[Assam] Politics with Dhemaji

2007-08-08 Thread DR BIKASH KUMAR DAS
Friends, Few days ago I found one mail seeking donations for school kids at dhemaji and same was responded well by Mr.Umesh Sharmah.It was a kind of NGO.Since from Bangalore we hardly get news from Dhemaji aea, its difficult to know in details. All I had to depend upon news from home over

Re: [Assam] NGO moneyspinners

2007-08-08 Thread mc mahant
and as I know Dhemaji and Majuli is worst effected since 1950 earthquake, till now nothing much did or done by any Govt.ONly Sanjay Ghosh tried to do lot at Majuli- but he was killed at the mercy of ULFA Respected Dr. Das, as I know Dhemaji and Majuli is worst effected since 1950 earthquake

[Assam] Fwd: 'AAMSU' Unmasked !

2007-08-08 Thread Assam.org Webmaster
-- Forwarded message -- From: Satya Bites [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:49:30 +0100 (BST) Subject: To: 'Letters to the editor' 'AAMSU' Unmasked ! * 'AAMSU' : Whom does this Organisation Represent ???* ** ** Dear Sir, I

Re: [Assam] NGO moneyspinners

2007-08-08 Thread DR BIKASH KUMAR DAS
Thanks lot Mr.Mahant, I got all now and the doubt is clear.The DC is right. Regards.Dr.Bikash. mc mahant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma }and as I know Dhemaji and Majuli is worst effected since 1950

Re: [Assam] reply to chan mahanta: The search for a solution

2007-08-08 Thread cmahanta
Please forgive me for my misdemeanour. *** Not at all. Come right in and say your piece :-). And I have NOT given it much thought either, much less 'profound'; merely questioned the ceaseless and mindless blather. Does the problem really have any solution at all? *** Good question. I have

Re: [Assam] More on Minneapolis Collapse

2007-08-08 Thread cmahanta
At 5:20 PM -0700 8/6/07, Krishnendu Chakraborty wrote: Hi C'da Let me first say --- I am not a Architect/Strcutural Engineer or Civil Engineer so pardon my ignorance in this field *** That is not something to apologize for. However some of the issues I have been speaking about are

Re: [Assam] More on Minneapolis Collapse

2007-08-08 Thread Krishnendu Chakraborty
*** That is not something to apologize for. However some of the issues I have been speaking about are fundamental to all engineering fields. That is why I am more than a bit surprised by your unfamiliarity. It goes to show that even an IIT software engineering graduate( that is only an

Re: [Assam] More on Minneapolis Collapse

2007-08-08 Thread mc mahant
This is what a Mech,Engineer from Mass blogged in a CR4 Bridge Collapse blog: Posts: 32 #54 Re: Bridge collapse 08/06/2007 8:15 PM One comment I haven't heard or seen yet. Did the people who designed the

Re: [Assam] reply to chan mahanta: The search for a solution

2007-08-08 Thread uttam borthakur
some societies have indeed found limited solutions to similar problems I've in fact learnt these signs from you and assamnet. Having sent my mail, I remembered that Mizoram is somewhat tranquil. Then I attributed it to the absence of the pressure on land in that area. I would

[Assam] Assam Association of Delhi to contribute t o Flood Victims of AssamNew Body elected

2007-08-08 Thread Buljit Buragohain
Assam Association of Delhi to contribute to Flood Victims of Assam …New Body elected New Delhi: The Assam Association of Delhi is in the process of collecting funds and all essential items for the flood effected people of Assam. The Association is aiming to donate about Rs. 2 lakhs to

[Assam] GU ties up with biz houses for courses (The Telegraph, 09.08.2007)

2007-08-08 Thread Buljit Buragohain
GU ties up with biz houses for courses A STAFF REPORTER Aug. 8: Gauhati University has started a process of collaboration with corporate houses and various other leading organisations to introduce self-financing and job-oriented courses. Vice-chancellor Amarjyoti

Re: [Assam] Annual floods!

2007-08-08 Thread mc mahant
Good Ram, Simple Good Raam! I thought of ignoring -but I had to come back and address your first post pointwise: clockwork, the floods are back again A Century of Meteorological data+Super brainy India IT experts+ Param Supercomputers crunching Zillions of data should have been

Re: [Assam] More on Minneapolis Collapse

2007-08-08 Thread umesh sharma
C-da, This piece by you seemed educative to a lay person like me (who has plenty of structural/civil engineers and architects make egregious blunders - the building of Jaipur School has somewhat rhombus shape rather than original rectangular shape and even shifted the foundations a bit off

[Assam] Harvard MBA Newsletter: INDIAN PARTITION:Explaining Civil War in Nepal

2007-08-08 Thread umesh sharma
as Mukul-da pointed out this article says that poverty is main cause of civil war - I wonder why Indian partition happened exactly 60 years ago (aUG 15, 1947) . Umesh HBS Working Knowledge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 10:09:06 -0400 (EDT) From: HBS

[Assam] wiki : Harvard College history

2007-08-08 Thread umesh sharma
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_College pretty interesting - perhaps largely true Though wiki editors wrongly tried to correct my page title of Jaipur School - saying is was wrong to have it like that - that it should be Jaipur school. -- I checked the policy. It seems they didn't

[Assam] wiki : Harvard College history

2007-08-08 Thread umesh sharma
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_College pretty interesting - perhaps largely true Though wiki editors wrongly tried to correct my page title of Jaipur School - saying is was wrong to have it like that - that it should be Jaipur school. -- I checked the policy. It seems they didn't

[Assam] Lecturer talks with sandals

2007-08-08 Thread Pradip Kumar Datta
Lecturer talks with sandals - Final-year college student gets a thrashing for ‘loitering’ OUR CORRESPONDENT DHSK College Dibrugarh, Aug. 8: Remember that particularly grumpy teacher in school, the one who seemed to have been born with a cane in his hand? Okay, you

[Assam] NRI convention in Dec 2007

2007-08-08 Thread Shantikam Hazarika
The Assam State office of CII with the Govt of Assam is planning a NRI convention on 21st december 2007 at Guwahati. NRIs from Assam and those who have interest in Assam are expected to participate. the CM is actively interested and the PM is being invited to address. It is hoped that many NRIs