Re: [Assam] Fw: HPI, May 2, 2006

2006-05-02 Thread Ram Sarangapani
While this discussion about vegetarian is going on here, just heard over the TV that the some police dept. people (I think Alabama) had some "Vegans" on surveillance (for Homeland Sec.) The Vegans were protesting some honey-baked ham factory.   Don't know much about Vegans, are they the pure veget

Re: [Assam] Fw: HPI, May 2, 2006

2006-05-02 Thread Barua25
Title: Re: [Assam] Fw: HPI, May 2, 2006 It is interesting to note that the word "non-vegetarian" is a misnomer in the sense that all non-vegetarians are also vegetarians also. In Hindi what we call 'amish' and 'nir-amish" make sense. But 'vegetarian" and 'non-vegetarian" does not make sense.

[Assam] Column on Bihu and Mike Fincke

2006-05-02 Thread Dilip/Dil Deka
NE not even on radar screen: US state departmentNorth by north-eastSanjoy HazarikaThe US state department, also called Foggy Bottom for reasons which areobscure to me, is a large and imposing building in the heart of Washington.Although security concerns remain high, most of the roads around it a

Re: [Assam] Fw: HPI, May 2, 2006

2006-05-02 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Fw: HPI, May 2, 2006 They are a few cuts above (or below) on the veggy index. Perhaps only the Jains surpass them. At 6:56 PM -0500 5/2/06, Ram Sarangapani wrote: Thanks C'da,   I did not know that - but are they "vegitarian" ie. eggatarians/fishatarians or are they lik

Re: [Assam] ADB loan to re-structure ASEB -politics

2006-05-02 Thread mc mahant
Define RESTRUCTURING in entirety for the Janata.  And no cheating! mm From:  umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Reply-To:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]To:  Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, ASSAMNET Subject:  Re: [Assam] ADB loan to re-structure ASEB -politicsDate:  Tue, 2 May 2006 21:38:14 +0100 (BST)

Re: [Assam] [Assam Society] Call for May 5 2006 as Global Day ofProtest against ADB!

2006-05-02 Thread mc mahant
The ADB loan has already been sanctioned, - Do we want to give it back? (apologies to Gen. George Patton)   Don't accept the noose. It will throttle us like the following  did: Bongaigaon Thermal power station with rider" you shall burn Ranigunj Coal only" Chandrapur Thermal power Station with ri

Re: [Assam] Fw: HPI, May 2, 2006

2006-05-02 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Thanks C'da,   I did not know that - but are they "vegitarian" ie. eggatarians/fishatarians or are they like the "pure vegitarians"  like some Hindus, Buddhists or Jains?   --Ram  On 5/2/06, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Correction Ram.   Seventh Day Adventists are strictly vegetarian.

Re: [Assam] Fw: HPI, May 2, 2006

2006-05-02 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Fw: HPI, May 2, 2006 Correction Ram. Seventh Day Adventists are strictly vegetarian. They don't drink cofee or te even. At 4:40 PM -0500 5/2/06, Ram Sarangapani wrote: Hehehe Barua,   >Is Vegetarian a Hindu thing? Or is it a 'feel good' thing for the vegetarian Hindus

Re: [Assam] Fw: HPI, May 2, 2006

2006-05-02 Thread Dilip/Dil Deka
You should've seen the stall and the posters put up by ISKCON at the Houston International Festival held during the last two weekends. The posters talked about how meat makes you sick! Close by, Taj Restaurant was selling chicken and lamb shish kabobs without any hesitation and there was a long lin

Re: [Assam] Fw: HPI, May 2, 2006

2006-05-02 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Hehehe Barua,   >Is Vegetarian a Hindu thing? Or is it a 'feel good' thing for the vegetarian Hindus?   I don't know. But why bother about what the Hindu press regurgitates? If you look at any Christian or Islamic slanted press you will find similar things (not not food but other things) - my view,

[Assam] Fw: HPI, May 2, 2006

2006-05-02 Thread Rajen Barua
Title: Hindu Press International May 2, 2006 >FLORIDA, USA, May 2, 2006: On April 25, the Florida House of Representatives enacted the Florida Healthy School Lunch Resolution (HR 9095) >recommending a daily vegetarian school lunch option. (HPI note: A legislative resolution carries no weight

[Assam] Immigration: She doesn't speak for me

2006-05-02 Thread umesh sharma
I saw her interview on C-Span today. http://www.dontspeakforme.org/ She is neither a legal immigrant nor an illegal one - only that she was born to a origin Latino family . Her claim to fame is that her parents were immigrants (as were forefathers of most Americans except Native Americans).   Sh

Re: [Assam] ADB loan to re-structure ASEB -politics

2006-05-02 Thread umesh sharma
The newspapers support that version which is supported by majority of its readers. See this part about property and municipal tax -- which is too low to be imagnied in I think all parts of India. Also, govt univs tuition hikes raise hue and cry by media --whereas it is so low that even a beggar wou

Re: [Assam] Of Militant Struggles -Sentinel Editorial

2006-05-02 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Hi Umesh,   Well! the Kasmiri militants like their Taliban cousins never did arise from any lofty ideal. In any case, advocating for one religious order only and killing any one that comes in between them and their warped goal tells us how mindless these thugs are.   --Ram da     On 5/2/06, Ram Sa

Re: [Assam] [Assam Society] BETTER OFF WITHOUT THE ADB--PRESS RELEASE

2006-05-02 Thread umesh sharma
any comments about the MNC and politico connections. However, I would say that if there is corruption in a country's govt and the money is purloined --- then the country's people are responsible for that --NOT ADB..   However, ADB has responsibilty of ensuring that projects it funds do have a pos

[Assam] March 2006 issue of Newsletter - weblink

2006-05-02 Thread umesh sharma
http://www.assam.org/newsletter/march2006.pdf   Check out Jugal-da's new online Assamese     Please comment on my article as well : on computers and education.   UmeshUmesh Sharma5121 Lackawanna STCollege Park, MD 20740 1-202-215-4328 [Cell Phone]Ed.M. - International Education PolicyHarvard

Re: [Assam] Of Militant Struggles -Sentinel Editorial

2006-05-02 Thread umesh sharma
Ram-da,   It seems you are refering to recent massacre of innocents in Kashmir  by terrorists as well.   UmeshRam Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:"The people of Asom have witnessed how the ULFA, which started off with a pro-people stance, quickly degenerated into a terrorist o

Re: [Assam] Highway in Assam

2006-05-02 Thread umesh sharma
  Dilip-da,   It seems the compensation is being provided. What is the joke in it?   :)   UmeshDilip/Dil Deka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Has this project received Ravindranath's approval? :-) I saw some alarming words in the news report that I have highlighted. ;-)   NHAI all set to ch

[Assam] March 2006 issue of Newsletter - weblink

2006-05-02 Thread umesh sharma
http://www.assam.org/newsletter/march2006.pdf     Please check out the new online dictionary of Assamese etc. Please comment on my article also.   UmeshUmesh Sharma5121 Lackawanna STCollege Park, MD 20740 1-202-215-4328 [Cell Phone]Ed.M. - International Education PolicyHarvard Graduate School

[Assam] Highway in Assam

2006-05-02 Thread Dilip/Dil Deka
Has this project received Ravindranath's approval? :-) I saw some alarming words in the news report that I have highlighted. ;-)   NHAI all set to change face of NEGUWAHATI, May 1 (UNI): A mini India has assembled on the side of the National Highway starting from Srirampur to Silchar, in a stret

Re: [Assam] Scribe are you in the pay roll of the Indian disinformationmachinery? The Tripura Chief Minister clarified that the NLFTwas NOT involved in making pornographic films!

2006-05-02 Thread mc mahant
Tripura CM SAID "NO, NOT OUR rebels (maybe Bhargava himself-who was accused loudly by a CRPF woman of molesting her). And a Dibrugarh Assam Police racket was exposed by NETV last month of actually running such blacmailing/extorting rackets. The reporter's name is Sayed-muslim Brahmin!! Money compr

[Assam] ADB loan to re-structure ASEB

2006-05-02 Thread Ram Sarangapani
For those interested, here is the ADB loan $250 USD details for restructuring the ASEB. The ASEB has already advertised for global tenders for June 6 this year.. From other news reports, the ASEB labour unions and the CPI (M) are against any restructuring of ASEB and thus the loan itself.   and thi

Re: [Assam] [Assam Society] Call for May 5 2006 as Global Day of Protest against ADB!

2006-05-02 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] [Assam Society] Call for May 5 2006 as Global Ram: You ought to try a tad bit harder :-)! If that is all you got so far it would be very disappointing. I am hoping your skills in these matters are a bit better than the IIT/IIM/Harvard crowd's :-). c-da At 10:35 AM -0500 5

Re: [Assam] [Assam Society] Call for May 5 2006 as Global Day of Protest against ADB!

2006-05-02 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] [Assam Society] Call for May 5 2006 as Global >From ADB publications it appears they want to help reduce poverty in Asia >through economic development, a noble cause. *** That is why I was asking Ram what the motives of these riff-raffs might be  for opposing such noble effor

Re: [Assam] [Assam Society] Call for May 5 2006 as Global Day of Protest against ADB!

2006-05-02 Thread Dilip/Dil Deka
If you want to see a list of Projects ADB sponsored in India, visit http://www.adb.org/Projects/approvals.asp?query=&browse=1&ctry=IND&year=ALL&offset=0&fld=2&srt=-1.   I haven't quite figured out why there is outrage against ADB. ADB is a lending institution. Are they meddling in Assam's politic

[Assam] Of Militant Struggles -Sentinel Editorial

2006-05-02 Thread Ram Sarangapani
"The people of Asom have witnessed how the ULFA, which started off with a pro-people stance, quickly degenerated into a terrorist outfit sans any ideology. The mass graves at Lakhipathar and the countless killings of innocent civilians quickly revealed its true character as an organization bent

Re: [Assam] [Assam Society] Call for May 5 2006 as Global Day of Protest against ADB!

2006-05-02 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Hi C'da,   It seems to be all quiet on the Ozark front lately -:)   >** So what do you think are the motives of these riff-raff and ne'er-do-gooders for bad-mouthing ADB?   As I said before, the ADB doesn't seem to have a great track record. Nevertheless, its a huge organization and the focus ough

Re: [Assam] [Assam Society] Call for May 5 2006 as Global Day of Protest against ADB!

2006-05-02 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] [Assam Society] Call for May 5 2006 as Global Hi Ram: >One can't just throw the baby with the bathwater every time there is a sniffle ** Isn't that the truth? ** So what do you think are the motives of these riff-raff and ne'er-do-gooders for bad-mouthing ADB?     Igno

[Assam] Scribe are you in the pay roll of the Indian disinformation machinery? The Tripura Chief Minister clarified that the NLFT was NOT involved in making pornographic films!

2006-05-02 Thread Bartta Bistar
ULFA using Delhi sex workers for extortion   http://www.newkerala.com/news2.php?action=""> By Syed Zarir Hussain, Guwahati: The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has been using call girls from Delhi as baits to extort and kidnap businessmen in Assam to raise funds, police here said T

[Assam] Quick screening process for hiring

2006-05-02 Thread Santanoo Medhi
Put about 100 bricks in some particular order in a closed room with an open window. Then send 2 or 3 candidates in the room and close the door. Leave them alone and come back after 6 hours and then analyze the situation. If they are counting the bricks. Put them in the accounts department. If

[Assam] Mosquitoes take on ultras

2006-05-02 Thread Neep Hazarika
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1688532,0035.htm --- Neep Hazarika ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org