Re: [Assam] AT: Who runs ULFA????????Seeking answers???

2006-09-26 Thread umesh sharma
Rajen-da, Good points! Umesh --- Barua25 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Umesh: I have just thrown a number of adults who might have immigrated during last 30 years. It does not matter whether we are 300 or even 3000. It is still a drop in the bucket of 20 million. I was just trying to awake

Re: [Assam] India's most powerful widow; the Malaysian crackpot vs saintly couple

2006-09-26 Thread mc mahant
Indian system is bogus-not democracy! It is "De Mujhe Kursi-Hum Kabhi Nehi Chorenge" A near enough Correct Democratic Government would have been · total local self Govt,local Currency · a system where SAY1000 #18 to 60 yr olds - select Primary representaives PR's · Then 100 PR's select One Second

[Assam] ET: at Harvard - Indian defense chief-globalize Indian economy ban terrorism

2006-09-26 Thread umesh sharma
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2029193.cms Umesh Sharma 5121 Lackawanna ST College Park, MD 20740 USA Current temp. address: 5649 Yalta Place , Vancouver, Canada 1-202-215-4328 [Cell Phone] Canada # (607) 221-9433 Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School

[Assam] How people adore a man with heart (for his dog)

2006-09-26 Thread mc mahant
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - A Hungarian Internet poll Wednesday revealed a new national hero, bank robber Attila "Whisky" Ambrus, who escaped from jail four days ago.In the poll, 1,008 Hungarians hoped Ambrus, who never harmed anyone during his 27 bank robberies, would avoid the police's clutches. Only

Re: [Assam] Enterprise in Assam

2006-09-26 Thread mc mahant
, Harvard is one of the few institutions that offer a course in entrepreneurship (and ethics) in their Business School. And at Gau. we have Indian Institute of Entrpreneurship, many so-called Busineess/Commerce Colleges, Assam Engg.College, Institute. even Great IIT(althoughtheAssamese cannot

[Assam] Of Deceit and Betrayal - Sentinel Editorial

2006-09-26 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Here is another one from the Sentinel. I understand, it doesn't provide 'comfortable reading' for some of our netters, but they do point out a few things. Highlights mine. There are also some interesting thoughts on raising capital for 'bidiness' (of course without any collateral). --Ram Of

Re: [Assam] Enterprise in Assam

2006-09-26 Thread mc mahant
capital if one did not have collateral They might be willing to divulge how to get capital without a collateral. I hear they are pretty adept at it. :)Could I divulge on their behalf-I did that many a time before. The world,-India in particular- will be bending over backward to lend on

Re: [Assam] Enterprise in Assam

2006-09-26 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Mukul da, And at Gau. we have Indian Institute of Entrpreneurship, many so-called Busineess/Commerce Colleges, Assam Engg.College, Institute. even Great IIT Very encouraging. Do they also have an ethics course to go alongwith - at least as a side dish? We have Oxomiya Toka as the sole internal

Re: [Assam] Of Deceit and Betrayal - Sentinel Editorial

2006-09-26 Thread mc mahant
that would rescue Asom from an imminent doom — annexation by Bangladesh and the making of an Islamic state (since Bangladesh is not secular but Islamic Is India so weak kneed -and so scared of Pakistan's faceless police -.India's trusted journalistspiss in their pants when ISI isnamed. Surely!

Re: [Assam] Enterprise in Assam

2006-09-26 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Mukul da, Could I divulge on their behalf-I did that many a time before. The world,-India in particular- will be bending over backward to lend on never-bother-to-return-you are our Annadata- basis to free Oxom's Central Finance Bank. We are not talking about the 'tax' on the GOI here, but of

Re: [Assam] Enterprise in Assam

2006-09-26 Thread mc mahant
Dear Ram, Please define ETHICS and ask GOI/GOA/TATA/Ambanis/IIM's/IIT's if they practice that stuff? And ask the Assam "Management" community to have their second opinion too. May be from GOI/GOA under RTI Act mm From:"Ram Sarangapani" [EMAIL PROTECTED]To:"mc mahant" [EMAIL

Re: [Assam] AT: Who runs ULFA????????Seeking answers???

2006-09-26 Thread umesh sharma
Good points!! Umesh --- Momy Saikia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: People, I am intrigued by the differences in your opinions. Besides why are some people so critical about the NRIs? Like I mentioned in my previous post that people could have both personal and communal goals in life.

Re: [Assam] Enterprise in Assam

2006-09-26 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Enterprise in Assam Ram could do better: Ask the ENRON whipper-snappers from Harvard Bus School :-). There was an article in NY Times within the past week or so about ETHICS courses in Bus. Schools, asking if it is an oxymoron. In fact in today's St. Louis Post Dispatch had a

[Assam] Freedom of Speech; Foltz vs Mahanta

2006-09-26 Thread umesh sharma
Freedom of Speech in India and UK: Openly support terrorist anti-India organizations - such as ULFA etc in Assam --no govt action (For instance: Mr Mukul Mahanta's exhortation for youth to join ULFA) Freedom of Speech in US: Anything students say against foreign enemy is OK but anyone favoring

Re: [Assam] Enterprise in Assam

2006-09-26 Thread Ram Sarangapani
C'da, *** No, that is not what I wrote. The comment was about the expertise of the preachers. Surprised that you who have a keen eye for words and phrases and their hidden meanings, not to mention the ones staring at the reader You are right. Must have slipped thru somehow. Just making these

Re: [Assam] Enterprise in Assam

2006-09-26 Thread umesh sharma
Ram-da and C-da, I am indeed thinking of setting up a firm in US - I'm told even on student visa one can set up a US firm as long as you rope in someone else (US citizen ) to do the dirty work :-) I think a reading of the extremely pirated book : What they don't teach at Harvard Business School

Re: [Assam] Enterprise in Assam

2006-09-26 Thread Ram Sarangapani
C'da, So perhaps Rams question was tongue-in-cheek. Was it Ram :)? This was in the last line of my previous post: Poor Umesh! He just took the Education degree, not the bidness, and who knows whether he took the ethics course (from which, of course,most Indians are exempt) :) :) And, yes, it

Re: [Assam] Enterprise in Assam

2006-09-26 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Umesh, am indeed thinking of setting up a firm in US - I'mtold even on student visa one can set up a US firm aslong as you rope in someone else (US citizen ) to dothe dirty work :-) You don't mean the 'unethical' stuff do you? Man - I tell you, this Harvard ed. not only teaches you ethics, but

Re: [Assam] AT: Who runs ULFA????????Seeking answers???

2006-09-26 Thread umesh sharma
Interesting: I have businessmen friends in Guwahati who have unlisted telephone numbers that they do not share with most people, because they are afraid of extortion from ULFA. If the Assamese people themselves are not safe in their own state, how can you expect any developments there.

Re: [Assam] Enterprise in Assam

2006-09-26 Thread umesh sharma
Ram-da, I meant that while on studet or work visa you cannot work in your own company but you can hire a local guy (like my unemployed US citizen NRI kid ex-housemate) and pay some money to work for me (atleast on paper) . This was told to me by my landlord -who set up a IT consutlacy firm while

Re: [Assam] Enterprise in Assam

2006-09-26 Thread Ram Sarangapani
I meant that while on studet or work visa you cannotwork in your own company I know, Umesh, I was just pulling your leg. --Ram da On 9/26/06, umesh sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ram-da,I meant that while on studet or work visa you cannotwork in your own company but you can hire a local guy

Re: [Assam] Enterprise in Assam

2006-09-26 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Enterprise in Assam You don't mean the 'unethical' stuff do you? Man - I tell you, this Harvard ed. not only teaches you ethics, but makes sure you get someone else to do the dirty work! :)) *** You can't blame Umesh for that now Ram! He is doing what Indian ethics taught

Re: [Assam] AT: Who runs ULFA????????Seeking answers???

2006-09-26 Thread Chan Mahanta
I wished Mohan had asked some hard questions, like: *** If all it takes is an unlisted phone number, then how potent could these extortionists be? Would any netter be terrified of them, like some imply they :-)? *** But then again the threat might have been

Re: [Assam] Enterprise in Assam

2006-09-26 Thread Chan Mahanta
For the enterprising there is always a way --ethics is a debatable issue :-) thats why there are courts and lawyers to discuss such things. Business is competition --not philosophy!! As long as you are not killing or persecuting someone you are an ethical business-person. *** Question is if

[Assam] Rediff: 7 strategies to start a company for nothing

2006-09-26 Thread umesh sharma
7 strategies to start a company for nothing http://ia.rediff.com/money/2006/sep/26mspec.htm?q=tpfile=.htm Umesh Sharma 5121 Lackawanna ST College Park, MD 20740 USA Current temp. address: 5649 Yalta Place , Vancouver, Canada 1-202-215-4328 [Cell Phone] Canada # (607) 221-9433 Ed.M. -

[Assam] IE: Hang the terrorist : Indian Sikh, female judge

2006-09-26 Thread umesh sharma
http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=74491 Kaur means princess -I learnt at the Sikh temple- North America's oldest -at 8000Ross Street, Vancouver.Umesh Sharma5121 Lackawanna STCollege Park, MD 20740 USACurrent temp. address: 5649 Yalta Place , Vancouver, Canada1-202-215-4328 [Cell

[Assam] UBC: invitation - Best City building Univ President

2006-09-26 Thread umesh sharma
http://www.president.ubc.ca/installation.html Academic Symposium3:00 pm – 5:00 pmChan Centre All are welcome to attend this symposium, entitled "The Role of Universities in Building Sustainable, Successful and Just Communities". The symposium will feature a panel of leading UBC academics,

[Assam] Enterprise in Assam

2006-09-26 Thread umesh sharma
C-da, I wonder why a discusion of business enterprise always ends up becoming a discussion of ethics --whereas no such discussion seems necessary while talking about terrorism. Is it that business enterprise is considered worse than terrorism by many on AssamNet?Umesh Sharma5121 Lackawanna

Re: [Assam] Enterprise in Assam

2006-09-26 Thread Chan Mahanta
I wonder why a discusion of business enterprise always ends up becoming a discussion of ethics --whereas no such discussion seems necessary while talking about terrorism. *** Again how are they related? *** Your comment For the enterprising there is always a way --ethics is a debatable issue

[Assam] Enterprise in Assam

2006-09-26 Thread umesh sharma
C-da, Perhaps you should see thisHarvard course on Reasoning: Moral Justice and its lectures (on video via net -see left side for weblink) fordebate about ethics. Overall - it says that try to go for "Greatest Good for the Greatest Number" while pursuing ethical course of acction -as a rule

Re: [Assam] Enterprise in Assam -Justice, Ethics competitive sports

2006-09-26 Thread umesh sharma
C-da, This weblink is working : Comparative Religious Ethics http://cm.dce.harvard.edu/2005/01/12449/L02/seg1/index_SingleHighBandwidth.html. The one on Justice - it seems will start working when the new session starts soon next week. Business is competition --just like Olympics. Many thinngs

[Assam] Planter Raj to Swaraj - Book Review The Hindu

2006-09-26 Thread Ram Sarangapani
A new history just out.The book traces out the history of Assam from 1846-1947 and talks about tea plantations, freedom struggle, and electoral politics. Sukanya Sharma critiques the book by Amalendu Guha and writes His work has given Assam a world-class history book, based on solid research

Re: [Assam] Planter Raj to Swaraj - Book Review The Hindu

2006-09-26 Thread umesh sharma
Even in the equal America of 1776 (as per the book's quote) voting rights for women and non-white males were not there. Blacks were still slaves and considered only two-thirds of a white man by Thomas Jefferson --one of the signatories of US consitution/Declaration of Independence and later US

Re: [Assam] Of Deceit and Betrayal - Sentinel Editorial

2006-09-26 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Of Deceit and Betrayal - Sentinel Editorial Quite an amazing piece Ram. I wonder who writes these things. Personally, it is one of the most absurd pieces of garbage in the name of journalism I have seen. I can lead into it sentence by sentence. But will refrain for now, unless

Re: [Assam] AT: Who runs ULFA????????Seeking answers???

2006-09-26 Thread BBaruah
Yes, Rajen Bhuban ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org

Re: [Assam] Of Deceit and Betrayal - Sentinel Editorial

2006-09-26 Thread BBaruah
In a message dated 27/09/2006 05:20:45 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Personally, it is one of the most absurd pieces of garbage in the name of journalism I have seen. Thats odd! I had a different take on it, didn't see it as garbage, biased maybe.But then, I could