[Assam] Tourism potential: Mountain Climbing jumping down, bears as road blockers

2006-09-28 Thread umesh sharma
Hi, Today had the trip of my life --possible in India also but was unique since saw the sea bay righ from the top of a mountain - and on other side saw a snow capped peak and glacier emerging from it. In India sea is far from snow capped peaks of Himalaya range. Did the Grouse Grind (GG) trail of

Re: [Assam] [asom] River Basin Friends denounces the MoUs signed between Arun...

2006-09-28 Thread BBaruah
One beautiful thing about India is that unlike USA/UK, Presidents and Prime Ministers of India are accessible. (Oh! I know, do not question me on it: I have solid proof). In my earlier e-mail I suggested to Baroda that he might make use of the good offices of the Chief Minister of Assam.

Re: [Assam] [asom] River Basin Friends denounces the MoUs signed between Arun...

2006-09-28 Thread mc mahant
Will be a good effort, Bhubon'ka! mm From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]CC: assam@assamnet.orgSubject: Re: [Assam] [asom] River Basin Friends denounces the MoUs signed between Arun...Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 05:03:36 EDT One beautiful thing about India is that unlike USA/UK, Presidents

[Assam] planter raj to swaraj

2006-09-28 Thread xourov pathok
the book was actually first published around 1977. sukanya sarmah fails to mention that and the possible enhancements over the 1977 edition (if there are any). x Ram Sarangapani wrote: A new history just out. The book traces out the history of Assam from 1846-1947 and talks about tea

[Assam] Fwd: [WaterWatch] Death by Micro credit

2006-09-28 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Fwd: [WaterWatch] Death by Micro credit This should be another eye-opener. cm X-IronPort-AV: i=4.09,228,1157342400; d=scan'208,217; a=1173368241:sNHT87993234 Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: groups-email X-Yahoo-Newman-Id:

[Assam] Fwd: [WaterWatch] Death by Micro Credit-2

2006-09-28 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Fwd: [WaterWatch] Death by Micro Credit-2 X-IronPort-AV: i=4.09,228,1157342400; d=scan'208,217; a=754206560:sNHT77339836 Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: groups-email X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 9542609-m4976 X-Apparently-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Assam] NYTimes.com: Kazakhs Shrug at 'Borat' While the State Fumes

2006-09-28 Thread cmahanta
Title: E-Mail This This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message from sender: Some people may find the web site http://www.borat.tv/ offensive. Watch at your own risk :-). MOVIES | September 28, 2006 Kazakhs Shrug at Borat

Re: [Assam] Freedom of Speech; Foltz vs Mahanta

2006-09-28 Thread umesh sharma
Mukul-da, Like always u are mising two issues. As a citizen of the world you have a right to air your greivances but NOT have a right to support terrorist organizations like ULFA -who rob and kill innocents and declare they will charge tax on Non-Assamese living in Assam. Regards. Umesh

Re: [Assam] Fwd: [WaterWatch] Death by Micro Credit-2

2006-09-28 Thread umesh sharma
C-da, Good article but if we draw the moral that micro-credit is bad becos it is not effectively implemented and people are dying becos of its faults --so stop it --then the same logic can work for stopping road travel and sea travel etc --becos people do die in traffic and travel accidents.

Re: [Assam] [asom] Image of Assam from Google earth

2006-09-28 Thread mc mahant
Dear Barnali, I share your anguish--how to restore our greeneryto last-nature-paradise-on Earth status. Yes ,most Netters are clueless about how to reverse the process-. And there is a school that beat about the bush and harps on how great they were-- how they were thinking of some cockeyed

[Assam] From NY Times

2006-09-28 Thread Chan Mahanta
In Teeming India, Water Crisis Means Dry Pipes and Foul Sludge By SOMINI SENGUPTA Published: September 29, 2006 NEW DELHI, Sept. 28 - The quest for water can drive a woman mad. Thirsty Giant First of three articles. Articles in this series examine India's growing water crisis. Saturday:

Re: [Assam] From NY Times

2006-09-28 Thread Dilip/Dil Deka
Think about the root cause. Too many people concentrated in one area. How do you solve the problem? As a starter, make less populated areas more attractive by providing infrastructure and jobs,in stead of spending more money on Delhi to make it more attractive to the fortune seekers. May be

Re: [Assam] View of Assam from space around Bihu 2006

2006-09-28 Thread BBaruah
Mohan I missed the earlier views of Asom from air; this one i could. It looks not so bad. Thanks for circulating it. Bhuban ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org

Re: [Assam] NYTimes.com: Kazakhs Shrug at 'Borat' While the StateFumes

2006-09-28 Thread Rajib Das
Funny as hell! Thanks for the link! You should see some of the videos from the MTV show too. Especially the one about Nursultan Najarvayev. --- Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This guy is a great satirist. He is funnier than heck. He is one of my most favorite comedians. He is