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From: sramalin@memstvx1.memst.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: STORY # 8
Date: 26 Dec 92 18:00:38 -0600
Organization: Memphis State University

                           THE WIT OF THE JESTER
                          -----------------------
                                                    Author Unknown

A certain king had one court jester. The jester used to entertain the king so
well that wherever the king went, he took the jester along. The king was very
fond of him and the jester too was a smart fellow.

One day in the month of 'Kartik' the whole party of the king went to the 
nearby forest for a picnic. The cooks of the king prepared a sumptous feast
with several good dishes. One of them was the 'Laddu'. As the lunch was to be
about served, the king asked the jester to sit beside him. Everything went on
well with the jokes and food until a small mistake occured on the servants'
part. Somehow they forgot to serve the 'laddu' to the jester. But the jester was
very fond of the 'laddu' and couldnot ask for one, as he was seated himself
next to the king !!

So he thought of a way and told the king : " Suppose suddenly one thunderbolt
falls on all of you just now, what would you do sir ? "
The king thought for a while and said : " Well, normally there is not even rain
in the month of Kartik but if a thunderbolt falls, that too only on us, I am
sure it will fall on you too !!!"

The jester retorted : " How can you say that ? The 'laddu' that has fallen in
all your plates, has not fallen in mine ? "

The king laughed a while, called the servants and saw to it that the jester
had enough 'laddus' for his lunch.
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From: balaji@milli.cs.umn.edu (Balaji Srinivasan)
Subject: Re: S.O.S!
Keywords: H-1, multiple
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept.
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 21:07:04 GMT

In article <1hb7uvINNlfp@bigboote.WPI.EDU> sdoki@ivy.WPI.EDU (Suresh Doki) writes:
>************************************************************************
>*mujhe is raaste mein khoon hi khon nazar aa rahaa hain                *
>*				- Amitabh Bachchan in kasme vaade      *
>************************************************************************

 This reminds me of other terrific Amitabh dialogs :-

 o trisul :- very first dialog of Amit : somebody asks Amitabh if he's not 
   scared of the dynamite, etc . Amit :'Jisne apne maako 25 saal thodi thodi
   marte dekha hai, usko <dynamite>-se kya maut se bhi dhar nahi ' or     
   something to that effect. 
 o deewaar :- Amit: 'main yeh kaam akela karna chatahoon ' 
              iftekaar : 'tum samasteho ki tum yeh kaam akela karsakoge ' ?
              Amit :  'nahi, main jaanta hoon ki yeh kaam akela karsaktahoon'
 o don : 'don ko pakadna mushkil nahi- naa mumkin hai '. 

   and of course Shahenshah : ' rishte main to hum tumare baap ...' 

   When Salim-Javed wrote for Amitabh, the dialogs were gems. Anybody remembers
   other popular dialogs of Amitabh ? And, coming to this topic , how about 
   starting a 'ShowTheme' of sorts on SCI ? 

   Balaji.S. 


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From: 02h@oasys.dt.navy.mil (CDR Fred C. Wyse)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Seeking Information/Contacts
Date: 23 Dec 92 19:40:08 GMT
Expires: 22 Jan 93 00:00:00 GMT
Reply-To: 02h@oasys.dt.navy.mil (CDR Fred C. Wyse)
Distribution: na
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

My wife and I are looking for information and contacts.

In 1990, we adopted an infant boy.  He is now a terrific, intelligent,
lovely, delightful 2 1/2 year old.  We could not be happier with our son.
We now would like to adopt a second child, a younger brother or sister
for our little boy.

Our son's birth mother is Sri Lankan, even though he was born in the 
United States.  We feel that if we are able to adopt a second child,
it would be a great benefit for them to have similar heritage - Sri
Lankan, south Asian, etc.

Can anyone help us with information, or possibly refer us to someone
or some organization that might assist us?

We have some experience with international adoption procedures, but
do not know Sri Lankan or Indian requirements.  Information in
this area would be welcome.

A home study is available, and it is our intention to use an accredited
social service agency to manage placement, post-placement supervision,
etc., and fulfill all requirements to legally complete an adoption.

What we can offer to a child is a loving home, a secure environment,
and the most adorable "big brother" anyone could want.

If you have information that may help us, please E-Mail to
"02h@oasys.dt.navy.mil", or in the United States, call 301-227-1516.
(I am not a regular reader of S.C.I. -- though I probably will be if
this post works 8-)! -- so please respond by E-mail.)  Thanks for the
help.

					    Sincerely,
					    Fred Wyse
From: hari@bass.bu.edu (hariharane ramasamy)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Information on Pursuing research in Plastic Technolgy
Date: 26 Dec 92 16:53:30 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Boston University

Could anyone please send me information on good Universities
which do research in Plastic Technology or at least let me know
how would I go and find about it.


hari

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From: an4329@anon.penet.fi (Tera Baap)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.pakistan
Subject: BEHEN DA LAUDA, MUSTAFA ( PAKISTAN ZINDABAD )
Date: 2 Jan 93 21:38:06 GMT
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From: rajesh@juniper (Rajesh Raman)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Genesis-II [Let's change SCI] -- Icarus.
Date: 2 Jan 1993 00:12:26 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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Atharvan (paulchem@tigger.cs.Colorado.EDU) wrote:

If you don't like what is happening make it better. If you think you
can't then quit reading SCI. Moderators just stifle freedom of
expression.

No offence meant. 

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Rajesh Raman

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From: bkannan@ho12.eng.ua.edu (Balaji Kannan)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Dharma Sansad Demands Lifting of Bans (Niranjan Dev Teerth's
Date: 28 Dec 1992 22:01:24 -0600
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
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divaka@jacob.its.rpi.edu (Ajay Divakaran) writes:

[....]

>I was not aware of the above. I only had a vague notion that he must
>have been exceptionally learned to have received the appointment.
>         I do not for one moment deny the scholarly credentials of Kanchi
>Periyavar. But when such scholarly people maintain the most narrow points
>of view, such views tend to gain a certain legitimacy. If an illiterate
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

    True to a certain extent. But, one should not forget that it speaks
    as much about the ultra-orthodox elements of Hindu culture [quite
    powerful] who may not tolerate any 'deviant' behaviour from the SA.
    He could get himself into a soup if he were to unilaterally dispense
    with Hindu conservatism . Meaning, the power vested in him is
    because he enjoys the confidence of those 'orthodox' among the Hindus.
    For example, the SAs cannot [may not be able to] unilaterally dispense
    with the caste system [however enlightened and welcome such a move] and
    get the 'nod' from those that put him on the high pedestal. On the other
    hand, it is ridiculous to wait for Swami Niranjan Dev Teerth to rethink
    his poition on Sati for society to reform itself. *Today*,I guess,societal
    reform can/and does proceed without the SA's blessings. Their [SA's] being
    steeped in orthodoxy is IMO inconsequential to the larger societal picture.
    Sooner or later, they will have to catch up with society. For survial
    in the long run requires flexibility; the competitive forces of the
    'market' will ensure that. And mind you, India has no dearth of Swamis.

[....]

    bk
From: dchatterjee@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: New newsgroup proposal : alt.culture.bengali
Date: 28 Dec 92 00:14:09 CST
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

>In article <SHUBU.92Dec27110725@green.cs.wisc.edu>, 
>shubu@cs.wisc.edu (Shubhendu S. Mukherjee) writes:
>...... (deleted)...... 
> By the way Samit, looks like you are already under the impression that 
> only very few people want this newsgroup even before the referendum you have
                                           ??????????????????????????

   I smell Kashmir here ! What would it be: "BONGO-UDDHAR SAMITI" ????????

> asked for has taken place.   Isn't it time to be politically correct (your
                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
> use of word 'pushing' says it all)?
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

  Wow ! Look who's talkin' now ! E.M.S Namboodripad at Vijaywada Congress ???

  Politically correct ? What's that, " Comrade Mukherjee " ????????

> 
> Luck!
> -Shubu
> 

    - stay alive/ LONG LIVE,

      deb chatterjee
   (a good samaritan)
From: banerjee@aludra.usc.edu (Samit Banerjee)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: New newsgroup proposal : alt.culture.bengali
Date: 26 Dec 1992 22:17:32 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu

In article <199212262234.AA07110@mp.cs.niu.edu> t60bss9@mp.cs.niu.edu (Bijoy Sagar) writes:
>
>I am proposing the creation of a new newsgroup called alt.culture.bengali.
>This newsgroup is intented to be a place to discuss Bengali language,
>literature and other aspects of Bengali culture.


In order to avoid the impression that this newsgroup is being pushed
for by a select group of people and to arrive at a consensus, I propose
that we have a vote to determine if the majority of netters support
such an idea.

I dont think that this is too much to ask for, considering that there
have been several dissenting voices who have already expressed themselves 
on the net. Without this referendum, ACB will be a another newsgroup
thrust at us by a coterie to satisfy whatever personal reasons that they
might have for it's creation.

I hope the people pushing for ACB are listening,

Samit
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From: hemmadst@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Srikant Gurudas Hemmady)
Subject: world
Organization: University of Cincinnati
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 19:39:42 GMT

Just testing....

-- 

srikant hemmady >>>
From: dsreddy@paul.rutgers.edu (Sunil R Dattapuram)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Washington Asks Pakistan To Return Warships
Date: 24 Dec 92 22:13:28 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


Washington has asked Pakistan to return the 9 warships. 


Details in m.n.s.


Sunil
From: dchatterjee@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Samit Banerjee and Ed Crick  
Date: 28 Dec 92 21:57:29 CST
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

>In article <1992Dec28.165842.27486@news2.cis.umn.edu>, 
>crick@tsp.med.umn.edu (Ed Crick (CD)) writes:
>....... (deleted).......
> You have the right to create a "kill file" for posts by Crick, Banerjee, and 
> anyone else who makes you feel small.  
> 
>..... (deleted)......
>>Aayush Asthana| Technology    :    /___   ___//___    ___//___    ___/
>>aa@iti.org    | Institute     :   ____/  /___    /  /    ____/  /____ 
> 
> Ed Crick
>

  The above "verbal chain-sawing" of some timid net.humans is really quite
  Lilliputan. As Ed has made a remark: USE the 'N' key rather than trying
  to show that your "top-floor" is getting empty after the demolition of
  Babri Masjid. I am sure that *nothing* can touch Ed, Samit or others as
  far as their posting(s) are concerned. The Network has been created to
  post controversial views and it is quite certain that:

  Few posts will be offensive to all persons,
  All posts will be offensive to few persons, BUT NOT,
  All posts will be offensive to all persons !

  If you can't take it, take a hike dude !

  Furthermore, you can *always* sing about someone to any system administrator.
  That's within your right. But then, it is upto you to establish what you
  have been whining about *really* violates some norm of decency. (There has
  been a Howard Stern case, but, none like that has come from Drs.Banerjee or
  Crick.) You may not agree with them. But, if you have the guts, fight it out
  with them with your brains. One of the major things you learn in this nice
  and volatile environment is that: variety is the spice of life. You must
  learn how to defend yourself from / or succumb to attacks, allegations.
  That's a part of survival.


  There has been many rancourous morons than Ed or Samit; and thus I don't think
  that they should be tied to a lampost.

      - stay alive and enjoy,

         deb chatterjee
       (a good samaritan)

  " TOADS ALWAYS CRAOKED AT THE MOON WHEN IT WENT UP ".
From: premal@everywhere.Berkeley.EDU (Premal Buch)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Something for the social service/spiritually inclined
Date: 1 Jan 1993 00:56:29 GMT
Organization: UC Berkeley EECS CAD Group
Distribution: usa
Reply-To: premal@everywhere.Berkeley.EDU (Premal Buch)
NNTP-Posting-Host: everywhere.berkeley.edu

Reposting as the name of the movie was missing in the first posting :



				Antrnaad
				--------

"Antrnaad",  a Shyam Benegal film based on true life story of "Swadhyayis",
featuring Shabana Azmi, Om Puri, Kulbhusan Kharbenda is coming to USA. 
The california premiere will be shown in Fremont at Naz cinema on Jan 23rd 
and Jan 24th at 3PM and 7 PM.  Please contact 510-794-1391, 510-791-0134, 
408-737-2691,510-820-5615 for more information.

Swadhyay is a study of self. 40 years ago a man of faith, Pandurang Shashtri
Athavale showed how to use Bhakti and/or devotion as an active principal in the
transformation of both the individuals and society.

Over a period of time the villages he regulary visited with some friends on
Bhakti feri(devotional visits) showed profound social and economical changes.
Today, this silent revolution has grown, embracing over 15000 villages
involving about 5 million people of all races who are now part of the Swadhyaya
parivar or family.

The film is based on true life experiences of two villages.

The writers of this film and Shyam Benegal were inspired to attempt this film on
the basis of what they saw, heard and researched.
From: t60bss9@mp.cs.niu.edu (Bijoy Sagar)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Merry Xmas
Date: 24 Dec 1992 22:23:07 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: an3923@anon.penet.fi
Subject: Moslems!
Organization: Anonymous contact service
X-Anonymously-To: soc.culture.indian
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 04:47:50 GMT


I am from Turkey and I noticed that there is something very funny
about all the world conflicts. ( I am not a practicing moslem)

Israel-Palestinian issue ( Moslems Vs Jews)
Cyprus Problem           ( Moslems Vs Catholics)
German Ethnic trouble    ( Moslems ( Turks) Vs Germans)
Bosnian issue            ( Moslems Vs Christians)
Iraq - Kuwait strife     ( Moslems Vs Moslems)
Iran - Iraq              ( ditto)
Iraq Vs Kurds            ( ditto)
Indian temple issue      ( Moslems Vs Hindus)
Burmese ethnic problems  ( Moslems Vs Buddhists)
Malaysian ethnic trouble ( Moslems Vs Chinese)
Somalian problem         ( Moslems vs Moslems)
Armenia                  ( Moslems Vs christians)


	Almost every conceivable problem in the world is caused by moslems.
Also, undoubtably all the major barbaric regimes in the world are run by
Moslems ( Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Yemen, Iran, Pakistan just to name a few)
and the major terrorist nations ( except Cuba) are all moslem ( Pakistan, Iran,
cyria, Lybia, Jordan). Turkey is the ONLY moslem country which is secular.
What does this tell us about our religion and our culture? It makes me wonder!


Irfan Ahmed
Sys. Admin., Calico Tech.
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From: bkannan@ho12.eng.ua.edu (Balaji Kannan)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Dharma Sansad Demands Lifting of Bans
Date: 24 Dec 1992 13:25:39 -0600
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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?


   Yes, he did make a statement in the light of the Roop Kanwar
   incident. I am not sure if 'support' is the right word though.
   He wanted the *govt.* to keep its hands off an 'apolitical'
   issue. :-) and got himself into hot water for that. But, he is
   known for making pronouncements that border on politcal 
   interference, on earlier occasions.  Somebody else can confirm
   the veracity of *this* allegation :-) 


>anand 'Organised religion - A blight on society'
>--
>Screw PBS & NPR news. Tired of news "sanitized for your protection?". Try:
>misc.activism.progressive, "Lies Of Our [NY]Times", "Z" magazine (Boston).
>KPFA 94.1 FM (Bay Area), 90.7 (L.A.), 90.1 (Houston, TX), 89.3 (Washington, DC)
>These are my opinions, not my employer's. 


  bk    


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Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.tamil
From: hkumar@hfglobe.intel.com (Hariharan Kumar)
Subject: AIR brodcasts in the Northwest ?
Organization: Intel Corporation
Distribution: or
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 18:27:30 GMT

Hi,

I am interested in knowing if anyone is able to receive AIR
brodcasts in Oregon ? If yes, I would like to know the timings
and the frequency.

Thanks,

H Kumar

kumar@littlei.intel.com

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Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: banerjee@hsc.usc.edu (Samit Banerjee)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: AIDS drug by indian firm
Date: 2 Jan 1993 15:54:46 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: hsc.usc.edu

In article <1993Jan2.184653.25567@news2.cis.umn.edu> crick@tsp.med.umn.edu (Ed Crick (CD)) writes:

>OK SCI Guardians, you want to discuss something with tremendous economic
>repercussions?  Notwithstanding the decidedly anti-American prejudice of
>Mr. Thadani's article as previously noted by Srinivas Sunder, let's discuss
>how this affects India's world trade, and relations with the US etc.
>Those of you who may reply, try to avoid that tired motif of accusing me of
>India-bashing.  If I get offended I'll ask Aayush Asthana to report you to
>your system administrators

Prophet Asthana is considering going on a sabbatical in order to sit out
the current cascade of profanities that are being posted on SCI by
various truculent youngsters. His virgin eyes not having seen such abject
and digusting human behaviour, he thinks he should take a short hiatus
rather than let himself be led into sin. 

Anyway, Prophet Asthana is to be unleashed on ignorant, imbeciles only as a
last resort. Remember multiple copies (with translation) could hurt
Deepak Bose, Mustafa Ibrahim and other such individuals serving to effectively
gag them and thus curtailing our ring side entertainment.

>So Indian patent laws are different, and this AZT can be produced and
>marketed in India under gov't protection.  But what happens when it is
>exported to countries that are covered by patent laws similar to those in the
>US, Europe and Japan?  Does it then become an infringement on B-W's patent?

Yes it does and no the drug will not be marketed in those countries.


Samit
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: pasc@hippo.ru.ac.za (Dr SC Chattaraj)
Subject: Eastern Contacts
Organization: Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 13:38:44 GMT

Hi

I am a post-doctoral research fellow in South Africa from Calcutta.
I would like to have correspondence from people in India or anywhere
else who come from Eastern India. I can be contacted on internet at the
following address
	  pasc@hippo.ru.ac.za
Lokking forward to your replies
Sarat

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	 Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140.
   Internet: pasc@hippo.ru.ac.za     Telephone: +27 461 22023 Ext 412