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From: gopal@rwja.umdnj.edu (Srihari Gopal)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: DESI FEMALE Looking for Match!
Keywords: DESI MATCH
Date: 11 Sep 92 17:27:46 GMT
Distribution: soc
Organization: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway NJ


Okay all you  frustrated desis out there:

My friend does not want to be revealed for her own personal reasons. She
did want me to give out her e-mail address however, as I listed in the
original post! I did manage to change her finger file so all you probing
eyes couldn't find out. If you are really that inclined to know, then
just drop me a line, and I will tell you myself personally!! 

As for why I put up the post: I did it because one day I suggested to her
as a joke that I would do it. She jokingly said yes, assuming that I would
never go through with it. Well maybe something good can come out of this.
This is for real folks. And I will now give you more information on my
friend:

She's presently doing her Ph.D., and she is originally from South India.
She speaks the following languages: Telegu, Kannada, Tamil, Hindi, Gujurati,
and English. She has been raised in various parts of India for most of her
life including places like: Baroda, Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Bombay, and
now presently in New Brunswick, NJ. She is a Hindu, and she considers
herself fairly religious (she regularly goes to the temple, and or various
pujas, and garba). She's a great cook (she can make everything from dosai
and sambar to chapati and aloo gobi). And she has a wonderful vivacious
personality. I think she would be a good match for many gentlemen out there.
I think she's looking for a guy who's over 5'6", and who is ready to settle
down. She holds a green card, and she hasn't decided whether she wants to
go back to India or not after her studies. I think she is looking for a guy
who was raised in India, and preferably has done some studies here.

Please don't mail me anything. I dont want to hear anything from you guys
out there. Direct all mail to:
lrao@rwja.umdnj.edu


Srihari Gopal
    
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: kekare@mecad.uta.edu (Sagar A. Kekare)
Subject: looking for harsha bhojraj
Reply-To: kekare@mecad.uta.edu (Sagar A. Kekare)
Organization: University of Texas at Arlington
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 00:43:11 GMT


I am looking for Harsha Bhojraj, supposedly at Univ. of Tennessee at knoxville.  
If any one knows of his whereabouts please let me know. He graduated from the  
College of Engg. Poona and will mostly be in the Materials Science dept. of  
Univ. of Tennessee
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: paulchem@tigger.cs.Colorado.EDU (Icarus)
Subject: The Koan of Smiling Widely. --[Pointless Story] -- Icarus.
Organization: The Net-Anarchists of SCI, Inc.
              Flaming Homer Division.
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 06:05:21 GMT


1] A new story.

2] 
                         The Koan of Smiling Widely
                         --------------------------

"So tell me a story", I. spoke, slowly, well satisfied with the 
way the lunch had gone.

A. blinked prettily, and tossed her head, getting her raven-black hair 
out of her eyes.

"I dont know any stories."

"Come on everyone knows stories. Here, let me start one for you.
Once opon a time...", I. said, treading that faint line between 
being light-headed and sounding foolish.

A. closed her eyes, holding her head in her hands.

"Well, once opon a time ....There was a little princess, who loved to dress 
in white and eat lots of candy at country fairs, and dance the 
waltz secretly, alone in her room."

She opened her eyes.

"When it rains,
 I remember the sunset,
 Of that golden hour,
 When first my eyes were opened,
 And I,
 Saw your eyes,
 No longer blind."

 I. felt ashamed after he said it, but it couldnt be helped.

 She colored and dipped the tip of her finger into the glass of Mountain Dew.

 "And what eles did the princess do ?"

 "Well, the usual things. She looked in the mirror a lot and waited and
  dreamt of a prince who would save her."

  "From what ?" he asked, and couldnt find anything she could possibly
  have to be saved from, except maybe from her bright orange lipstick.

  "Did the blessed knight,
   Hear that maidenly call,
   Arrive by car,
   In the dead of night,
   From near, from far,
   Or (tiny hope) not at all?"

   
   "Yes, he came all right."

   "On a horse, in armour ?"

   "Why, astride heavenly steed, of course, how else do
    princes come ?"

   "Aha", I. said.

   'Aha, my poor soul, you art done for.' he told himself, secretly
   not loudly.

   "But the horse was better looking of the two."

   "Aha", I. said.

   'Aha, courage!, there is hope yet, she likes you.' he told himself,
    secretly, not loudly.

   "A penny for your thoughts"

   "I was thinking, you know, what happens when a tree falls in the forest,
    when theres nobody there to hear it. I know its sounds simple but
    look at it from the trees point of view. I mean its so completely sad,
    falling without anyone hearing it fall, dont you think ?"

    'Yeah right' he told himself, secretly not loudly as he imagined how those
    collar bones would look at closer range and nodded replies to her
    comments about Existential Pain and the Pointlessness of it all.

    "I dont think you're listening."

    "Of course not." not caring to explain the meaning of that denial.

     "When you smile,
     Like a cat,
     And hold it for a little while,
     Yes, just like that,
     Your mouth takes so much space,
     I could slip in a slide-rule side-ways."

     I. was so moved he could only stand up suddenly and applaud.

     "Lets get out of here", A. said.

3] Stay Cool.

Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: nagappa@Rosie.UH.EDU (C Nagappa - behind the scenes)
Subject: Re: Why can't Indian girls be more outgoing
Reply-To: nagappa@Rosie.UH.EDU
Organization: University of Houston
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 20:50:20 GMT

In article <92255.125907U54904@uicvm.uic.edu>, <U54904@uicvm.uic.edu> writes:
>Ever noticed how Indian guys and girls just do not socialize . Why is it that
>takes a year before you can hold a decent conversation with a desi female witho
>ut having her run off to do some work. Comments expected.
>

Maybe you ought to show how 'different' you are from the rest of the
Indian guys. Then *maybe* they will go out with you.



>
>Mohan Putcha                             No I am not another
>Univ of Illinois                         FIG-Frustrated Indian Guy
>Chicago				  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

					  .....then why bother?

Chetan Nagappa
Xref: sparky soc.culture.indian:30578 alt.culture.kerala:253 soc.culture.tamil:2008
From: krishnar@chopin.cs.unc.edu (Rajarama Krishnan)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,alt.culture.kerala,soc.culture.tamil,alt.culture.karnataka,soc.culture.indian.telugu
Subject: reservation issue - a survey
Date: 8 Sep 92 15:00:13 GMT
Followup-To: poster


I had posted a request on sci, sct, ac.kerala and acit (sorry I forgot
ac.karnataka) asking for your feelings on the issue of reservation. The
response has been poor. Hope to get a few more responses. Please take a few
minutes and answer these questions. Those who have already responded please
dont respond once again.

------------------------

There was a heated discussion in soc.culture.tamil about the reservation
issue. I thought taking a survey of the general feeling on this issue will
be interesting. Please answer the following questions. Send the answers to
me by mail.

1. About you,

(It is not meant to be personal. It is just for survey purposes. Dont answer
parts that you consider offensive.)

a. Are you forward or backward or sc/st?

b. Are you male or female?

c. What decile would you your family lie in (approx ofcourse) by the family
   income? ie. Top 10%, Top 20% etc.

d. Are you from a metropolitan city, small city, small town or village?

e. Are you handicapped?

2. Which state are you from?

3. Have you ever suffered DIRECTLY because of reservation?

4. Have you ever DIRECTLY benefited by the reservation?

5. Which of these forms of reservation do you support. Answer Yes, No or
Somewhat.

        a. Caste based
        b. Economy based
        c. Sex based
        d. Geography based (ie. Statewise quotas in central govts. Also
                                one can think of rural quota etc. )
        e. Reservation for handicapped.
        f. Other forms. Please specify.


Please take the time and send me your responses by Email. I assure you that
the contents of your mail will be kept confidential. I will post the
statistics from the responses soon.

Thank you.

Rajaraman

Email ID : krishnar@cs.unc.edu

Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: nsridhar@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Natarajan Sridhar)
Subject: Re: Speeding Ticket
Keywords: Speeding
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 19:36:04 GMT

In article <192mr0INNh8e@overload.lbl.gov> prem@prem.lbl.gov (Shirdi R. Prem) writes:
>In article <1992Sep11.175937.28678@ennews.eas.asu.edu> vkrishna@cimnext1.cim.eas.asu.edu (Vinu K. Krishnamurthy) writes:
[some stuff ndd 'ed out ...]

>	1. Watch out for the bastards next time you drive.
>	   Be _VERY_ careful approaching an underpass (flyover/bridge etc.)
>	   The usually hide behind the bridge supports.

Hmmm...on state roads after sundown, keep your eyes skinned. Get rid of the
myth that no headlights behind = no fuzz. On numerous occasions, I've had
coppers follow me out of the blue. Happens mostly on the outskirts of
small towns...plenty of cover available.

>
>	2. Get a radar detector.
>
>	3. Don't be the first or last car in a group. Always try to keep at
>	   least one car in front and one behind you when you speed, and
>	   make sure that neither of THOSE is a bloody fuzzmobile.
>
>	4. Don't do what _I_ did two weeks ago. A cop was in the extreme
>	   right lane on I-880 (Calif), doing ~60mph. Two cars to his left, 
>	   and I was in the extreme left lane. Didn't see the cop, and sailed 
>	   past him at ~80. Luckily, he let me off with a warning, (God bless
>	   his soul!). Before you overtake a bunch of cars, make sure there 
>	   isn't a fuzzmobile in there.
>
>	5. If you get jugged, __BE COURTEOUS__. 
>	   "Yes, officer. No, officer.  Can I please kiss your arse, officer??" 
>	   sure helps. They get a kick out of it. After all, those poor losers 
>	   have few other chances to lord it over you.

Also, now would be a good time to spit that chewing gum, and remove that
Bulls cap. Create as much of a non-student impression as you possibly
can. Apparently cops go easier on professionals. Worked for me twice.
In my summer intern garb, I managed to deflect huge fines ... if you can
believe it, the cops seemed reluctant to fine me ;-) 

>
>	Good Luck. If anyone else has a few more hints to add, I'd 
>	appreciate it.

Likewise ...

>
>	God Speed!      =;^)
>	Prem!

**sridhar**


Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: manoj@cs.UAlberta.CA (Manoj K Jain)
Subject: Anyone from HCL Hyderabad
Organization: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 19:55:05 GMT

Hi everybody,

I am looking for someone who has worked at HCL hyderabad. Please respond
directly to my account   

		manoj@cs.ualberta.ca

Thanks,
manoj
From: prem@prem.lbl.gov (Shirdi R. Prem)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Karnataka fostering racism ?
Keywords: nursery rhymes
Date: 9 Sep 92 23:11:14 GMT
Reply-To: prem@prem.lbl.gov (Shirdi R. Prem)
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
NNTP-Posting-Host: prem.lbl.gov


 >> >>     "Chubby cheeks, 

		  .........Ahem...

 >> >>      Rosy lips, teeth within,

		  ......Ouch!!!

 >> >>      Teacher's pet, is that you ? 

		  ....Kinky stuff, huh!  ;^)

	Prem!
================================================================================
==  George Bush's New World Order :                                           ==
==              Big Hegemonists Bullying Little Hegemonists.                  ==
================================================================================
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: kanga.caltech.edu!vidya (Vidyasankar Sundaresan)
Subject: Re:  Mahashakti Yagna
Originator: vidya@kanga
Keywords: Loko Bhinnaruchihi. 
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 23:29:22 GMT

It takes all types to make the world. So it should not be surprising to  
anyone that there are people who believe in the efficacy of the Yagna to  
achieve world peace, just as there are people like Pratik Jain who don't  
believe in it. As has been said, 'Variety is the spice of life'! There is  
no use feeling animosity to the fact that it is going to be conducted. 

Also note that the Mahashakti Yagna has more Americans associated with its  
organistion than you would believe. 

S.Vidyasankar
Xref: sparky soc.culture.indian:31179 soc.culture.pakistan:14756
From: zafir@unssun.nevada.edu (Zia Zafir)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.pakistan
Subject: Re: SALMAN RUSHDIE
Date: 15 Sep 92 05:59:45 GMT
Reply-To: zafir@unssun.UUCP (Zia Zafir)
Followup-To: soc.culture.indian
Organization: University of Nevada-Reno

In article <11SEP199209530477@vxcrna.cern.ch> mirza@vxcrna.cern.ch (MIRZA,I./EP) writes:
>    4. I do not find "Stanic Verses" more insulting to
>       Islam then "Mote kay baad marney ka manzer". Read the two
>> 
	I have never seen any book with this title which can be
	translated as "the scene of death after the death" :-)

Actually the book's name is maut ka manzar ma' marnay ke baad kiya hoga.

I have read the book and I didn't see any single word insulting our
Prophet or calling prohpet's wives (nauzubillah) whores.  you may
have read some other book.  This book describes, through many sayings
of the Prophet, the situation at the time of death of a person.  True, that
it has used many hadeeth which may be considered by the scholars as
zaeef or ghareeb, but nevertheless, the purpose is to beware the muslims
about the life after death.

Zia Zafir
>
>Mirza Ilyas
From: shalan@engr.latech.edu (Shivram Halan)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Nitya/abortion rights/s.s.chawathe
Date: 8 Sep 92 21:18:38 GMT
Reply-To: shalan@engr.latech.edu
Organization: Louisiana Tech University

*************
>	shalan@engr.latech.edu (Shivram Halan) writes:

>       Most successfull Indians come from families who have
>strong family values. They know how much support the family pro-
>vides in their most depressed moments. Compare american families
>and indian families. You can see a lot of difference. President
>bush has refered to the indian families as the model that ameri-
>can families need to look upto and learn. Behind every successful
>person is a family that supports him/her and has supported
>him/her to the hilt. This is to address your question of the fear
*******************
rejoinder:
>	And all this `inspite of' abortion being legal in India.
>Perhaps you're confusing two issues here?
>
> 
>
>________________________________________________________________
>Chaw@cs.Stanford.edu                                 tat tvam asi
*********************
	No. I.m not confusing two issues here. Abortion is legal in india. How many families choose abortion as a means of birth control???? That is the issue.  Agreed female infanticide is a very distressing issue, if that's what you are implying.

Ms. Feldstein, it is indeed an agonizing decision for a woman to abort a foetus. But can you specify the circumstances under which she has to make such decisions. Also you have to specify the country. There is a lot of difference in abortion as an issue here or in india. Somehow I get the feeling your posting was not genuine. If its publicity you were looking for you got it.

Peace,  for now.

shiv.
From: srik@cs.arizona.edu (Srikanth Raghavan)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Karnataka fostering racism ?
Keywords: nursery rhymes
Date: 9 Sep 92 20:49:37 GMT

In article <1505@newsserver.cs.uwindsor.ca>, rangana@cs.uwindsor.ca (RANGANATHAN A            ) writes:
> >In article <1992Sep8.181320.16248@seas.smu.edu> krishna@seas.smu.edu (Sanjay Krishna) writes:
> >>
> >>
> >>  This is from the letters to the editor column of Deccan Herald.     
> 
> >> Sir, 
> >>     "Chubby cheeks, dimpled chin, 
> >>      Rosy lips, teeth within,
> >>      Curly hair, very fair 
> >>      Eyes are blue, lovely too
> >>      Teacher's pet, is that you ? 
> >>      Yes, Yes, Yes !" 
> >> 
> >>Thus goes a nursery rhyme my little daughter is grappling with. I pity 
> 
> >Serious discussions/sensible flames welcome ...
> >
> >>Sanjay 
> 
> 
> 
>  I had the above nursery rhyme in my senior nursery or my first grade. So, that means this rhyme has been in existence since 1973-74 in Indian convents.

	How diverse Indian Convents can be the one I studied in taught me
the rhyme
	"Georgie Podgie Pudding and Pie
	Kissed the girls and made them cry
	When the boys came out to play
	Gorgie Podgie ran away! "
	-:)

I had the above nursery rhyme in my senior nursery (well what is senior 
nursery anyway?). So that means this rhyme has been in existence since
1974-75 in Indian covents. (To that whiz kid, yeah that makes me like 22
years old).

>  The phrases that I found interesting even at that age were the chubby
>  cheeks, dimpled chin, rosy lips, curly hair and teacher's pet. 
> For a long period after that I had a fixation on dimples, I really longed for
> them as a kid.

	The phrases I found interesting even at that age were "the girls" and
	"the kisses". For a long period after that I had a fixation on kisses.
	I really longed for them as a kid.

> Arathi.
	Srikanth

PS: Well fellas the joke is over. Have u ever realised how much of ur valuable
time u waste reading SCI?? Is that what ur parents sent u here for? Waste time.
HAHAHA just kidding. SCI has now started discussing nursery rhymes!!!














Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.pakistan
From: khan@twg.com (Sharaz Khan)
Subject: Re: SALMAN RUSHDIE
Organization: The Wollongong Group, Palo Alto, CA
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 17:37:17 GMT

Somehow the story of Salman Rushdie will be thrown in the 
face of the Muslims time after time.  Salman Rushdie's 
novel was funded for the very same reason that many of us
are unaware of.     

Picture this; a novel writer who is not even critically 
acclamed receives a grant to mass produce his novel from 
Penguin books.  This would seem a bit out of the normal.

Secondly, his book is written in a time prior to the Gulf 
war around the time when the Soviet Union is at its breaking
point.  At the same time, the language that used to be thought
to the CIA (Russian) changes its curriculum to Arabic.  

In my opinion, the book was simply another tool used and 
defended by the big 5 who have the power to veto any bill 
passed in the UN, to get a consensus of:         

1) The Islamic reaction around the world
2) To which levels would muslims go to in order to defend Islam
3) What are the numbers of Muslims in and around Europe. 

And I believe, that Rushdie's book has acheived it's goal.  But
the problem lies with our Muslims today who would fall for this
trap.

In Salman's book, a double-standard manisfests itselt too.  Today
one will not find the book "Protocols of Zion" in any book store.
Why?  Is that not what one may call "A work of fiction"?  Oh No!
It is "hate literaure".  Well, tell that to a Muslim about Salman's
book, and he won't agree more.

As far as I am concerned, the big five are out to wage war against 
Islam in a way never perceived before, and if we Muslims are not 
ready for it (and I include Pakistanis), you may well see Pakistan
as the next Iraq.

My opinions and your comments.

Sharaaz Khan
From: txd6871@tesla.njit.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Travel by Thai/Customs at Calcutta
Date: 15 Sep 92 20:03:50 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology

In article <1992Sep15.165357.14502@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>, smsriv@melkor.lerc.nasa.gov (Rakesh Srivastava) writes:
> 
> I need some info on travel by Thai Airways. My wife and 7 year old
> son will be travelling on Thai in last week of Nov. on Thai. At
> Bangcock there is an 11 hour stay (arr 11:59 pm dep. 11:00 am). The
 ^^^^^^^^^
> airline will be providing a hotel. So the questions are following
> 
> 1. What are the visa requirements?
> 
> 2. Should one get the visa here in US or at the airport in Bangcock?
> 							     ^^^^^^^^
		it's Bangkok and not Bang cock

Sorry for pointing it out ...just to make sure that you don't
get into any embarrasement in future...
From: uds@wsu-eng.eng.wayne.edu (Seetamraju Udaybhaskar)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Fixation with Tall, dark handsome types
Keywords: interracial
Date: 12 Sep 92 19:07:45 GMT
Reply-To: uds@wsu-eng.eng.wayne.edu (Seetamraju Udaybhaskar)
Organization: Wayne State University, Detroit

In article <1992Sep12.020406.28272@massey.ac.nz> J.Ainikkal@massey.ac.nz (J. Ainikkal) writes:
>I am not a feminist but ....
[Rest of article consigned to history]

I thought disclaimers come at the end of the articles.  Have you
come up with a news `style' of postings.... ;-)


Seetamraju Udaya Bhaskar Sarma
(email : seetam @ ece7 . eng . wayne . edu)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: godura@zeus.cis.udel.edu (Ruchir Godura)
Subject: Re: Should Indian states need more autonomy?
Organization: University of Delaware, Newark
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 21:28:38 GMT

In article <92248.095811THS1@psuvm.psu.edu> THS1@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
  < previous references deleted >

T.H. Sanyal writes :
>
>It is almost impossible for a state to do well when the union govt
>policies go against it. The industrial decline of West Bengal is an
>example.
>
AAAAHHHHH! There u are, on that familiar Bengali refrain. Blame the
centre for everything that's wrong with the state's economy. Probably
it's the centre to blame for the strikes and lockouts that take place
everyday. Perhaps it's the centre to blame for an arrogant,
indisciplined and lazy workforce that look upon it as a birthright to
have their cake, eat it, and not pay for it either. Maybe the state
government could do better, with sound economic policies like trying to
build a super power station out of funds raised from blood donations!!!

West Bengal is a prime reason for the centre to have economic control
over the states. Complete autonomy would mean chaos. Yes, the amount of
political autonomy that they have needs to be increased.

Ruchir

Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,wpi.students.desis
From: wizard@maxine.wpi.edu (Ajay Khanna)
Subject: Re: Feminism and its New Direction
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 21:56:31 GMT

The honorable mick@maxine.wpi.edu (Ravi Narayan) chanced to say:
= In a previous article, wizard@maxine.wpi.edu (Ajay Khanna) said:
= :- 
= :- This explains why many more men need to see psychologists
= 
= 	isnt it time you saw yours, khanna?

I see you every day, Ravi :)

-dat friendly wizard (Ajay Khanna)
From: vikc@digital.sps.mot.com (Vikrant Chaudhry)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: sari, churidar, etc. (why should I.....?!)
Keywords: Indian, traditional, costumes
Date: 11 Sep 92 16:30:16 GMT
Organization: Motorola, LICD, SPS, Mesa, AZ

In article <1992Sep11.034535.24520@sophia.smith.edu> smitra@sophia.smith.edu (Sramana Mitra) writes:
>Well Marina,
>
>You have generalized a bit too much here. You are forgetting those Indian
>women who like wearing Western as well as Indian clothes, and know and love
>their own culture as much as you do. What you are is not what you wear, but
>what you are inside.
>
>Sramana



Well said !

Your clothes are only giving you an appearance, personality
constitutes from a lot more !!


Vikrant

Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian