Re: [Assam] New book by Edward Luce

2006-09-17 Thread BBaruah
Ram/Rajen   This is no doubt a commendable article reflecting on the booming software industry of India.   A few years ago I read in a journal that all this progress can be attributed to multinationals or other large industries that operate from abroad. Only an insignificant part of the glob

Re: [Assam] New book by Edward Luce

2006-09-17 Thread Barua25
Ram: Thanks. BTW, the book is available for ourchase through www.amazon.com Hopefully the book will answer as claimed: "Deeply informed by scholarship and history, IN SPITE OF THE GODS is the one book that people will read to understand why India has a long way to go at home, and yet is on i

Re: [Assam] Amarjyoti Choudhury new GU VC(The assam Tribune, 17.09.2006)

2006-09-17 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Hi Manoj,   This is great choice. I had the opportunity to hear him speak, I think in 1979 or so. Even at that time, he came out someone who had forsight and excellence. If anyone can bring GU around, it would certainly be Dr. Choudhury.   --Ram da  On 9/17/06, Manoj Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: [Assam] Amarjyoti Choudhury new GU VC(The assam Tribune, 17.09.2006)

2006-09-17 Thread Manoj Das
Will eh be able to make GU a Centre of Excellemce..!! On 9/18/06, Mridul Bhuyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Great news. Thanks.   MridulBuljit Buragohain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:  GUWAHATI, Sept 16 – Noted physicist Dr Amarjyoti Choudhury is the next Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Gauhati University (

Re: [Assam] Amarjyoti Choudhury new GU VC(The assam Tribune, 17.09.2006)

2006-09-17 Thread Mridul Bhuyan
Great news. Thanks.   MridulBuljit Buragohain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: GUWAHATI, Sept 16 – Noted physicist Dr Amarjyoti Choudhury is the next Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Gauhati University (GU). An order issued from Rajbhawan and signed by Governor Ajai Singh, who is also the Chancellor of the

Re: [Assam] Amarjyoti Choudhury new GU VC(The assam Tribune, 17.09.2006)

2006-09-17 Thread Mridul Bhuyan
Great news. Thanks.   MridulBuljit Buragohain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: GUWAHATI, Sept 16 – Noted physicist Dr Amarjyoti Choudhury is the next Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Gauhati University (GU). An order issued from Rajbhawan and signed by Governor Ajai Singh, who is also the Chancellor of the

[Assam] Uddhab's Technology finds mention in MIT technology review.

2006-09-17 Thread Manoj Das
There is a mention about Uddhab Bharali in the MIT technology review,  a journalfrom the topmost engineering school in US. Uddhab studied at Govt. HS School, North Lakhimpur.- http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17339&ch=biztechNotice the lines A decade after India

[Assam] Kharkhowa and Competition

2006-09-17 Thread Dilip/Dil Deka
Mukulda, Mediocrity has pervaded Assam for years because there was no competition. You saw it and we saw it in our generation. It looks like nothing has changed.   Separation from India and competition in the international arena are what you have in mind but the spirit of competition will not su

Re: [Assam] 'Assam' is an Indonesian Dish

2006-09-17 Thread Barua25
Thanks!!   - Original Message - From: Malabika Brahma To: assam@assamnet.org Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 8:58 AM Subject: Re: [Assam] 'Assam' is an Indonesian Dish Actually the language spoken by majority of Malaysians and Indonesians is called Bahasha (d

[Assam] XOBDO Newsletter - September 2006 (Special)

2006-09-17 Thread Buljit Buragohain
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Re: [Assam] Details: H-1B visa 20th floor interview; the preceding nightmares

2006-09-17 Thread mc mahant
 Umesh You ARE a genius -in descriptive art .You should be assisting Shashi Tharoor with speech matter.  This  authentic diary piece needs brushing up and needs publishing worldwide-as Bhubon Ka encouraged you once to do-as a one-act drama of HOPE and aspiration -"Never say die"-including glorious

Re: [Assam] More on Xo,So, and Confusion of Kharkhowa Intellects

2006-09-17 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Mukul da,   >"I have no respect for mediocrity"   I think that was by K.K. Handique. There was an incident at Gauhati University, when KKH found out that one of the professors had a 'second class' in his Master's and KKH called him out of the classroom and gave him a choice to resign or get fired a

Re: [Assam] More on Xo,So, and Confusion of Kharkhowa Intellects

2006-09-17 Thread mc mahant
Somebody said "I have no respect for mediocrity" mm From: Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: assam@assamnet.orgSubject: [Assam] More on Xo,So, and Confusion of Kharkhowa IntellectsDate: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 14:12:58 -0500 This is from today's Sentinel. I just read a couple of lines,. So I hav

Re: [Assam] Sankaradeva vs Xongkordew

2006-09-17 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Thank you C'da.   >The English have long gone from Assam and have no colonial aspirations over it any more. But Indians do, and thus the >attempt to keep Oxomiya names Sanskritized would make one suspicious of the action as as a means for holding Assam safe for >Indian controls . How's that for a c

Re: [Assam] Sankaradeva vs Xongkordew

2006-09-17 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: Sankaradeva vs Xongkordew Ram: At 11:51 AM -0500 9/17/06, Ram Sarangapani wrote: C'da,   >NOT constitute an insult to the Assamese language and to the Assamese >identity? WHAT is the logic?   That should cause indignation and people should tell the papers that the Newspapers have the

Re: [Assam] More on Xo,So, and Confusion of Kharkhowa Intellects

2006-09-17 Thread Ram Sarangapani
I agree there is no consistency. JP Rajkhowa wrote this, and I was just thinking whether the Sentinel just printed what JPR wrote or did the Sentinel Transliterate on its own?   --Ram  On 9/17/06, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This is from today's Sentinel. I just read a couple of line

[Assam] More on Xo,So, and Confusion of Kharkhowa Intellects

2006-09-17 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: More on Xo,So, and Confusion of Kharkhowa Intellects This is from today's Sentinel. I just read a couple of lines,. So I have no comments on the substance of the article, if there is any. But look at the thoroughly confused state of transliteration: Mahapurusia Xatras  --- HUH? Mahapurus

Re: [Assam] Sankaradeva vs Xongkordew

2006-09-17 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Rajib,  >About English being the influence as opposed to Hindi>or Sanskrit - it might not be such a bad idea in the>minds of some of the people making some of the posts.   If it were English, some of us would have been elated that Assamese was being Anglicized. But is is Sanskrit - so the 'principl

Re: [Assam] Sankaradeva vs Xongkordew

2006-09-17 Thread Rajib Das
Ramda, The sanctity of the language is an integral component of identity. As to how the language is represented in the Roman script, whether it is Sanskritized or Anglicized, or even how it is represented in its own script is shaped by which direction the identity is going. We all know identity is

Re: [Assam] Sankaradeva vs Xongkordew

2006-09-17 Thread Ram Sarangapani
C'da,  >NOT constitute an insult to the Assamese language and to the Assamese >identity? WHAT is the logic?   That should cause indignation and people should tell the papers that the Newspapers have the responsibility to write such names in proper transliterated English - which must represent spok

Re: [Assam] 'Assam' is an Indonesian Dish

2006-09-17 Thread Malabika Brahma
Actually the language spoken by majority of Malaysians and Indonesians is called Bahasha (derivative of Bhasha). Bahasha Malaysia and Bahasha Indonesia. Even the base of Filipino is Bahasha with a lot of Portugese influence.  You do find a lot of Sanskrit influence in Bahasha. For example, there wa

Re: [Assam] Sankaradeva vs Xongkordew

2006-09-17 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: Sankaradeva vs Xongkordew O'Ram: WHY would not a Sanskritized ( or Hindified or whatever non-indigenous form) name of the singular icon of Assameseness,flaunted by one of Assam's flagship newspapers NOT constitute an insult to the Assamese language and to the Assamese identity? WHAT i

[Assam] Amarjyoti Choudhury new GU VC(The assam Tribune, 17.09.2006)

2006-09-17 Thread Buljit Buragohain
 GUWAHATI, Sept 16 – Noted physicist Dr Amarjyoti Choudhury is the next Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Gauhati University (GU). An order issued from Rajbhawan and signed by Governor Ajai Singh, who is also the Chancellor of the University, yesterday and received here today, said that Dr Choudhury has been

Re: [Assam] Sankaradeva vs Xongkordew

2006-09-17 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Barua,  >Tt is as simple as that. >Question of identity comes later.   Now it seems you are getting the point. I was NOT the one who brought "identity" into this discussion. Some netters did, so I wanted to know their reasoning behind that.   Thanks   Ram       On 9/16/06, Barua25 <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [Assam] India tempers its 'outsider' foreign policy - Christian Science Monitor

2006-09-17 Thread umesh sharma
Why was a 100% pro USSR Cuba ever part of NAM? Why didn't they invite China, Japan, USA and USSR also? Umesh --- Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Looks like India is making a gradual, but determined > policy shift away from > the 50s non-alignment era toward wheeling & dealing > wit

[Assam] Columbine School Massacre and recent Montreal shooting

2006-09-17 Thread umesh sharma
Just now I was watching this documentary (Oscar winning) DVD called Bowling for Columbine --by Michael Moore. Pretty good actually. http://www.bowlingforcolumbine.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling_for_Columbine It shows some reasons for the reccent Montreal massacre in a college by an Indo

Re: [Assam] Staying on in India - The Sunday Times, London

2006-09-17 Thread umesh sharma
As I was discussing the other day in a Bahai Book reading meet with Don(ald) a white Canadian who was trying to find why Western culture is becoming morally bankrupt the globalization phenomena --is no longer a one way street. Gone are the days when English Babus like the traveller above rode