Re: [Assam] Fwd: Fashion Show in Asom politics !

2006-10-20 Thread Barua25
Dear BB Kaokaidew:   If you would agree with me, so far as the words ASSAM or INDIA are concerned, this is not a question of language, it is a question of legality. Our state is officially and constitutionally known as Assam; Government of Assam has not changed it, they still use use ASSAM. S

Re: [Assam] Fwd: Fashion Show in Asom politics !

2006-10-20 Thread Barua25
Ram: This is a case of 'litikai' Assamese intellengtia acting 'Hobo Diok' for the whole world to see. These are the same people who would like to swim along the current like a  bunch of 'litikais' and who would not mind telling later, 'I knew it from the beginning, I told them so, they cann

Re: [Assam] Fwd: Fashion Show in Asom politics !

2006-10-20 Thread Barua25
Title: Re: [Assam] Fwd: Fashion Show in Asom politics ! You got that right. The Shiva or Ganesha image, and for that matter images of any other Hibdu gods, have the same sacred quality as the Indian Constitution. If these can prevent someone taking a leak against these, that is the greatest i

Re: [Assam] Fwd: Fashion Show in Asom politics !

2006-10-20 Thread BBaruah
Barua Saheb   This question ought to be put to the Government of Assam, or to the heads of large establishments having responsibility for the use of the word in the legal or business context.   Language is not a matter of grammar when it evolves. Bernard Shaw, and in fact many others, wanted

Re: [Assam] From Tehelka: Bonded for Life Laborers

2006-10-20 Thread Dilip/Dil Deka
I heard you. Yes there are laws but are the legal means available to the laborers? In India such laborers are considered sub-human. Many employers probably think these laborers are no better than the mules that carry loads for them and thus protection under labor laws does not apply. I know cha

Re: [Assam] Fwd: Fashion Show in Asom politics !

2006-10-20 Thread Ram Sarangapani
C'da,   While I too support Barua's position, I also support his logic in terms of the Indian constitution.   As far as the rest of the world knows, the word "Assam" is still enshrined in the constitution, and legally Assam is still within the ambit of the Indian Constitution, also Assam still uses

Re: [Assam] Fwd: Fashion Show in Asom politics !

2006-10-20 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Fwd: Fashion Show in Asom politics !  Rajen: While I understand and support your position, I think you made a really big mistake in presenting it  in terms of the sanctity of the Indian Constitution, which is about as sacred as the picture of some Hindu god, pasted on a wall i

Re: [Assam] Fwd: Fashion Show in Asom politics !

2006-10-20 Thread Rajen & Ajanta Barua
I have a pending request to people who use the spelling ASOM, the request was posted in the net before. I propose to post the request till I get a response.   The request is this: Would the people who use the spelling ASOM would kindly clarify whether they are using the word ASOM in place of

Re: [Assam] GOA's response to Bandhs

2006-10-20 Thread mc mahant
If they had ,they would have put this circular order: "If less than 30%turn up at any office/undertaking on this illegal Bandh day,those 30% will return after signing before10:30 and the whole office/Undertaking will sit on the next predeclared Holiday/Sunday for a full day's work. Those who fail

Re: [Assam] [Appeal] ambedkar.org launches New Matrimonial Site

2006-10-20 Thread mc mahant
As Chan said-- no better place than the Net Say Cheese and launch. Seriously! Maybe Momy can help out-- mm From:  umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Reply-To:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]To:  mc mahant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>CC:  assam@assamnet.orgSubject:  Re: [Assam] [Appeal] ambedkar.org launches New Matrim

Re: [Assam] Harvard Business School: China: The New Entrepreneurs

2006-10-20 Thread umesh sharma
sea turtles Assamese cannot be -- since Assam is far from the sea--just like those from Kashmir or Punjab or Rajasthan -- but likes cows coming home in the evening -to be milked -- they can do that?   How about spying on the business scene in their land or residence and later heling business worl

[Assam] Economist: Optimists gaining ground over others

2006-10-20 Thread umesh sharma
- AN ARTICLE FOR YOU, FROM ECONOMIST.COM -As I read in Reader's Digest long ago: If you are ignorant but confident then success is sure; Success = Ignorance + ConfidenceIt seems Indians (who have been [kept?] ignorant for long) have now got some self confidence. Umesh-STEE

[Assam] Japan today: Ivo Jima movies , N Korea

2006-10-20 Thread umesh sharma
http://www.japantoday.com/jp/kuchikomi/436    Nukes in N Korea   http://www.japantoday.com/jp/superview/picture/B63   Media wars?Umesh Sharma5121 Lackawanna STCollege Park, (Washington D.C. Metro Region)MD 20740 1-202-215-4328 [Cell Phone]Ed.M. - International Education PolicyHarvard Graduate

[Assam] Washington DC's Indians: HPI, October 19, 2006

2006-10-20 Thread umesh sharma
Dear friends and well wishers,   Happy Diwali!! -the festival of lights and prosperity.    Info on Indians in DC and their cultural antics is interesting.   Umesh   Hindu Press International <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Hindu Press International <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: Thu, 19 Oct 200

Re: [Assam] [Appeal] ambedkar.org launches New Matrimonial Site

2006-10-20 Thread Chan Mahanta
Hi Umesh: Assam net is a good place to start. In fact there were a couple of celebrated instances where well-known celebrity desi-beauties solicited correspondence from eligible Assamese netters , caste no-bar, but photo-required. I heard the mailmen in NJ got real busy for a few days. We can c

Re: [Assam] From Tehelka: Bonded for Life Laborers

2006-10-20 Thread umesh sharma
I have the Indian Labor Law in detail in this regard -- there is clause for WorkMen's compensation for injuries on worksite -- it has to implemented:   private companies, violation of rules, regulations and safety norms has become the order of the day. Apart from cases of death, there are hun

Re: [Assam] [Appeal] ambedkar.org launches New Matrimonial Site

2006-10-20 Thread umesh sharma
perhaps you are right - I should look for a Princess Charming -- with me the Cindrell (male counterpart of Cindrella). Even Prophet married a rich widow 12 years his senior --his first wife.   Do you know from your large circle of friends and family members -who fits the bill -of Princess Charmin

Re: [Assam] Revealed: Assam kids plant bombs for Rs 100

2006-10-20 Thread Ram Sarangapani
C'da,   I know we have hashed and rehashed this topic.   Yes, a society does consist of the good, the rotten and everything in between. But your assumption that the "middle class" somehow concocted this grand plan to exploit children is just too far-fetched.   There is a letters to the Editor (AT

Re: [Assam] From Tehelka: Bonded for Life Laborers

2006-10-20 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] From Tehelka: Bonded for Life Laborers At 1:22 PM -0500 10/20/06, Ram Sarangapani wrote: C'da,   This is a really sad story, and the culprits who are party to this must be brought to book. This is not what any society wants. *** You are a good man! And you can take pride in

[Assam] Dissection of Sentinel editorial-1

2006-10-20 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Dissection of Sentinel editorial-1 Ram: I was hoping NOT to have to respond to this gem from the Sentinel. But you leave me with little choice. So here we are: Usually, when I try to analyze something like this piece, I avoid the style and focus on the substance or the lack thereof. I av

Re: [Assam] From Tehelka: Bonded for Life Laborers

2006-10-20 Thread Ram Sarangapani
C'da,   This is a really sad story, and the culprits who are party to this must be brought to book. This is not what any society wants.   But it still does not help your case. Where in this or other such stories does it say (or one can discern from) that "Indians" or "Indian middle class" are happy

Re: [Assam] GOA's response to Bandhs

2006-10-20 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Mukul da,  >Your highlighted portion is issuedby GoA at Every Bandh-even ruling >party's own Bandh Calls.   And I thought they were growing a backbone!. That means this is just another empty threat by the GOA. Which also means everyone is aware of such threats - which carry absolutely no weight.  

Re: [Assam] Revealed: Assam kids plant bombs for Rs 100

2006-10-20 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Revealed: Assam kids plant bombs for Rs 100 Ram: >It is not as if all of the middle class got together and hashed it out in some room - wage an exploitation campaign on children. While you are right that there is the greed factor, but those are individuals who want to >take a

Re: [Assam] Subir Bhaumic, as a BBC reporter, why you do not write from the British point of view on the Assamsolution? Are you not aware of the erroneous de-colonisationof Assam being responsible for

2006-10-20 Thread Rajib Das
? Wrong! Liberationists. mm - From: "Bartta Bistar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: AssamNet Subject: [Assam] Subir Bhaumic, as a BBC reporter,why you do not write from the British point of view on the Assamsolution? Are you not aware of the erroneous de-coloni

Re: [Assam] Subir Bhaumic, as a BBC reporter, why you do not write from the British point of view on the Assamsolution? Are you not aware of the erroneous de-colonisationof Assam being responsible for

2006-10-20 Thread mc mahant
>? Wrong! Liberationists. mm From:  "Bartta Bistar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To:  AssamNet Subject:  [Assam] Subir Bhaumic, as a BBC reporter,why you do not write from the British point of view on the Assamsolution? Are you not aware of the erroneous de-colonisationof Assam being responsible for A

[Assam] From Tehelka: Bonded for Life Laborers

2006-10-20 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: [Assam] From Tehelka: Bonded for Life Laborers I posted this in Assamnet before. But thought it might be a good one to conside along with my responses to Ram regarding Indians' soft corner for children. cm THE MINING MAFIA HAS LABOUR BONDED FOR LIFE Stone age on Delhi's border Th

Re: [Assam] GOA's response to Bandhs

2006-10-20 Thread mc mahant
Ram,  Your highlighted portion is issuedby GoA at Every Bandh-even ruling party's own Bandh Calls. mm From:  "Ram Sarangapani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To:  ASSAMNET Subject:  [Assam] GOA's response to BandhsDate:  Fri, 20 Oct 2006 10:31:32 -0500 The GOA's response to bandhs is a positive step. If

Re: [Assam] Jairam Ramesh quizzes NE states on funds

2006-10-20 Thread mc mahant
IIT Engineer1975 batch Ramesh is catching so -called Economists pants down. He might even  believe that what he quizzed was true and complete. And it is India's Colonial Economics. But we hear there are huge Autonomous networks called CAG/Reserve Bank/Company Affairs Law board/I.T.Dept... watc

[Assam] Email Address Change

2006-10-20 Thread satin
To the Administrator:   Effective immediately my email address has changed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED].   Thank you for your kind attention in this matter.   Best regards,   Aradhana B. Satin ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.o

[Assam] Jairam Ramesh quizzes NE states on funds

2006-10-20 Thread Pradip Kumar Datta
Jairam Ramesh quizzes NE states on fundsWhere is the Rs 15,000 crore? Staff CorrespondentSHILLONG, Oct 19: Where is the Rs 15,000 crore being allotted annually to the north-eastern States, Union Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh asked the States concerned today. Ramesh was speaking at

Nehru�s letter

2006-10-20 Thread Pradip Kumar Datta
Guwahati, Friday, October 20, 2006 LETTERS Nehru’s letter Sir,– This has reference to the excerpts of the letters of the former Prime Minister Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru published in your esteemed daily on October 8 and 9. Indeed, starting from Nehru to his daughter Indira Gandhi, and then her so

[Assam] GOA's response to Bandhs

2006-10-20 Thread Ram Sarangapani
The GOA's response to bandhs is a positive step. If schools, colleges, private and GOI establishments also follow strict attendance/work rules bandhs wouldn't generate much public sympathy. AT's news item - highlights mine.   _ Govt directive on Asom bandh GUWA

[Assam] Subir Bhaumic, as a BBC reporter, why you do not write from the British point of view on the Assam solution? Are you not aware of the erroneous de-colonisation of Assam being responsible for A

2006-10-20 Thread Bartta Bistar
What hopes for peace in Assam? By Subir Bhaumik BBC News, Assam Thousands of angry locals have been protesting against the resumption of military operations in India's north-eastern state of Assam after talks between the federal government and the leading separatist group in the

[Assam] India MEA- 1:100 Scale of closeness

2006-10-20 Thread mc mahant
MEA's RX has China above Pak, US on top New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has devised a ‘Relevance for India’ (RX) index that categorises countries on the basis of their political and strategic importance and their economic and commercial value to India over the next decade. The in

[Assam] Fwd: Fashion Show in Asom politics !

2006-10-20 Thread Assam.org Webmaster
-- Forwarded message --From: Siddharth Barua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: Oct 20, 2006 1:20 AM Subject: Fashion Show  in  Asom politics !To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]  'Dichotomy' in Dressing among 'Showpieces' in Asom Politics        It is disheartening to see the sample of wo

[Assam] In respect of the media of the South Asia region; especially Assam, the ULFA has hit the nail on its head.

2006-10-20 Thread Bartta Bistar
Delhi using media against us:ULFA http://planetguru.com/Articles/ArticleDetail.aspx?ChannelId=topstories&ArticleId=34294         Guwahati, Oct 16 (IANS) The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Monday said New Delhi was using the media in misleading the people of Assam

[Assam] Child Labour

2006-10-20 Thread Neep Hazarika
The article below states: "International aid workers may squirm, but, as a recent report by the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs carefully noted, in Europe "child labor did not disappear abruptly but gradually," over the course of about 150 years. " India has a long way