[Assam] Ripun Bora, 2 others to be produced in Patiala court

2008-06-03 Thread Pradip Kumar Datta
Ripun, 2 others to be produced in Patiala court     The Central Bureau of Investigation is all set to produce former education minister Ripun Bora, scribe Mukul Pathak and businessman Ramsh Maheswai in the Patiala court, New Delhi on Wednesday. According to information, the CBI will the remand o

Re: [Assam] Invitation

2008-06-03 Thread nilankur das
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Re: [Assam] Fwd: [News Alert] Assam minister Ripun Bora arrested by CBI

2008-06-03 Thread muktikam phukan
True.There have been murmurs of journalists rampantly  taking money making & reporting biased stories. Qudos to journalist Mr Mukul Pathak for lifting the veil Muktikam Phukan Deputy Director (NR) Petroleum Conservation Research Association Sanrakshan Bhawan,10, Bhikaiji Cam

Re: [Assam] Fwd: [News Alert] Assam minister Ripun Bora arrested by CBI

2008-06-03 Thread Manoj Das
There are many of ye-low (take this) variety..! On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 9:35 AM, muktikam phukan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > True. Ther have been murmurs of journalists rampantly taking money making & > reporting biased stories. Qudos to journalist Mr Mukul Pathak for lifting > the veil !

Re: [Assam] Fwd: [News Alert] Assam minister Ripun Bora arrested by CBI

2008-06-03 Thread muktikam phukan
True. Ther have been murmurs of journalists rampantly taking money making & reporting biased stories. Qudos to journalist Mr Mukul Pathak for lifting the veil Muktikam Phukan Deputy Director (NR) Petroleum Conservation Research Association Sanrakshan Bhawan,10, Bhikaiji Cama P

Re: [Assam] Self-help groups in Assam transform rural economy - IANS

2008-06-03 Thread uttam borthakur
Ram Da I was not indicting Ripun Bora at all.. If you re-read, you shall see that my sole emphasis was about his comments on Dr. Amarjyoti Choudhury. Some people kowtowed his line in holding Dr. Choudhury responsible for chickening out. In fact, I did not like this kind of diatribe, becaus

Re: [Assam] Self-help groups in Assam transform rural economy - IANS

2008-06-03 Thread Chan Mahanta
At 3:53 PM -0500 6/3/08, Ram Sarangapani wrote: >Hi C'da, > >>*** 'Any more'? Come now Ram, WHEN was it reliable ? > >Well, let me put it this way, we often consider it reliable when we chose to >do so. I see it differently Ram. NOT all things we cite from news reports, are equal and thus

Re: [Assam] Self-help groups in Assam transform rural economy - IANS

2008-06-03 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Hi C'da, >*** 'Any more'? Come now Ram, WHEN was it reliable ? Well, let me put it this way, we often consider it reliable when we chose to do so. We have all seen (on this net) many of us have over the years sent links from the news media from Assam as well as the rest of India whenever it seems

Re: [Assam] Fwd: [News Alert] Assam minister Ripun Bora arrested by CBI

2008-06-03 Thread Priyankoo
oops...typo...I meant Mukul Pathak... On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Priyankoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes A-Baidew...coins have two sides... > > However, I strongly believe that no education minister has damaged the > education department in Assam more than Mr. Bora. He seriously deserves

Re: [Assam] Fwd: [News Alert] Assam minister Ripun Bora arrested by CBI

2008-06-03 Thread Priyankoo
Yes A-Baidew...coins have two sides... However, I strongly believe that no education minister has damaged the education department in Assam more than Mr. Bora. He seriously deserves it. And even worse, look at the representative of the fourth pillar of democracy Mr. Manjit Pathak. Seems like he w

Re: [Assam] Fwd: Re: Los Angeles Times on Northeast India

2008-06-03 Thread Chan Mahanta
At 12:14 PM -0500 6/3/08, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote: >In short, why not India just give in to everybody's 'khwab'? ***That is yet another expression of the absence of creativity , flexibility and a determination to find solutions for problems that mark the Indian attitude, which willingly

Re: [Assam] Fwd: Re: Los Angeles Times on Northeast India

2008-06-03 Thread Alpana B. Sarangapani
In short, why not India just give in to everybody's 'khwab'? “In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree and humble like a blade of grass.” > Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 12:06:17 -0500> To: assam@assamnet.org> From: [EMAIL > PROTECTED]> Subject:

Re: [Assam] Fwd: Re: Los Angeles Times on Northeast India

2008-06-03 Thread Chan Mahanta
> >I don't know why govt. of India could not win over B'desh to get the transit >rights. Every time a new government takes charge, we enthusiastically talk >of a favorable climate; every time the same story repeats. We are also >reluctant to take any mediator who could show reasons and objectivity

Re: [Assam] Fwd: Re: Los Angeles Times on Northeast India

2008-06-03 Thread Manoj Das
Hi C-da I really don't understand this diplomacy much! But what I understand is that, at large, a nation has to behave like a good conscientious citizen in the comity. It has to be strong yet compassionate, shrewd yet considerate, should know how to use "*xam dam dondo bhed*" to achieve its goals

Re: [Assam] Fwd: [News Alert] Assam minister Ripun Bora arrested by CBI

2008-06-03 Thread Alpana B. Sarangapani
As they say: Two sides to every coin - and every story. “In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree and humble like a blade of grass.” > Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 16:58:34 +0100> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > assam@assam

Re: [Assam] Fwd: [News Alert] Assam minister Ripun Bora arrested by CBI

2008-06-03 Thread bg
He has already been dropped from the Tarun Gogoi ministry :) http://www.assamtimes.org/hot-news/1566.html On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 9:28 PM, uttam borthakur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now these are the people whose indictment of Dr. AmarJyoti Choudhury that > we have to listen to. Strangely,

Re: [Assam] Fwd: [News Alert] Assam minister Ripun Bora arrested by CBI

2008-06-03 Thread uttam borthakur
Now these are the people whose indictment of Dr. AmarJyoti Choudhury that we have to listen to. Strangely, some people ask learned person like Dr. Choudhury to bear with the likes of Sri Bora. Priyankoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Assam Times Date:

[Assam] Fwd: [News Alert] Assam minister Ripun Bora arrested by CBI

2008-06-03 Thread Priyankoo
-- Forwarded message -- From: Assam Times <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 9:08 AM Subject: [News Alert] Assam minister Ripun Bora arrested by CBI To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Assam minister Ripun Bora arrested by CBI Assam educ

Re: [Assam] Fwd: Re: Los Angeles Times on Northeast India

2008-06-03 Thread Chan Mahanta
> >International diplomacy requires more than just dialog. India is not a good >brother in its neighborhood; disliked by everyone..we may blame conveniently on foreign hand..:) *** Exactly! And thus B'desh "FRUSTRATING" India's attempts at opening up navigation is not an accurate portrayal of

Re: [Assam] Self-help groups in Assam transform rural economy - IANS

2008-06-03 Thread Chan Mahanta
> >It is quite difficult to decipher from here what is >"behind" any news item anymore. *** 'Any more'? Come now Ram, WHEN was it reliable ? *** I think the bigger urge is the need to feel good about India doing good by Assam and thus the attempt at groping at every straw that floats by :-

Re: [Assam] Fwd: Re: Los Angeles Times on Northeast India

2008-06-03 Thread Manoj Das
Despite all the filth we took dip in the holy river during our visit in 2006.. it does cleanse your soul..to clean the body we had to take showers in the hotel:) My surprise was of course at Ayodhya. I suggest every Hindu (devout or not) must visit and take a dip at the river Saruyu. I bro

Re: [Assam] Fwd: Re: Los Angeles Times on Northeast India

2008-06-03 Thread umesh sharma
He He Manoj-da, You have a counter-point at the ready!! Well, water can purify - I never said that filth can purify. In my sole visit to Kolkata (when I was in seventh class/grade ) to attend my Mama's (maternal uncle) marriage to a Bengali girl I went to Dakshineshwar and took a

Re: [Assam] Fwd: Re: Los Angeles Times on Northeast India

2008-06-03 Thread Manoj Das
Rivers do...but if you look at the pollution of Yamuna and Ganga and the horrible sight of filth and sewage pouring into the river at Dasaaswamedhghat at Venaras, one has to be really diehard religious to consider that the water of Ganges that looks almost like crude petroleum can wash sins anymore

Re: [Assam] Fwd: Re: Los Angeles Times on Northeast India

2008-06-03 Thread Manoj Das
Forgot to add...Brahmakund was rechristened as Parasuram Kund..:) On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 12:20 PM, umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > interesting. I knew of Parshuram's matricide - the great Brahmin killing > his mother and all Kshatriyas (warrior caste) - his birthday is celebrated >