[Assam] Harvard Graduation speeches :poem- Ganges (Ganga) sister of Mississippi

http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/06/5_convocation.php Lightfoot shared a poem by Jean Toomer in which she said she learned as a fifth grader “the power and meaning of metaphor.” The Mississippi, sister of the Ganges, Main artery of earth in the western

[Assam] Dr Harry Potter - Harvard doctorate to Rowling

http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/06.12/99-rowling.html must be magic else who would believe that a writer of children's stories would be commencement speaker at Harvard and be awarded an honorary doctorate for her childish stories. I found A Series of Unfortunate Events (a few of them)

Re: [Assam] From the Assam Tribune

Alpana Baideo I wrote a mail for you that would not go. So, saved it to a file. Here it is: "Alpana Biadeo I perhaps understood your figure of speech, because, when I was referring to the first hand experience, I was mentioning your involvement with the children in the peripher

Re: [Assam] From the Assam Tribune

Thanks for the explanation, C'da. I just hope that Assam becomes a corruption-free state soon. All that are suspected of killing (including those that are suspected of the secret killing incidents in Assam), all corrupted - engineers, doctors, professors, inisters, police and CBI officer

[Assam] "fleeting beauties"

http://www.dnaindia.com/slideshow.asp?newsid=1168803&sldid=1 “In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree and humble like a blade of grass.” _ Instantly invite friends from Fa

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

KJD Your are right. This is called the 'corruption' syndrome in especially in Assam. " I am sorry. I cannot help but being corrupt, because the others are corrupt. How can I be honest in this corrupt society? I have to be corrupt." I say Hobo Diok Ripun Bora and his tribe. Rajen Barua

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

You are taking shelter under the fallacy that two wrongs make a right.The fact that most politicians are corrupt does not mean that Bora has one right to fill his pocket with ill-gotten money.The issue of corruption,a vital one,is a different kettle of fish .After scanning media reports,I don't fi

Re: [Assam] From the Assam Tribune

Hi A: Allow me to chime in here: > Why are they raiding his house? He was not >charged with smuggling drugs or for having >black >money!! *** You seem to be under the impression that only smugglers' or drug dealers' or mega-tax evaders' houses are RAIDED by desi-police/military. It so

[Assam] Cash award for meritorious students (The Sentinel, 05.06.2008)

Cash award for meritorious students >From our Correspondent KOKRAJHAR, June 4: BTC chief Hagrama Mohilary has announced that the Bodo People’s Front (BPF) led council will provide Rs 1 lakh each to all students who passed the HSLC examination sitting in top 20 and HS examination in top 10 in BTC

Re: [Assam] From the Assam Tribune

When I said "people talk in crores", I thought you would understand that it was a relative term, was a figure of speech, Uttam. As you said, from my first hand experience of being a person from Assam/India, I know everybody in Assam/India is not a lakh/kuti-poti. But some definitely are. And

Re: [Assam] From the Assam Tribune

Alpana Baideo I do not know what with Rs.14 lakhs or that. But in my profession I have atleast seen scores of people ruined not only for theirs but for others corruption. At this moment, I recall one of the finest poets and a fountainhead of modern assam's poetry critics, who died under g

[Assam] Indian economy and world oil market - interesting facts

picked these facts from BBC report : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7435256.stm a.India imports 75% of its oil b.India accounts for 3% of the global demand for oil. This is lower than China's 9% and the US's 25%, c.India's three state-run oil importing, refining and marketing

[Assam] Dolphin, state aquatic animal – succes s for conservation

Dolphin, state aquatic animal – success for conservation Guwahati, June 5- Marking the World Environment Day, the Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today announced that the highly endangered river dolphin, locally known as the “Xihu” would now be the State Aquatic Animal. Earlier today Shr

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

Just a few points of clarification here: > >If we all took a step back and analyze this a bit, one could well suspect a >set up. *** Of course. But a set-up can be from either side. IF there is truth to reports that Borah invited the Kolkata CBI DSP to Dilli to DISCUSS something, it could b

Re: [Assam] From the Assam Tribune

Hi Uttam: > You have missed another report. A raid in his house at Basant Kunj, Delhi, > has yielded another Rs.14 lakh. It is however not known whether the source of > such money is disclosed for the purposes of the relevant laws.> That makes it even more evident (and my point clear) tha

Re: [Assam] From the Assam Tribune

Alpana Baideo You have missed another report. A raid in his house at Basant Kunj, Delhi, has yielded another Rs.14 lakh. It is however not known whether the source of such money is disclosed for the purposes of the relevant laws. "Alpana B. Sarangapani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "