HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: dchatterjee@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: Re: soc.culture.lang.bengali
Date: 3 Jan 93 15:10:44 CST
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services


  Magibaaz (womanizeR) Arindam writes:


In article <1i5ionINNjl1@menudo.uh.edu>, mece1e3@Jane.UH.EDU (Arindam Ghosh) 
>writes:
>>       (Arindam Ghosh the great "magibaaz" shall complete the rest. It is
>>        *moral* duty, as, he is from RK Hall, IIT KGP. 8-)).
>>
>>      Happy New Year,
>>
>>     - deb chatterjee
>>    (a good samaritan)
> Blasphemy, Nehru Hall. Down with New Campus.
> However, I guess you will not find much support for the other insinuation
> if you ask anybody who knows me.
> Arindam
>

  Bullshit ! Don't believe this guy. He has taken the vow of celibacy after
  having countless affairs ! Sinking-sinking-drinking-water-shib's-father-
  don't-know !!!! Chalaki hochcheye !!!

  My reports indicate that for "jodi tarey nahi chinigo - seki " Arindam
  used to visit calcutta every Friday by 4.40 galloping local. Why ?????

  - deb chatterjee
 (a good samaritan) 
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: sxn9307@ucs.usl.edu (Nadimpalli Sanjay)
Subject: LOOKING FOR OLD STUDENTS OF SJCE, MYSORE, INDIA
Organization: Univ. of Southwestern La., Lafayette
Distribution: world usa
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 09:16:31 GMT

Hi,

I am looking for old students of Sri Jayachamarajendra College of
Engineering, Mysore, India.

This information is useful since I will be compiling a
list of SJCE students and in future people may contact me
if they need to know the whereabouts of some of their
old college-mates.

If you are one of them, please send mail to sanjay@ucs.usl.edu
with the following information:

         Name           :
         Branch         :
         Batch          :
         E-mail address :
         Telephone No   :


Thanks,

Sanjay N
Branch: Computer Science and Engg.
Batch : 1991.
E-mail: sanjay@ucs.usl.edu
Telephone: (318) 237-7948
Xref: sparky soc.culture.indian:42702 soc.culture.pakistan:19122
From: rrp@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (rakesh.r.patel)
Subject: Re: Ouch! I can smell the flames coming!
Organization: AT&T
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 13:55:35 GMT

In article <1992Dec31.024838.24734@news.eng.convex.com> gardner@convex.com (Steve Gardner) writes:
>In article <1992Dec30.141416.14265@umiami.ir.miami.edu> dpereira@umiami.ir.miami.edu writes:
>>Q. What is a Sardar coctail?
>	Pardon my ignorance but what is a Sardar?  (Pity me, I'm new to reading
>	this group.)  
>
>
>						smg


Sardar = Sikh

Rakesh Patel
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: divaka@vccsouth30.its.rpi.edu (Ajay Divakaran)
Subject: Re: Dharma Sansad Demands Lifting of Bans (Niranjan Dev Teerth's 
Reply-To: divaka@rpi.edu
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 16:09:59 GMT

In article <1hd4h7INNhbh@charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu>, vivek@ecst.csuchico.edu (Vivek R. Prabhu) writes:
|> In article <anand.725134218@cds705> anand@Cadence.COM (Anand Bemra) writes:
|> >sunder@grusin.crhc.uiuc.edu (Srinivas Sunder) writes:
|> >
|> >
|> >>It was bad enough that Niranjan Dev Theerth (the SA of Puri) got himself 
|> >>into hot water with his support for sati; 
|> >
|> >Can anybody else confirm the veracity of this allegation?
|> >
|> >anand 'Organised religion - A blight on society'
|> 
|> Well this piece of information is indeed true. All of this happened in 
|> the aftermath of the Roop Kanwar Sati incident in Rajasthan. The whole
|> nation was agog with outrage over this incident,  and the Swamiji, who
|> was and still is regarded as one of the Pontiffs of the Hindu religion
|> released a statement in the Press stating his support for Sati.
|> 
|> Regards,
|> Vivek.
|> 
|> -- 
|> vivek@cscihp.ecst.csuchico.edu (Vivek R. Prabhu),
|> Research Assistant, Systems Engineering Lab., Dept. Of Computer Science, 
|> School Of Engineering, Computer Science And Technology,
|> California State University, Chico, California.
     This is not the first time this august pontiff was caught with his
foot halfway down his gullet. I clearly remember his coming to Jodhpur
and saying that the moon landing was  a hoax. His method of verification was
to take a handful of moon soil and sit by the oceanside and check if
it attracted the waves. I am translating from Hindi and paraphrasing from
Hindi of course. 
        His predecessor was the Shankaracharya who authored the famous
book on Vedic mathematics. That was one great Shankaracharya. 
         The other Shankaracharyas don't make good copy I suppose. I would
not consider his views representative of anyone but the loony 
fundamentalists.
           I do remember the eldest Kanchi Shankaracharya refusing to even
look at widows, and then having a well publicised meeting with Mrs. Indira
Gandhi. One does not know whether to laugh or to cry.
                                                           ajay
From: banerjee@aludra.usc.edu (Samit Banerjee)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Profanity on SCI. Really???? (was Mustafa & reply to SAMIT)
Date: 28 Dec 1992 21:31:07 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu

In article <1992Dec29.021447.26575@nucc.cc.nagoya-u.ac.jp> f43703a@nucc.cc.nagoya-u.ac.jp (SUPRATIC GUPTA) writes:

>Really, do they surface as frequently as that of the emergance
>of Foul language in SCI in Highest intensity. It speaks for itself.
>May be we have to learn to leave with people like you and press "n".
>I don't want to add you to my kill file because even when you fuck
							       ^^^^^
>me, I can learn some thing. If not any thing , then English. More
>over your debates are interesting too.
>use of Bad language is not violation of USENET, but we have
>the minimum courtesy (Bhadrata). 
>I agree to it. But you forgot that one can even be fucked with
						    ^^^^^^^
>sweet words. Sweet words: bad words  == pen: sword.


Mr.Gupta your choice of words to express your feelings is despicable and
an abominable negation of the standards Mr.Aaayush Asthana, Rajat Kapoor
and cohorts have been attempting to set for this net. And while my sexual
preferences should not be public knowledge, faced with your unsolicitated
attention, I have to inform you that I am not a "in the closet" raving
faggot, that my interests are strictly heterosexual and as of the last
two years, I have been happily married.

In reading your posting again, I could not help noticing the incongruity
behind your claim to have "minimum courtesy" and then lapse into a
somewhat juxtaposed and corny usage of four letter words. I do not know if
the "Grand dads against net profanity on SCI" are reading this but it seems
that after their pusillanimous and often hypocritical rantings largely
from a "holier than thou" platform, your posting would be immediately
targetted and sent for disciplinary action to your systems administrator. 
Alas, it seems that only articles with Ed Crick's or my signature are 
singled out for such "attention" even though not one of them contained
even a fraction of the vulgarity you have resorted to.


Samit
-- 
Samit Banerjee				|			
University of Southern California,	| If you take yourself too seriously, 
Internet: banerjee@scf.usc.edu       	| you will be only one who does.
Bellnet: (213) 342-1401			|			 	
Xref: sparky soc.culture.indian:41992 soc.culture.pakistan:18808
From: srsurapa@mtu.edu (Surapanani)
Subject: ZEN - A POEM
Organization: Michigan Technological University
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 19:21:18 GMT

                 ZEN


    The cowboy contemplates on Zen
       as he rides his greek mustang
       oldsmobile "omega"
       what can this Zen be
       a word which starts with z
       reminds me of the zzz's

    So Zen they say
       ah can it be trans-meditation in motion
       or lack of concentration
       may be its the leviation of the mind
       or worse its the driving in blind

    Oops a STOP sign,
       back to consciousness
       screech to a halt
       stop, look and proceed
       in aimless direction
       empty grazing lands covered by snow
       occasional pine trees
       dripping with snow
       oh where was I
       ah Zen, what can it be 
       
    Ah now I know, its the intuition
       which arises from concentration
       or lack of it
       wow its utter confusion
       or lack of it
       may be its the contemplation of some sorts
       or reflection of inner thoughts

    Zen, Zen, Zen
       may be its just meditation
       pure and simple
       just focusing to a point
       onto the yellow strips
       in the middle of the zone
       constantly in motion

    As the seconds tick by
       and the wheels turn on
       the omega moves on
       the time and mind coming to a stand still
       and in Zen
       the cowboy dreams of Zen



                         Srini Surapanani

        (The Cowboy from the land of holy cows and magic fakirs)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: rajat@sunny3.che.clarkson.edu (Rajat Kapoor)
Subject: Conflict amongst Religious Groups (was Moslems!)
Organization: Clarkson University
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 00:28:37 GMT

 From article <1992Dec25.045517.24613@fuug.fi>, by an3923@anon.penet.fi:
> 
> 	Almost every conceivable problem in the world is caused by moslems.
> 
 
 Perhaps we are being too hasty in branding Islamic faith as root cause
 of all evils.  Every religion goes through a violent phase.  Its just a
 question of how mature the faith becomes with the passage of time.
 
 Every religion, save for Hinduism and Judaism that are as old as
 civilization itself, had to contend with winning followers from other
 faiths on the face of a strong opposition by these "majority" faiths.
 
 While Christianity (2000 yrs old) faced opposition primarily from Judaism, 
 Islam (only 1400 yrs old) had to contend with multitude of "major" faiths. 
 
 Survival breeds and imbibes hardened attitudes (fanatism) among the
 faithfuls, who then carry out the "mission" with a zeal and fervor
 that is both, barbaric and violent.
 
 Herein lies the answer. Islamic forces have yet to "mellow" to 
 moderation with time. Something this generation or the next may not
 live to see. 
 
 Rajat Kapoor
 
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.pakistan
From: gupta@mailhost.aa.cad.slb.com (Sanjay K. Gupta)
Subject: Sati sytem because of Islam
Organization: Schlumberger CAD/CAM; Billerica, Mass. (USA)
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 21:17:02 GMT

In article <1992Dec13.153757.2511@cbnewsm.cb.att.com>, nrai@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (neeraj.rai) writes:
>>philosophy, with Satti, where the wife is burnt with the husband, should
>>he die first, is a important part of Hinduism. If the British and the 

>>Shams Hasan.
>>
>
>	ALSO SATI was not stopped by BRITISHERS but a HINDU Social Reformer
>	Raja Ram MOhan Rai had BRITISHERS bann this on the basis of the fact
>	that TRADITION of SATI is  not a part of Hindu Religion. 
>						NEERAJ RAI

Even before Raja Ram Mohan Rai, Swami Dayananda Saraswati advocated and led a
movement to abolish Sati system. He quoted scriptures and conclusively 
challanged the Pandas that it was never there in the Hindu religion. 
	
	It crept into the system because of Islam and not because of
Hinduism. If the Islamic hordes were set upon self-respecting females to rape 
them, when their husbands had died or defeated, what do you think was the
course they would have taken? It was glorious to die rather than get raped. 

Sanjay K. Gupta
From: fafat@aludra.usc.edu (Vijay Fafat)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Hindus Resume Prayers in Ayodhya Shrine
Date: 2 Jan 1993 12:28:53 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu
Keywords: Ayodhya Prayers


>It is very difficult to understand how the GOI thinks.
>
>Manoj

	tee hee :) GOI and "thinks" ?


Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: gnreddy@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (G.Narotham Reddy)
Subject: Vajpayee Arrested
Organization: AT&T
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 13:26:26 GMT


  * Source: AIR Regional News

* BJP leaders Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Madanlal Khurana were arrested
  in the capital. They were later released.

* Government ruled out any referendum on Ayodhya.

* The BJP sponsored no-confidence motion against the government is 
  likely to be tabled on thursday. The AIADMK and other Cong(I) allies 
  opposed any such move.

* 13 people were killed in an accident near Gannavaram in Andhra
  Pradesh.


                                 * E N D *
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: raza@ee.umr.edu (Md Ishfaqur Raza)
Subject: Re: THE BASTARD MUSTAFA
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 02:15:28 GMT
Organization: University of Missouri - Rolla

In article <1993Jan2.205836.21279@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca> c4sg@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca writes:
>
>
>HEY YOU ...... MUSTAFA, 
.........
>
>DON'T EVER POST YOUR FILTH ON SCI.
>
>GOT THE MESSAGE. FINE NOW .... OFF.
>

This sort of posting on a media is completely unacceptable. It is of utter
disgrace to have this sort of garbage on any sc.'s. 

Proper authorities should check such obscenities.

And for the poster I have only sympathy. I just fail to understand who did
he/she really hurt.

Personal attacks should be through e-mail (please do not waste time and space
with such gibberish). 

Be you a Muslim Hindu or a christian or Bhuddist or any denominations 
have the decency to respect the taste of a decent human being. 
I hope netters will come forward to put to stop such arrogance and disrespect
that such deplorable posting reflect.

An Appalled frequent netter.


**MD Ishfaqur RAZA**
From: t60bss9@mp.cs.niu.edu (Bijoy Sagar)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re : alt.culture.bengali
Date: 27 Dec 1992 20:42:41 -0600
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu



Samit and others,

	I got the impression from your letters that the newsgroup
alt.culture.bengali is *being* pushed. So, here are certain 
clarifying points:

	I am following the suggestions of Christopher Samuel,
( ccs@aber.ac.uk) who maintains the FAQ on the topic and this
FAQ can be accessed from the relevent newsgroups.


	Unlike a soc.* group, an alt.* group can be created by
almost anyone. And alt.* groups need not have a VOTING stage.

	However, since I proposed this group, I plan to have 
referundum 3  weeks after the posting appeared on alt.config
and soc.culture.indian. The three weeks are required for all
interested parties to read the charter and offer their opinions
on the charter, purpose and the name of the group. 

	After 3 weeks I would expect a nutral person with
resources ( preferably someone who has no interest in the
newsgroup or the destruction of it) to keep track of voting.
The voting results will be posted in alt.config, soc.culture.
indian, soc.culture.pakistan and in any other newsgroups of
relevence. The newsgroup CAN STILL be created even if the
newsgroup fails to win support but I would not PUSH for it,
if it fails the vote. And I hope, it will pass.

	After the voting stage ( which will end 2 weeks 
after it is opened) I shall send out the nesgroup control
message.

	This means that Samit and everyone else who think that
A.c.b is not required, have 5 weeks to push their point of view.
Now tell me, am I PUSHING IT?? 

	Now, to those who think that voting is mandatory,
if we are willing to go through all that pain, we  might
as well move this newsgroup to soc.culture.* heirarchy or 
still better soc.lang.bengali, sci.lang.bengali or to
talk.lang.bengali.

	I would be happy to answer any questions anyone might
have in the following 5 weeks.

	I also need volunteers to help me through the voting
process.    

	Lastly, I would recommend that all postings connected
to this newsgroup may also be cross posted in alt.config, so
that a wider range of net populace will have access to it. 
Needless to say, every newsgroup in USENET is open to everyone

Bijoy Sagar
t60bss9@mp.cs.niu.edu
From: vivek@ecst.csuchico.edu (Vivek R. Prabhu)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Shnakaracharyas, And Their Outlook. Also Treatment Of Widows.
Date: 30 Dec 92 17:54:58 GMT
Organization: California State University, Chico
NNTP-Posting-Host: cscihp.ecst.csuchico.edu

Some nettors have raised objections to the practices, of the both Periyavar
Shankaracharya, of Kanchi not seeing widows, and that of the Shankaracharya
of Puri Niranjan Dev Teerth, advocating Sati.

Well, to the best of all information, I have never seen the Paramacharya of
Kanchi ever refusing to see widows, and I have never even heard of the fact 
that he does. The reason, why I am saying this is due to the fact,  that in
1989, when I had a Darshan of the Periyavar and an audience with the sub-jr
Acharya, Swami Vijendra Saraswati,  I had seen some widows,  from Karnataka
recognizable by their red cloth worn around their bodies,  and their shaved
heads, there was not incident of theirs being turned back, or anything like
that. So, IMO, it is hard to believe the fact that the Periyavar, even ever 
believed in the practice of not seeing widows.

That brings me to the other aspect of the Swamiji of Puri, having said that
he advocated Sati, and that indeed is true, since he was even criticized in
both the Print, as well as the Electronic media, as also by ordinary people
about his views, being out of sync. with the times.

Also, it would be worthwhile, to look into the aspect,  of the treatment of 
widows in our Hindu culture. Much as I abhor the practice,  of denying them
adequate protection, against societal injustice, there is also a great deal 
of indifference towards them.  Particularly in places like Kashi, and Gaya,
where, people think it is a blessing to die, the widows are left in a state
of utter penury, and literally thrown on the streets.  People have not even 
spared a thought of contributing a little of their mite towards alleviating
the condition of the poor widows left there, or even of the entire place as
they feel that since they are going to die there, what's the need. The same
people instead, are willing to spend crores of rupees in Tirupati, which is
more a Commercial venture, than a place of pilgrimage now.  The  crass type 
of greedy commercialism seen there in Tirupati,  leaves one in utter shame,
of the lopsided priorities that people have.

Ponder over these points, and try to find an answer to them.

Regards,
Vivek.


-- 
vivek@cscihp.ecst.csuchico.edu (Vivek R. Prabhu),
Research Assistant, Systems Engineering Lab., Dept. Of Computer Science, 
School Of Engineering, Computer Science And Technology,
California State University, Chico, California.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: godura@hercules.cis.udel.edu (Ruchir Godura)
Subject: Re: alt.culture.bengali-rasagulla
Organization: University of Delaware, Newark
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 21:07:34 GMT

In article <1hq8omINNgtf@aludra.usc.edu> fafat@aludra.usc.edu (Vijay Fafat) writes:
>Arindam Ghosh writes:
>>to brazenly promote rasagulla. Rasagulla is the symbol of foreign oppression
>>promoted by the British and the Muslims to eliminate and contaminate Hindu
>>culture. It is never mentioned in the Ramayana and Mahabharata or the Vedas.
>>No trace of it can be found in the Bengali Culture prior to the British and
>>the Muslims. I hereby announce that all Rasogolla making factories be
>>demolished and converted to Sandesh making factories to assuage hurt feelings.
>
>
>	You try to touch any of those rasogolla (Shlurrrppppp PBUT) factories
>	and you'll repent dearly, buster. Communal bloodbath across the
>	cowntry, I warn you. The rasogolla lovers won't yield to your
>	pseudo-sweet-toothing.

The Vishwa Sandesh Parishad has recently discovered that the Ganguram
rossogolla factory was built upon the ruins of the great Pracheen
Sondesh Kaarkhaana in 1889 AD. 
All Sondesh faithfuls around the world are urged to resist the efforts
of the Rossogolla Factory Action Committee and DEMOLISH the structure so
symbolic of sondesh suppression !
Down Rossogollas !
Ruchir.

>
>
>
>>Arindam
>>
>
>

-- 
Ruchir Godura | godura@cis.udel.edu | (302) 731-4123 (H) (302) 831-1949 (W)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.pakistan
From: an3814@anon.penet.fi
Subject: Re: Deepak's 1st BirthDay
Organization: Anonymous contact service
X-Anonymously-To: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.pakistan
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 01:31:50 GMT

X-Anon-To: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.pakistan

Deepak Baby,

Happy BirthDay in advance.  By the way, why did you decide to come out of ....
in this world on April 1, 1992.  Please enlighten us.

Samit Banerjee,                     |
University of Southern California   |  A man who smiles when things go wrong,
Internet: banerjee@scf.usc.edu      |  has found somebody to blame it on.
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From: vasanth@zephyr.larc.nasa.gov (Vasanth Tovinkere)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: NEWS: Temple for Kushboo in Tiruchi
Date: 21 Dec 1992 16:43:25 GMT
Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA  USA
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: zephyr.larc.nasa.gov

 kat@doe.carleton.ca (Kathiravan Krishnamurthi) writes:

> irukkara koyilkaLLukkE vazhi illama seerazhinthu pOkindrana!
> pORa pOkka paatha intha cinemaap payaluvala ellam
> kadavuL aayiruvaanuga! intha mathiri vEdhaththilum
> konjum maaththi athiga saamikaLai sErkka vENdi varum.
> athaiyum senjuruvaanugaa. 
> cinemaap payalukalai naadu kadathinaa, naadu uruppatrum!
> naan MGR payalukku Endaa koyil kattaraanugannu kEttEn oruvaridam.
> avar sonnar,

> athu koyil illai, aalayam thaan.
> koyil enbathum aalayam enpathum ondRallavO endREn.

> avar sonnaar, 

>             koyil enpathu aalayam!
>           aalayam enpathu koyilaakaathu!

   If you want to post something in your native language on this net, please
have a translated version of it so that others can understand !!!! Otherwise,
keep it to soc.culture.tamil ........!!! :-)

-vasanth
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: rajat@sunny3.che.clarkson.edu (Rajat Kapoor)
Subject: Re: Moslems!
Organization: Clarkson University
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 17:28:33 GMT

From article <1992Dec25.045517.24613@fuug.fi>, by an3923@anon.penet.fi:
> 
> 	Almost every conceivable problem in the world is caused by moslems.
                                                     ^^^^^^

"involves" would be a better word...

On many occasions they have been drawn into the conflict.


Rajat Kapoor
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: verma@pfeast.enet.dec.com (Virendra Verma)
Subject: Re: aamchi mumbai
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Distribution: usa
Date: 30 DEC 92 14:26:00    


In article <1hsiokINNi48@nyquist.usc.edu>, shivanan@nyquist.usc.edu (Mr. Shivanan Bhajekar) writes...
> 
>	Let me reiterate the fact that the Indians never believe in unity.

	Very accurate asessment indeed. But, there is lot of fun in diversity
	because we have a solid cultural unity based on truth. No one can
	shake that unity - not even sword. If a person is ego driven, he
	will try to behave irrationally, but, that is not what our culture
	talks against. It talks about complete freedom of thought. It sees
	unity in diversity. It has a syntectical approach to life.

namaste,

-- Virendra Verma
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