[Assam] Voracious Worm Evolves to Eat Biotech Corn Engineered to Kill It
Worms evolve to eat corn genetically designed to kill them, proving man cannot outsmart nature (or, well, rootworms). Are we still for the GM seeds and its introduction in India? Just when we thought it was possible to out-smart nature with science, nature proves once again that it's smarter than us. Corn rootworms have developed the ability to eat a genetically modified kind of corn specifically engineered to poison them - basically, evolving to destroy that which was made to destroy them. A new study published Monday says there needs to be a dramatic change in the way this resistance is managed if the agriculture industry wants to avoid serious detrimental effects. Nature - 1, Man - 0. http://tinyurl.com/odvzavt http://tinyurl.com/odvzavt The hunter becomes the hunted http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/18/5523262/insect-evolves-to-eat-poisonous-c orn : When Bt corn was first engineered, it was hailed as the perfect weapon to fight off one of the most troublesome crop-devouring pests around: the corn rootworm. And since 1996, when it was first planted, Bt corn has helped US farmers kill rootworms and prevent billions of dollars in damages. Over the years, however, researchers have expressed concerns that the rootworm could become resistant to Bt corn. Unfortunately, those warnings were widely ignored by farmers and regulators. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] [FriendsofAssamNE] The President's Letter ----- the noble heart of Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
Dear Mr. Thakur, Did you mean the following article published in Horizon on 05-09-2009? https://www.google.nl/url?sa=trct=jq=esrc=ssource=webcd=1cad=rjaved=0CC8QFjAAurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assamtribune.com%2Fsep0509%2Fhorizon.htmlei=PWEAU_6RIMWy7AbajoHABAusg=AFQjCNF51aXIBdpfp_Lq_skJPGZtSCNl9gsig2=MfkB78MiLallXh8TkySZ3Qbvm=bv.61535280,d.ZGU Breaking barriers - Assam Tribune online http://www.assamtribune.com/sep0509/horizon.html Warm regards, Wahid From: friendsofassa...@yahoogroups.com [mailto:friendsofassa...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of htha...@comcast.net Sent: zondag 16 februari 2014 1:17 To: friendsofassa...@yahoogroups.com Cc: No Reply; Das, Manoj; dibya.du...@gmail.com; mpbezbar...@yahoo.co.in; Thakur, Himendra Subject: [FriendsofAssamNE] The President's Letter - the noble heart of Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan Dear friends, It is nice to see Dibya's response yesterday to the February 9 appeal by Shri M.P. Bezbaruah. It is very impressive to learn that the unfortunate incidents of violence/discrimination against people of NE can be reported to police very quickly by setting up a high-tech network. The end result : the info will go to Police for Action without any loss of time. It may be hoped that prompt police actions will deter the number of incidents. However, if the goal is to extirpate the root cause of the trouble which is essentially a deep-rooted racism, too many police actions may build up hatred to defeat the purpose if these are not balanced with other sociological actions of improving the outlook of the perpetrators. About five years back I published an article The President's Letter where I portrayed the noble heart of Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, President of India in 1962-67, who blessed and guided the marriage of a young lady from the mountains of Nagaland to a young man from Indian plains. Unfortunately, I've lost my copy. If anyone can find that artice, kindly post it one more time. We need positive examples like that of Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan to lead the country now. With love to all, Himendra Thakur Boston, USA _ From: Dibya Dutta dibya.du...@gmail.com To: friendsofassa...@yahoogroups.com friendsofassa...@yahoogroups.com Cc: No Reply notify-dg-friendsofassa...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 11:26:19 PM Subject: Re: [FriendsofAssamNE] Digest Number 2347[10 Attachments] Tp Sri Madan Bezbaruah Chairman, Committee towards various Concerns about the people of NE New Delhi Sir, Some professionals from NE have recently constituted one forum viz. NE Professional's Forum ( viz. facebook like https://www.facebook.com/groups/ne.professionals/) to discuss various issues and provide solutions related with NE . The unfortunate incident of the death of Nido Tania has shaken us and we have been exploring some remedies to prevent such incidents. That Sir, we do feel that Govt should immediately take a initiatives to build up database to records all violence / discrimination towards people of NE happening in major cities of India primarily Delhi, so that the gravity can be analysis thoroughly and remedial actions can be taken immediately. We may proceed to develop an Apps ( Windows, Android etc) for Mobile phones which is downloadable from AppStore and whenever some of our affected people press the apps, an alert msg with corresponding Geo-location ( say google maps) so go to the server. The alert msg would simultaneously go to Police for Action. That Sir, for your kind information, such steps have already been initiated by some Private orgs/ NGOs after the unfortunate Nirbhay incident in Delhi. So it won't be a difficult to replicate. But we may need one dedicated server with applications so that the various data as received can be analysed and take urgent actions. ,We may prepare the comprehensive proposal and it would be a great help if you can kindly get it approved through DONER or other agencies . We have sufficient experts to implement the project in time bound manner . Yours faithfully D Dutta For North East Professionals' Forum New Delhi Dibya Dutta On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Madan Bezbaruah mpbezbar...@yahoo.co.in wrote: Dear Friends, You may be aware that subsequent to the very unfortunate death of Nido Tania government of India have formed a committee to look into the various concerns of the people of NE, the reasons behind such attacks and violence/discrimination and to suggest measures including legal procedure to be taken by the government to address such concerns. I have been given the heavy responsibility as Chairman of the committee. Being from the region, having grown up and worked in different parts of the region, knowing the ethos, the agonies and the frustrations of the people over many years, I approach my work humbly--with the hope
Re: [Assam] Unicode version of Namghoxa @ WWW
Dear Pankaj, It was September 2011 when you put the question to Banajit [with a copy to a few members of the E-jonaki-jug] If I get you the adobe Pagemaker files of Namghoxa, Kitron, Doxom etc, will you be able to put some effort to convert them to Assamese Unicode ? If you say yes, I can give a try. The answer van Banajit was yes. The rest is history. You and your group Axomiyat Kotha Botora took up the challenge of getting this monumental work of Mohapurux Madhabdev [plus a few other books] into Assamese Unicode. Pratim Pratap has now made it possible to access this unique publication on the Web. Kudos to Pratim - [and also to all those who supported him]. The Axomiyat Kotha Botora group, through Pratim has made the নামঘোষা accessible to all. It is now only a “Mouse-click” away. The idea of uploading the theme song of the group is also unique. Congratulations once again to you all! Wahid da -Original Message- From: Pankaj Barah [mailto:pankajbo...@gmail.com] Sent: 17 June 2012 18:06 To: friendsofassa...@yahoogroups.com; supportachild-assam; assamonl...@yahoogroups.com; assam@assamnet.org; Rajen Barua; Wahid Saleh; Ankur Bora; assam-requ...@assamnet.org; sbh...@gmail.com Subject: Unicode version of Namghoxa @ WWW Dear all, A good news share! One of the masterpieces of Assamese literature 'Namghoxa' by Mohapurux Madhabdev is now freely available on the web as unicode. The URL is - http://www.xahitya.org/2012/06/15/namghoxa/ http://www.xahitya.org/2012/06/15/namghoxa/ This splendid work has been single handedly done by Pratim Pratap Baruah a Delhi based Assamese Engineer. He has also edited the recent version of http://www.xahitya.org/ http://www.xahitya.org/, A unique Platform for Assamese Unicoded Literature on the web. This has also been deposited to Wiki Sources ( http://wikisource.org/wiki/Category:??? http://wikisource.org/wiki/Category:নামঘোষা) . This conversion into UNICODE would undoubtedly be a monumental achievement in the annals of Assamese literature and a most significant milestone in the history of UNICODE conversion. It would also greatly aid Sankaradeva studies since researchers will now be able to perform searches across the text and perform other activities such as lexicographical, indexing, semantic search and concordance-related, etc with effortless ease. The members of the Facebook group Axomiyat Kotha Botora, from around the globe have also volunteered to convert another landmark masterpiece of Assamese literature 'Kirtan' by Mohapurux Srimanta Sankardev. We are working to make it freely available on the web. Members of the group have already converted around 800 songs of Sudhakontho Bhupen Hazarika to Assamese unicode, which will also be made available to public soon. Link to the Facebook group অসমীয়াত কথা-বতৰা https://www.facebook.com/groups/axomiyakothabotora/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/axomiyakothabotora/ Link to a theme song of the group http://youtu.be/5O5MTvsYdbA http://youtu.be/5O5MTvsYdbA Regards, -- Pankaj Barah Norwegian University of Science Technology (NTNU), Realfagbygget, Room no.: DU1-172 N-7491, Trondheim,Norway Telephone: (+47) 73596093 (Office) Mobile: (+47) 45063435 E.mail: mailto:pankaj.ba...@bio.ntnu.no pankaj.ba...@bio.ntnu.no Homepage:http://sites.google.com/site/pankajborah/ ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] India's wild east unprepared for new Myanmar
The country of nearly 60 million people has emerged from a half-century of military rule and is courting the West while trying to wean itself from dependency on China for trade and investment. But despite a recent flurry of high-level visits between the two countries, India appears ill-placed on the ground to exploit Myanmar's opening. Reuters journalists on a recent trip to the Myanmar-India border in Manipur found a region where rebel groups deeply influence politics and business. Opium poppies are grown openly. Cross-border gun-running remains big business. Manipur and the three other Indian states sharing the 1,640- km (1,020-mile) border with Myanmar were supposed to be India's Gateway to the East. Instead, the area has become India's Wild East. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/Indias-wild-east-unprepa red-for-new-Myanmar/articleshow/11994530.cms ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] [NorthEastIndia] AFNA : Rickshaw Bank receives prestigious international economic development award
Congratulations to Dr. Amarendra Kumar Das and IITG for the original design, Congratulations to CRD and Pradip for the improvement implemented to the original design and for making 5,000 plus rickshaw pullers happy and most important making them independent entrepreneurs. They will be now able to contribute directly and indirectly for the improvement of the society in their own small way. They don't have to pay back to the loan sharks. Congratulations to AFNA particularly Ankur and his group for all the administrative work done and extra hours spent in submitting the proposal to Tech Museum for the Tech award. John M. Richardson Jr. said When it comes to the future, there are three kinds of people: those who let it happen, those who make it happen, and those who wonder what happened. To me you all belong to the group who let it happen. Congratulations once again for bringing this honour to Assam and the North East. Wahid da From: northeastin...@yahoogroups.com [mailto:northeastin...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Buljit Buragohain Sent: 09 October 2011 16:52 To: assamonl...@yahoogroups.com Cc: assam@assamnet.org; friendsofassa...@yahoogroups.com; northeastin...@yahoogroups.com; silc...@yahoogroups.com; axomiya_stude...@yahoogroups.com; assamsoci...@yahoogroups.com; Amarendra Kumar Das Subject: [NorthEastIndia] AFNA : Rickshaw Bank receives prestigious international economic development award CANTON, MICHIGAN, USA, Oct 8 2011 - Rickshaw Bank, a project of the Centre for Rural Development (CRD), has been named as a laureate of the Flextronics Economic Development Award this year. The award will be presented later this month in Santa Clara, California, USA. The Flextronics Economic Development Award is a part of the Tech Awards, named after the prestigious Tech Museum in Silicon Valley, California. The awards are in five categories - Environment, Economic Development, Education, Equality, and Health. Each category has multiple laureates and one laureate in each category will receive a cash award of $50,000, to be announced during the awards ceremony on October 20, 2011. Rickshaw Bank was named a laureate for its social development impact to improve the lives of thousands of marginalized rickshaw pullers with below-poverty-line incomes. Starting in 2004 with 80 rickshaw pullers in Guwahati, the program has scaled to 5,000 pullers all over Assam. The project provides an asset-based loan to the puller to purchase a technologically superior rickshaw, known as the Dip Bahan, originally designed by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, and manufactured by CRD. Pullers are able to pay off the loan to CRD agents in convenient daily installments over a period of 18 months, after which they can keep all their daily earnings as owners. CRD also provides the following services to the pullers: - Licences/training on rules and regulations - Uniforms to help identify drivers - Property, casualty insurance - Cooking gas connections for families - Cash loans, after full on-time repayment of rickshaw loan - Low cost health care services for the family Dr. Amarendra Kumar Das, Head of the Department of Design, led the team in IIT Guwahati that originally designed the Dip Bahan. Based on active field testing in partnership with CRD and other organizations, the Dip Bahan has made over 30 improvements to the traditional rickshaw design, including: - Lowered rickshaw weight to 75 kg from 95-105 kg to reduce strain on the puller - Lowered footrest to 17 inches from 21.5 inches to help women, children, and elderly people in getting on and off - Changed the brake and lighting systems to make it safer - Added better covering from sun and rain for both puller and passengers - Used tubular iron pipe instead of wood for body parts to increase functioning life - Added more luggage space for passengers Assam Foundation of North America (AFNA), a volunteer-based non-profit organization registered in USA, that has served charitable interests of Assam and the USA since 1982, submitted the application for this award. As part of the application process, AFNA submitted detailed information about the contributions of all stakeholders in the Rickshaw Bank project, including those of CRD and IIT Guwahati. Representatives from AFNA will join the executive director of CRD, Dr. Pradip Kumar Sarmah, who has been invited by the awards organization to attend the ceremony. AFNA is proud to be able to support this effort involving two organizations from Assam, whose combined contributions are benefitting one of the poorest segments of urban workers in India. Further information about the organizations named in this press release can be found at the web sites listed below: - The Tech Awards:www.techawards.org http://www.techawards.org/ - Centre for Rural Development: www.crdev.org http://www.crdev.org/ - Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati: www.iitg.ac.in http://www.iitg.ac.in/ - Assam
Re: [Assam] [FriendsofAssamNE] FW: Living Bridges - FASCINATING-!!
You might like the information and images available at: http://humanplanet.com/timothyallen/2011/03/living-root-bridges-bbc-human-pl anet/ http://rootbridges.blogspot.com/ Wahid Saleh From: friendsofassa...@yahoogroups.com [mailto:friendsofassa...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of shantikam hazarika Sent: 09 September 2011 02:34 To: FASS FASS Cc: Assam net; northeastin...@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [FriendsofAssamNE] FW: Living Bridges - FASCINATING-!! Wonderful. I have read so much about these bridges, but never knew that there is a human element behind it. The photography is also so imaginative. Thank you for uploading. Shantikam Hazarika _ To: friendsofassa...@yahoogroups.com CC: assam@assamnet.org; northeastin...@yahoogroups.com From: w.sa...@indiawijzer.nl Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 21:35:33 +0200 Subject: [FriendsofAssamNE] FW: Living Bridges - FASCINATING-!! From: Khalid Khan-Hollandi Sent: 08 September 2011 15:25 To: Subject: Living Bridges - FASCINATING-!! Absolutely amazing! A Living Bridge.. I couldn't comprehend what they meant by a living bridge until I watched this. Quite a unique concept for folks who have no education, but seemingly have sufficient common sense to survive. Wisdom and brilliance come only with age and experience. http://www.snotr.com/video/7331/The_Living_Bridge --- Do not value the THINGS you have in your life.. But value WHO you have in your life! __._,_.___ http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97476590/grpId=15672582/grpspId=1705838073/msgI d=6580/stime=1315570518 Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional Change settings via the Web http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FriendsofAssamNE/join;_ylc=X3oDMTJnZG9hZnM4BF 9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzE1NjcyNTgyBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTgzODA3MwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsaw NzdG5ncwRzdGltZQMxMzE1NTcwNTE4 (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest mailto:friendsofassamne-dig...@yahoogroups.com?subject=Email%20Delivery:%20 Digest | Switch to Fully Featured mailto:friendsofassamne-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com?subject=Change%20Deliv ery%20Format:%20Fully%20Featured Visit Your Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FriendsofAssamNE;_ylc=X3oDMTJlZTJzYWNmBF9TAzk 3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzE1NjcyNTgyBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTgzODA3MwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNocGY Ec3RpbWUDMTMxNTU3MDUxOA-- | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ | Unsubscribe mailto:friendsofassamne-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe __,_._,___ ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] [NorthEastIndia] Worth to Watch-Indian Social Media Landscape
Dear Manas, Thanks for sharing the sunny side of India. When we proudly present the progress of incredible India, we have also to consider the lives of the impoverished rural areas where two thirds of India's 1.2 billion people live. If not all, majority of them are left behind by India's soaring economic boom. It is not only urban India but also in the metros things have not changed. For example conservative Indore's well-known clinics and hospitals are operating on children who are 1-5 years old catering for the obsession of a son - changing the lives and future of the children. Honour killings still take place also in India's capital. Despite existing law, dowry deaths still take place. In some places of India human scavenging is common. In many areas Dalits are not allowed to enter temples. To make incredible India credible we have still a very long away to go. Unless some of us change our way of thinking the journey will be long. If you have time and want to know about the other side of India visit the following links and make your own judgment. Greetings, Wahid da I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy. Tagore . Honour killings in India http://www.honourkilling.in/ | http://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2010/07/honour-killing-in-india-an-in-depth-stud y/ . Docs turn baby girls into boys http://www.hindustantimes.com/Docs-turn-baby-girls-into-boys/H1-Article1-713 863.aspx . Dowry Death: Crime Against Humanity http://www.mightylaws.in/417/dowry-death-crime-humanity . UP again: Woman burnt alive, minors raped http://www.indianexpress.com/news/up-again-woman-burnt-alive-minors-raped/80 6545/ . 45% of UP rape cases in '10 were of Dalits http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/newdelhi/45-of-UP-rape-cases-in-2010 -were-of-Dalits/Article1-713788.aspx . Orissa: Dalit MP denied entry in temple http://ibnlive.in.com/news/orissa-dalit-mp-denied-entry-in-temple/162457-37- 64.html .Every 8 hours a farmer commits suicide in Madhya Pradesh http://agrariancrisis.in/2011/03/14/every-8-hours-a-farmer-commits-suicide-i n-madhya-pradesh/ .Vidarbha's Dying Fields And Farmer's Suicides http://www.countercurrents.org/jadav030511.htm .Fearing for life, 10 Dalit students flee school http://ibnlive.in.com/news/fearing-for-life-10-dalit-students-flee-school/16 1936-60-118.html .Dalits in South India - stuck at the bottom or moving upward? Findings from the PhD thesis Untouchables - stuck at the bottom or moving forward https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=vq=cache:-mogDKLN9LUJ:https://www.ucviden .dk/portal-via/files/9585894/Dalits_in_South_India.Skriftserie_10.pdf+life+o f+dalits+in+south+indiahl=nlgl=nlpid=blsrcid=ADGEESjPED9tL61k15B4rCZXOvK ncyeRz6NhkN4OadWbyIGwCM4cOAOgYnFKZ36c0Vho5qXPsT2jHSJTG1roU75HuELV0nCBmll-BST xqDdFxE2dOz70WLR1ujDC2DshhWvXiDfWtv-xsig=AHIEtbRPlDSsxlLGg244Fzd1IDwUYk3OoQ ttps://docs.google.com/viewer?a=vq=cache:-mogDKLN9LUJ:https://www.ucviden.d k/portal-via/files/9585894/Dalits_in_South_India.Skriftserie_10.pdf+life+of+ dalits+in+south+indiahl=nlgl=nlpid=blsrcid=ADGEESjPED9tL61k15B4rCZXOvKnc yeRz6NhkN4OadWbyIGwCM4cOAOgYnFKZ36c0Vho5qXPsT2jHSJTG1roU75HuELV0nCBmll-BSTxq DdFxE2dOz70WLR1ujDC2DshhWvXiDfWtv-xsig=AHIEtbRPlDSsxlLGg244Fzd1IDwUYk3OoQ .Lesser Humans Human Scavenging of Sewage - A short movie by the Ford Foundation about the live of human scavengers in India. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZINWin_Q0o .INDIA: Manual scavenging, a shame on the nation http://www.alrc.net/doc/mainfile.php/hrc9/515/ From: northeastin...@yahoogroups.com [mailto:northeastin...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mr. Manas Sent: 26 June 2011 12:56 To: Assamonline; Silchar; FASS; NE Network Subject: [NorthEastIndia] Worth to Watch-Indian Social Media Landscape Youtube Video on :Indian Social Media Landscape ,How online world changing and also Indian is changing too with the pace.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79d5fgVVF8s -- Remain strong. Remain united. __._,_.___ Reply to mailto:manashd...@gmail.com?subject=Re%3A%20Worth%20to%20Watch-Indian%20Soc ial%20Media%20Landscape sender | Reply to mailto:northeastin...@yahoogroups.com?subject=Re%3A%20Worth%20to%20Watch-In dian%20Social%20Media%20Landscape group | Reply http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NorthEastIndia/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJxZGU2YTE4BF9T Azk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEwOTQzODg1BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTgzODA3MwRtc2dJZAM4MTI1BHNl YwNmdHIEc2xrA3JwbHkEc3RpbWUDMTMwOTA4NTczNg--?act=replymessageNum=8125 via web post | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NorthEastIndia/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJma3FmcmxuBF9T Azk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEwOTQzODg1BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTgzODA3MwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNu dHBjBHN0aW1lAzEzMDkwODU3MzY- Start a New Topic Messages in this topic http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NorthEastIndia/message/8125;_ylc=X3oDMTM1NmVj YXZrBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEwOTQzODg1BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTgzODA3MwRtc2dJZAM4
Re: [Assam] FW: Thanks for taking action
Dear Sondon, Thanks for your input. I don't have the baggage to answer to the questions raised by you. Generally on the net we participate in the intellectual discussions for our own ego-satisfaction. It does not lead to a solution to the problem. When I received the request to sign the petition to support the call for setting up a committee where representatives from the society will get an opportunity to work together with the government to draft an effective Lokpal Bill, I thought that instead of being a finger pointer let me inform others. More than 500.000 signed in one day. It also shows the power of Internet. Over the past 12 months India has been rocked by several major corruption scandals (or continuous chain of corruption cases). The country has slipped to the 87th spot in Transparency International's latest ranking of nations based on the level of corruption. Assam is the most corrupt province of India [http://brd.instablogs.com/entry/assam-ranks-as-most-corrupt-state]. We know that complex official procedures and several approvals needed to get projects going are linked to efforts by private firms to bribe their way through the system to get clearances. A recent study by research firm Marketing and Development Research Associates (MDRA) showed that 9 out of 10 employees working in private firms feel that corruption or fraud is a common phenomenon in corporate India [http://www.mdraonline.com/21%20January%20MDRA%20Corporate%20Corruption.pdf] . The study by KPMG said large investments, complex processes and huge projects give immense opportunity for corruption in sectors such as telecoms and real estate. [http://www.track2realty.com/realty-most-corruption-prone-sector-in-india-kp mg]. We have no answer to tackle these issues. I hope that the (Jan)Lokpal bill will be able to address some of the issues related to corruption in India. It might be the start of people power in India. Greetings, WK -Original Message- From: Chan Mahanta [mailto:cmaha...@gmail.com] Sent: 08 April 2011 15:28 To: w.sa...@indiawijzer.nl; A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world Cc: Chan Mahanta Subject: Re: [Assam] FW: Thanks for taking action Thanks for sharing it WK. Where have we heard these before :-)? Anyway, Raghu gets it, but not fully. That is the unfortunate part, that some like Raghu, who has been in the thick of it and has seen it all, does not quite understand the deficiencies or the dysfunction of the SYSTEM, which he has rightly fingered. Why do I say that? Simple: A mere ratification of the UN Charter on CORRUPTION will go nowhere and nothing will come out of it, until the enforcement and adjudication system is drastically CHANGED, made functional! Why? It should be clear to anyone who has watched this and have a basic understanding of a democratic society with a respect for what is referred to as DUE PROCESS, ought to know, that just because someone gets CAUGHT with violation of the RULES , will ever be held accountable by the dysfunctional-desi-system. The investigators could be unqualified, without resources, underfunded, under-quipped, un-trained, politically influenced and even be corrupted. A crafty lawyer could easily portray the evidence to be discredited or show that they do not measure up to the standards of justice. The prosecutor could be incompetent, could be compromised. The judges could be compromised, exactly by the same forces. Add to that the current state of a 30 yr. backlog, in which the corrupt accused can laugh all the way to his grave. So, how does anyone held to account? I am appalled by the this amazing absence of understanding of how the process is supposed to work, even by India's best. I lay the blame to the absence of EDUCATION about WHAT democracy consists of and how its institutions are supposed to work. In the absence of this knowledge base in the citizenry, nothing really could be expected to change. But in the meantime, things could be done. I delineated some of those things, three or four years back, much to the chagrin of some of our friends right here, who were prompt to discredit them :-). c On Apr 8, 2011, at 5:45 AM, Wahid Saleh - Indiawijzer wrote: . Please watch this YouTube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlyyE7wDzNk to hear T R Raghunandan, the Ex-IAS Officer's speech and see his presentation on corruption in India. You will be surprised to see and read why the corrupt ones go scot free and how they get the courage for all their corrupt activities, so easily in India. .Then go to IPaidABribe.com (copy and paste) and register to push for anti-corruption laws in India. From: Avaaz.org [mailto:av...@avaaz.org] Sent: 07 April 2011 23:38 To: indiawijzer...@gmail.com Subject: Thanks for taking action Avaaz usually sends about one email per week, offering a chance to take quick action on an urgent global issue. If you received this message in
[Assam] FW: Xobdo online dictionary completes 5 yrs (The Assam Tribune, 13.03.2011)
Dear Bikram, Buljit and the 1600 volunteers of the Xobdo team, On 14th June 2008 the Assam Tribune under the title “1st English-Assamese online dictionary carried an article” and mentioned. Quote: Xobdo, a non-profit organisation of volunteers spread across the globe, is inviting others to help develop what it calls the “World’s first and only English-Assamese online dictionary”. Even though the dictionary project (www.xobdo.net) is already on, the team behind it is dreaming big. There is an aim to make it an online access tool to as many languages of Northeast as possible in the near future. http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=jun1408/at08 http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=jun1408/at08 Unquote: The volunteers came forward and joined hands with you. In five years time your dream came true. You contributed not only more than 35.000 words in Assamese but also many thousand words from other languages of the North East. Congratulations for a job well done! You and your friends are working silently and delivering the goods. The challenge which you and your XOBDO team have taken up - is contributing towards increasing contents and the net presence of Assamese and other languages from the north east. I am sure your group will surprise us in future with new initiatives. Not only the present generation, but also the future generation will be thankful to you for your contribution. To use the words of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - A Psalm of Life - you are “leaving behind footprints on the sands of time; footprints, that perhaps another, sailing o'er life's solemn main, a forlorn and shipwrecked brother, seeing, shall take heart again”. The Assam Tribune of today carried an article on your 5th anniversary. Now we look forward to celebrate the 10th anniversary. http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=mar1311/city06 Wishing you all lots of success, Greetings and best wishes from the Netherlands, Wahid da From: northeastin...@yahoogroups.com [mailto:northeastin...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Buljit Buragohain Sent: 13 March 2011 01:48 To: assam@assamnet.org; assamonl...@yahoogroups.com; friendsofassa...@yahoogroups.com; northeastin...@yahoogroups.com; silc...@yahoogroups.com; axomiya_stude...@yahoogroups.com; assamsoci...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [NorthEastIndia] Xobdo online dictionary completes 5 yrs (The Assam Tribune, 13.03.2011) Xobdo online dictionary completes 5 yrs Staff Reporter GUWAHATI, March 12 – The multi-lingual and multi-media embedded, xobdo.org http://xobdo.org/ , the online dictionary of the languages of the North-East completed five years of existence on Thursday. It needs to be mentioned here that xobdo is a group of people living across the globe to collectively do something good for the region. More than 1,600 volunteers are from different parts of the world are involved in this unique project. Apart from collecting 35000 Assamese words, it has also done fairly well in collection of Karbi, Dimasa, Mising, Meeteilon, Hindi and Bengali words. Efforts are on to attract volunteers to provide a constant addition of words in the other 23 languages adopted in the project. Apart from creating the online dictionary, xobdo is also involved in an ambitious project to digitise and archive many old and new Assamese texts in collaboration with www.xophura.org.xobdo.org http://www.xophura.org.xobdo.org/ has also prepared course materials to teach Assamese to the children of the non-residents Assamese people living in different parts of the world. Using these materials two class room sessions are going on - one in Abu Dhabi, UAE and another in Bay Area of California. The materials are freely available at http://learn.xobdo.org http://learn.xobdo.org/ (The Assam Tribune, 13.03.2011) __._,_.___ Reply to mailto:buluas...@yahoo.co.in?subject=Re%3A%20Xobdo%20online%20dictionary%20completes%205%20yrs%20%28The%20Assam%20Tribune%2C%2013%2E03%2E2011%29 sender | Reply to mailto:northeastin...@yahoogroups.com?subject=Re%3A%20Xobdo%20online%20dictionary%20completes%205%20yrs%20%28The%20Assam%20Tribune%2C%2013%2E03%2E2011%29 group | Reply http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NorthEastIndia/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJxaG5iMDFyBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEwOTQzODg1BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTgzODA3MwRtc2dJZAM3ODIwBHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA3JwbHkEc3RpbWUDMTI5OTk3NzMxNg--?act=replymessageNum=7820 via web post | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NorthEastIndia/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJmdWc2ZnE1BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEwOTQzODg1BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTgzODA3MwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNudHBjBHN0aW1lAzEyOTk5NzczMTY- Start a New Topic Messages in this topic http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NorthEastIndia/message/7820;_ylc=X3oDMTM1bWR2cWhhBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEwOTQzODg1BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTgzODA3MwRtc2dJZAM3ODIwBHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA3Z0cGMEc3RpbWUDMTI5OTk3NzMxNgR0cGNJZAM3ODIw (1) Recent Activity:
Re: [Assam] assam Digest, Vol 67, Issue 15
Dear Alpana, Department of Social welfare, Assam mentions the following schools: http://socialwelfareassam.com/PDAct.asp 1. Govt. B.D.S. Deaf and Dumb School, Guwahati provides special education facilities to Deaf and Dumb Students, (both Boys and Girls) up to H.S.L.C. Standard. Teachers are trained with required skill and methods specifically devised for teaching this category of disabled students. The school has hostel facilities. Intake capacity is 250 students. 2. Blind School, Jorhat provides special education facilities to or Blind Student (both boys and girls) up to H.S.L.C. standard. Teachers are trained in Braille method for imparting education to blind students. There is hostel facilities and intake capacity is 250 student. 3. Blind School, Basistha, Guwahati is an institution which caters to the educational need of blinds students. In this school too the educational curricular is up to H.S.L.C. standard and teachers are trained in Braille method. The intake capacity is 100 Students. The school is residential. 4. The Blind School run by N.G.Os. : - Assam Andha Sishu Vidyalaya, Bihpuria, - Sreemanta Sankar Mission Blind School Nagaon, - Ghilamara Andha Vidyalaya, Lakhimpur, - Janamangal Adarsha Andha Vidyalaya, Moranhat. - Mental Welfare Society, Guwahati are running schools for sightless and mentally retarded students I managed to obtain the following details. I am sure netters will be able to provide the up-to-daye contact details. You may also contact the Social Welfare department. You might have some contacts at Guwahati. Request them to visit the office and get the details. http://socialwelfareassam.com/ContactUs.asp - Sree mant Sankar Mission Blind School, P.O- Barhampur, P.S. Sadar Dist- Nagaon, Tel- 9401161875 - Assam Andha Sishu Vidyalay, P.S- Bihpuria, P.O- Bihpuria Dist- Lakhimpur- 784161, Tel- 09613072651, 09954275767 - Jorhat Blind Institute, Na-Ali, Jorhat -785 001, (0376) 232 1733 - Guwahati Blind High School, Latakata, Basistha, Guwahati-781029 Contact no- 09435409800 - There is also a Moran School for the Blind http://85.92.83.47/~saltest/index.php?option=com_contentview=articleid=79; Itemid=119 - You may also get in touch with Assam Blind Association, Jorhat Try contacting Prasanna Kumar Pincha at 'ActionAid' Amabri bylane Guwahati-781 001. Telephone: (0361-638871/72). http://www.outlookindia.com/mad.asp? fname=makingsubsubsec=Assamsynopsis=Disabledfodname=20010326personname=P rasanna+Kumar+Pincha Greetings, Wahid da -Original Message- From: assam-boun...@assamnet.org [mailto:assam-boun...@assamnet.org] On Behalf Of assam-requ...@assamnet.org Sent: 14 February 2011 07:30 To: assam@assamnet.org Subject: assam Digest, Vol 67, Issue 15 Send assam mailing list submissions to assam@assamnet.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to assam-requ...@assamnet.org You can reach the person managing the list at assam-ow...@assamnet.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of assam digest... Today's Topics: 1. information (Alpana B. Sarangapani) 2. Jadu Ram Deka Barua's Bengali-Assamese Dictionary (Sushanta Kar) 3. Re: information (Bidyananda Barkakoty) 4. OPINION POLL QUERIES: AMBIGUOUS (uttam borthakur) 5. OPINION POLL QUERIES: AMBIGUOUS (Sushanta Kar) 6. Re: OPINION POLL QUERIES: AMBIGUOUS (Chan Mahanta) 7. Re: information (utpal borpujari) 8. Re: OPINION POLL QUERIES: AMBIGUOUS (Ram Sarangapani) 9. Fw: Response to questions (Nitish Chakravarty) 10. artcle in asomiya protidin (biswajit barooah) 11. Re: information (Alpana B. Sarangapani) 12. Article invited to Asom Vision Document 2025 (Buljit Buragohain) 13. Re: [NorthEastIndia] Article invited to Asom Vision Document 2025 (Bidyananda Barkakoty) 14. Re: OPINION POLL QUERIES: AMBIGUOUS (uttam borthakur) -- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:47:57 -0600 From: Alpana B. Sarangapani absarangap...@hotmail.com To: assam@assamnet.org Subject: [Assam] information Message-ID: bay151-w30e28073ed47245b6a05c7b3...@phx.gbl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Windows-1252 Anybody has any idea about how many 'blind schools' are there in Assam? And at least some of thier contact information? Thanks for your help in advance. You can send it to me directly, if you wish! -A. Sarangapani Houston, Texas. ?Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.? - Helen Keller -- Message:
