Re: [Assam] Musical Instruments

2007-09-30 Thread Gautam Choudhury
Dear Wahed da, I have also gone through the site. I found the list of Indian Classical Dance is not an exhaustive one. Some of the very important classical dance like Manipuri, Kuchipudi,Kathakali is found missing. But missing of our own 'Satriya Dance' from the list is found to be most surpri

[Assam] Buffet's Investment: Small is Beautiful; CA vs CFA

2007-09-30 Thread umesh sharma
http://www.cainindia.org/news/5_2007/in_a_knowledge_economy_professionals_require_new_skills_.html I met/ heard Mr Yassaswy at Hindu Int. of Management, Sonpat and was so impressed (I head already gone thru his book on business and profit -forgetting the name) that enrolled for a DBA program like

Re: [Assam] Book review : India After Gandhi- Bengal democracy

2007-09-30 Thread Rajen & Ajanta Barua
Where do you live and what do you believe in life? What is your mission in life? Rajenda - Original Message - From: SANDIP DUTTA To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 10:27 PM Subject: Re: [Assam] Book review :

[Assam] Harvard's True Love

2007-09-30 Thread umesh sharma
True Love Revolution http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/tlr/ Any comments? Umesh Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info)

Re: [Assam] ONGC Chair in AIM

2007-09-30 Thread Shantikam Hazarika
Thank you Malakar. Shantikam On 9/30/07, pmalakar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Congratulations!It is indeed a very heartening news for all of us. > > - Original Message - > From: shantikam hazarika > To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world > Sent: Thursd

Re: [Assam] ONGC Chair in AIM

2007-09-30 Thread pmalakar
Congratulations!It is indeed a very heartening news for all of us. - Original Message - From: shantikam hazarika To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 3:12 PM Subject: [Assam] ONGC Chair in AIM I trust th

Re: [Assam] Indian Political Boundary

2007-09-30 Thread Alpana B. Sarangapani
Good try, C'da. Now I forgot what was the original point for this discussion. >ut what does that all mean? I mean Tamils taking to Hindi by the droves ( as >you and Sandip and Krishnendu imply)? That the subcontinent will go Hindi >pretty soon, and it will be good >or them, bound together b

Re: [Assam] Indian Political Boundary

2007-09-30 Thread SANDIP DUTTA
I am NOT concerned about whether the movies are popular in the below mentioned regions. Rgds, Sandip - Original Message From: Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 8:14:13 PM Subject:

Re: [Assam] Book review : India After Gandhi- Bengal democracy

2007-09-30 Thread SANDIP DUTTA
Dear Rajen Da, Exactly what has motivated you to start this discussion? As far as we are concerned, you are an NRA with American citizenship residing in America. Do you seriously think these views really matter to even a miniscule of the Indian ruling polity? I think the discussion on maps and

Re: [Assam] Book review : India After Gandhi- Bengal democracy

2007-09-30 Thread Rajen & Ajanta Barua
If you want to know the > truth try the test which I mentioned put a map of > India on map of Ashoka's kingdom and you will clearly > see that presnt KArnataka, AP and parts of TN were > ruled by him. Nobody is denying that. But that is not the whole South India. The Cholas, Pandyas, Satyap

[Assam] Book review : India After Gandhi- Bengal democracy

2007-09-30 Thread Krishnendu Chakraborty
Someone with closed eyes will not see even the obvious. No point in any more debate. If you want to know the truth try the test which I mentioned put a map of India on map of Ashoka's kingdom and you will clearly see that presnt KArnataka, AP and parts of TN were ruled by him. Rest ... it

[Assam] Teraa Bharat Mahan/ From ToI

2007-09-30 Thread Chan Mahanta
Over four lakh Indian children work as bonded labour: Report 29 Sep 2007, 1510 hrs IST,PTI NEW YORK: More than four lakh children, mostly girls and under 18 years of age, are involved as child labour in cottonseed fields in India, a human rights report has said. Nearly 4,16,000 children belo

Re: [Assam] [asom] Do not lambaste ULFA alone look other circumstances too

2007-09-30 Thread mc mahant
PLEASE can you rewrite in simple English in non-double-talk- the above in BOLD. Collective Punishment-by whom?-meted out to ? Who are you defending? Vigilantes the answer? Or as Patricia Mukhim yesterday "We need to be thinking Regionally not State wise". ULFA's RUBI's new boundaries? mm

Re: [Assam] Book review : India After Gandhi- Bengal democracy

2007-09-30 Thread Rajen & Ajanta Barua
>>The above does not show that Means the above does not show that your statement is true that it included the south. The above also shows that Cholas, Pandyas, Satyaputras, Kerelaputra in south were not included in Ashoka's kingdom. As well as the whole NE is not iincluded in Ashoka's empire whi

[Assam] Book review : India After Gandhi- Bengal democracy

2007-09-30 Thread Krishnendu Chakraborty
> shows that Ashoka's kingdom included present day > Karnataka, Andhra and parts of TN. >The above does not show that I will let netters decide that. Or you can easily visualise it by tracing a map of India of same size and superimposing on this map. >The above also shows that Cholas, Pandyas,

Re: [Assam] Book review : India After Gandhi- Bengal democracy

2007-09-30 Thread Rajen & Ajanta Barua
d on its >> own? >> I can't understand why Indians always blame its own >> downfall on foreign >> aggtressions in the north. >> Why the Indian could not fight back? >> And the British never actually attacked India. >> The British were just happened to be there when >> India was fallin

[Assam] Book review : India After Gandhi- Bengal democracy

2007-09-30 Thread Krishnendu Chakraborty
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Re: [Assam] Musical Instruments

2007-09-30 Thread Alpana B. Sarangapani
Excellent site, Wahid da. Thanks for sending this comprehensive link page on India. The site will be useful for many other pieces of information that are close to my heart. Thank you again. I wish I had knowledge on a foreign language like you do. But Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, French and Ja

Re: [Assam] Trade delegation

2007-09-30 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Umesh, Who is sending the 150 to Bangkok? Assam Govt. or India Govt.? I think this is GOA's brainchild and I think it is the GOA who is footing the bill for this. The GOI only (probably) permissions. In case of NY Trade delegation, if I am correct, was an All-India thing. I would assume the Cent

Re: [Assam] Book review : India After Gandhi- Bengal democracy

2007-09-30 Thread barua25
>I said: South was Under Maurya kings (Ashoka et al) >which was BEFORE Moghols Let us not reinvent the wheel of Indian history here. The south (the Cholas, Pandyas, Satyaputras, Kerelaputras, Tambapani (Sri Lanka) etc) was never under Ashoka. We know because these are his neighboring countries

Re: [Assam] Trade delegation

2007-09-30 Thread umesh sharma
Ram-da, When a delegation is going to Bangkok 150 people are allowed by the central govt but when a delegation goes to US only 3 people allowed. Umesh Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Umesh, >Why this bias? Can you be clearer? What bias are you talking about? --Ram da

[Assam] Indian Political Boundary

2007-09-30 Thread Krishnendu Chakraborty
Ram-da You are right --- the official name is Bharat. But Hindustan is widely used. Example Hindustan Lever, Hindustan Motors, Hindustan Aluminium, Hidustan Times etc. BTW, Sare Jahan se now has almost the status of National Song in Govt and Non-Govt functions. Iqbal, was a poet who later mi

Re: [Assam] Trade delegation

2007-09-30 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Umesh, >Why this bias? Can you be clearer? What bias are you talking about? --Ram da On 9/30/07, umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am told that for the last week's NEW York trade delegation Indian govt > allowed only 3 people - so the Assam Industry and Trade and IT Ministers had

Re: [Assam] Trade delegation

2007-09-30 Thread umesh sharma
I am told that for the last week's NEW York trade delegation Indian govt allowed only 3 people - so the Assam Industry and Trade and IT Ministers had to be cut off and only the Chief Minister and his aides managed to come. Why this bias? Umesh Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Here is

Re: [Assam] Indian Political Boundary

2007-09-30 Thread Ram Sarangapani
FYI this from the GOI website India, also known as Bharat, is a Union of States. It is a Sovereign Socialist Democratic Republic with a parliamentary system of government. The Republic is governed in terms of the Constitution of India which was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26th November

[Assam] Rediff: ULFA kills 6 civilians in Assam

2007-09-30 Thread umesh sharma
http://inwww.rediff.com/news/2007/sep/30assam.htm Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Ma

Re: [Assam] Indian Political Boundary

2007-09-30 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Well, KC, I have heard "Hindustan" referred many a time, but have always thought that "Bharat" was the official version. Forgive my ignorance, but who is Iqbal, a poet?. I think Khayyam also referred India as "Hindustan". But that is OK, and I don't see a problem when individuals, poets and author

[Assam] Indian Political Boundary

2007-09-30 Thread Krishnendu Chakraborty
Ram-da -- Sare jahan se achha , Hindustan Hamara was written by Iqbal ... a Muslim. >>Just a tiny interjection: >They are already Hindustani irrespective of how good hindi they speak .. >>I always thought India is known as Bharat. Only Pakis refer to India a "Hindustan". I think that way

Re: [Assam] Indian Political Boundary

2007-09-30 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Just a tiny interjection: >They are already Hindustani irrespective of how good hindi they speak .. I always thought India is known as Bharat. Only Pakis refer to India a "Hindustan". I think that way, they want to emphasize that India is controlled ONLY by Hindus. But, as we all know India is con

[Assam] Indian Political Boundary

2007-09-30 Thread Krishnendu Chakraborty
>>> it will be good for them, bound together by the Hindu gods and Hindi? *** Heh-heh looks like you are moving too fast. Hindi is a Language , Hindu is a Religion they way you were born to a Hindu Family (you mentioned in a posting) but do not speak Hindi. BTW, Krishna, Kamakhya (conside

[Assam] Book review : India After Gandhi- Bengal democracy

2007-09-30 Thread Krishnendu Chakraborty
Rajen-da Seems like you are having difficulty reading . Let me try to explain one last time – You Said: the South was never under any Indian kings except to some extent under the Moghols." I said: South was Under Maurya kings (Ashoka et al) which was BEFORE Moghols You Said: The pre Brit

Re: [Assam] Musical Instruments

2007-09-30 Thread Alpana B. Sarangapani
Thank you for sending the informative site on musical instruments from India. I am looking for which ones of these were played alongwith the songs in hindi movies, in Guru, for example. Thanks again. “In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree and humble l

Re: [Assam] Indian Political Boundary

2007-09-30 Thread Chan Mahanta
Add Russia, China, UK, Canada and some portion of USA to that too. *** I am glad to A. In fact Hollywood too has gotten into the act, as you saw in You Tube the other day ; Sanjay Gere and Sari Sarandon's classy performance :-). The other day a Nigerian Taxicab driver went on an about how

[Assam] Book review : India After Gandhi- Bengal democracy

2007-09-30 Thread Krishnendu Chakraborty
> The pre British aggresions took place only in the > North West India , in > Punjab upto Delhi. Read your post again Rajenda. "the South was never under any Indian kings except to some extent under the Moghols." (It is in fact incorrect that South never came under Indian king before Mughal). H

[Assam] Indian Political Boundary

2007-09-30 Thread Krishnendu Chakraborty
I visited TN (Chennai, Madurai, Kanyakumari) during 1991 and then again in 2005. There is a big change in terms of Hindi. In 91, people were too averse to Hindi (due to which we were cheated many times in fact) whereas in 2005 I found that most people understand and some try to speak Hindi.

[Assam] OUR SARDAR

2007-09-30 Thread kamal deka
*PAKISTANI,BANGLADESHI AND OUR SARDAR ARE IN A BAR ONE NIGHT HAVING A BEER.* ** *THE PAKISTANI DRINKS HIS BEER AND SUDDENLY THROWS HIS GLASS IN THE AIR,PULLS OUT A GUN AND SHOOTS THE GLASS TO PIECES.HE SAYS " IN ISLAMABAD,OUR GLASSES ARE SO CHEAP THAT WE DON'T DRINK FROM THE SAME ONE TWICE "* ** *T

[Assam] Book review : India After Gandhi- Bengal democracy

2007-09-30 Thread Krishnendu Chakraborty
> They came to India to trade. With guns !!! That they could not anihilate Indians like the Native Americans is all that is causing today's heartburn for many. > Sorry I can't help it. That is the fact, > India is a country united by the British with the > English language. It is merely an opi

Re: [Assam] Indian Political Boundary

2007-09-30 Thread Alpana B. Sarangapani
Hi C'da: Add Russia, China, UK, Canada and some portion of USA to that too. As opposed to your cynical comment as ever on the topic, I also do not think that Hindi would be the 2nd language in these contries. But that is the fact. In fact, i hear several 'phoren' movies in 'Aamerika' now have

[Assam] Heavy Note

2007-09-30 Thread Chan Mahanta
Where is the heavy note? Hope it did not sink in the net from its own weight . BTW, does Ruby Bhuyan speak for ULFA or does she merely serve as a dispatcher? Why I ask is because to assume Ruby Bhuyan as ULFA's brain trust, would either indicate groping at straws to devalue ULFA or bring burd

Re: [Assam] Indian Political Boundary

2007-09-30 Thread Chan Mahanta
Hindi movies are very popular in Abu Dhabi, Egypt and Albania too. Putting two and two together, like the desi knowledge brigade so clearly project, we can fairly assume that pretty soon the whole world will change over to Hindi. At 3:55 AM -0700 9/30/07, SANDIP DUTTA wrote: Hindi

[Assam] Namdangor Silar sako

2007-09-30 Thread biswajit barooah
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[Assam] (no subject)

2007-09-30 Thread shantikam hazarika
Utpal Borpujari had written a heavy note with his posers for ULFA and I was apprehensive about how ULFA would react. My apprehensions been proved correct. The replies that ULFA has put in blue colour in the original writing of Utpal make very little sense and displays the vacuity in ULFA's leve

Re: [Assam] Indian Political Boundary

2007-09-30 Thread SANDIP DUTTA
Hindi movies are equally popular in Karnataka and Andhra. In TN also the situation is changing. I have two-three tamil colleaugues who speak pretty good Hindi though they never stepped out of TN before getting a job. They say they learnt voluntarily from Hindi Pracharak Samitis. Rgds, Sandip

[Assam] Oh yes, THIRTYFIVE minutes to reach Beijing by the Indian Air Force; on the THIRTY SIXTH minute Assam likely to be leveled flat, UNLESS unilateral declaration of Independence of Assam reaches

2007-09-30 Thread Bartta Bistar
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Re: [Assam] Indian Political Boundary

2007-09-30 Thread biswajeet saikia
I hope when people discuss such types of things, it is better to verify various linguistic survey where district wise data has given. We need need to imagin anything for argument. Dilip/Dil Deka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In a federalistic system, the state decides how it wants to run its bus