Re: [Assam] symbol of cruelty

2008-01-21 Thread Manoj Das
'udok bheta rokhiya pota ' case On Jan 22, 2008 11:21 AM, bg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the bullets found in the dead body match the bullets used by the security > guards. > > > > On Jan 22, 2008 10:29 AM, Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dear Manoj, > > > > >Gory sights of bull

Re: [Assam] symbol of cruelty

2008-01-21 Thread Manoj Das
yes Ramda... i am happy that my son is turning vegetarian becoz of the visit.. i don't know whether the journalists should be restrained from publishing such gory pictures.. there are certain one off cases for which a whole community can be branded.. some discretion may be necessary. but highlight

Re: [Assam] symbol of cruelty

2008-01-21 Thread bg
the bullets found in the dead body match the bullets used by the security guards. On Jan 22, 2008 10:29 AM, Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Manoj, > > >Gory sights of bull fight in developed world is also equally appalling > and > >puke inducing > > Its funny(sad) you bring th

Re: [Assam] Open varsity study centre opened at Dhemaji College (The Assam Tribune, 22.01.2008)

2008-01-21 Thread Alpana B. Sarangapani
Yes! Great news!! “In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree and humble like a blade of grass” - Lakshmana > Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:50:11 +> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > assam@assamnet.org> Subject: [Assam] Open varsity study centre opened

Re: [Assam] symbol of cruelty

2008-01-21 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Dear Manoj, >Gory sights of bull fight in developed world is also equally appalling and >puke inducing Its funny(sad) you bring this up about bull fights. When our son was about 6 years old, we had visited one Assamese family here in Houston. They had just returned from a visit to Mexico, and had

Re: [Assam] Open varsity study centre opened at Dhemaji College (The Assam Tribune, 22.01.2008)

2008-01-21 Thread Manoj Das
bor bhal khobor...dhemaji on the move On Jan 22, 2008 10:20 AM, Buljit Buragohain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Open varsity study centre opened at Dhemaji College > >From Our Correspondent > DHEMAJI, Jan 21 – A study centre of Krishna Kanta Handique State Open > University was opened at Dhemaji

[Assam] Open varsity study centre opened at Dhemaji College (The Assam Tribune, 22.01.2008)

2008-01-21 Thread Buljit Buragohain
Open varsity study centre opened at Dhemaji College >From Our Correspondent DHEMAJI, Jan 21 – A study centre of Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University was opened at Dhemaji College recently under the first phase. The study centre includes BCA, BBA, BA, B Com and BPP courses. Forms for admi

Re: [Assam] symbol of cruelty

2008-01-21 Thread Manoj Das
C'da I know such pictures come to haunt us for a long time. One day my son accompanied me to the local chicken shop. He was horrified to find how chickens are chopped in the neck and thrown into a drum to die. The chopping scene and dance of death inside the barrel has left an indelible mark in h

Re: [Assam] zoo

2008-01-21 Thread kamal deka
The loose correspondence in Assamese for the words,you have mentioned. CUP --- PIOLA / BATI STATION -- ASHTHAN SCHOOL -- VIDYALAY / PATHSHALA MASTER--- ODHISNATOR GLASS KACH /CHICHA There is no harm in incorporating a foreign word as long as there is no equivalent of the same available in our

[Assam] and Hinduism says are all religions equal -

2008-01-21 Thread umesh sharma
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Purification-in-temple-after-foreigners-entry/263895/ 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/inde

[Assam] symbol of cruelty

2008-01-21 Thread Krishnendu Chakraborty
>>And I repeat: Subtlety, thy name is not desi! http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2007/12/27/world/asia/20071227_BHUTTO_FEATURE.html#section1 >>Have we NOT been aware of these kind of activities going on for decades? Didn't we know that rhinos are shot down with shotgun >>pellets and left to

Re: [Assam] symbol of cruelty

2008-01-21 Thread DR BIKASH KUMAR DAS
Few days ago I did wrote what exactly have been taking place in and around KNP.But the great involvements of high level officials, low level officials, local people, leaders, extremist..are more high. Only best to do is to stop KNP for all activities for a month.Let all the hotels go dry, le

Re: [Assam] symbol of cruelty

2008-01-21 Thread mc mahant
They will look the other way -and it will be History again tomorrow. -For a thick nation-run by thick ones all the way. Oh My Country!! mm> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:42:17 -0600> To: assam@assamnet.org> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Assam] symbol of cruelty> > > Have we NOT been aware

Re: [Assam] symbol of cruelty

2008-01-21 Thread Chan Mahanta
Have we NOT been aware of these kind of activities going on for decades? Didn't we know that rhinos are shot down with shotgun pellets and left to die in horrible agony. Didn't we know that they are trapped in pits with bamboo spikes lining the pits to impale these animals and let them die in

[Assam] Wildlife protection body formed

2008-01-21 Thread DR BIKASH KUMAR DAS
Friends, Please read this link- http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=jan2108\State12 This again originated from my native place and my family behind all. LOng back I was looking for some lost leaders through one old photo.Anyway now I found my some of old friends back

Re: [Assam] symbol of cruelty

2008-01-21 Thread Alpana B. Sarangapani
> heart cries out to this wounded rhino at kaziranga national park. You are right, Manoj. Heart cries out... These beasts that put this rhino through this, need to be put behind bars. Only then the other would stop being like these beasts. How does this keep happening? Are we still in a pr

Re: [Assam] symbol of cruelty

2008-01-21 Thread Alpana B. Sarangapani
That's the main point. I agree. “In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree and humble like a blade of grass” - Lakshmana > Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:37:47 +0530> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > assam@assamnet.org> Subject: Re: [Assam] symbol of cruelty> > bu

Re: [Assam] symbol of cruelty

2008-01-21 Thread Manoj Das
but for these journalists we would never have seen such a horrific picture and symbol of mens' greed. journalists should show what we are. i dare to differ. -manoj On 1/21/08, Dilip/Dil Deka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You are absolutely correct. Sensitivity is lacking when the newspapers > publ

Re: [Assam] symbol of cruelty

2008-01-21 Thread Chan Mahanta
One is left wondering if there is an editor. And if there is one, whether if he or she has heard of journalistic ethics. Technology has brought the ability to get these images and get them published in unmerciful colors, but a concurrent evolution of ethics has not appeared along with that abi

Re: [Assam] symbol of cruelty

2008-01-21 Thread DR BIKASH KUMAR DAS
Few days ago I did wrote what exactly have been taking place in and around KNP.But the great involvements of high level officials, low level officials, local people, leaders, extremist..are more high. Only best to do is to stop KNP for all activities for a month.Let all the hotels go dry, let

Re: [Assam] symbol of cruelty

2008-01-21 Thread Dilip/Dil Deka
You are absolutely correct. Sensitivity is lacking when the newspapers publish not only the picture of a suffering animal but also pictures of dead people lying on the street killed by the police or the militants. Several months ago, I was shocked by photographs of the FCI official's dead body l

Re: [Assam] symbol of cruelty

2008-01-21 Thread Ram Sarangapani
>*** Limelight is absolutely a misnomer. That salvo was meant for some groups trying to better each other to come to the limelight on issues giving them any mileage - not the media. Maybe they will take up important issues like this too. I agree, the media is insensitive to the core and will publ

Re: [Assam] symbol of cruelty

2008-01-21 Thread Chan Mahanta
> >But in this >case, maybe, just maybe, it will wake up the Govt, and others who seem >hell-bent to capture the limelight at the first opportunity. *** Limelight is absolutely a misnomer. It demonstrates an utter lack of sensitivity to blood and gore, a cultural void, which is not unexpected

[Assam] Transformer Installation in Assam

2008-01-21 Thread Dilip/Dil Deka
This is the second time we have seen a picture of unsafe installation of an electrical transformer. Is there a problem with the ASEB specification for transformer installation? Or was a short cut taken by the contractor who installed it? Best practice is to mount the transformer high on the po

Re: [Assam] symbol of cruelty

2008-01-21 Thread Ram Sarangapani
C'da, In India this journalistic discretion is absolutely different. Maybe Indian news media is going thru a phase, and such standards be damned. Some examples: The Beltola incident - many newspapers & TV were not ashamed to show a naked woman running around. In the tiger attack in the Guwahati

Re: [Assam] symbol of cruelty

2008-01-21 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Hi Manoj & Mukel da, Your first reaction was the best. I cannot understand why there in not a big outcry against poaching and inhuman tratment of animals. The Rhino is the pride of Assam and such incidents need to be treated very serviously. --Ram On 1/21/08, mc mahant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: [Assam] symbol of cruelty

2008-01-21 Thread Chan Mahanta
I have never seen a newspaper with a modicum of journalistic discretion publish something like this horrific picture on their front page. >Oh my Country!!! *** Indeed! At 6:02 PM +0530 1/21/08, mc mahant wrote: >Manoj, >When I opened the Tribune in the morning- I thought-the bea

[Assam] www.newslivetv.com

2008-01-21 Thread Buljit Buragohain
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Re: [Assam] symbol of cruelty

2008-01-21 Thread mc mahant
Manoj, When I opened the Tribune in the morning- I thought-the beast/s who did that needed to be castrated. Later on --more rational thoughts came. To teach every citizen/human how vivisection needs to be practised onto ones near and dear ones first. And more thoughts I never opened the

Re: [Assam] zoo

2008-01-21 Thread uttam borthakur
Dilip da I will hazard a suggestion. We can always add to the language. "ZOO" as suggested by you and as supported by reasons is not necessarily a bad idea (this expression is used by a professor friend and it leaves room for doubt whether the idea was considered to be good or bad):-). POX

[Assam] Poached & pained, rhino continues to bleed

2008-01-21 Thread Pradip Kumar Datta
Poached & pained, rhino continues to bleed By A Staff Reporter Assam Tribune GUWAHATI, Jan 20 — In a gruesome incident, poachers brutally hacked off the horn of a wounded rhino they had shot and also killed her calf very close to Kaziranga National Park last night. The baby rh

[Assam] symbol of cruelty

2008-01-21 Thread Manoj Das
http://www.assamtribune.com/jan2108/Photo.html heart cries out to this wounded rhino at kaziranga national park. -manoj ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org

[Assam] Save the rhino appeal

2008-01-21 Thread Jyotirmoy Sharma
I urge all people of Assam, who are interested in nature conservation to make a plea to World bodies to save the rhino. It is quite apparent that the GOA, the wildlife protection force in Kazirange are not in a position to do anything. The sight of the rhino with blood oozing from her sawn off horn

Re: [Assam] Report carves out quake belt-Aiport in high-risk, GU in moderate and eastern river bank

2008-01-21 Thread DR BIKASH KUMAR DAS
Dear dada, My grandmother (expired in 1981) and my father know well of whats more.Might be like them all villagers of Assam about its location on being the worst seismic zone. I am unsure how many know about the famouse Assamese scientis SHIYALA GOHAI of Deomornoi-15 km west of Mangladai on wa

[Assam] PDF: Report - Crime Against Humanity - Gujarat riots -all reports and names

2008-01-21 Thread umesh sharma
www.sabrang.com/tribunal/tribunal3.pdf some might like to read the gory details (page 57) - how the train at Godhra station was brunt by throwing inflammable liquids from inside the compartment (and the culprits perhaps jumping out and escaping in the confusion) while people outside pelted ston