[asom] Re:Ambani's gift and an ODI in Guwahati
while reading mrinal talukdar's msg on ambani's gift for his wife, what came to my mind today is the collosal wastage of funds and energy that has been incurred in holding an useless cricket match between india and pakistan in guwahati. virtualy the entire police force availabe in the capital has been pressed into service in the name of law and order, while ordinary citizens, most of them tax-payers, with whose tax the policeman gets his salary etc, living within about one km radius of the nehru stadium are being kept under house arrest because some 22 players (who earn huge sums as match fee and prize money,and who has not a single naya paise contribution for the well-being of a poor and backward state called assam) are vying for a trophy that cannot and does not in any way contribute towards the development of the people of the state. the holding of this cricket match itself is a gross violation of human rights for a large number of citizens of guwahati, because say, if a person residing in chenikuthi is required to removed to the guwahati medical college hospital for any emergency ranging from a child birth to a massive heart attack, will not be allowed to take the b barooah road, simply because some 17,000 persons -- who have nothing else to do -- will be watching two teams play a game called cricket. samudra gupta kashyap Re: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/assamonline/message/3791
[asom] G.A.Stork's dwindling population worries conservationist
G.A.Stork's dwindling population worries conservationist Guwahati : The latest count of the Greater Adjutant Stork population , popularly called hargilla in the city , has shown a decline within a span of twelve months this year. The population of Greater Adjutant Stork was 188 in 2002, 207 in 2003, 233 in 2004 247 in 2005and 167 in 2006 However the latest population count on 3rd November this year showed a further decline to 118 sending alarm bells ringing among wild life activist and NGOs working for the conservation of the winged species in the city. The population of this particular avian species in the world is estimated to be around 1,000 and the Brahmaputra valley alone accounts for 700 plus Greater Adjutant Stork. Early Birds ,a city based wild life NGO , which conducted the census on the Greater Adjutant stork found that the roosting places in the city had been almost wiped out due to rapid urbanization. Majority of the nests of the Greater Adjutant Storks are located on the northern bank of the Brahmaputra , particularly in areas like Mandakata , Suptaguri in N.Guwahati Dadara and Singimari on the Hazo road .In recent times, these areas have witnessed rampant felling of trees mainly due to fragmentation of families . Tall trees in these areas once served as ideal places for building nests. In 2006 only 11 nests were found in 5 trees at Rangmahal and 5 nests in 2 trees at Mandakata. The same area had more than 50 nests till 1990-91. Wildlife experts also pointed out that with the wetlands in and around the city being filled up for construction activities , the Greater Adjutant Storks are being robbed of the feeding ground for chicks. As a case in point the roosting ground behind the Ulubari market complex is almost filled up by the State Transport Corporation which had allowed a few ex. Employees to settle there. Local people from Ulubari area had earlier demanded of the D.C (Metro)through a signature campaign to evict the encroachers and make it a garden with tall trees. Efforts by Early Birds and the State Forest department to plant suitable trees for hargilla had gone in vain as all saplings were uprooted by the miscreants. The Early Birds also demanded to the district administration to declare the area as reserve wetland on various occasion earlier so that protection can be assured. The Early Birds had planted a few simul trees at both the Muslim graveyard and at girls polytechnic which are showing good results. It is worth mentioning here that many foreign tourist visits the Ulubari wetland along with the Gandhi Mandap ,Kasturba Ashram and the Isscon temple standing nearby. Those who participated in the current census are shri Moloy Baruah, Gautam Choudhury, Sheikh Noor Zaman, Naba Talukdar,SajibDas and PulakashTalukdar. Moloy Baruah
[asom] Moving to St Louis
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[asom] Ambani's gift and an ODI in Guwahati
Why do you need an ODI in Guwahati? Because man does not live on bread alone. There are certain things a community does to lift its spirit. The ODI is one of them. Why otherwise so many would line up for ticket and get disappointed? I heard that there are 8000 seats in the stadium and 3500 were already assigned to organizers and government officials. Is that true? If it is, it is a shame. I could understand 500 being assigned to organizers but 3500? Why does China hold the olympics? The practical people they are, they should've cared little for the olympics. But no, they wanted to show off to the world that they have moved up. Dilip Deka samudra gupta kashyap [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: while reading mrinal talukdar's msg on ambani's gift for his wife, what came to my mind today is the collosal wastage of funds and energy that has been incurred in holding an useless cricket match between india and pakistan in guwahati. virtualy the entire police force availabe in the capital has been pressed into service in the name of law and order, while ordinary citizens, most of them tax-payers, with whose tax the policeman gets his salary etc, living within about one km radius of the nehru stadium are being kept under house arrest because some 22 players (who earn huge sums as match fee and prize money,and who has not a single naya paise contribution for the well-being of a poor and backward state called assam) are vying for a trophy that cannot and does not in any way contribute towards the development of the people of the state. the holding of this cricket match itself is a gross violation of human rights for a large number of citizens of guwahati, because say, if a person residing in chenikuthi is required to removed to the guwahati medical college hospital for any emergency ranging from a child birth to a massive heart attack, will not be allowed to take the b barooah road, simply because some 17,000 persons -- who have nothing else to do -- will be watching two teams play a game called cricket. samudra gupta kashyap Re: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/assamonline/message/3791
[asom] After the Ambanis now ?
You are absolutely right about the fake emails. I said that in the net many moons ago. There are at least three people writing as Rubi (Ruby) Bhuyan. Umesh is still corresponding with the ghosts. I don't understand his agenda. Dilip Deka Bhaskar Barua [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After wiping out the ULFA( where everybody responded to fake mails) now we are after the Ambanis. Great.
[asom] rodali e rod de in Jab We Met
Thanks for the info. Whenever I hear this song Tate bohi bohi ... is very clear and I was wondering over the usage of Assamese word in the music... Can you fwd the original poem too, I was looking on net but cudn't get. Pritam has been innovative in using Assamese and Punjabi. The song rocks. Swati utpal borpujari [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is quite a hit Hindi song right now (http://www.moviewalah.com/music/jab-we-m et-2007), from the film Jab We Met (*ing Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapur). The director of the film is Imtiaz Ali, who has earlier made Socha Na Tha, and both films are quite refreshingly done despite having the usual rich boy- meets-poor girl (or vice versa) story. The point of interest to us is that this song, Mauja Re Mauja, has snatches of the age-old Assamese folk poem Rodali e Rod de as the background vocals at the start, middle and end (not the first line, but the next three lines Ali Kati Jali Dim, Bor Pira Pari Dim, Tate Bohi Bohi Rod De). I think this is the first time a mainstream Bollywood film has made such an attempt with Assamese (Mani Ratnam's Dil Se, music A R Rahman, had Zubeen Garg's Xokhi Xokhi Bidexi as part of the background score, but not as part of a song. That film also had a few dialogues in Assamese, which was gibberish for outside viewers as they did not have subtitles, just like the Malayalam lines in the song Jia Jale in it were gibberish for us). Dhrubajyoti Phukan, a highly-talented music director and arranger (husband of popular singer Sashwati Phukan) has arranged the music for the film, and apparently it is he who innovatively used the lines in the song. (the music of the movie is by Pritam, who scored the music also for Zubeen's megahit Ya Ali from the film Gangster sometime back). Utpal Borpujari / New Delhi
