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From: rangana@cs.uwindsor.ca (RANGANATHAN A            )
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: fabricated posts ("sneaky posts" a la Vijay Fafat)
Date: 22 Jan 1993 22:34:51 GMT

In article <1jn36qINN2c2@sal-sun62.usc.edu>, fafat@sal-sun62.usc.edu (Vijay Fafat) writes:
> 	Surely you're paranoid about those pests who were troubling vice-matron
> 	Uma, right? :):)

Absolutely, MaD saab.

Being a diligent SAW, I am most paranoidaily(tm) concerned about 
these lotnohandsome ;-) pests troubling vice-matron.


> 
> 	Not a bad effort, I say. Make me proud :)
> 
> 	FFT


Give yourself a kick on the back :)

Arathi.



-- 
See simplicity in the complicated
	- Lao Tzu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: sharma@andromeda.rutgers.edu (Haven't A Clue)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Indian Airlines
Summary: Hello There,
Date: 27 Jan 93 21:33:59 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

Hi There, 

I was wondering does anyone know if the problems with IA have been
resolved are they operating flights at all from Delhi to Bombay.
Please let me know someone I know is going from here and I don't want
them to get stranded in India. 

My email address is:

sharma@andromeda.rutgers.edu 

Thanx....
From: pradeep@bkd.b11.ingr.com (Pradeep Deshpande)
Subject: Re: bombay riots .... Certain Realistic Problems In Handling Shiv Sena.
Reply-To: pradeep@bkd.b11.ingr.com
Organization: ISGS, Intergraph Corporation. Huntsville, AL-35894.
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 15:37:48 GMT

In article <1993Jan17.214908@IASTATE.EDU>, jakhan@IASTATE.EDU (Javed Ahmed Khan) writes:

|> The SS paper "Saamna" carried Thakre's inflammatory statements calling Sainiks to
|> take up arms against the muslims. High ranking SS functionaries openly
|> went on record to acknowledge that they had targeted muslims and would do it
|> again if need be. Thakre refused to heed calls by city elders to call off his
|> offensive. 

	Well, a whole bunch of you speak of Bal Thackrey being responsible 
for all the problems hurled upon and by the Muslims in Bombay. If Mr. Thackrey
was so powerful, Bombay would have been devoid of any non Marathi speaking 
folks long before. The proportions of mayhem that have been reached have 
not been so just on the behest of Mr. Thackrey. I was in Bombay during the
period and I did read most of the editions of "Saamna" including the
day after 10 Hindus were burnt alive in Jogeshwari. He has always used such 
inflammatory language. I did not find any difference in his approach to
communicate with his sainiks most of whom cannot even read and they don't.
Much to his pleasure, people are giving way too much credit to this delinquent.

	This time the difference is in the attitude of common man on the 
street. The feeling is that in conjunction with the Cong-I leaders, some 
Muslim leaders have been exploiting the "Muslim vote package". For instance, 
thousands of Bangladeshi immigrants land in Bombay and within days get ration 
cards and then on to the voters list. Then Muslims are allowed read Namaaz 
on the streets and the list goes on and on.

|> create some trouble to embarass the Naik govt. He probably saw it as a chance
|> to
|> "teach the muslims and in the process the Tamilians too a lesson" they'll never
|> forget. He must have been encouraged by the tendency of Pawar to use his
|> position as Def. minister to further his political goals. 

	Once again until I was in Bombay ( I left on 12th Jan ) the only 
Tamilians that were effected were the ones from Dharavi and most of it 
was attributed to land being cleared by goondas for land developers.
This happens every time there's a social unrest. It's part of the charm of
living in Mumbai slums.

|> --Javed.

-- 
-Pradeep.
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Intergraph Corporation. Huntsville, Alabama |this world is the 'still small
INTERNET: pradeep@bkd.b11.ingr.com	    |voice' within me."
UUNET   : ...uunet!ingr!b11!bkd!pradeep	    |	-Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
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From: gupta_sn@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Sandeep N Gupta)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: SHER
Date: 22 Jan 1993 12:26:19 -0500
Organization: Homewood Academic Computing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md, USA
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu

In article <1993Jan20.233241.10708@gmuvax2.gmu.edu> msrinath@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Mirajkar Srinath) writes:
>
>        WOAH AAYA HAMARI KABRA PER, DEYA BUJHA KE CHAL DIYA
>
>        DEYA ME JO TEEL THA, SEER PE LAKA KE CHAL DIYA !!
>
>  -- Srinath

I have heard a slightly different version :

    meri kabra ke diye se cigarrete jala ke chal diye
    aur jo bacha tha tel, woh sar mein laga ke chal diye

S.Gupta


Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: rroy@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Raja R Roy)
Subject: Re: Why Muslin persecution is rempant these days?
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 19:06:10 GMT


In article <C1IvFB.L2C@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> rafatm@sage.cc.purdue.edu (unknown
) writes:
>In article <1993Jan27.141941.23125@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, rroy@magnus.acs
.ohio-state.edu (Raja R Roy) writes:
>> 
>> 
>>      Wow!! Awesome logic. Past is being proved by present. Let me tell you
>>  something. History is history, it can not be changed. Whether or not Islam
>>  spread by history can be checked from history books. Didnot Muhammed put
>>  a whole tribe of jews to sword because they did not accept Islam. What else
>>  prove one will need? Do not try to mend the truth , if you are uncomfortabl
e
>>  with it.
>   Islam was spread through force granted, but the majority of it was through
>conversion (and I don`T mean coercion).
>
>>     May be Islam is spreading fast, but what good that has broght to the
>>  world? Most Islamic states are terroist states, and most muslims are
>      Do not make statements that have no foundation whatsoever. There are 
>over thirty-countries which have membership in the OIC. How many of them
>can be classified as terrorist? Then again, whose definition of terrorism
>do you subscribe to. If the Libyan`s help Palestinians they are called 
>terrorits. When the American`S helped the Nicaraguan contra`S and Cuban
>rebels, they were "preserving democracy." 
>
>>  backwards. Once "OIL" is dry from Arabia in 40-50 years, and funding for
>>  islamic conversion is gone, Islam will reach its natural end.
>
>  I suggest that you immedeately get an almanac and look up some statistics.
>Not even half of the worlds Muslims are Arabs. The majority of them are
>South Asian, South-East Asian, and African. To suggest that Arabia is the
>homeland of most Muslims is to say that Nepal is the largerst Hindu
>country.

    I suggest that you read more carefully before you refute something.
I never claimed that most muslims reside in Arabia. I don't have to go
 further than India,  which houses some 140 million muslims, to see that.
  All I am saying is that funding for spread of Islam as well as Islamic
 fundamentalism comes from desert of Arabia. Did not Saudi Arab force
 Bangladesh to become Islamic from secularism?

Raja

>
>  Islam was not born to an oil-rich country. It existed before the Arabs knew
>that they were floating on Black Gold. Islam has been attractive to many
>people for other reasons (if you are interested in knowing I can teLL you).
>I am not in the least bit trying to preach. My objective is to refute the
>ridiculous claim you have made that Islam is somehow or another related to
>oil. 
>
>Rafat Sadiq
>Rafat Sadiq
>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: pavan@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu (A.Pavan)
Subject: Pandit Birju Maharaj touring North America
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept.
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 19:56:38 GMT


Pandit Birju Maharaj along with his company will be touring North America
for the months of June and July, 1993. If you would like to organise a
performance, workshops, lecture-demonstrations and/or master classes
of Kathak Dance, Tabla, and vocal music, please contact :

Nritya Jyoti Dance Inc.
c/o Rita Mitra Mustaphi
5444 Orchard Avenue No.
Crystal, MN, 55429

Ph # : (612)537-8291

			Pandit Birju Maharaj
			****** ***** *******

Pandit Birju Maharaj is the recipient of "Padma Vibhushan" - the highest
Presidential Award for achievements. He is a master choreographer, renowned
composer, vocalist and percussionist. He represents the seventh generation
of hereditary storytelling dancers. He was the invited choregrapher at the
American Dance Festival in 1991.

Nritya Jyoti Dance Inc., Crystal, MN, will arrange for a grand tour of
the dance master along with his company of dancers and musicians.

----

I'm posting this on behalf of Mrs. Rita Mustaphi, who doesn't have access to
the Internet. Please contact her directly if you're interested in getting any
further information or in organizing performances, lectures or workshops ...


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From: spillutla@memstvx1.memst.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: <None>
Date: 24 Jan 93 18:33:22 -0600
Organization: Memphis State University


Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: nvk@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (nishikant.karmali)
Subject: IA plane hijacked
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:13:43 GMT

Just heard on CNN-Radio News IA plane hijacked with 47 passanger.
Landed at Lucknow aiport. Hijackar demands meeting with leader
of the opposition party seems like BJP...
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: anil@msc.cornell.edu (Anilkumar Pannikkat)
Subject: Connecting U.S telephones in India
Organization: Cornell-Materials-Science-Center
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 19:36:34 GMT


Hi Netters

	Sometime ago, there were some postings about connecting U.S.
made telephones to Indian telephone lines. (4 wires to 2 wires). I
inadvertently deleted my copy of the posting. Could someone who has
saved it please email it to me as soon as possible. I am leaving for
India on Sunday.

	My email address is " anil@raj5.tn.cornell.edu"

	Thanks in advance for any help.
						Anil Pannikkat
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 ____________________________________________________________________________
|       ANIL PANNIKKAT       (anil@raj5.tn.cornell.edu)       607-255-4994(O)|
|Dept. of Materials Sci. & Engg; Cornell Univ; Ithaca, NY 14853 :-272-0397(H)|
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: aramani@icaen.uiowa.edu (Ashwin Ramani)
Subject: Searching
Originator: aramani@l_ecn15
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 23:11:05 GMT
Organization: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA


Keywords: 
Hi. I am looking for Suman, who is Osmania Univ., and who came to the Univ of Kansas,Lawrence.Any information is appreciated.
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From: rajain@ecs.umass.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.pakistan
Subject: Re: *********What is e-mail excess of Rushdie*******
Date: 27 Jan 93 15:17:46 GMT

In article <1993Jan26.031843.12650@fuug.fi>, an5584@anon.penet.fi (Salman Rushdie) writes:
> Hello:
> 
> 
> Another satan has come and has used this service.
> 
> What is his address?
> 
> Search out?
> 
> This is a puzzle and you have to solve.
> 
> Am I  Deb Chatterjee or Supratic Gupta?.
> 
> Am I Nimmala or Samit Banerjee?
> 
> Am I Doki or Fafat?
> 
> Am I Mustufa or Shams?
> 
> Am I Crick or Bhatnagar?
> 
> Am I Sanjeev Mahajan or Arindam Ghosh?
> 
> I assure you, I am one of these.
> 
> Search out .

	Read my followup:

		WHO    CARES !!!


> 
> Love an Peace-
> 
> Rushdie


	rAjAt

	(of course *I* leave my mark :-) )


> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> To find out more about the anon service, send mail to help@anon.penet.fi.
> Due to the double-blind system, any replies to this message will be anonymized,
> and an anonymous id will be allocated automatically. You have been warned.
From: banerjee@hsc.usc.edu (Samit Banerjee)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Islam - a religion that breeds trouble
Date: 24 Jan 1993 15:22:01 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: hsc.usc.edu

Flame monger Sudarshan insinuates:
>>		....
>>	Aren't we all to be blamed for what happens in the world?
>>	       ^^^^^^
>
>	Then who the heck's doing all the laughing ?
>
>	Only Samit's dotsig knows :)

Don't you dare copy my .sig file :-) I have a end user patent on it, after
the days when it became so popular on SCI.

Mighty slick attempt to draw me into another flame war :-) If Mr.Asthana
found out, you could loose your account and I could be banished from the 
net. That way only Asthana will have the last laugh.

Samit

std. disclaimer  I hope this does not violate Mr.Asthana's code of ethics.
		 Please check with me before complaining to my sys.admin.

-- 
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.
Bellnet : (213) 342-1401            |  
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: jlaranha@essex.ecn.uoknor.edu (Jeevan Levin Aranha)
Subject: Need curriculum for Comp sci program at OSU Stillwater ?
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 01:40:31 GMT
Distribution: ok
Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA

The subject say's it all. Could some kind soul at Oklahoma state mail me 
a requirement sheet or curriculum for the Computer Science (B.S) program.
Your time will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Jeevan Aranha .

2512 W.Brooks Apt #6
Norman, OK 73069.
Tel/Fax # : [405]-360 0411.
From: venu@cirrus.com (Venu Nayar)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: fabricated posts ("sneaky posts" a la
Date: 25 Jan 93 21:58:23 GMT
Reply-To: venu@cirrus.com
Organization: Cirrus Logic Inc.

In article 2492@newsserver.cs.uwindsor.ca, rangana@cs.uwindsor.ca (RANGANATHAN A            ) writes:

>Last but not the least, Venu. 
>Where does one begin ? He is so learned, need I say more. 

why, thank you. i didn't know you cared. *blush*
---
Venu Nayar			|		Internet: venu@cirrus.com
Cirrus Logic Inc.		|		(510)-226-2100 X3737 
The problem with the gene-pool is that there is no life-guard.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: swami1@troy.cc.bellcore.com (swaminathan,kashi r)
Subject: Re: THE LATEST
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 13:07:42 GMT

In article <35566@sales.GBA.NYU.EDU> dchacko@sales.GBA.NYU.EDU (Daniel Chacko) writes:
>In article <1993Jan19.145435.29873@ryn.mro4.dec.com> verma@pfeast.enet.dec.com (Virendra Verma) writes:
>>
>>In article <1993Jan18.211244.1@woods.ulowell.edu>, bajunaida@woods.ulowell.edu writes...
>>> 
>   (*stuff deleted*)
>>
>>	John F. Kennedy was killed by a Christian. 
>>       Hitler was killed by a Christian.


>        Hitler commited suicide.
 
Yes, and he was a christian
>>namaste,
>>
>>-- Virendra Verma
>
>    - dan
>              
>
From: kahai@ducvax.auburn.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Looking for NARENDRA CHANCHALANI
Date: 26 Jan 93 22:21:01 GMT
Organization: Auburn University, AL

I am looking for NARENDRA CHANCHALANI.  He graduated with a MS degree in MIS
from Auburn University in 1986, worked in Columbus (GA) for some time, then
went to California.  The last time I heard from him, he was in Solvang, CA
but has apparently moved from there.

If you know him, please either provide me with his telephone number or give
him my telephone number.  My phone number is (205)887-6404.  My e-mail
address is KAHAI@DUCVAX.AUBURN.EDU.

Thanks in advance.


Paramjit Kahai
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: mohapatr@spot.Colorado.EDU (MOHAPATRA PRAMODA K)
Subject:  Looking for Sudhakar Mishra
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 22:36:54 GMT


Anybody out there have information about:

Sudhakar Mishra
Ph.D. in Math from CUNY
Must be a Prof. in Math somewhere.
From Orissa.

Any information will be highly appreciated.

Pramoda

e: mail   pramoda@haggis.colorado.edu

Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.pakistan,soc.culture.bangladesh
From: banerjee@hsc.usc.edu (Samit Banerjee)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: India's first petrochemical based acetic acid unit
Date: 24 Jan 1993 02:45:57 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: hsc.usc.edu

The following article appeared in the business section of the Chemical and
Engg. News (January 18th, 1993) and is being reproduced here without
permission. Acetic acid forms a key intermediate that is required
in the manufacture of plastics, dyes, chemicals and paints and 
is currently manufactured in India by the oxidation of ethanol. Large
quantities are also imported every year from the US and Germany. 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

India's first venture into acetic acid produced by a petrochemical route
has been set following the agreement between Gujarat Narmada Fertilizers Co.
to license BP chemicals methanol carbonylation technology for a 110 million
lb-per-year plant at it's site in Bharuch, India.

Major feedstocks of methanol and carbon monoxide are captively available
at the Bharuch site, although the company has also settled on German
industrial gases company Linde A.G. for carbon monoxide seperation and
purification technology. Expected completion date for the plant is mid-1995.
BP Chemicals will also act as an agent for the exports of limited quantities
of acetic acid from the plant for the International market.

Samit
-- 
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.
Bellnet : (213) 342-1401            |  
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: nayar@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Naresh Nayar) 
Subject: PT Social Security Tax  
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 20:58:07 GMT
Distribution: usa 
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM Rochester


-- 

Currently my employer is witholding Social Security Taxes ( My current visa
status is F-1/Practical Training ). 

Can some visa guru email/post whether I should be paying Social Security
Tax?

Thanks,
Naresh
From: anupam@eng.umd.edu (Anupam Malhotra)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: INFO REQUIRED: MEDICAL STUDIES IN THE USA
Date: 22 Jan 1993 20:51:46 GMT
Organization: College of Engineering, Maryversity of Uniland, College Park
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: spezia.eng.umd.edu
Keywords: medicine, information


Hi !

I'm collecting information for someone who's about to finish his MBBS in India 
and plans to come here.  I am an engineer and I must admit that my knowledge of 
how medical students come here is very limited.  Could someone please explain to 
me the intricacies of the procedure such an applicant would follow to pursue 
advanced studies in medicine in the USA ?  Some questions that come to my mind:

1.	Are MBBSs graduates eligible to pursue further studies here or do they 
	have to take up reparatory courses ?

2.	What exams do they have to take and how would they go about preparing 
	for them ?

3.	Would they be pursuing an academic curriculum here or would it be a 
	job-type situation (residency etc.) ?

4.	How long does the whole process take ?

5.	Is it advisable to start before completing the MBBS or wait to graduate
	first ?

6.	What are the visa requirements for medical graduates from India ?  Do they
	come on F-1 visas or are other visas required ?  Are there strict 
	regulations about visas given to medical students from India ?

7.	What are some good sources of information for a detailed inquiry into 
	this process ?

8.	What can a student do to enhance his chances of getting admitted to a 
	good medical school ?

9.	What are the good medical schools in the US ?

10.	How much does medical education in the US cost and how does one go about
	managing the expenses (i.e. sources of financial assistance, etc.) ?

11.	How long does a program in medicine take (i.e. to get an M.D.) ?

Please include any other information that you think would be useful.  My e-mail address for correspondence is:

                                anupam@eng.umd.edu

Thanks in advance
                                                   ...Anupam
From: mece1e3@Jane.UH.EDU
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: BJP is the problem (was re: BJP)
Date: 28 Jan 1993 05:37:43 GMT
Organization: University of Houston
Reply-To: mece1e3@Jane.UH.EDU
NNTP-Posting-Host: jane.uh.edu

>and others) gained power within the party. If BJP persists in its present
>course, Advani will also be sidelined and a more radical group will take
>control of the party. (We are already seeing signs that Advani or the present
>leadership of BJP can not control the mass agitation. Apparently BJP did not
>want the mosque to be demolished by the Kar sevaks on dec. 6th. The mob went
>out of hand.)
Though political discussion is not my forte; this seems to be historically
justified. In all political movements it is the extremist groups which
gain control aka Bolshevists over Menshevists or the Charampanthis over
Narampanthis in Congress in 1907, Vrindenwale in Akali Dal, Pakistan
proponents in Muslim league. There is no reason to think BJP will go
otherwise. 
We have to carefully separate the fringe elements from the ideally extreme
groups. Fringe elements like Pat Buchanan do not constitute an ideology
block in the Republican party; thus they can be wished away. But the Hindutva
plank is what defines the ideology of the extremists in BJP and cannot be
wished away.
And by definition the mob is uncontrollable. That is what Jinnah dreamed when
he contemplated Pakistan:peaceful transfer of population.

Those who do not learn from History are condemned to repeat it.

Love
Arindam

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