Re: [Assam] Spectre haunting the rust belt

2011-02-19 Thread uttam borthakur
Dilip da,If it is a pure political manoeuvre on the part of the democrats, it shall not be a big thing. But, if it is rooted to the declineof the economy, it may last awhile. Perhaps, you will know betterbeing there.Uttam Kumar BorthakurXXUttam, This is not a big issue in USA. It has happene

Re: [Assam] Spectre haunting the rust belt

2011-02-19 Thread Dilip Deka
Uttam, This is not a big issue in USA. It has happened in the past. Senators in Texas stayed away from Austin for two weeks one time. But sense prevailed, they came back and took care of their business. People like Jesse Jackson only bark, there is no bite. The states in USA have to balance thei

[Assam] Spectre haunting the rust belt

2011-02-19 Thread uttam borthakur
This is a fairly well-written piece that captures the situation in Wisconsin and in rust-belt, labor union, collective burgaining rights etc.This seems to be real ominous. Now, the decline in internal and overseas profits seem to pit the state and the working class against each other, a problem

[Assam] Foundation Stone of an Engineering College at Dhemaji

2011-02-19 Thread Buljit Buragohain
The Hon'ble Chief Minister of Assam, Shri Tarun Gogoi will lay the foundation stone of an engineering college at Dhemaji on 20th Febrauary'2011 ( Sunday, 10 a.m.). ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_a

[Assam] Rs.100 cr Hospital near Silchar by Kanchi Shankaracharya

2011-02-19 Thread Pradip Kumar Datta
Kanchi Shankaracharya for hospital near Silchar http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=jan2611/state06 Kanchi Shankaracharya for hospital near SilcharCorrespondent SILCHAR, Jan 25 – As a part of his mission for North-East as a whole, Kanchi Shankaracharya has expressed his willingn

[Assam] Concern for Silchar: Lumding to Silchar : The story of an endless tunnel.

2011-02-19 Thread Sushanta Kar
Friends, "A German engineer who worked in the Konkan Railway project in western India had said that, India seems like the richest nation in the world because of the manner in which its public sector projects are delayed and costs are allowed to escalate. Even the developed countries would not be ab

Re: [Assam] The Daily Mail: Why are we giving £1bn aid to India? A nation with three times as many billionaires as we have (and its own space programme)

2011-02-19 Thread Jyotirmoy Sharma
It is hardly the receiver that will deny the free money. It is for the donor to decide whether the money should be given. British people( as per news on the web ) are already annoyed at having their tax paying money go to countries like India to build it's defence and space tech when millions still