Re: [Assam] From the Hindu.

2006-08-17 Thread Ram Sarangapani
That, Santanu is really a sad photo. Situations like these makes us all wonder where the GOA's and the GOI 's priorities lie. This drought in Assam was not a surprise to the GOA. It seems they were suddenly woken up when things have gone from bad to worse. >From some of the news reports, it seems,

[Assam] From the Hindu.

2006-08-17 Thread Roy, Santanu
The picture caught my eye. http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/18/stories/2006081802191400.htm ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org

Re: [Assam] From Outlook India

2006-08-17 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Thanks for sharing this with us, C'da. I rather like Hussain's writings. But this time, I think, he too got infected with this 'blame the GOI' syndrome that some netters are often aflicted with. :-). >From what one can deduce, the ULFA sent out some 'feelers' (wonder what those are). The GOI may h

[Assam] From Outlook India

2006-08-17 Thread Chan Mahanta
The following by Wasbir Hussain from Outlook India: cm ASSAM Speaking In Tongues New Delhi has come up with an Independence Day gambit in Assam . by suddenly suspending Army operations against the outlawed ULFA, but as usual, the right hand of the government seems not to know what the left i

[Assam] Could this save some Indian troops lives?

2006-08-17 Thread umesh sharma
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2006/08.24/99-ptsd.html   or do militants need a special dose of psychiatric treatment ?   UmeshUmesh Sharma5121 Lackawanna STCollege Park, MD 20740 1-202-215-4328 [Cell Phone]Ed.M. - International Education PolicyHarvard Graduate School of Education,Harvard

[Assam] Princeton: Teachers as buddies of top US scientists--how about at IITs, RECs?

2006-08-17 Thread umesh sharma
Featured Story Researchers and teachers find common ground in Princeton labs by Teresa Riordan · Posted August 17, 2006; 11:38 a.m. http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S15/58/27G51/index.xml?section=featured   Three area high school teachers have been working side-by-side with Princeton

[Assam] Manipur mourns the dead--culture vultures, religious rivalry?

2006-08-17 Thread umesh sharma
Is that correct? Is this the basis for the bombings? http://www.saag.org/papers13/paper1210.html http://hinduworld.tripod.com/views/nscn.html Umesh   " The Christian Missionaries, who followed the British flag in Manipur and landed there in 1894 gradually converted the animistic tribes into C

[Assam] Reprieve from punitive brutal avengement like the Nazi occupied Europe simile in Assam?

2006-08-17 Thread Bartta Bistar
Suspension of anti-ULFA operation likely to be http://www.netvindia.com/news.htmlextended NE TV CorrespondentGuwahati/ New Delhi, Aug 17 The Centre may extend the suspension of the anti-ULFA operation in Asom by another 10 days. While PCG members Mamoni Roisom Goswami and Rebati Phukan are schedu

Re: [Assam] Assam witnesses hottest summer in 132 years

2006-08-17 Thread mc mahant
<<"It is one of the worst but still two weeks are there in August. If the deficiency is to be covered we need 1cm of rainfall every day, which will again lead to flood. But in next 48 hours there is no chance of rainfall unless the monsoon trough is north bound there is no chance," D Chakrabarti,

Re: [Assam] Piece from the Sentinel

2006-08-17 Thread Ram Sarangapani
C'da, > The short-attention-span plagued GoI seems unable to stay on the >job: > . Its various arms are continually sending out >conflicting > statements or are unaware of each others' activities and >positions. If that is the preception, why is the ULFA still interested in negotiati

[Assam] Assam witnesses hottest summer in 132 years

2006-08-17 Thread Pradip Kumar Datta
Assam witnesses hottest summer in centurySanjay Chakraborty/Kishalay BhattacharjeeWednesday, August 16, 2006 (Koliabor/Guwahati): Assam, which traditionally gets some of the heaviest rain in the country, is experiencing its hottest summer in 132 years. Perhaps this is a serious indicat

Re: [Assam] From Tehelka

2006-08-17 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] From Tehelka You have completely gone off the reservation here Ram :-). I was asking you about China, because you don't seem to think China's Marxist government was good for its people. c-da PS: Indentured peasants are all over North , Central and Western India. Perhaps eve

Re: [Assam] Piece from the Sentinel

2006-08-17 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Piece from the Sentinel Ram: >So, the question still remains - if all this is transitory (from a waffling >GOI, say), how does it help the 'cause'. Is this struggle a transitory solution >to a long term problem? *** I am not sure I understand your question. The short-attent

Re: [Assam] From Tehelka

2006-08-17 Thread Ram Sarangapani
C'da,   The ULFA has far more intelligent people to advice them then the likes of me, and they wouldn't give two hoots for my support.   Your very premise of the question is wrong. I would not support any state or group of people within India seeking independence. If India has problems, then it wou

Re: [Assam] From Tehelka

2006-08-17 Thread Ram Sarangapani
C'da,   >*** Is it a minus Ram? How would you describe it, had your parents been landless, indentured peasants, without a >shelter to call it home and if the STATE came to your aid by ensuring you had food, shelter and health care?    Yes, it would. But is that the situation in Assam? And if so, h

Re: [Assam] From Tehelka

2006-08-17 Thread mc mahant
Pradip Gogoi is/Was Ulfa's Vice Chairman when he was nabbed some 7 years back from ONGC Colony Sibsagar from where he was to have collected ONGC "Donations". He has spent all that time in Jails. Lastly 5 Years at Guahati Jail. He is one of the 5 pawns. Every week  once/twice he is brought under ar

[Assam] Fwd: Assam.org: Help Request

2006-08-17 Thread Webmaster
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[Assam] A perspective on suicide bombers

2006-08-17 Thread Neep Hazarika
http://www.kunstler.com/Grunt_Islamic_suicide.html What do you think of the interview? --- Neep Hazarika ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org

[Assam] Important information for Kidney Failure sufferers with a chance of receiving free treatment

2006-08-17 Thread Bartta Bistar
Free Kidney Treatment- Dammam, Saudi Arabia.   http://www.bangladesh-web.com/view.php?hidDate=2006-08-17&hidType=INE&hidRecord=121773   Wednesday August 09 2006 19:59:17 PM BDT Fwd By Mohiuddin Anwar , USA   This is very important Mr. Maan Al-Sanei, one of the well-known Sa

[Assam] The ULFA has a mission to restore the Sovereignty of Assam for the land and people of Assam and they must prevail

2006-08-17 Thread Bartta Bistar
    ULFA rejects peace offer Thursday, August 17, 2006 08:15:55 am http://www.timesnow.tv/articleshow/1899399.cms Print this Page Email this Page Comment on this Page   Two days after New Delhi announced suspension of operations against ULFA, the group has rejected the offer. The outfit s

Re: [Assam] From Tehelka

2006-08-17 Thread Rajib Das
Would it be logical for a thinking person to support something without knowing what that thing is about? Would you buy an MP3 player or a camera before judging for yourself based on the information made available to you which is best for you? If Assam's intelligentsia and the establishment (at le