Re: [Assam] [Assam Society] Call for May 5 2006 as Global Day of Protest against ADB!

2006-05-02 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] [Assam Society] Call for May 5 2006 as Global Hi Ram: One can't just throw the baby with the bathwater every time there is a sniffle ** Isn't that the truth? ** So what do you think are the motives of these riff-raff and ne'er-do-gooders for bad-mouthing ADB? Ignorant?

Re: [Assam] [Assam Society] Call for May 5 2006 as Global Day of Protest against ADB!

2006-05-02 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Hi C'da, It seems to be all quiet on the Ozark front lately-:) ** So what do you think are the motives of these riff-raff and ne'er-do-gooders for bad-mouthing ADB? As I said before, the ADB doesn't seem to have a great track record. Nevertheless, its a huge organization and the focus ought to

Re: [Assam] [Assam Society] Call for May 5 2006 as Global Day of Protest against ADB!

2006-05-02 Thread Dilip/Dil Deka
If you want to see a list of Projects ADB sponsored in India, visit http://www.adb.org/Projects/approvals.asp?query=browse=1ctry=INDyear=ALLoffset=0fld=2srt=-1.I haven't quite figured out why there is outrage against ADB. ADB is a lending institution. Are they meddling in Assam's politics or

Re: [Assam] [Assam Society] Call for May 5 2006 as Global Day of Protest against ADB!

2006-05-02 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] [Assam Society] Call for May 5 2006 as Global From ADB publications it appears they want to help reduce poverty in Asia through economic development, a noble cause. *** That is why I was asking Ram what the motives of these riff-raffs might be for opposing such noble

Re: [Assam] [Assam Society] Call for May 5 2006 as Global Day of Protest against ADB!

2006-05-02 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] [Assam Society] Call for May 5 2006 as Global Ram: You ought to try a tad bit harder :-)! If that is all you got so far it would be very disappointing. I am hoping your skills in these matters are a bit better than the IIT/IIM/Harvard crowd's :-). c-da At 10:35 AM -0500

Re: [Assam] [Assam Society] Call for May 5 2006 as Global Day of Protest against ADB!

2006-05-01 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam Society] Call for May 5 2006 as Global Day of P Hi Umesh, So what is that YOU know, but all these people who oppose it don't? BTW, even I am able to go to google to dig up all kind of stuff. But that was not what I was asking for. c-da At 2:14 AM +0100 5/1/06,

Re: [Assam] [Assam Society] Call for May 5 2006 as Global Day of Protest against ADB!

2006-04-30 Thread umesh sharma
C-da,Here is a list of projects undertaken by ADB -recently - in India -- in each category there are many for Assam/NE India -- such as for power generation, roads and infrastructure development: http://www.adb.org/Documents/Profiles/default.asp?key=ctryval=PPTAscpe=12(from the above link

Re: [Assam] [Assam Society] Call for May 5 2006 as Global Day of Protest against ADB!

2006-04-29 Thread umesh sharma
Why this protest? ADB is like World Bank - which atleast in education (I read) helped improve Indian education over the past decade atleast. How has ADB become like this when it seeks to provide 200 million dollars to NE India for raod construction?Umesh"River Basin Friends(NE)" [EMAIL

Re: [Assam] [Assam Society] Call for May 5 2006 as Global Day of Protest against ADB!

2006-04-29 Thread Pradip Kumar Datta
We should not boycot ADB. ADB helped north east in various ways and still it is funding big infrastructure projects in the north east.Long Live ADBumesh sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Why this protest? ADB is like World Bank - which atleast in education (I read) helped improve Indian

Re: [Assam] [Assam Society] Call for May 5 2006 as Global Day of Protest against ADB!

2006-04-29 Thread Pradip Kumar Datta
FriendsWe should not boycot ADB. ADB helped north east in various ways and still it is funding big infrastructure projects in the north east.Long Live ADBPradip Kumar Datta visit www.majuli.info world's largest river island.umesh sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Why this protest?