected itself, the devotee needs to attack a challenge without losing his confidence. The lotus in Durga's hand is not in fully bloomed, It symbolizing certainty of success but not finality. The lotus in Sanskrit is called pankaja which means born of mud. Thus, lotus stands for the continuous evolution of the spiritual quality of devotees amidst the worldly mud of lust and greed. The Sudarshan-Chakra or beautiful discus, which spins around the index finger of the Goddess, while not touching it, signifies that the entire world is subservient to the will of Durga and is at her command. She uses this unfailing weapon to destroy evil and produce an environment conducive to the growth of righteousness. The sword that Durga holds in one of her hands symbolizes knowledge, which has the sharpness of a sword. Knowledge which is free from all doubts, is symbolized by the shine of the sword. Durga's trident or trishul is a symbol of three qualities - Satwa (inactivity), Rajas (activity) and Tamas (non-activity) - and she is remover of all the three types of miseries - physical, mental and spiritual. Devi Durga stands on a lion in a fearless pose of Abhay Mudra, signifying assurance of freedom from fear. The universal mother seems to be saying to all her devotees: Surrender all actions and duties onto me and I shall release thee from all fears. Source: http://www.madurgapuja.com Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. _ Boo! Scare away worms, viruses and so much more! Try Windows Live OneCare! http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-us/purchase/trial.aspx?s_cid=wl_hotmailnews___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] Abolish the LAD Funds (EDITORIAL,The Sentinel,17.10.2007)
Abolish the LAD Funds There has been widespread criticism of the bottlenecks and bureaucratic red tape that is creating hurdles to the utilization of the Local Area Development (LAD) funds of the MLAs of Asom. This criticism is not just confined to one political party but cuts across all party lines because huge sums of the MLALAD funds have remained unutilized, and the State government is thinking of confiscating the unused funds since MLALAD funds are paid out of the exchequer. One feels tempted to regard this as a fair decision, but the equations are not as simple and straightforward as they might appear to be on the surface. It might, therefore, make better sense to look a little more closely at whether the MPLAD and the MLALAD funds were such a good idea after all and whether the whole scheme should be retained or abolished. The most common criticism of the MLALAD fund has been that despite the submission of schemes within a month of the allotment of funds by the government, very little is done towards the implementation of the schemes by the officers concerned. There are MLAs who complain that they submitted their schemes within a month of the allotment of funds, but nothing was done towards the implementation of the schemes. There are complaints that the formalities involved are very complicated and that the bureaucratic red tape is much worse at the time of the release of the second instalment of the funds. The district authorities, on their part, express their inability to monitor the schemes expeditiously due to shortage of manpower. This is a very legitimate difficulty, considering that much of the district administrations time is taken up with law-and-order duties created by politicians. As for complaints that there are too many formalities related to the scheme, some of these so-called formalities work as useful checks and balances in a corruption-ridden country. And who are the people complaining about formalities? They are politicians who want no paperwork at all, and expect things to happen solely on verbal orders. All said and done, the MPLAD and MLALAD programmes do little more than stoking corruption. What is worse, once our legislators have had a taste of something like this loaded with the potential of enhancing personal wealth by investing public money, they are naturally loath to give it up. Think of the provision made in the Constitution of India for reservations for SCs and STs for a period of ten years. Our lawmakers have not just extended the provisions and perpetuated them, but even amended the Constitution to ensure that reservations remain a permanent feature of our polity. There are other important reasons why the MPLAD and MLALAD schemes should go. First, the schemes make development a rather whimsical, arbitrary and subjective business and gear it exclusively to the needs of vote catching. They take development away from the neediest sections of society. Such funds are often wasted on redundant pavilions and arches when there are far more deserving causes. Besides, they encourage every State to increase its population, since more people means more legislators and more funds for such schemes. So a part of the funds earmarked for development goes to States that already have more funds than the smaller or the peripheral States that can never get the same scale of funding because they have fewer representatives. The MPLAD and the MLALAD schemes have not worked well, and must be abolished forthwith to save further losses to the exchequer. (The Sentinel,17.10.2007) - Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Monsoons and Global Warming -- Fish market- Assam's queer trade/ warming - Flood week fest - Sonam film maker
At 8:35 PM -0700 10/15/07, umesh sharma wrote: C-da OK try this map: http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/india/southwestmonsoon.htm I did. It showed the DATES of monsoon's onset in various parts of India. Did this show the monsoon wind directions that would have validated your expert opinion on how the SW monsoons visiting Assam and the NE doubles back , unable to unload its moisture where intended; over to the Gangetic plains and on to finally unload it in Rajasthan and Delhi; like you learned from your long studies at the world renowned Wiki U ? Do you even know the basic mechanism of how these monsoon winds carry water and why or where they unload them? Do you know how the Western Ghats or the Aravalli ranges affect the monsoon rain patterns in Western and North Western India , that an ordinary high school kid ought to know like WE did about the Himalayas, the Garo and Khasi Hills and so forth? which shows that on June 1 South West monsoon Bay of Bengal branch simultaneously enter Kerala in the South and Imphal in NE India and then moves northwest wards reaching Delhi bu July 1. * Those are not monsoon wind patterns for crying out loud! They are date of arrival graphs. Do you even read maps, graphs etc.? Sheeesh!! Umesh Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Re: [Assam] Monsoons and Global Warming -- Fish market- As At 8:32 PM -0700 10/14/07, umesh sharma wrote: C-da, You can trust me on this one -- the weblink you sent me is really pathetic and half baked. Really? Awright! You are the expert, I am just a kharkhowa. So why don't you tell us what your conclusion is: Do you UMesh, a shining graduate of climatology/meteorology of Wiki U, therefore stand behind the notion , that those little tankers carrying monsoon moisture to Assam and the contiguous areas , finding no one in the receiving rooms, double back on their sales route down the Brahmaputra valley on to the Gangetic plains inhabited by poor Indians unable to pay for merchandise, go on to Delhi and Rajasthan to deliver their loads a month later? Is that what you learned? I know I won't get an answer to the question, but since you can't see what stared you on your face; the website I sent a link for, showed the monsoon wind patterns that generate from the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian sea. It also showed the high and low pressure points in the south Asian region that usually cause the monsoon wind patterns that are considered NORMAL. The Wiki account , more than likely was written by a desi non-scientist. You, read it literally, like fundamentalists reads their scriptures. The wind patterns that cause what cause rains in NE and the West ands North Indian regions are different, even though they overlap. And the URL of the Indian meteorological dept. that you sent triumphantly, does not tell anyone what the monsoon wind patterns are . It merely tells us when monsoon arrives in different parts of India. Some expert you are! Bay of Bengal Monsoon comes to NE first -drops a lot of rain and drags over the Indo-gangetic plain slowly --raeching Thar desert area (westernmost last -- having no moisture left -- so dry deserts-- Thats how all Indian media reports . Having grown in the said desert it is common knowledge how lucky NE India is to be first to receive the clouds fresh from the sea. Still you might like to see the detailed map of the Advance of Southwest Monsoon 2007 - if you scroll halfway down the webpage of http://www.imd.ernet.in/section/nhac/dynamic/endmonsoonreport2007.htm Umesh Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Re: [Assam] Monsoons and Global Warming -- Fish market- As Look up: http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/7o.html At 8:00 PM -0700 10/14/07, umesh sharma wrote: C-da, I may not be a knowall like you but I try to say what I have read somewhere. I read this in Indian textbooks and learnt from my father who has an interest in geography and has travelled all over the Himalays - NE portion to Western Himalayas . Do not ask me to go there and prove it all - neither can you- we say what we have read-- maybe what you read was taught only at IITs . http://www.nature.com/news/2006/061127/full/news061127-12.html climat change http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsoon The Bay of Bengal Branch of SW Monsoon flows over the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_BengalBay of Bengal heading towards http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-East_IndiaNorth-Eastern India and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BengalBengal, picking up more moisture from the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_BengalBay of Bengal. Its hits the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HimalayaEastern Himalaya and provides a huge amount of rain to the regions of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-East_IndiaNorth-East India, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BangladeshBangladesh and
Re: [Assam] Monsoons and Global Warming -- Fish market- Assam's queer trade/ warming - Flood week fe
Hi C'da: How are you doing? You really sound like an irritated 'iskool-mastor' today who believes in tough-love when it comes to teach/treat his students. :) “In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree and humble like a blade of grass” Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:16:58 -0500To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: [Assam] Monsoons and Global Warming -- Fish market- Assam's queer trade/ warming - Flood week fest - Sonam film maker At 8:35 PM -0700 10/15/07, umesh sharma wrote: C-daOK try this map: http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/india/southwestmonsoon.htm I did. It showed the DATES of monsoon's onset in various parts of India. Did this show the monsoon wind directions that would have validated your expert opinion on how the SW monsoons visiting Assam and the NE doubles back , unable to unload its moisture where intended; over to the Gangetic plains and on to finally unload it in Rajasthan and Delhi; like you learned from your long studies at the world renowned Wiki U ? Do you even know the basic mechanism of how these monsoon winds carry water and why or where they unload them? Do you know how the Western Ghats or the Aravalli ranges affect the monsoon rain patterns in Western and North Western India , that an ordinary high school kid ought to know like WE did about the Himalayas, the Garo and Khasi Hills and so forth? which shows that on June 1 South West monsoon Bay of Bengal branch simultaneously enter Kerala in the South and Imphal in NE India and then moves northwest wards reaching Delhi bu July 1. * Those are not monsoon wind patterns for crying out loud! They are date of arrival graphs. Do you even read maps, graphs etc.? Sheeesh!! UmeshChan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Re: [Assam] Monsoons and Global Warming -- Fish market- As At 8:32 PM -0700 10/14/07, umesh sharma wrote: C-da, You can trust me on this one -- the weblink you sent me is really pathetic and half baked. Really? Awright! You are the expert, I am just a kharkhowa. So why don't you tell us what your conclusion is: Do you UMesh, a shining graduate of climatology/meteorology of Wiki U, therefore stand behind the notion , that those little tankers carrying monsoon moisture to Assam and the contiguous areas , finding no one in the receiving rooms, double back on their sales route down the Brahmaputra valley on to the Gangetic plains inhabited by poor Indians unable to pay for merchandise, go on to Delhi and Rajasthan to deliver their loads a month later? Is that what you learned? I know I won't get an answer to the question, but since you can't see what stared you on your face; the website I sent a link for, showed the monsoon wind patterns that generate from the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian sea. It also showed the high and low pressure points in the south Asian region that usually cause the monsoon wind patterns that are considered NORMAL. The Wiki account , more than likely was written by a desi non-scientist. You, read it literally, like fundamentalists reads their scriptures. The wind patterns that cause what cause rains in NE and the West ands North Indian regions are different, even though they overlap. And the URL of the Indian meteorological dept. that you sent triumphantly, does not tell anyone what the monsoon wind patterns are . It merely tells us when monsoon arrives in different parts of India. Some expert you are! Bay of Bengal Monsoon comes to NE first -drops a lot of rain and drags over the Indo-gangetic plain slowly --raeching Thar desert area (westernmost last -- having no moisture left -- so dry deserts-- Thats how all Indian media reports . Having grown in the said desert it is common knowledge how lucky NE India is to be first to receive the clouds fresh from the sea.Still you might like to see the detailed map of the Advance of Southwest Monsoon 2007 - if you scroll halfway down the webpage of http://www.imd.ernet.in/section/nhac/dynamic/endmonsoonreport2007.htmUmeshChan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Re: [Assam] Monsoons and Global Warming -- Fish market- As Look up: http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/7o.html At 8:00 PM -0700 10/14/07, umesh sharma wrote: C-da,I may not be a knowall like you but I try to say what I have read somewhere. I read this in Indian textbooks and learnt from my father who has an interest in geography and has travelled all over the Himalays - NE portion to Western Himalayas . Do not ask me to go there and prove it all - neither can you- we say what we have read-- maybe what you read was taught only at IITs .http://www.nature.com/news/2006/061127/full/news061127-12.htmlclimat changehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MonsoonThe Bay of Bengal Branch of SW Monsoon flows over the Bay of Bengal heading towards North-Eastern India
Re: [Assam] Monsoons and Global Warming -- Fish market- Assam's queer trade/ warming - Flood week fe
You are right A .
VERY irritated :-)!
He keeps arguing , like another one of our friends here, even after
being shown what he is missing.
And then you all get mad at me for using strong words :-).
At 2:40 PM -0500 10/16/07, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote:
Hi C'da:
How are you doing?
You really sound like an irritated 'iskool-mastor' today who
believes in tough-love when it comes to teach/treat his students.
:)
In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree
and humble like a blade of grass
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:16:58 -0500
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; assam@assamnet.org
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At 8:35 PM -0700 10/15/07, umesh sharma wrote:
C-da
OK try this map:
http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/india/southwestmonsoon.htm
I did. It showed the DATES of monsoon's onset in various parts of India.
Did this show the monsoon wind directions that would have validated
your expert opinion on how the SW monsoons visiting Assam and the
NE doubles back , unable to unload its moisture where intended; over
to the Gangetic plains and on to finally unload it in Rajasthan and
Delhi; like you
learned from your long studies at the world renowned Wiki U ?
Do you even know the basic mechanism of how these monsoon winds
carry water and why or where they unload them? Do you know how the
Western Ghats or the Aravalli ranges affect the monsoon rain
patterns in Western and North Western India , that an ordinary high
school kid ought to know like WE did about the Himalayas, the Garo
and Khasi Hills and so forth?
which shows that on June 1 South West monsoon Bay of Bengal branch
simultaneously enter Kerala in the South and Imphal in NE India and
then moves northwest wards reaching Delhi bu July 1.
* Those are not monsoon wind patterns for crying out loud! They
are date of arrival graphs.
Do you even read maps, graphs etc.? Sheeesh!!
Umesh
Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Re: [Assam] Monsoons and Global Warming -- Fish market- As
At 8:32 PM -0700 10/14/07, umesh sharma wrote:
C-da,
You can trust me on this one -- the weblink you sent me is really
pathetic and half baked.
Really? Awright! You are the expert, I am just a kharkhowa.
So why don't you tell us what your conclusion is:
Do you UMesh, a shining graduate of climatology/meteorology
of Wiki U, therefore stand
behind the notion , that those little tankers carrying
monsoon moisture to Assam
and the contiguous areas , finding no one in the receiving
rooms, double back on their
sales route down the Brahmaputra valley on to the Gangetic
plains inhabited by
poor Indians unable to pay for merchandise, go on to Delhi
and Rajasthan to deliver their
loads a month later?
Is that what you learned?
I know I won't get an answer to the question, but since you can't
see what stared you on your face; the website I sent a link for,
showed the monsoon wind patterns that generate from the Bay of
Bengal and the Arabian sea. It also showed the high and low
pressure points in the south Asian region that usually cause the
monsoon wind patterns that are considered NORMAL.
The Wiki account , more than likely was written by a desi
non-scientist. You, read it literally, like fundamentalists reads
their scriptures.
The wind patterns that cause what cause rains in NE and the West
ands North Indian regions are different, even though they overlap.
And the URL of the Indian meteorological dept. that you sent
triumphantly, does not tell anyone what the monsoon wind patterns
are . It merely tells us when monsoon arrives in different parts
of India.
Some expert you are!
Bay of Bengal Monsoon comes to NE first -drops a lot of rain and
drags over the Indo-gangetic plain slowly --raeching Thar desert
area (westernmost last -- having no moisture left -- so dry
deserts-- Thats how all Indian media reports .
Having grown in the said desert it is common knowledge how lucky NE
India is to be first to receive the clouds fresh from the sea.
Still you might like to see the detailed map of the Advance of
Southwest Monsoon 2007 - if you scroll halfway down the webpage of
http://www.imd.ernet.in/section/nhac/dynamic/endmonsoonreport2007.htm
Umesh
Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Re: [Assam] Monsoons and Global Warming -- Fish market- As
Look up:
http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/7o.html
At 8:00 PM -0700 10/14/07, umesh sharma wrote:
C-da,
I may not be a knowall like you but I try to say what I have read
somewhere. I read this in Indian textbooks and
Re: [Assam] Monsoons and Global Warming -- Fish market- Assam's queer trade/ warming - Flood week fe
C-da,
***Do you even know the basic mechanism of how these monsoon winds carry water
and why or where they unload them? Do you know how the Western Ghats or the
Aravalli ranges affect the monsoon rain patterns in Western and North Western
India , that an ordinary high school kid ought to know like WE did about the
Himalayas, the Garo and Khasi Hills and so forth?
which shows that on June 1 South West monsoon Bay of Bengal branch
simultaneously enter Kerala in the South and Imphal in NE India and then moves
northwest wards reaching Delhi bu July 1.
* Those are not monsoon wind patterns for crying out loud! They are date
of arrival graphs. US: A reasonable person would assume that only when you move
from one place to the other one would arrive!!
***Do you even read maps, graphs etc.? Sheeesh!!
US: OK we don't have exact wind pattern graphs showing how the wind behaves
after raining down on Guwahati - where does that molecule of oxygen go after
its has seen a drop of water drop down on the flooded Guwahati -- but is it
beyond imagination to see from the map ..I conclude that YOU only studied
about what happened when clouds entered Assam - but not AFTER they left .
OK tell me where does the rain-laden clouds go when the entire NE region
suffers drought - and western India -normally a desert has floods. I would put
two and two together (as did film-maker Ashsan-da Aziz of Assam invited by
National Geographic Society of DC and Hollywood to show his geographic rich
movie www.Sonam.net/tc ) - from the given map below --- someone less
innovative would keep crying for more info.
Umesh
Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Re: [Assam] Monsoons and Global
Warming -- Fish market- As You are right A .
VERY irritated :-)!
He keeps arguing , like another one of our friends here, even after being
shown what he is missing.
And then you all get mad at me for using strong words :-).
At 2:40 PM -0500 10/16/07, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote:
Hi C'da:
How are you doing?
You really sound like an irritated 'iskool-mastor' today who believes in
tough-love when it comes to teach/treat his students.
:)
In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree and
humble like a blade of grass
-
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:16:58 -0500
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; assam@assamnet.org
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Assam] Monsoons and Global Warming -- Fish market- Assam's queer
trade/ warming - Flood week fest - Sonam film maker
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.ExternalClass ol, .ExternalClass li {padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;} At 8:35
PM -0700 10/15/07, umesh sharma wrote:
C-da
OK try this map:
http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/india/southwestmonsoon.htm
I did. It showed the DATES of monsoon's onset in various parts of India.
Did this show the monsoon wind directions that would have validated your
expert opinion on how the SW monsoons visiting Assam and the NE doubles back
, unable to unload its moisture where intended; over to the Gangetic plains and
on to finally unload it in Rajasthan and Delhi; like you learned from your long
studies at the world renowned Wiki U ?
Do you even know the basic mechanism of how these monsoon winds carry water
and why or where they unload them? Do you know how the Western Ghats or the
Aravalli ranges affect the monsoon rain patterns in Western and North Western
India , that an ordinary high school kid ought to know like WE did about the
Himalayas, the Garo and Khasi Hills and so forth?
which shows that on June 1 South West monsoon Bay of Bengal branch
simultaneously enter Kerala in the South and Imphal in NE India and then moves
northwest wards reaching Delhi bu July 1.
* Those are not monsoon wind patterns for crying out loud! They are date
of arrival graphs. Do you even read maps, graphs etc.? Sheeesh!!
Umesh
Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Re: [Assam] Monsoons and Global Warming -- Fish market- As
At 8:32 PM -0700 10/14/07, umesh sharma wrote:
C-da,
You can trust me on this one -- the weblink you sent me is really pathetic and
half baked.
Really? Awright! You are the expert, I am just a kharkhowa.
So why don't you tell us what your conclusion is:
Do you UMesh, a shining graduate of climatology/meteorology of Wiki U,
therefore stand
behind the notion , that those little tankers carrying monsoon
moisture to Assam
and the contiguous areas , finding no one in the receiving rooms,
double back on their
sales route down the Brahmaputra valley on to the Gangetic plains
inhabited by
poor Indians unable to pay for merchandise, go on to Delhi and
Rajasthan to deliver their
[Assam] Geographic.org Deflection of monsoon winds after Assam
The other branch, known as the Bay of Bengal monsoon, moves northward in the Bay of Bengal and spreads over most of Assam by the first week of June. On encountering the barrier of the Great Himalayan Range, it is deflected westward along the Indo-Gangetic Plain toward New Delhi. Thereafter the two branches merge as a single current bringing rains to the remaining parts of North India in July. http://www.photius.com/countries/india/climate/india_climate_climate.html Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ - For ideas on reducing your carbon footprint visit Yahoo! For Good this month.___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
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