Re: [Assam] India's Government Strikes Mention of Beef Eaters From New History Books on Ancient India

2006-06-16 Thread Manoj Das
"The cow is a four footed domestic animal. It is the most useful to all animals. Cow gives us milk, it ploughs our land, it pulls cart, it's dung is used for making fire cakes, dung and urine are disinfectants and is used by the rural folk to apply a layer on their mud houses, cowdung is used to pr

Re: [Assam] India's Government Strikes Mention of Beef Eaters From New History Books on Ancient India

2006-06-16 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Dear Barua,   >Now why the Hindus should have any problem in believing >this to be true, and why the Hindus try to hide this fact by >distorting the record.   I really don't think mainstream Hindus have any problem in this. Many Hindus recognize that ancient Hindus supposedly did eat beef. Who is

Re: [Assam] India's Government Strikes Mention of Beef Eaters From New History Books on Ancient India

2006-06-16 Thread Rajen & Ajanta Barua
Umesh: It seems that the facts are very clear. The Vedas recorded that the ancient Hindus used to eat Beef. Now why the Hindus should have any problem in believing this to be true, and why the Hindus try to hide this fact by distorting the record. Is that what Hindusim teach: To compromise w

[Assam] An author's liaison with terrorist? Tim Sullivan, Hindustan Times

2006-06-16 Thread Ram Sarangapani
For those interested, Sullivan seems to have given a good prespective, and without bias.   By Tim Sullivan Every week or so the phone rings in the professor's home, a tidy ground-floor apartment set behind a wooden gate and a flower-filled garden, and a voice echoes from a guerrilla hideout far to

[Assam] Ode to the PCG - Sentinel letter

2006-06-16 Thread Ram Sarangapani
And now they sing odes. Mr. Neog, that will happen when pigs have wings, just don't hold your breath too long.     Ode to the PCGIt is my humble opinion as a layman — thanks to The Sentinel editorial ''A Layman's Appeal'' (June 14) — that the People's Consultative Group (PCG), constituted by the ba

Re: [Assam] India's Government Strikes Mention of Beef Eaters From New History Books on Ancient India

2006-06-16 Thread umesh sharma
If Hindus do not believe the Vedas then who does --but lets not mix religious beliefs with historical facts and reasoning  --as many of the Net say:))   Od do you want the history txtbooks to write as follows: "Hindus believe that the ancient Hindus used to eat Holy cow - who is their mother -a

[Assam] Fw: Rigzone News: High Crude Prices Force ONGC to Cut Expl...

2006-06-16 Thread Rajen & Ajanta Barua
> > HIGH CRUDE PRICES FORCE ONGC TO CUT EXPLORATION EFFORTS >Tuesday, June 13, 2006 > Oil and Natural Gas Corp's (ONGC) exploration investments will take a hit > of up to $2bn due to skyrocketing crude prices. This is expected to impair > the exploration efforts, said petroleum secretary MS Sr

Re: [Assam] India's Government Strikes Mention of Beef Eaters From New History Books on Ancient India

2006-06-16 Thread Rajen & Ajanta Barua
The question is do the Hindus believe the Vedas?  Why you have to rely on what others believe? RB - Original Message - From: umesh sharma To: Rajen & Ajanta Barua ; assam@assamnet.org Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 10:26 AM Subject: Re: [Assam] India's Government S

[Assam] Mr. Patgiri and Mr Bordoloi stated utterances have cleared the air of suspicion many seems to hold about them.

2006-06-16 Thread Bartta Bistar
ULFA explodes confusions?By Nava Thakuria Fri, 16 Jun 2006, 10:02:00 http://nation.ittefaq.com/artman/publish/article_28542.shtml Email this article Printer friendly page  Access News Photos Series of blasts that killed at least nine persons and wounded nearly hundred others, putting liabi

[Assam] A report on the controversy surrounding the slaying of P. Nath

2006-06-16 Thread AssamWatch
Dear Mr. U. Sarmah,   Thanks for your comment.   We appreciate that you still have unresolved questions. Kindly take it up with the news paper for further clarification.   Assam Watch(UK) has nothing further to add on the translated piece in question.   Press section Assam Watch(UK)  

Re: [Assam] A report on the controversy surrounding the slaying of P. Nath

2006-06-16 Thread umesh sharma
It is not good enough. Which mother would say that her son was in bad company? Why is there no other witness at all? After all a week is a long time. After surrendering (allegedly) this youth would have gone and met all sorts of friends including SULFA members (Surrendered ULFA group members). What

[Assam] A report on the controversy surrounding the slaying of P. Nath

2006-06-16 Thread AssamWatch
Dear Mr. U. Sarmah,   Thanks for your comment.   May we respectfully direct you to the news report translation in which the main informant of their son surrendering to the police as per the news report was his mother. The following excerpts in the translation appear to make it very clear

Re: [Assam] A report on the controversy surrounding the slaying of P. Nath

2006-06-16 Thread umesh sharma
why believe some ULFa guys over phone saying that this fellow had surrendered a week back. Is there no documentary proof or their claim of otherwise?   It is true that even in Rajasthan - a corrupt police officer (who later got the President's Gold Medal) was rumored to be killing innocents -whi

[Assam] ET: Bill Gates to become Non Profit leader?

2006-06-16 Thread umesh sharma
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1652344.cms Umesh Sharma5121 Lackawanna STCollege Park, MD 20740 1-202-215-4328 [Cell Phone]Ed.M. - International Education PolicyHarvard Graduate School of Education,Harvard University,Class of 2005weblog: http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ All new Ya

[Assam] A report on the controversy surrounding the slaying of P. Nath

2006-06-16 Thread assamwatch
‘It was just a drama by the metropolitan police force. Police was in police custody after surrendering’ – accuses his parents.   Pratidin  (Protidiin) News , Guwahati (Goowaahaatii) 14 June; The mystery behind the murder of a youth couple of nights ago at Nilachol (Niilaasol) hill is deepening.  

Re: [Assam] a recent grad India's RIMC, NDA, IMA - edu and deve.

2006-06-16 Thread umesh sharma
http://specials.rediff.com/news/2006/jun/15sld4.htm this guy did 9 years of training -from RIMC to NDA to IMA -like my father. My father resigned from army after 15 years of service -even before due for retirement -to start a non profit in education and development.   another compares IMA favorab

[Assam] Threat to media - AT Editorial

2006-06-16 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Is this the desi demokracy we keep hearing about so much? - well, of course, its from the other side not the GOI/GOA. Its really ironic, that these champions of independence, democracy, freedom, rule of law (??) and what not, would have to stoop this low and be the first ones to discard those very

[Assam] Fwd: course info: Teaching Maths/Science

2006-06-16 Thread umesh sharma
It seems my dreams are getting realized --though one at a time. If it works out I might become the sole expert in the field -as far as Indians are concerned.   Umesh   PS: This is what I wanted to do when I had applied to Harvard -learn how to teach math and science better (besides how US govt

[Assam] Iraqi Edu. Minister is student at Harvard

2006-06-16 Thread umesh sharma
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/impact/stories/other/al-bakaa.php   what did he learn (and teach)?   UmeshUmesh Sharma5121 Lackawanna STCollege Park, MD 20740 1-202-215-4328 [Cell Phone]Ed.M. - International Education PolicyHarvard Graduate School of Education,Harvard University,Class of 2005weblog:

Re: [Assam] NE to become part of B’desh soon: NE SO

2006-06-16 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Well, there are some similarities, and a whole lot of differences.   The similarities, in both cases they come in illegally and then demand rights. In both cases its difficult to identify who exactly is an illegal, also politicians in both cases  do not have the will to do anything about it - simpl

Re: [Assam] India's Government Strikes Mention of Beef Eaters From NewHistory Books on Ancient India

2006-06-16 Thread Alpana B. Sarangapani
One may wonder if mad-cow disease was the cause behind stopping this practice of beef-eating in India during the ancient era -- IF they indeed were beef eaters. Or was it due to shortage of cattles? To some, mutton eating is as gross (even worse) as beef eating. A friend of mine told me he couldn'

Re: [Assam] NE to become part of B’desh soon: NESO

2006-06-16 Thread umesh sharma
  I wonder how anyone can compare this Bangladeshi illegal influx into NE India with Latino illegal influx into US?   Umesh     Pradip Kumar Datta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: NE to become part of B’desh soon: NESONEW DELHI, June 15: Concerned over ‘continuous illegal immigration’ from acr

Re: [Assam] India's Government Strikes Mention of Beef Eaters From New History Books on Ancient India

2006-06-16 Thread umesh sharma
I wonder what proof we have (besides mention in Vedas [Rig Veda]) about Indians eating beef? As you know most Western historians would not believe Hindu scriptures are historiucally true -then why quote from them for beef eating?   UmeshRajen & Ajanta Barua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:1

[Assam] Fwd: NPMHR appeals for an organized and persistent resistance against AFSPA

2006-06-16 Thread assamwatch
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[Assam] Zubeen spellbinds music lovers at Octave 2006

2006-06-16 Thread Pradip Kumar Datta
    http://o3.indiatimes.com/barnali/archive/2006/03/25/564436.aspx#Comments Zubeen spellbinds music lovers at Octave 2006   In the backdrop of the Ministry of Tourism going full steam ahead to promote the Northeast, Octave 2006, an eight-day festival at the Pragati Maidan showcasing the re

[Assam] Assam back in Bollywood frame

2006-06-16 Thread Pradip Kumar Datta
Assam back in Bollywood frame - Film producer with roots in Guwahati to capture Northeast’s nuances A STAFF REPORTER Shahnaab Alam in Guwahati. Picture by Eastern Projections Guwahati, June 15: Southern movie mogul Mani Ratnam m