Re: [Assam] What is this musical instrument called in Assamese?

2008-04-08 Thread DR BIKASH KUMAR DAS
DANGORIYA.. MONOT NAINE Khar zilikani mari baraxun ahile ami kao DHOLE DAGORE AHIL ARU ATIYA BARAXUN JAK!! Xeito DOGOR (Murdhanya Do') Bikash bg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I saw such an instruments used to play by Lokageet singers in our place, played by one hand, with fingers, adn the other h

[Assam] no bias please - school textbooks selections

2008-04-08 Thread umesh sharma
http://www.textbookreviews.org/index.html?content=tb_rvws.htm Any comments about Indian history bias prevention? As there any similar prescription for NE Indian history's portrayal in Indian textbooks? Umesh Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Educatio

Re: [Assam] For how long shall Asom be ignored, Sonowal to Centre(THE SENTINEL, FRIDAY 4 APRIL 2008

2008-04-08 Thread umesh sharma
India still doesn't have an IIT or an IIM for each state. How about one for Bihar or Kerala or Nagaland - which have neither. Umesh mc mahant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: We said differently in PCG #1: "You Liberate us-- We liberate you. You cannot possibly do anything for us! Only we can so

Re: [Assam] For how long shall Asom be ignored, Sonowal to Centre(THE SENTINEL, FRIDAY 4 APRIL 2008

2008-04-08 Thread mc mahant
We said differently in PCG #1: "You Liberate us-- We liberate you. You cannot possibly do anything for us! Only we can solve our problems" IIT/IIM geniuses litters the whole place. What good was their 'Education'? How can they use 1% of what they were supposed to learn? World Class /CE

[Assam] Fw: Shankar Borua's new film CENTER MASS

2008-04-08 Thread barua25
CENTER MASS (107 mins., 2008) Producer……..Rita Watkins Executive Producer.David Webb Line Producer………..David Epps CameraShankar Borua Music.Chandra Cogburn Editing.Shelley Rash, David Epps, Michael Wolfskill Sound Mix.David Epps Graphics.Da

Re: [Assam] [Assam Society] Re: Bolin Medhi

2008-04-08 Thread Chan Mahanta
You are right Ram. I saw the clip too. At 12:09 PM -0600 4/4/08, Ram Sarangapani wrote: >Hi Ganesh, > >Thanks for forwarding the video. > >I'm glad that Mr. Medhi has got some exposure because of this >coverage in MSNBC. Now, the mainstream Indian media will of course >also cover it

Re: [Assam] [Assam Society] Re: Bolin Medhi

2008-04-08 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Hi Ganesh, Thanks for forwarding the video. I'm glad that Mr. Medhi has got some exposure because of this coverage in MSNBC. Now, the mainstream Indian media will of course also cover it, and hopefully Mr. Medhi benefits from it. But Keith Obermann usualy has stories like this in his odd-ball se

[Assam] Nellie: By Hemendra Narayan

2008-04-08 Thread utpal borpujari
Hemendra Narayan, a senior journalist with The Statesman newspaper, recently published a booklet on his memories of the Nellie massacre 25 years ago. He was one of the only two journalists (the other was Assam Tribune's Bedabrata Lahkar), who were helpless witness to the killings while returning

[Assam] From ToI? India's Stand on Tibet/Tibet strategic water resources

2008-04-08 Thread Krishnendu Chakraborty
It may be noted that the comments are coming from citizen of a Superpower which turned a blind eye during Tienman square or Tibet because China continues to be its manufacturing hub . >*** Shows what India values more: Real estate or Human Rights! >cm India takes rigid anti-Tibet stand

Re: [Assam] Bolin Medhi

2008-04-08 Thread J Kalita
I watched the video. Mr. Medhi must have been singing a Bihu tune! That was interesting. Jugal --- Ganesh C Bora <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Raiz, > Does anybody know Bolin Medhi who was mentioned in > Countdown with Keith Oberman in MSNBC yesterday, > Thursday the 3rd APril, 08. Following is t

[Assam] Bolin Medhi

2008-04-08 Thread Ganesh C Bora
Raiz, Does anybody know Bolin Medhi who was mentioned in Countdown with Keith Oberman in MSNBC yesterday, Thursday the 3rd APril, 08. Following is the link to the vedio. He is about make world record in Humming (singing)!! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/23945317#23945317 Enjoy the

[Assam] World Class vs State universities

2008-04-08 Thread Pradip Kumar Datta
World Class vs State universities — Dr Akhil Ranjan Dutta The government of India declared on March 28, 2008 its decision to establish four new Indian Institutes of Technology and six Indian Institutes of Management in various States along with establishment of 14 World Class Central Un

[Assam] For how long shall Asom be ignored, Sonowal to Centre(THE SENTINEL, FRIDAY 4 APRIL 2008 )

2008-04-08 Thread Buljit Buragohain
For how long shall Asom be ignored, Sonowal to Centre >From our Correspondent NEW DELHI, April 3: Despite strong demands from the Brahmaputra and Barak valleys of Asom, not a single IIM and IIT has been sanctioned by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development in the 11th five year plan,

Re: [Assam] vegetableconomics

2008-04-08 Thread umesh sharma
can something like Gujarat's AMUL cooperative system start in Assam ? Umesh shantikam hazarika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think this has been happening all along in Assam. A few years back I came across farmers in Kharupetia allowing their tomato crop to rot because the price they were fetchi

[Assam] New Scientist Article-- Get/read/Think/Discuss

2008-04-08 Thread mc mahant
Why the demise of civilisation may be inevitable 02 April 2008 Debora MacKenzie Magazine issue 2650 DOOMSDAY. The end of civilisation. Literature and film abound with tales of plague, famine and wars which ravage the planet, leaving a few survivors scratching out a primitive existence amid t

[Assam] From ToI? India's Stand on Tibet/Tibet strategic water resources

2008-04-08 Thread Chan Mahanta
*** Shows what India values more: Real estate or Human Rights! cm India takes rigid anti-Tibet stand BEIJING, APR 3 (PTI) According to China, New Delhi has assured that it will not tolerate any political anti-Beijing activities by Tibetans on the Indian territory. For the second time

[Assam] New course in Dhemaji College

2008-04-08 Thread Buljit Buragohain
Dhemaji College one of the pioneers in opening up the doors for career advancement of students by augmenting the broad understanding of education in Assam from year 1965 had got approved for Ambedkar Study Centre, Information Technology,Forest & Wildlife Management by Indira Gandhi National Open

[Assam] WE CRY FOR THEM, STAND FOR THEM, But--

2008-04-08 Thread DR BIKASH KUMAR DAS
Friends, So far we have ben standing for all NE people regardless of state or tribe etc, taking as our prime duty to stand united.But here comes the universal truth and the betrayal to our stand.This is not a sporadic incident.This is true and are true- all hapening all over India-Delhi for wh

[Assam] Chinese threat real along arunachal border: Antony

2008-04-08 Thread Pradip Kumar Datta
Chinese threat real: Antony >From Sanjoy Ray Assam Tribune TAWANG (Arunachal Pradesh), April 6 – Indicating that the threat from China on the Arunachal Pradesh border cannot be ruled out, Union Defence Minister AK Antony said that the Central Government is giving ‘top priority’ to improving

[Assam] 'India has abysmal human rights record'

2008-04-08 Thread Pradip Kumar Datta
'India has abysmal human rights record' Vicky Nanjappa April 07, 2008 11:25 IST The United Nations Human Rights Council should ensure that Indian government takes strong steps to hold members of its security forces responsible for torture, arbitrary detentions, killings, an

Re: [Assam] UN's MES - Indian in jail in New York

2008-04-08 Thread umesh sharma
Bikash-da, It is true that whenever there is supply or procurement there is room for corruption. I was recalling just now how at college hostel one day I was surprised to find that the College President enetered with my roommate they had a bundle in their hand. Later my roommate (we shared a h

[Assam] What is this musical instrument called in Assamese?

2008-04-08 Thread bg
I saw such an instruments used to play by Lokageet singers in our place, played by one hand, with fingers, adn the other hand (fingers) is used to style the music.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhr%C3%A1n [image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Bodhran.jpg] Babul Gogoi 011

�India buckling under Chinese pressure�

2008-04-08 Thread Pradip Kumar Datta
‘India buckling under Chinese pressure’ NEW DELHI, April 5: India’s Tibet policy came in for sharp criticism on Saturday, with former diplomats and experts pulling up the Government for compromising on principles in a bid to placate China over the issue. “China has claimed Aru

[Assam] Police fire on Tibetan protesters; eight die

2008-04-08 Thread Pradip Kumar Datta
Police fire on Tibetan protesters; eight die BEIJING, April 5: Police fired on hundreds of protesters in a Tibetan area of western China, killing eight people, overseas activist groups said. State media reported one Government official was seriously injured in what it called a riot. Another

[Assam] Unearthed: royal kitchen in Sivasagar

2008-04-08 Thread Pradip Kumar Datta
The remains of the royal Ahom kitchen in Sivasagar. A Telegraph picture Unearthed: royal kitchen in Sivasagar For years, historians have wondered what the kitchens of the Ahom royalty looked like. They finally have the answer. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has

[Assam] Youtube moment - Indian National anthem : various artists including Bhupen Hazarika & amjad alis kid

2008-04-08 Thread Ram Dhar
Indias all well known musicians in it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZi3fwP09zw&feature=related remember this ..doordarshan used to telecast this in mid 80s !!! Mile sur mera tumhara http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caUMs9gKh7A&feature=related _

Re: [Assam] [Assam Society] Re: Bolin Medhi

2008-04-08 Thread Ganesh C Bora
Ram da, You are right. Keith Oberman did not highlight Bolin's talent (as singing without opening his mouth ...)! KO did sarcastically mention at the end, "It is humming ... "! As you mentioned, he got some publicity But if I am Bolin, I would still be happy to get a exposure like this!