[Assam] Intellectual Journey (Melange,The Sentinel,22.08.2010)

2010-08-22 Thread Buljit Buragohain
Intellectual Journey Abdul Gani You Pass Matric, You Leave Your Village, If You Pass IIT, MBA You Will Leave the Country Dr

[Assam] Paresh alone can’t decide fate of State

2010-08-22 Thread Nava Thakuria
Paresh alone can’t decide fate of State Correspondent  NALBARI, Aug 22 – In order to expedite the much awaited talks between the ULFA and the Central Government, the Sanmilita Jatia Abhivartan today organised a district-level convention at Nalbari Natya Mandir and mounted pressure on the Central

Re: [Assam] s the Assam Youth Really Concerned? - a Column in the Assam Sentinel

2010-08-22 Thread Chan Mahanta
>Maybe, they are the last hopes of a stagnant and moribund society, and it > > needs students to rescue it from all kinds of problems. *** You keep getting it wrong Ram. It IS about making the state, the governmental machinery FUNCTIONAL, accountable! Of course that is easier said than done.

Re: [Assam] Orphan Drugs

2010-08-22 Thread Ram Sarangapani
>So, any researcher would not easily find a funder and the big pharmaceuticals would surely shy away, >notwithstanding the fact that such research >had yielded valuable knowledge, and in some cases bonanza, in the past. Uttam, trust me, if big pharma saw a bonanza at the end of the tunnel, they w

Re: [Assam] s the Assam Youth Really Concerned? - a Column in the Assam Sentinel

2010-08-22 Thread Ram Sarangapani
C'da, > You are such a nice person Ram, you scare me :-). I have always maintained a B'deshi is a 'B'deshi, and India cannot have one policy for one kind and a different one for the other. The problem is whenever the illegal B'deshi problem is brought up, JUST like these MLAs wanting special

Re: [Assam] Bangladeshis- the flip side of the story

2010-08-22 Thread uttam borthakur
[THIS IS A REJOINDER FROM SRI SANJIB GOSWAMI, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, who after knowing that I had put his views into Assamnet has asked me to send the remaining part that he had sent to his batch mates. I thought, why not, as the issue generated so much passion and ratiocination: -] " I do not k

[Assam] Orphan Drugs

2010-08-22 Thread uttam borthakur
I am not familiar with this subject at all; but a small write up on this made me think.  There are some rare diseases affecting a numerically very small segment of a population. Though search for the cure of a rare condition affecting eye and neck muscles led to the discovery of Botox, the anti-

Re: [Assam] assam Digest, Vol 61, Issue 35

2010-08-22 Thread Dhruba Jyoti Deka
Simply don't let BJP's dirty politics to be in. Bangladeshi are just Bangladeshi, regardless their religion or ethnicity. > From: pragyan.ts...@gmail.com > Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:46:07 +0530 > To: assam@assamnet.org > Subject: Re: [Assam] assam Digest, Vol 61, Issue 35 > > "Don't know what

Re: [Assam] s the Assam Youth Really Concerned? - a Column in the Assam Sentinel

2010-08-22 Thread Chan Mahanta
>Neither group ought to be encouraged - specially by MLAs > You are such a nice person Ram, you scare me :-). The only thing left now is about what they OUGHT to do. And if they don't do what they ought to, who should be the next line of defense? If we had to go by yesterday's Sentinel ed

Re: [Assam] assam Digest, Vol 61, Issue 35

2010-08-22 Thread Sushanta Kar
"Don't know what the deal is, but to me illegal Hindu B'deshis are no different from illegal Muslim B'deshis. Neither group ought to be encouraged - specially by MLAs" This is what BJP's politics from very beginning! It wants all the Muslims should go and all the Hindus should stay