HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: prabhak@cs.umn.edu (Satya Prabhakar)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: The olympics and Bob costas
Date: 30 Jul 92 13:54:09 GMT
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept.

(Venkatraman Raghavan) writes:
>Many years ago, it was McEnroe who was complaining that Ramesh
>Krishnan serves at 10 mph. If playing a slow game is a weakness 
>why do these 'great players' get frustrated by that?
>

Simple. It is no fun playing with someone who chops the ball
and hits it like a grandma. Perhaps the only asset Krishnan
has is his instincts for placing the ball. If he didn't even
have that he would lose to Women's 2000.

Getting 'frustrated' is not equivalent to 'not assured of 
winning'. Ramesh never gave anyone scares.

Satya Prabhakar
From: partha@paul.rutgers.edu (the_great_dictator)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: West Bengal: Communists out, ? in
Date: 24 Jul 92 14:41:31 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

Shamit Banerjee wrote:

The CPM does draw its strength from rural Bengal where it pumps in
a generous supply of dole money (unemployed pension, widow's pension). The
money comes from what it gets from the Central Govt for planned
expenditure (building schools, roads, hospitals etc.). That is also where the
votes come from.
>

Well, as far as financial situation goes, did u guys know that the
govt had to borrow 60 crore rupees from Peerless ( a private
investment concern) at hight interest to pay its expenses..

heard this from a friend who recently got back from Calcutta..
From: bharat@ccvax.ucd.ie
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Sick Hindustani's stupid joke
Date: 21 Jul 92 10:15:59 GMT
Organization: University College Dublin

In article <1992Jul20.135027.7520@news.uiowa.edu>, abdutta@icaen.uiowa.edu (Abhijit Dutta) writes:
> |>>
> |>>Q: What the hell in this world is "Gujju" ?
> |>>
> |>>A:  You take a dozen Jews and mix them together and you will get a
> |>>"Gujju".  In some cases you have to mix more than a dozen Jews.
> |> 
> |> what kind of jews ? Einstein ? Shamir ? Or the lender Shylock ?
> |                      ~~~~~~~~~
> |                   WAS HE JEWS??????????????????? 
> 
>                     YOU BET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry i don't...
 

> 
 
I didn't get you, 

Jew/dzu:/ (noun) a person of hebrew descent or whose religion is judaism. 
 
Jewess/'dzu:es/ (noun). a female Jew. 
 
( i wonder a male jew is "Jews" ;-> ) 
 
Jewish/'dzu:ish/ (ADJECTIVE) of or relating to "Jews" (again :->) 
 
-courtesy 'The Concise Oxford Dictionary) 
 
Could you tell me where i was wrong in using word "Jews". 
 
o o
 |  ?
 =--U
 
-always curious.
 

>    BTW, he was Jewish, not Jews.
> | 
> |-alway curious
> |              
> 
>     Hope it quenches your curiosity :)
 
Noop, it didn't ;-)
 

> 
>     -jit
> |
> |> 
> |> and in case u r planning to post jokes on gujjus, make them original. not
> |> the ones used for jews (and changing jews to gujjus) !
> |> 
> |> Kuntal
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
>     What does it profit if you gain the world
>     and loose your soul.
>                                 -New Testament
> -- 
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: vamatya@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca (AMATYA VB - SYSTEMS DESIGN )
Subject: devnagari font for windows
Keywords: devnagari, hindi, sanskrit, nepali, font
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 19:09:51 GMT


 Has anybody been working on a devnagari font (also may be called
 Sanskrit, Hindi, Nepali) for windows3.1, (Truetype or ATM).
 Preferably, shareware or freeware. Also information on commercial
 software in this regard will be highly appreciated.
 
 Thanks
 
 Vishwa
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: kale@aelle.cs.odu.edu (Vijay S. Kale)
Subject: MISSING PROFESSIONALISM
Organization: Old Dominion University
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 19:13:41 GMT


Hi Folks,

 Following is a bitter experience I had in Washington DC in a supposedly
 popular and well known Indian Restaurant. There were two other friends
 with me.

 The restaurant opens at 12.00pm. We reached at about 11.45am. Looking at
 some activity inside and that we were really very much starving for good
 food, without looking at the timing mentioned on the door, we just slowly
 tried to step in. We were quite well dressed and in cheerful mood.

 One of the guys inside looked at us and said..

 "Bhai Sahab, Aapne Drawaje per Dekha Nahi kya. Khana hum Barah Baje Se Pahle
  Bilkul Nahi Dete Hai" and Without giving us any opportunity to say anything
  he continued..

 "Yeh to Government ka rule hai"

 Suddenly few non-desi guys also stepped in and following was his response..

 "Please come in, Sir. Smoking or Non Smoking!"

 He then brought the menu for them and said 

 "I will be with u in a while, Sir"

 After some time he got us the menu, and inspite of this indecent and different
 behavior of this guy, we decided to eat there. We had been driving since early
 morning and were coming from Atlantic City.

 The food turned out to be lousy, Chapatis were almost burnt and goat meat was
 not fully cooked. Also the quantity was very small, just two small pieces for
 $8.90. The rest rooms were stinking and dirty. Not all waiters were wearing 
 uniform. Smoking section did not have ash trays. Service was absolutely
 mediocre.

 All put-together, it was terribly embarrassing and disappointing experience.

 Finally when we got the bill, we accidently noticed that there was something
 like 15% added to it in addition to some tax. Then we askedthe waiterwhat was it!
 He proudly said..

 "Bhai Saab, Ye 15% to tip hai na, aapke liye hamara kamputer hi hisab me laga
 deta hai. Usme apki taklif bach jaati hai"

 We wanted to see the reaction of other non-desi people to this automatic billing
 of additional 15% as tip, but did not have enough time.

 I wonder with this economic and enironmental policy, how do these guys
 expect the restaurant business to be a very successful one and grow into a chain.

 Fellow netters, I would like to invite your valuable comments/discussion especially
 in the context of above on "Why we can't do smart business in a buyers market such as US".


..Vijay

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To achieve excellence

 one must think beyond others think practical
  and  one must risk more than others think safe

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From: achoudhu@us.oracle.com (Akhil Choudhury)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Address of USEFI in Calcutta, Bombay, delhi and Madras
Date: 21 Jul 92 18:30:33 GMT
Article-I.D.: oracle.1992Jul21.183033.14134
Distribution: usa
Organization: Oracle Corporation, Redwood Shores CA 94065
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by an unauthenticated user
              at Oracle Corporation.  The opinions expressed are those
              of the user and not necessarily those of Oracle.

Hello Everybody ?
                 Does anyone know the exact address of United States
Educational Foundation .. in Calcutta, Delhi, Bombay and Madras ?
Thanks a lot.

Akhil Choudhury
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: paulchem@tigger.cs.Colorado.EDU (Icarus)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: alt.culture.kerala (r.f.d. kinda thing)
Date: 22 Jul 92 20:28:38 GMT
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder

In article <1992Jul22.152549.1961@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> gchacko@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (George W Chacko) writes:
>In article <1992Jul22.005136.15170@colorado.edu> paulchem@tigger.cs.Colorado.EDU (Icarus) writes:
>
>>1] George, dont worry we are going to keep you out anyway :-)
>>
>>   Only a orthographist of your calibre could point out this
>>   error for us. Much obliged, Nautius Maximus !
>
>Well since you respond so graciously, it behoves me to point out that
>you spelt neighbouring incorrectly in another related post.
>'Inadver^H^Htently', no doubt. ;-) ;-)
>
>George
>
>
>

0] George lets keep the flames to sci.
   Trim the headers. Let the other groups go in peace, heretic.

1] Hi, alex.
   Been sneaking up on your dads account when the old man falls
   asleep at the terminal, eh ?
   Clever, little alex. Always one up on dadikins. :-)

   Mistah Kurtz is asleep. A penny for the old man.
		(Take that you ignorant pretentious cold turkey sandwich,
         and tell us the reference. Lets see if you read anything  
         other than Websters Illustrated Dictionary for the 
         Advanced Immigrant Toddler)

2] fun.
   Stay Cool.
   

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From: rk@NMS.HLS.COM (S Ramakrishnan)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Response to NEWS posting
Date: 22 Jul 92 18:24:11 GMT
Organization: Hughes LAN Systems Inc., Mountain View, Ca

In article <fNR-qJ-@engin.umich.edu> guru@engin.umich.edu ( V. Guru Shankar)
writes:

  >I posted a few UPI newsfeeds.  To one of this I recd. the following message.
  >One begins to wonder if it is really worth the time to do such postings.
  >If the same sentiment is carried through by other netters as well, then
  >I would refrain from sending any news clippings that I happen to read.

  >Comments welcome.

  >--Guru

Some of us take a few minutes off work to access SCI and wade through
a mass of postings about viruses, existence of God, Colorado Times, 
arranged marriages, personals, Hindu Temples of Canada, corrupt Brahmins, 
ego flame wars, usw by self-important, pompous, female and male chauvinistic 
armchair intelligentsia of this group only to get to the couple of postings 
by you, Bala Krishnamurthy (three cheers to this guy), Srinivas Sundar and 
Narotham to keep abreast of developments back home.

Pray, continue; just tell Fazili and his likes to shove it up their
respective a**es.

---
S Ramakrishnan, HLS Inc., Mountain View, Ca
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: sgs@ucs.usl.edu (Sudhindranath SG)
Subject: Re: MEN OF EASTERN ORIGIN
Organization: Univ. of Southwestern La., Lafayette
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 19:04:37 GMT

In article <1992Jul28.132955@daffy.mc.ti.com> a726226@daffy.mc.ti.com (savithri) writes:

[deleted]
>Suffice to say that I maintain my original position
>that more than 98% of the MEN of EASTERN origin are SCUMS.
>

I suggest you speak to some of the WESTERN women who are married to
EASTERN men. Then you will perhaps come to know what % of western
men are scums.

>It is some chemical imbalance on that side of the hemisphere that seems to 
       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>target the male species.
>

The "chemical imbalance on that side of the hemisphere" somehow does
not jell with your statement that you have worked in centers that help
battered women _this_ side of the hemisphere.

>savithri

Regards,

--Sudhi.

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Disclaimer : I have no intention of supporting the injustices against 
	     women on _either_ side of the hemisphere.

PS :         I also suggest you read my response to Parikh's article
             on "abortion".


-- 
                          Sira Gopinath Sudhindranath. 
email : sudhi@usl.edu, sgs@ucs.usl.edu           Phone : (318)-232-2198 (r), 
						         (318)-231-6539 (o) 
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: aruna@tree.egr.uh.edu ( Affable)
Subject: Looking for Nandakumar
Reply-To: aruna@tree.egr.uh.edu (Venkatachalam Aruna)
Organization: University of Houston
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 15:04:01 GMT


 My friend Ravi Durairaj is looking for one Nandakumar who
studied with him in Padma Seshadhri School, Madras. He must
be in some University in Louisiana. He finished his B.E in
'89. Required are his e-mail add. and home phone #. Any help
will be appreciated. Reply to me and I shall pass the message
to Ravi.

Cheers,
Venkat


--
venkat@jetson.uh.edu                  | If you love something,set it free.
venkat@menudo.uh.edu                  | If it comes back, it is yours.
aruna@tree.egr.uh.edu(NeXT mails okay)| If it does not, it never was.
(713)-923-7773(h) & (713)-743-4250(w) |
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: giand@opencon.com (Deepak S. Gianchandani)
Subject: Re: Letter to NBC
Summary: Artificial Turf
Organization: OpenCon Systems, Inc.
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 17:23:38 GMT

In article <1992Jul29.163729.4745@tamsun.tamu.edu> rgopu@cs.tamu.edu (Rangarathnam Gopu) writes:
>  ...........
>  ...........
>*********************************************************************
>
>R.Gopu
>4311 D, Boyett St.
>Bryan, TX 77801
>
>Public Relations Officer
>NBC
>30, Rockefeller Plaza 
>New York, NY 10022
>
>
>Sir / Madam
>
>        I am an Indian graduate student at Texas A & M University.
>        I was watching NBC's coverage of the Olympics' Opening ceremony, and I
>        felt that the commentator was extremely insensitive and derogatory 
>        about many of the nations that were participating. There were also
>        many items of misinformation. For example, he stated that India
>        was so poor that it could not afford artificial turfs for her 
>        field hockey teams. There certainly are fewer artificial turfs than
>        we would like, but India does have fields with artificial turf - at
>        least one in Delhi and one in Chandigarh that I know of. 
>
>        It is bad enough that almost all the news reports about India and her
>        neighbors portray only the negative side of those countries. Please
>        do not let your apparent ignorance and condescending attitudes seep
>        into sports coverage too.
>
>        Sincerely,
>
>        R. Gopu
>--
>rgopu@cs.tamu.edu			ParukkuLE nalla naadu
>Texas A&M University			EngaL Baaratha naadu


	That's the way to go! Ada-boy. 

	Being a POOR contry has nothing to do with a need for 
Artificial turfs -- Artificial turfs came about because the Americans 
didn't use thier heads -- they designed domes with out any sunlight -- 
Nice idea but God (alright NATURE) had something different in mind for 
the grass. It needs sun light.  The new arena domes now take into account 
the need of LIGHT. :-). The initial design behind the covered domes was
that neither RAIN, or Storm, Or Snow would be able to stop one from playing
BALL.  Except they forgot about the ground and the grass. Now that one
had spent millions of Dollars on this Weather Protected Arena, How do go 
around the problem -- invent Artificial Grass Turf. As the sayiing goes, 
Necessity is the Mother of Invention. So India, does not have the 
Necessity of Aritfical Truf.
From: alok@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (alok.vijayvargia)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: ARE ALL WESTERN MEN GENTLEMEN ? (Re: MEN OF EASTERN ORIGIN
Date: 31 Jul 92 18:44:58 GMT
Organization: AT&T

In article <1992Jul29.225222.12479@colorado.edu>, paulchem@tigger.cs.Colorado.EDU (Icarus) writes:
> 
> 2] So thats where you have been these many months. :-)
> 
Well,well I was having good times with my wife :)
> [...]
> 
> >
> >Times have so changed in some places in the world that the balance is
> >now in favor of women. Men are complaining of atrocities against them
> >by women ...
> 
> 3] Ahem, do you mean on a.f.a.v. or the rest of the world. ? :-)

S.C.I. !! There were all these posts complaining about Indira Gandhi, then 
against Shyamala P., then Uma S., and now Savithri ...

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> .    o o      signito ergo sum.              paul chemmanoor.                .
> .     |    i sign therefore i am.            Computer Science department.    .
> .     =                                      Univ. of Colorado, Boulder.     .
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Alok
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: skr@philabs.philips.com (Sanjeev K. Rastogi)
Subject: mailing addresses of IIT's
Organization: Philips Laboratories, Briarcliff Manor, NY.
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 19:56:38 GMT

Hi netters:
 I need the mailing addresses of various and IIT's & REC's
(EE Dept.) as soon as possible.Will you help me !
		Thanks.
		skr@philabs.philips.com
From: ramana@bert.eecs.uic.edu (Ramana V Devarapalli)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: NSM Alumni
Date: 27 Jul 92 17:59:55 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Illinois, Chicago

I am looking for alumni of NSM Public School,
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.

I am P.S.Srinivas, class of 82.

Please contact me at pochirajus@vtcc1.cc.vt.edu

Thanx

PS
From: bharat@ccvax.ucd.ie
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: India-Pakistan talks to resume after 9 month break
Date: 27 Jul 92 19:26:22 GMT
Organization: University College Dublin

In article <3-S-SWB@engin.umich.edu>, guru@engin.umich.edu ( V. Guru Shankar) writes:
> UPI reports:
> -----------
> 
> 	ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (UPI) -- Talks between India and Pakistan will
> resume..................... 
[.....news deleted.....]
 
Once again two bulls joined their horns. 
 
Cheers pakis, i called pakistan a bull >;-)
 
goodluk,
 
o o
 |  ?
 =--U
 
- always curious.

Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: guru@engin.umich.edu ( V. Guru Shankar)
Subject: PM urges halt to work at controversial shrine
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 13:05:56 EDT
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor

UPI reports:
-----------

	NEW DELHI, India (UPI) -- Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, during a
meeting with Hindu priests Thursday, urged the holy men to stop the
controversial construction work at a disputed 16th Century mosque, a
government spokesman said.
	He said the prime minister explained to a group of 70 priests the
serious situation created by the ongoing construction despite a
directive from the Supreme Court to halt work at the disputed site.
	A special government plane brought to New Delhi from the Hindu holy
town of Ayodhya the priests and members of the fundamentalist Hindu
World Organization, who met with the prime minister.
	The priests are are spearheading the construction of a controversial
platform adjacent to the disputed 16th Century Babri Masjid complex in
Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh state, 345 miles southeast of New Delhi.
	The construction work has created a tense political situation with
the centrist Janata Dal party of former Prime Minister V.P. Singh and
the communist parties, disrupting work in Parliament.
	They are demanding an immediate dismissal of the state government of
Uttar Pradesh for its failure to curb the construction work.
	They and Muslim groups allege that the construction work is aimed at
destroying the mosque.
	Hindu militant groups claim that the mosque was built at the site of
a Hindu temple by a Muslim ruler, who destroyed the temple. Muslim
groups say no temple ever existed at the disputed site.
	The state is ruled by the Hindu fundamentalist Bharatiya Janata Party
-- India's main opposition party in Parliament.
	The construction also led to Hindu-Muslim clashes in southern Kerala
state and in the western states of Gujarat and Maharashtra. 
	The dispute over the shrine was largely responsible for the 1989
electoral defeat of the Congress (I) Party of assassinated Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi and the collapse, a year later, of the Janata Dal
government of former Prime Minister V.P. Singh.
	Communal violence in northern India over the dispute has claimed
lives of more than 1,000 people in the past few years.


Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: SDEVARA1@vm.poly.edu
Subject: Re: A Fond Farewell to Amjad Khan
Organization: Polytechnic University
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 10:10:01 EST

In article <5a427dca7.0038cc3@catnip.engin.umich.edu>
sudhama@engin.umich.edu (Sudhama Gopalan) writes:
 
>
>In an earlier article:
>
>
>Reprinted from India Abroad  July 31st edition.
>
>Amjad Khan the famous villain in Indian movies died on July 27th at
>his residence following a massive heart attack. He was 40 years old.
>
>(rest deleted)
>
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>40 is young, isn't it? Would that mean he did Sholay when he was 22? I have a
>feeling there's a mistake about the age.
>  In any case, the poor man was so grossly overweight - this was probably
>inevitable.
>
>Sudhama
well, amjad khan was 48 when he died(1944-1992). That makes his age as 30
(minimum, i dont remember the exact year when sholay was released).
 
hope this answers your question.
 
suri.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: sgs1679@usl.edu (Sudhindranath Sira G)
Subject: Are we an intolerant people?
Summary: About an incident reflecting our intolerance.
Keywords: India, Youth, Intolerance.
Organization: University of Southwestern Louisiana
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 19:56:08 GMT

The Setting : A town in Karnataka. 

The Time    : Sometime in 1991.

The Incident :  An elderly and dignified gentleman has parked his
	        car in a parking-lot. When he wants to take
		his car out of the parking-lot, he finds
	        some youths standing right behind his car, blocking
	        the space needed to take out the car from its
		parking-slot. He very politely requests the youths 
		to make way for his car. The youths abuse him
		using the foulest of words and then threaten
		him with dire consequences if he behaves like
		that in the future before finally making way.

I have a few questions about this :

* Is this an isolated incident or have any of you
  experienced/witnessed/heard of such incidents ?

* If it is indeed happening often, what's the reason for
  our youths becoming so intolerant ? Where exactly did
  things go wrong ?

Replies welcome.

Thanks.

Regards,

--Sudhi.

--
                       Sira Gopinath Sudhindranath. 
email : sudhi@usl.edu, sgs@ucs.usl.edu    Address : USL PO Box 41688,
Phone : (318)-232-2198 (r)	                    Lafayette, LA 70504-1688.
	(318)-231-6539 (o)                          USA.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: pd514707@longs.LANCE.ColoState.EDU (Pragnesh Dudhia)
Subject: Re: Taking a Car to India
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 17:33:16 GMT
Reply-To: pd514707@longs.LANCE.ColoState.EDU (Pragnesh Dudhia)
Organization: Engineering College, Colorado State University

In article <1992Jul24.162227.320@cc.gatech.edu>, singh@cc.gatech.edu
(Ranu Singh) writes:
> 
> I am interested in finding out  the rules governing import of car into 
> India by a person going back after 2 yrs.
> 
> a) Which is the best place to buy a car for sale in India? 
> b) Which cars command the best premium?
> c) What is the best way to take them back?
> 
> If any body has done research on this subject and can find the time to 
> respond, please reply by email since I don't read this group regularly.
> If there is enough interest, I will post a summary of the replies I 
> receive.
> 
> 
> 	-Ranu Singh

 Could you also send me the information if you get them. My e-mail address is 
    pd514707@longs.lance.colostate.edu

    Thankx

         - Pragnesh