[Assam] RE: RE: Industrial development i n Assam-— KK Sen (The Assam Tribune,25.07.2008 )
Plain BS . IAS -Commissioner-Economics!! mm From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; assam@assamnet.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:34:33 +0800 Subject: [Assam] RE: Industrial development in Assam-— KK Sen (The Assam Tribune,25.07.2008) what distance ? if we can supply from China to USA or Europe, why not from Assam to rest of India ? tea is going out already. crude oil is going out already. illegally poached rhino horns going out. Distance is not issue for these products. then why distance will be an issue for other products. as long as there is demand and a supplier, market place will form. competitive supplier will get business santanoo Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:58:22 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: assam@assamnet.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Assam] Industrial development in Assam-— KK Sen (The Assam Tribune,25.07.2008) Ofcourse, industrial development is necessary --Chennai is the Detroit of India - IT etc are secondary. But how to overcome the distance problem to main markets in India. How about the road to Thailand orChina? Umesh SharmaWashington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell]Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005http://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://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --- On Thu, 24/7/08, Buljit Buragohain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Buljit Buragohain [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Assam] Industrial development in Assam-— KK Sen (The Assam Tribune,25.07.2008) To: assam@assamnet.org Date: Thursday, 24 July, 2008, 9:58 PM Industrial development in Assam — KK Sen India, which is considered as an industrially backward country despite its availability of huge reserve of natural resources was not stagnant during ‘pre-British period and was even more advanced as compared to west European countries. Most of the industries were subsequently destroyed by the British rulers dominated under colonial rule. Industrial revolution in England and Trade Policy followed by British rulers dealt a severe blow to the traditional Indian industries. During two hundred years of British colonial rule no effective effort was initiated by the British to develop the basic and heavy industries. Since independence our country was striving to change this dismal scenario with an aim of building up sound industrial base and only during mid-nineteenth century much headway was made in developing tea, jute, textile and coal industries. Economic planning of the country envisaged a revolutionary attempt in developing various industries in post-independence period and the State of Assam played a prominent role through installation of first oil refinery, first tea plantation industry and first coal field in the country. Considerable improvement in the development of industries in the country is noticeable from the fact that Index of Industrial Production (IIP) of the country rose to 65.3 in 1970-71 from 18.3 in 1950-51 accelerating to the extent of 204.08 in general, 214.6 in manufacturing, 153.4 in mining and 181.5 in electricity during 2004-05 from 167,172.7, 131.9 and 159.2 respectively in 2001-02 against which IIP in the State moved up to 159.1 in 2005-06 from 142.2 in 2004-05. Growth rate of 10.8 per cent in industrial sector at national level during April to December, 2006-07 as against 8.2 per cent in the corresponding period of 2005-06 is attributed mainly to the encouraging achievement of 11.5 per cent in manufacturing sector, moderate growth of 3.8 per cent and 7.3 per cent respectively in mining and electricity. Automobile Industry witnessed a significant performance through its growth of 18 per cent in 2006-07 as against 15 per cent in 2005-06. Impressive growth rate has also been revealed in basic metal and alloy industry (20.4%), transport equipment (16.3%), non-mettalic mineral product (13.7%), cotton textile (13%), machinery and equipment (14.1%). On the contrary contribution of these sectors to state economy was not much encouraging as growth of manufacturing sector in Gross state Domestic product (GDP) has been estimated at only 5.4 per cent and 12.3 per cent at constant and current prices respectively during 2006-07 over the previous year. Public sector industries comprising units of coal, steel, light, heavy engineering goods, power, petroleum, mineral, fertilizer etc, are now functional parallelly with the private sector engaged in manufacturing of textile, metal products, electronics, leather goods, agro based industries etc. Except Maharashtra, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh no other States could dominate in establishing a strong industrial base. The state
[Assam] insurgency and literature
hi all, please see the latest issue of 'muse india' online at http://www.museindia.com/ focussing on the theme of influence of insurgency on assamese literature. do leave your comments, best uddipana -- Uddipana Goswami www.jajabori-mon.blogspot.com ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] Fashion technology institute set up at Sualkuchi (The Assam Tribune, 26.07.2008)
Fashion technology institute set up at Sualkuchi From Our Correspondent SUALKUCHI, July 26 – Though application of modern technology in textile industry is a must to cope with the present trend of open market, but it has hardly influenced the artisans of Sualkuchi who are habituated with the traditional technology in silk industry. Resistance to using modern technology has been the bane of the weavers, master weavers and entrepreneurs who face marketing problems on a regular basis. Even as there is a high demand for Sualkuchi silk attire in European markets, due to technological stagnation lack of interest to introduce innovations in the age-old silk industry, the town has not been able to meet such demands. Realising the potential that the town has in regard to production of quality silk clothes, the Kamrup district administration in collaboration with NEC and the NIFT, Kolkata has set up the Sualkuchi Institute of Fashion Technology at Sualkuchi. This maiden institute of fashion technology would provide a common platform for fashion and design education, research and training. The prime objective of setting up such an exclusive institute is to enhance the livelihood of a sizeable population and also to create a new brand for Sualkuchi silk. The institute would cover areas of conducting intensive integrated training programme on fashion and textile design, exploration and development of a design bank specific to the Sualkuchi region through conduct of computer-aided designing programmes, training and introduction of contemporary designs, colours, schemes, methods of practice to ensure development of products consisting both apparel and home furnishings and to conduct research and development on product diversification and design innovation, etc. Meanwhile, the Kamrup district administration has completed the construction of the institute buildings comprising lecture rooms, seminar hall, separate hostel facilities for girls and boys, fully equipped textile CAD, dying and processing room, quality control and testing, handloom pattern making and stitching laboratories with the latest machineries and modern facilities. The education structure will emphasise hands on experience through practical set ups and state-of-the-art technology. The institute will also have an updated library-cum-resource centre which will provide the latest information on colour forecast, fashion trends and industry happenings to the trainees. PS Barbora, who was appointed principal of the institute through a release said the duration of the training programme has been fixed for six weeks per batch which include 25 trainees. The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Kolkata will implement the integrated training programme on fashion and textile design by deputing experienced faculty members and industry experts and the course curriculum, training modules have been designed by NIFT by using a range of work based teaching and learning techniques to ensure the trainees gain a practical, strategic and operational understanding of design development, product diversification and management skills. After completion of the course, the trainees would get, a detailed overview on designs innovation, product diversification, colour forecast and fashion trends, etc which will widen their perspectives. The people of Sualkuchi have lauded the government and praised Health Minister, Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma for the novel project. http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=jul2708/State13 (The Assam Tribune,26.07.2008) Get an email ID as [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Click here http://in.promos.yahoo.com/address ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] State boy carves a niche in the arena of short films(The Assam Tribune, 27.07.2008)
State boy carves a niche in the arena of short films By Ajit Patowary GUWAHATI, July 26 – Refusing to be demoralised by the gloomy situation in their home State, Assam youths, infamous for their homesickness, have now been blooming and emerging as leaders in many spheres of activities in regions far away from their home turf. Here is the example of such a youth who endured a chequered life to become a film producer and finally an organiser of the country’s biggest short film festival in end April this year at Ahmedabad. The Times of India group has selected this 26- year-old youth as one of its top ten, ‘chosen on the basis of their offbeat professional pursuits.’ The profile of these youths was published in the Delhi edition of The Times of India on June 2 last. He is Shiladitya Bora from the serene Upper Assam town of Jorhat. He founded a company – Fulmarxx – the lone company incubated by the Entrepreneurship Development Center (EDC), Mudra Institute of Communication (MICA), Ahmedabad. He is the sole owner and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Fulmarxx, which is also the first exclusive short film company of the country. Shiladitya is a plastic engineer. He had done his BE from the LD College of Engineering, Ahmedabad. When he was doing his BE, he spent the first two years searching for movie-related information in the Internet and in books. After doing his BE, Shiladitya was selected by California State University, Los Angeles. Nevertheless, he had to return from Los Angeles being haunted by the fear of the ‘lack of a safety net. ‘ It was in 2005. Then he joined Welingkar Institute of Management, Mumbai to pursue MBA. There he met Alankar Jain, a producer of the Zee Business channel. Shiladitya somehow convinced Jain to engage him as a cinematographer in one of his unit’s episodes. Subsequently, he applied for MICA and simultaneously started preparation for his first short film. It was a film in English –The Journey (27 min 30 seconds), based on pains and agony of the grown ups and their recognising the essence of life. He completed the film on July 13, 2007 and MICA selected him the same day. There he conceived the Fulmarxx and together with his friends Ankur Singh, Pooja Ganeriwala, Abhishek Kadam, Jay Gotecha and Anand Parikh, he founded the company. Of the 26 business plans, MICA took Fulmarxx for incubation in October 2007. Fulmarxx sees short films as a learning experience and launch pad for feature filmmaking and as an entertainment unit complete in itself, which is not limited to mere documentation, he said. The company could secure a deal from the Gujarat Government to make a film for its Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs. The deal gave it a good profit. It gradually grew with its highest earning coming from short film distribution. But, shortage of such films made it go for the festival. The festival was held on April 26 and 27. Its participants came from 18 countries. In all, there were 189 entries in 16 languages. Of them, 63 were from foreign countries. The company could secure the sponsorship of Tina Ambani of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, besides the local sponsors to organize the festival. The festival will be an annual event, says Shiladitya. Shiladitya, who is completing his MBA in November next, also informed that his group had launched another company – Fulmarxx Motion Pictures. It is starting its first feature film and its release is expected by next Spring. Get an email ID as [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Click here http://in.promos.yahoo.com/address ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Murder Most Foul - Pets
Friends A response to Ambiaka. We should put a stop to North Indians eating human corpse. How they can do it in especially in the name of Hinduism? It is far worse than eating delicate dog meat. Rajen Barua Why the North Indians Eat Human Corpse A new Indian documentary seeks to shed light on a secretive sect of Hindu ascetics who eat corpses in the belief that ingesting dead flesh will make them ageless and give them supernatural powers. “Feeding on the Dead,” a 10-minute documentary, delves into the closed, little-known world of the 1,000-year-old Aghori sect, whose sadhus, or holy men, pluck dead bodies from the Ganges river. While the sect has been written about, they’ve rarely been filmed performing rituals. Director Sandeep Singh, who shut down his transport business to pursue filmmaking, said it took him more than three months to gain the trust of an Aghori sadhu and convince him to be filmed while performing a cannibalistic ritual. There are about 70 Aghori sadhus at a given time, and they remain with the sect for 12 years before returning to their families. Unlike other Hindu holy men, most of whom are vegetarian teetotalers, the Aghoris consume alcohol and meat. But it is their consumption of human flesh — a practice whose origins remain a mystery — which has earned them the condemnation of other Hindus and relegated most Aghori sadhus to living around crematoriums in the hills of northern India around the holy city of Varanasi, where the documentary was filmed. Singh and three cameramen waited with an Aghori sadhu — whose name is not mentioned in the film — for 10 days in June before finding a floating corpse. Hindus generally cremate the dead, but bodies are sometimes ceremonially disposed of in the Ganges. “The body was decomposed and bluish in color, but the sadhu was not afraid about falling sick,” Singh told The Associated Press in an interview Wednesday. “He sat on the corpse, prayed to a goddess of crematoriums and offered some flesh to the goddess before eating it.” Singh said the sadhu ate part of the corpse’s elbow, believing the flesh would stop him from aging and give him special powers, like the ability to levitate or control the weather. Singh did not see any of those powers on display. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Fashion technology institute set up at Sualkuchi (The Assam Tribune, 26.07.2008)
TOTAL WASTE OF EFFORT TILL : OXOMIYA TOKA becomes sole monetary system inside Assam and all sub-Himalayan Habitations.Assamese will always buy from Fancy Bazar's Latest Fashion Trends -just Unpacked using thick wads of India Rupees. Rationalize! If Muga was plentifully available/grown(ONGC Killed all)- some meaning . If MulberryAssam Silk was grown beyond the present 9Tonnes/year(vide KK SEN)to say 9000 T-- yes, some meaning Outside 2nd raters will come for a free holiday/ for a piece of paper-- like in GuahatiIIT -- and disappear without a trace. And DONER ministry will produce Statistics See, we developed Tech Skills in Poor NE mm. Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:18:03 +0530 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: assam@assamnet.org Subject: [Assam] Fashion technology institute set up at Sualkuchi (The Assam Tribune, 26.07.2008) Fashion technology institute set up at Sualkuchi From Our Correspondent SUALKUCHI, July 26 – Though application of modern technology in textile industry is a must to cope with the present trend of open market, but it has hardly influenced the artisans of Sualkuchi who are habituated with the traditional technology in silk industry. Resistance to using modern technology has been the bane of the weavers, master weavers and entrepreneurs who face marketing problems on a regular basis. Even as there is a high demand for Sualkuchi silk attire in European markets, due to technological stagnation lack of interest to introduce innovations in the age-old silk industry, the town has not been able to meet such demands. Realising the potential that the town has in regard to production of quality silk clothes, the Kamrup district administration in collaboration with NEC and the NIFT, Kolkata has set up the Sualkuchi Institute of Fashion Technology at Sualkuchi. This maiden institute of fashion technology would provide a common platform for fashion and design education, research and training. The prime objective of setting up such an exclusive institute is to enhance the livelihood of a sizeable population and also to create a new brand for Sualkuchi silk. The institute would cover areas of conducting intensive integrated training programme on fashion and textile design, exploration and development of a design bank specific to the Sualkuchi region through conduct of computer-aided designing programmes, training and introduction of contemporary designs, colours, schemes, methods of practice to ensure development of products consisting both apparel and home furnishings and to conduct research and development on product diversification and design innovation, etc. Meanwhile, the Kamrup district administration has completed the construction of the institute buildings comprising lecture rooms, seminar hall, separate hostel facilities for girls and boys, fully equipped textile CAD, dying and processing room, quality control and testing, handloom pattern making and stitching laboratories with the latest machineries and modern facilities. The education structure will emphasise hands on experience through practical set ups and state-of-the-art technology. The institute will also have an updated library-cum-resource centre which will provide the latest information on colour forecast, fashion trends and industry happenings to the trainees. PS Barbora, who was appointed principal of the institute through a release said the duration of the training programme has been fixed for six weeks per batch which include 25 trainees. The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Kolkata will implement the integrated training programme on fashion and textile design by deputing experienced faculty members and industry experts and the course curriculum, training modules have been designed by NIFT by using a range of work based teaching and learning techniques to ensure the trainees gain a practical, strategic and operational understanding of design development, product diversification and management skills. After completion of the course, the trainees would get, a detailed overview on designs innovation, product diversification, colour forecast and fashion trends, etc which will widen their perspectives. The people of Sualkuchi have lauded the government and praised Health Minister, Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma for the novel project. http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=jul2708/State13 (The Assam Tribune,26.07.2008) Get an email ID as [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Click here http://in.promos.yahoo.com/address ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _ Searching for the best deals on travel? Visit MSN Travel. http://msn.coxandkings.co.in/cnk/cnk.do
Re: [Assam] Fashion technology institute set up at Sualkuchi (The Assam Tribune, 26.07.2008)
I Salute this news as well our pride Xualkuchi.This was to hapen long ago.Bravo !! The place ned respect. Bikash Share files, take polls, and make new friends - all under one roof. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/ ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Murder Most Foul - Pets
Rajen Baruah Dangoriya, Those ghatly scene was aired by certain Pvt TV channels long ago at midnight to only horify small children.ZEE TV,Sony TV and Aajtak showed live. In next to Ambikas home, NIthari rape and girl meat eating also mere gone to their ears or eyes.Their antenna was only fixed at NE.North Indian say they are indeed vegetarian, but love to eat Human to get mukti,rape smal girls and later enjoy the meat too. neitehr Maneka nor Ambika got voice for it.All because its delicious dish for them ! And they say they are the pure HIndu;s- not we NE people. Now we ned blame Maharaja Rudrakant Singh for converting to Hinduism. Ambika did you got our al mails please? Kindly keep replying us well.You did face millions of NE people, now do face few of us. Bikash /// Friends A response to Ambiaka. We should put a stop to North Indians eating human corpse. How they can do it in especially in the name of Hinduism? It is far worse than eating delicate dog meat. Rajen Barua Why the North Indians Eat Human Corpse A new Indian documentary seeks to shed light on a secretive sect of Hindu ascetics who eat corpses in the belief that ingesting dead flesh will make them ageless and give them supernatural powers. “Feeding on the Dead,” a 10-minute documentary, delves into the closed, little-known world of the 1,000-year-old Aghori sect, whose sadhus, or holy men, pluck dead bodies from the Ganges river. While the sect has been written about, they’ve rarely been filmed performing rituals. Director Sandeep Singh, who shut down his transport business to pursue filmmaking, said it took him more than three months to gain the trust of an Aghori sadhu and convince him to be filmed while performing a cannibalistic ritual. There are about 70 Aghori sadhus at a given time, and they remain with the sect for 12 years before returning to their families. Unlike other Hindu holy men, most of whom are vegetarian teetotalers, the Aghoris consume alcohol and meat. But it is their consumption of human flesh — a practice whose origins remain a mystery — which has earned them the condemnation of other Hindus and relegated most Aghori sadhus to living around crematoriums in the hills of northern India around the holy city of Varanasi, where the documentary was filmed. Singh and three cameramen waited with an Aghori sadhu — whose name is not mentioned in the film — for 10 days in June before finding a floating corpse. Hindus generally cremate the dead, but bodies are sometimes ceremonially disposed of in the Ganges. “The body was decomposed and bluish in color, but the sadhu was not afraid about falling sick,” Singh told The Associated Press in an interview Wednesday. “He sat on the corpse, prayed to a goddess of crematoriums and offered some flesh to the goddess before eating it.” Singh said the sadhu ate part of the corpse’s elbow, believing the flesh would stop him from aging and give him special powers, like the ability to levitate or control the weather. Singh did not see any of those powers on display. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org Did you know? You can CHAT without downloading messenger. Go to http://in.webmessenger.yahoo.com/ ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] international students seeking own support - love separate
Hi, recently I heard a true tale of a guy who swept an American girl's feet - I mean - swept her off her feet. He has decided not to seek her help in getting permanent residence . He did not need her help in getting here. He risked his life in three countries in two continents (including a country which houses Mount Everest) and married her - Romeo and Juliet could not do it - they did it. No details please. If one risks his or her life - like they did no need to dilute the lofty feelings by well I cannot describe further without diluting the experience (ineffable ...as I was explaining an SAT word to a student - undescribable). Any comments? Umesh PS: No hard feelings to those who believe in www.shaadi.com 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://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] Memoir about Assam by Dr Amrit Baruah
Friends Presenting here a Memoir about Assam written by Dr. Amrit Baruah of Maryland. It is a brief memoir (34 pages) about growing up in Assam during the 1930s, newly titled Assam, India: Valley of Tea and Temples. The memorir was originally published under the title of My Valley-Once Upon a Time. Here are some background of Dr Baruah and how he came to write about his valley. Once upon a time, in the thirtees, Dr. Amrit Baruah was born and grew up in Jorhat, the heart of the Assam valley, among modern tea gardens and ancient temples, when Assam may be considered a 'Shangrila' during the last days of British Raj. Then came the war which touched even a sleepy town like Jorhat. Then one day, when he was sixteen, Baruah left this valley for higher studies to Calcutta. Hardly did the boy realise that he left the valley for good. Since then he spent his time and life outside of Assam. In Bengal he came close to Rabindranath Tegore and to the Bengali culture. Then in 1952 he left for USA being one of the early Indian immigrants to this country. He studied in Harvard and Boston, and later taught in universities, worked in mental health area and community organisation, and have been living in the USA ever since. And what happened to the valley, the Shangrila Assam, that he left behind? Did it haunt him from time to time? When he was in his own moments, it must have... In this short personal memorir, Dr. Baruah tries to capture that old Assam, Assam that was once upon a time, Assam that we all lost. Baruah is a sensitive writer. He srtarts his memorir with the following sentences which bring to us vividly not only the reality but also the simplicity of that valley that was once upon a time... Cheuni Ali was an important road of that valley. Mostly, it just lay there with its dusty surface. After a rain, it would turn to mud. Occasionally, a bullock cart would pass on it carrying a family or hay. On special hut (fair) days, a small crowd would traverse it carrying baskets on their heads.. Unlike the formidable highways, freeways, and beltways of America that make a deliberate attempt to bypass human habitations, Cheuni Ali went right thorugh the daily lives and dramas of village people. Rice fields with that necessary stagnant water were only ten feet away; the family pond of the villager was only some yards from the road The memoir may be viewed (and downloaded from) the scribd.com site on the Internet. The address for doing so is: http://www.scribd.com/doc/3664871/Assam-India-Valley-of-Tea-and-Temples Hope you will enjoy reading the memoir. Please give your comments. Thanks Rajen barua Houston ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
