HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: riddle@is.rice.edu (Prentiss Riddle)
Subject: Re: National Conferences of Indian Activists (REGISTRATION FORM)
Organization: Ministry of Information, William's Marsh
Distribution: tx
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 03:49:50 GMT

By the way, one of the groups putting on the conference is based at UT
Austin, so if anyone from Texas wants to go I imagine there will be
some carpool opportunities.  Let me know and I can dig up Austin
contact info.

-- Prentiss Riddle ("aprendiz de todo, maestro de nada") riddle@rice.edu
-- Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of my employer.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: aksimha@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Arun Simha)
Subject: Re: Hotel Paranoia
Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 19:44:02 GMT

In article <9204161046.aa01596@Paris.ics.uci.edu> ighosh@apis.ICS.UCI.EDU writes:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> Here is something to bring back memories of the days of hostel life, back in
> India. Received it from a friend.
>
> Indraneel.
i  
    I had posted this on SCI yesterday. Seems like at least one guy (yur pal)
    read it.
    Thanks for the compliment.

 Arun
From: SELD1015@HASARA11.BITNET
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: wanted bridegroom
Date: 7 Apr 92 13:27:56 GMT
Organization: SARA - Stichting Academisch Rekencentrum Amsterdam

hi,
I'm looking for a suitable bridegroom for my sister.
 
Age:          31
Height        162
weight        52
Complexionwhitish
Mothertongue  Hindi
Job           bank-employee
Address       magnoliahof 7
1112 GR
Diemen
the Netherlands
Surname       Heera
First name    Neeta
 
Bye
asha
From: mamohamm@vela.acs.oakland.edu (SKEPTICAL)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Indian Rupee dips
Date: 17 Apr 92 20:23:11 GMT
Article-I.D.: vela.14720
Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI.


	Indian Rupee tokk another sharp decline in the 
	World market against the US dollar. The US dollar
	now stands at 29.70 Indian rupees.
-- 
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Bigotary Prevails  and  Nepotism Relishes			<---
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GO RED WINGS.....DO IT THE YZERMAN-YSEBAERT WAY! 		--->
From: chunduri@eemips.tamu.edu (Fiction)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Sneek Preview
Date: 14 Apr 92 03:48:28 GMT
Organization: Texas A&M University



Howdy,


I have just come from the sneek preview of the movie

	CITY OF JOY

 *ing etc etc....

 I notice that compared to the book the movie is on a lighter

 vein. The performances by Om Puri and Shabana Azmi are excellent.

 Another interesting actor was Art mallik. If I remenber right

 he also had a lead role in the BBC serial The Jewel in The Crown.

	I sure would like to see the netters tear it apart.\


Srikar

-- 
	The bones have rattled
		The Die have been rolled

  	       	              -IK           
Xref: sparky soc.culture.indian:13829 soc.culture.sri-lanka:455
From: raja@chroma.cps.msu.edu (Narayan S. Raja)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.sri-lanka
Subject: Re: Final note....?
Date: 9 Apr 92 19:33:47 GMT
Reply-To: raja@cps.msu.edu
Organization: Michigan State University, CPS Department


In article <YdsqaXa00awB4_DFFt@andrew>, (Ranjith Ravindiran Suresh) writes:

< If my postings are so offensive,  just think how thousands
< of SL Tamils felt after IPKF turned the guns on them.


Just for the record:  I feel very
sorry that many SriLankan civilians 
died/suffered because of the IPKF.

But my attitude now (which many probably
share) is that the SriLanka problem
is not soluble, least of all by India.

In the past, Congress, AIADMK, and DMK
alike were "soft" on the LTTE.  As a result
the LTTE could go to the extent of killing
people in Tamil Nadu without any fear
of the law.  

Our past mistakes should not be repeated.  
Extortion, murder, and stockpiling of 
unlicensed guns happen to be illegal in 
Tamil Nadu.  This must be enforced.


You have gone to the extent of suggesting
that Jayalalitha and other elected Tamil
Indian politicians might "fall ill"  if they
oppose the LTTE.  Freedom of speech, OK.
But if anything does happen to Jayalalitha
or other important politicians, I hope you
will be questioned by the FBI to see what 
you know about it.


Narayan Sriranga Raja.

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From: viraljay@usc.edu (VIRAL SHAH)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Any Idea About BSE Index?
Date: 6 Apr 1992 17:44:46 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California--U.S.C.
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu

Hi,

I would like to know the latest BSE index.

Thanks...

-viral shah-<viraljay@aludra.usc.edu>
From: rc05@gte.com (Ramesh Chandak)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: What is Progress?
Date: 11 Apr 92 16:45:00 GMT
Organization: GTE Laboratories Incorporated, Waltham MA

>>> What is Progress ?

Its a software company in Bedford, MA.

- Steve, Stevemeister, Stevanester, Stevo ....
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.china,soc.culture.pakistan
From: muthu@mecad.uta.edu (S.N. Muthukrishnan)
Subject: Call For Votes : creation of sci.engr.mech
Reply-To: muthu@mecad.uta.edu
Organization: University of Texas at Arlington
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 19:10:28 GMT


CALL FOR VOTES TO CREATE NEWSGROUP sci.engr.mech
------------------------------------------------

NAME: 
          sci.engr.mech

STATUS:
          unmoderated


DESCRIPTION:

	Discussion of engineering problems related to Mechanical Engineering


CHARTER:

This group will be used for the discussion of problems related to work or 
research in mechanical engineering. The fields that this group would cover may  
be mechanics,dynamics, control, fluids, heat, manufacturing, computer aided 
design, and a bunch of other areas that may be discussed in the process of 
creating this group. 

Problems could be related to school (not homeworks !), research, work,
software related queries and whatever one can think of as a problem
that can be addressed to a Mechanical Engineer.

Posts of the following types are expected though this is not intended to be an 
exhaustive list.
o	Problems related to design of equipments
o	Modelling relatred problems
o	Math related to Mechanical Engineering
o	Software and programs related to Mechanical Engineering
o	Problems related to Standards (although I don't think we can establish 
	standards for practice)
o	Research findings



VOTES:
-----

ONLY VOTES RECEIVED BY MAY 12, 23:59 CST WILL BE COUNTED

The votes should be unambiguously stated in the subject line or the body
of the mail with statements such as

  `I vote YES for sci.engr.mech as proposed'  or
  `I vote NO for sci.engr.mech as proposed'.


To vote  YES: Send mail to yes_mech@mecad.uta.edu  

To vote   NO: Send mail to no_mech@mecad.uta.edu

o	Only votes mailed to the above addresses will be counted.

o	Ambiguous votes or votes with qualifications ("I would vote yes for  
	
	sci.engr.mech if only / provided that...") will not be counted.
o	In the case of multiple votes from a given person, only the last will 
	be counted.

o	If you want to cancel your vote, you can send mail to 
	muthu@mecad.uta.edu.  Actual votes mailed to that address will not be 
	counted.

OTHER
-----

As is customary for one who proposes and takes votes, I would also adhere
to the ethics of this process by not canvassing for votes. However I will
send this CFV and subsequent ones to all those who had contacted me or had
expressed their support during the discussion process.
 
A mass acknowledgment of the votes received will appear frequently in all the  
newsgroups to which this has been posted.

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From: fotedar@galileo.uucp (Sunil Fotedar [MDSSC])
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: R.E.C. Srinagar Alumni Association Directory
Date: 10 Apr 1992 18:19:08 GMT
Distribution: soc.culture.indian
Organization: Software Technology Branch - NASA/Johnson Space Center


Subject: R. E. C. Srinagar Alumni Association Directory 

Dear R. E. C. Srinagar alumnus,

I am in the process of making an Alumni Association directory for those who have
graduated from Regional Engineering College, Srinagar (Kashmir), and are living
outside India. A questionnaire has been prepared to this effect. It will take 
only a few minutes to fill it out. Joining this association does not cost you 
any membership fee, or put any responsibility on you. Most probably postage may
be needed when the directory is ready to be mailed. I will wait for two to three
months, and hopefully mail the directory towards the end of the summer. Please 
participate as actively as you can. Do not answer the questions which you find 
too personal, but please make sure to fill out and send or e-mail the 
questionnaire. Also, send me information about those who you know have been 
R. E. C. Srinagar graduates living here or in any other country outside India. 
A graduate of R. E. C. Srinagar is the one who has attended and graduated from 
R. E. C. Srinagar (all 4 years - initially 5 years), that includes Kashmiris
as well as non-Kashmiris. 

I have written a Hypercard application for my database on a Macintosh computer.
If interested, please write (or call) me to get a copy of the software along 
with the user's manual. Any co-operation, and/or constructive criticism, will be
highly appreciated.


For correspondence, write to (or call) :
Sunil Fotedar
15714 PiperUs View Drive
Webster, TX 77598.
(Res.) 713-480-4270, (Off.) 713-283-4329
e-mail address: fotedar@sweetpea.jsc.nasa.gov


Following is the questionnaire:




NAME:
TELEPHONE: 		(Off)
			(Res)
CURRENT ADDRESS:


BUSINESS ADDRESS:



YEAR GRADUATED FROM R.E.C. SGR:
MAJOR:
HIGHEST DEGREE:
SCHOOL GRDUATED FROM:
YEAR GRADUATED:
MAJOR:
CURRENT OCCUPATION:


PREVIOUS OCCUPATION(S):


E-MAIL ADDRESS:
FAMILY:




				SAMPLE

NAME:         		Sunil Fotedar
TELEPHONE: 		(Off.) 713-283-4329
			(Res.) 713-480-4270
CURRENT ADDRESS:
			15714 Piper's View Drive
			Webster, Texas 77598
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
			McDonnell Douglas Space Systems Co.
			Space Station Division
			16055 Space Center Blvd.
			Houston, Texas 77062-6208
YEAR GRADUATED FROM R.E.C. SGR: July 1984
MAJOR:			Electrical Engineering	
HIGHEST DEGREE: M. S.
SCHOOL GRDUATED FROM: 	Rice University, Houston, Texas
YEAR GRADUATED: 	May 1987
MAJOR: 			Electrical and Computer Engineering
CURRENT OCCUPATION:
			Senior Engineer
			McDonnell Douglas Space Systems Co.
			Houston, Texas
PREVIOUS OCCUPATION(S):
			Sr. Assoc. Engineer
			Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Co.
			Houston, Texas
E-MAIL ADDRESS: 	fotedar@sweetpea.jsc.nasa.gov
FAMILY:			Lovely (Wife); Parmesh Kumar (Son)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: manish@plato..acs.umbc.edu (Socrates)
Subject: Re: Analysis of a typical mistake [was Re: G.C. Thru Marriage to an American Citizen]
Organization: University of Maryland Baltimore County
Distribution: soc
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 21:00:35 GMT

        Excellent job in observing the differences in speech patterns.
The conversational styles in two countries are very different. Indian
culture is hight context culture where not everything is verbalized
but is more implicit and people are supposed to read through the 
context, environment, and other non verbal communication ways. On the
other hand American culture is low context culture and everything is
verbalized. 
         American style of conversation is more linear and you always
give enough information while maintaining the coherence to get your
point across. Indian and middle eastern style is more circular and
rather spiral shaped to get point across. There is a lucidity in the
speech pattern and it's not that well organised. It's more listener
oriented where the listener is supposed to make out from the context,
and verbal and non verbal cues to get the point. This combined with
the fact that English is not Indians mother tongue makes frustrating
for other people sometimes. 
         One should not make any value judgement on these differences
but should use these as to understand each other better. 

     regards,
    
      manish
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: suresh@fred.cis.udel.edu (Swaminathan Sureshchandran)
Subject: Re: G.C. Thru Marriage to an American Citizen
Organization: University of Delaware, Newark
Distribution: soc
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 18:42:41 GMT

In article <1992Apr13.180059.25404@umbc3.umbc.edu> kuntal@mercury.cs.umbc.edu (survivor) writes:
>In article <1992Apr13.094210.11656@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> ggyy@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:
>>
>>HI,  I am planning to get married soon and my wife is an american citizen. i
>           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>if u have a wifey, why are u planning to get married again ? bigamy valid, eh ?

Very funny, that. I have noticed that Indians tend to make such mistakes 
more than Americans (semantic errors I mean, not bigamy). My theory is that 
Indians are much less organised in speech than others, and generally just 
ramble on with their ideas. I have had a few Indian students under me, 
and I notice that though they are extremely good students, they kind of 
find it difficult to express what they want to say. Maybe we come from a 
society which is highly non-linear, and most of the time you are never 
saying what you mean, straight speech getting you nowhere (like pleading 
with TTs, fumbling in a new state with the local tongue, displaying 
servile attitude towards those in power, etc). 
Anyway, enough rambling for now. 
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: axs2776@usl.edu (Subramanyam Arunkumar)
Subject: Re: GUJJU JOKES.........
Organization: University of Southwestern Louisiana
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 21:51:47 GMT

GUJJU and INTELLIGENCE ? 

I'd believe angels existed but I wont believe this.


If U are trying to flame me, think. U r proving something!!!
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: bhaktha@wam.umd.edu (Ravi Bhakthavatchalam)
Subject: Accomodation for Summer
Originator: bhaktha@rac1.wam.umd.edu
Organization: University of Maryland at College Park
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 22:36:40 GMT

Hi there pal!
Did U get a summer job in Washington D.C. Metropolitan area and looking for
accomodation through the summer? Then, this message is for U!

Accomodation available in a fully furnished 2BD RM apartment in College Park
area. 5 min. walk from University of Maryland campus. Great place to stay and
commute to D.C. (about 7 miles) and surrounding areas by METRO BUS & RAIL.

 U would be sharing the apartment with 3 Indian grad. students and paying
 $ 212.50  + 1/4 Utilities (approx. $15) per month.

	INTERESTED ?  CALL RAVI @ (301)-441-1342 or
		      SEND MAIL TO bhaktha@wam.umd.edu  or
				   bhaktha@eng.umd.edu

 
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: vnreddy@next01epsl.wam.umd.edu (Venkatramana N. Reddy)
Subject: Re: Oscar - Rohini Hattangadi
Organization: Workstations at Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 17:24:21 GMT

In article <atulpule.702678490@cunews> atulpule@sebastian.carleton.ca  
(Ajit Tulpule) writes:
> 
> ##From  
cunews!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!spool.mu.edu!uunet!psinntp!dg-rtp! 
spsd!swagata Tue Apr  7 16:12:53 EDT 1992
> etc... etc...
> ##Organization: Data General, Irvine, CA
> ##Lines: 3
> ##
> 
> ##Rohini Hattangadi did receive the OSCAR for costume design in
> ##Gandhi. (not for best actress). If you remember, Gandhi got
> ##a total of 7(?) OSCARS.
> ##
> 
> 
> I think that Rohini Hattangadi had got an Oscar for best supporting
> actress. Someone (I don't know who had got an Oscar for costume
> design for the movie Gandhi.).
> 
> 
> Ajit Tulpule.
> -----------------------------------------------
> signature

I believe both of you are mistaken. Its true that 'Gandhi' did receive
an Oscar for the Best Costumes , but the recepient was Bhanu Atthaiya 
and she was the only Indian to have received an Oscar ever, until Mr. Ray  
got the award this year.

Ramana.

**************************************************************************
 V. N. Reddy                                         vnreddy@wam.umd.edu
 University of Maryland, College Park,MD. 
**************************************************************************
From: uds@surya.cs.wayne.edu (Seetamraju)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Vedic Math & World's Fastest Division Method...
Date: 12 Apr 92 08:19:27 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.1992Apr12.081927.16956
Organization: Wayne State University

In article <1992Apr11.090106.11701@wpi.WPI.EDU> udumudi@maxine.wpi.edu (u v babu srinivas) writes:
>In his article <> vijay@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu (Vijay Fafat) writes:
......
>another example is: to calculate values of fractions such as 1/19
>etc. We can use the sloka (ekOnnati pUrvAha, if i remember correctly) 
>here to get the values:
>
>1/19: doing it backwards, start with 5 (i don't remeber why), double 
>present number, put the last digit of the result, carry on rest..
>continue until the seq repeats:
>
>             .05263157894736842105
>

I figured the meaning and the western way of USING this method, it goes as
follows.  This method is defined to be used for numbers whose units digit is
a 9.  But I found it to be easily extendable.
	(1 / (N*10+9)  :: for eg: 1/39 is 1/(3*10+9).
to get the repeating  decimal equivalent, start with a 1 (I proved why we
need this 1 -- you can too!) and proceed leftwards by multiplying the previous
number by (N+1) and go on till ? (I found a pattern at which to stop - which
the book does not tell, but half a day of examples lead me to that pattern).

I shall solve for 1/39. (  N+1 = 4 )

This line contains carry-overs:   1     2         2      1         
This seq  of #s is sol'n           0     2         5      6    4   1
Scrap-work line(avoidable)  <........   5*4+2    6*4+1   4*4   4*1 

		 1
ONCE YOU see       0  you stop (go ahead prove it for yourself that this
is the terminating point). check up that 1/39 =  0.025641 (repeating).
Notice how  the left-most current digit in the center-line is multiplied
by (N+1) and the previous carry over is then added to that product EACH TIME.

Try it for any number ending in 9 and check it out on a computer.  GUYS ! AS
A 12TH CLASS STUDENT I VERIFIED THIS FOR ALL NUMBERS FROM 1/9 TO 1/239 USING
A CASIO FX-100 CALCY (SOME NUMBERS DO NOT REPEAT FOR n PLACES - for example,
1/59 perhaps has a 58 place repeating decimal!)

For other odd numbers, (its such a simple Idea!), like  1 / 37, multiply
numerator and denominator by 7, making it 7 * ( 1/259) :: compute the value
for 1/259, and multiply that repeating decimal by 7 !  Clearly, you will
do this multiplication for all odd numbers:: using 3 (for numbers ending in 3)
or 7 (for numbers ending in 7)  and 9 (for those numbers ending in a 1).

Convert all OTHER even and OTHER odd numbers ending in 5 as folllows :-

1/46 = 1/2  * (1/23) == 1/2 * 3 * (1/69) !
1/55 = 1/5 * (1/11) == 1/5 * 9 * (1/99) !

Seetamraju, Uday Bhaskar Sarma
(email : seetam @ ece7 . eng . wayne . edu)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: kumarr@ivan.intel.com (Kumar Ranganathan)
Subject: Re: soc.culture.tamil
Reply-To: kumarr@ivan.intel.com
Organization: Development Tools Operation, Intel Corp., Hillsboro  OR
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 92 18:42:29 GMT

I completely agree with Sridhar Venkataraman's point of view. Like him, I am also
a tamilian and I oppose soc.culture.tamil.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Great matrimonial or wife on sale !!!!!!!!!
From: dcruz@bgsu.edu (Don't Explain!)
Date: 6 Apr 92 03:38:31 GMT
Organization: Bowling Green State Univ.
Keywords: matrimonial

In article haldar@garfield.cs.mun.ca (Sibsankar Haldar) writes:
>
>Hi folks,
>
>	As you know I do not write quite often. But, when I do write,
>I write nasty things. This time too, I do not know what my hands
>are going to write. Please bare with me; otherwise hit "n". Please
                            ^^^^

A little Freudian slip there ... wouldn't you say???  But that would
explain why you are so eager to get rid of a "fine piece of flesh"
as you described your wife to be!!!
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: ngrjn@milton.u.washington.edu (V Nagarajan)
Subject: Re: Zero
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 18:06:25 GMT

In article <1992Apr8.095812.7806@midway.uchicago.edu> trivedi@curie.uchicago.edu (Anil Trivedi) writes:
>
>(The following discussion took place in soc.culture.arabic;
>I thought it would be of interest to some here as well.)
>
>RS:
>>I always thought that the Arabs have invented the zero. I didn't do
>>any research on the subject, and I hope that other posters can
>>enlighten us more on the subject.  There are other scientific
>>achievements by the Arabs, but they are hardly acknowleged in the
>>West, and are attributed to other western scientists.
>
>AT:
>I hope no one will be shocked to hear that West has been unduly arrogant
>towards other cultures: recall that Native Americans are still called
>Indians even though it has been known for FIVE HUNDRED YEARS that Columbus
>had missed India by quite a distance. How *Native Americans* feel about
>being called by someone else's name and how *Indians* may feel about this
>has never mattered.
>
>Arabs have actually done GREAT things in mathematics and science, for
>which they are given NO credit in the West. (The same for other older
>civilizations, such as the Chinese, Indians, Mayans, etc.)
>		etc..


	Thanks for a very informative article amidst all this cacophony.
	I do have a point to make and please take it as constructive 
	criticism: Isn't it interesting how we are looking UP to the West
	to give us our due? Doesn't that tell you how powerless we are?
	Seems to me we can either complain and wait in the wings for the 
	Western popular opinion to acknowledge the historical truth or
	ignore the whole thing. There is a yet a third option: Empower
	ourselves and write our own interpretation of history...

							- Nagarajan
From: misra@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Boo!)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Final note....?
Date: 10 Apr 1992 03:20:55 -0500
Organization: Kansas State University
Distribution: na
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu

In article <Ydt_PLu00awRA6e1tC@andrew.cmu.edu> Ranjith Ravindiran Suresh <rs6x+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>Obviously like the rest of the SL Tamil bashers, you  are
>cluesless as to how this conflict started in the first place(in 84).. If

	Yes!Yes and only the LTTE and its supporters are intouch.

>And now, some want to drive those 'LTTE terrorists' out of Tamil Nadu.

	True, we do. If they want to fight, let them fight in SL not 
in india.  

>Rajiv, what was his qualification other than being the son of Indira to
>run for high office? Thanks to Rajiv's quick exit, there is a 'true' son

	I think it was under rajiv when you got a airlift from india, so
dont go after him after his death. His mistake was that he should have 
had the LTTE people shot in TN.