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Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Fixation with Tall, dark handsome types
From: J.Ainikkal@massey.ac.nz (J. Ainikkal)
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 04:46:20 GMT
Organization: Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Keywords: interracial
Summary: interracial
X-Reader: NETNEWS/PC Version 2c


>Also on a side note, almost all of the interracial marriages in
>the US seem to be between black males and white women. I have
>only heard of one case (David Bowie and Iman) which is the
>reverse. Isn't this a bit curious? 

There was a study which showed that men were more attracted to
the physical attributes of womyn. Womyn looked for men who could
'support' them (feminists stay away - I am only paraphrasing).
This might explain the above (considering the prejudices which
lead to what beautiful was defined as to the masses in the U.S.
when they were young - young full busted WHITE womyn). Thankfully
Iman and the other girl (who is in the M. Jackson video) are
changing things around.



>Nath. 
 
 
--  
 
>ZZtop, Pink F, LedZep, Queen are wimps!!	e-mail:
>ngopalas@buster.eng.ua.edu 
>Gimme Guns n Roses anyday! 

I cannot believe that I am actually replying to someone with
prejudices different from mine - one who likes the racist band
Guns and Roses.

John Ainikkal
'Aotearoa' - Land of the long white cloud
From: ramki@cirrus.com (Ramki Ramakrishnan)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: PAL/NTSC & NTSC/PAL CONVERSION
Date: 8 Sep 92 23:34:34 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Cirrus Logic Inc.  Fremont, California
Originator: ramki@suntest

Can anyone in the net post the following info to the group so everybody
can benefit:
	I have some video cassettes in PAL format that need to be converted
to NTSC format. Is there any reliable store/person who will be able to convert
to this format at a reasonable price and do it within a day or two? If
so please let me know the name of the person or store so I can contact him.
Some of the stores in the bay area I have used kept the cassette for more
than a week before I could finally get the tape back as they work as the
middle men for this type of tape conversion.
	Any input will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Ramki
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: gulati@access.digex.com (Raj K. Gulati)
Subject: Most widely read indian newspapers - call for vote
Reply-To: gulati@access.digex.com
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt MD USA
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 07:24:21 GMT

Hi everyone,

I'd like to make a call for votes as regards what are the most
widely read (and appreciated) indian newspapers or other magazines
here in the U.S. This can range from Newspapers published in India
to local items such as "India Abroad", "India West", etc.

Please provide your list, and for each item, give it a rating from
1 through 5 where 1 is least read, and 5 is most read.

I'll post the summary to the net once I have a majority of responses.

Thanks,

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 Washington Street, Rockville, MD 20850, USA. [QK: RAJ@GEIS] 1-(301)-340-5204
  CompuServe: 70323,1430  Internet: gulati@access.digex.com, GEnie: R.GULATI
  *** This message is submitted with no intended representation of G.E. ***
From: banarji@unixg.ubc.ca (Ajai Banarji)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: There is no Australian or Canadian embassy in India
Date: 13 Sep 92 22:13:41 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Originator: banarji@unixg.ubc.ca


	There is no Canadian or Australian Embassy in India

  Just thought that you may like to know that neither of these countries
has an embassy in India. Commonwealth countries have High Commissions (not
embassies) in other Commonwealth countries.
From: sdarbha@ho12.eng.ua.edu (Subrahmanyam Darbha)
Subject: Looking for Sub Ramesh at F.I.T
Originator: sdarbha@ho12.eng.ua.edu
Organization: The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Julieline: see if this comes up.
Distribution: NA
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 06:25:44 GMT

Hi netters !
I am looking for sub Ramesh at Florida Institute of Technology at Melbourne.
Any info about him will be highly appreciated.
Thanks much 


-- 
*************************** Who else But Darbha ******************************* 
sdarbha@buster.eng.ua.edu     Res: (205) 349 - 5143   Off: (205) 348 - 9289
*******************************************************************************
From: iac!manoj@uunet.uu.net (Manoj Achrekar)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: RE: Feminism.. sati is good
Date: 9 Sep 92 21:56:17 GMT
Reply-To: iac!manoj@uunet.uu.net
Distribution: usa
Organization: Investment Technology Group, Culver City, CA


In article <Bu4IAE.2LE@wpi.WPI.EDU> wizard@maxine.wpi.edu (Ajay Khanna) writes:
The honorable iac!meha@uunet.uu.net (Meha) chanced to say:

Hey, you have been hanging around too many men that you have not realized
that women are the ONLY 'intelligent' ones, period!!!

- Meha             

This new direction of feminism troubles me.  Many public feminists
(who, incidentally, have support from both sexes) have taken the
original idea behind feminism (which was equality) to be the
superiority of women over men.  The above poster may not be a believer
of that, but it just reminded me of this raging war by public
feminists to make women more equal than men.

Definition:
public feminist: n, feminist who takes upon herself the role of a
leader and holds meetings, press conferences, etc. to further the
cause of women and feminism.

IMHO, there is a need for both sexes to stop and think about what
their roles ought to be in society, now and in the future.  Current
scientific theory has convincingly proven that there are established
physical, mental, and emotional differences between men and women.
How many people here read the cover story "Men and Women: New Findings
Show They Are Really Different" (?!) in Time magazine sometime earlier
this year?  While I had already read much of what was discussed
before, for many coworkers of mine, it was a new study.

-Ajay Khanna

Note: Standard claimers apply.  I, and I alone, am wholly and
completely responsible for all my opinions.  But, if you want to sue
somebody, please try /dev/null :)


I agree that both sexes have a particular role in society.
It just disappoints me to hear of such men as Mr. Suresh who has
no respect for women and their intelligence.

-Meha
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: rr2@cec2.wustl.edu (Rajamiyer Ravichandran)
Subject: Jayalalitha's emissaries meet LTTE: Disturbing report
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis MO
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 22:10:56 GMT

Hi folks,

       I read in the latest issue of Thuglak (the tamil political magazine)
that Jayalalitha has sent some emissaries to meet with LTTE guys in
Paris and Singapore. This is appatently for working out a deal to ensure 
the saftey of the CM from the LTTE hit squad. In return, the TN govt. will
loosen up the flusing drive against LTTE cadres operating in TN. This was
reported by none other than Dr. Subramaniam Swamy who claimed to have 
documentary evidence to prove his point.
	If this is true, then Jayalalitha is not doing the right thing.
It is childish to believe that LTTE will keep up its promise. It should
not be forgotten that there were reports of Rajiv's men meeting LTTE
in california just months before he was assasinated. Same is true with
Amirthalingam's case. At one point, I admired Jaya's guts for willing to

root out LTTE from Indian soil. It is surprising that she backed off 
at a time when even the DMK publicly disowned the LTTE. I hope
better sense will prevail upon her.


regards 


ravi
Xref: sparky soc.culture.indian:31050 soc.culture.sri-lanka:994 soc.history:8245
From: wizard@maxine.wpi.edu (Ajay Khanna)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.sri-lanka,soc.history
Subject: Re: Were there universities in India before the British went?
Date: 13 Sep 1992 22:23:31 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: maxine.wpi.edu

The honorable A.Raman@massey.ac.nz (Anand) chanced to say:
= Sometimes during a party, a date  or a dinner, an Indian is  liable to
= get asked that  apparently innocent  question,  the irksome nature  of
= which cannot be underestimated:
= 
= Did you have universities in your country before the British came?

My response to that (if an American asked me) would be:
	We did.  Did you have universities in your country before the
	British came?

You can use the above line in Australia and New Zealand, too :)

On the more serious (and educational) note, we did.  That they were
different from current Western-style universities is irrelevant.  We
had clothes before the British came, too.  That they were a different
kind of clothing is irrelevant.  (just to bring home the point)

It's interesting that for a long time, education in both India and
Europe was conducted almost exclusively by religious leaders.  (This
applies only to the dark ages in Europe, but applies to a very large
section of Indian history, as many of us know.)

-dat friendly wizard (Ajay Khanna)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Kashmir Campaign
From: mg819305@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Manoj Ghayalod)
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 92 19:26:05 GMT
Organization: University of Cincinnati

In article <1992Sep7.095628.6354@cc.uow.edu.au> g9220348@cc.uow.edu.au (adil shaikh) writes:
>hdeshma@eos.ncsu.edu (HARSHAVARDHAN  DESHMANE) writes:
>
>Their opinion counts and in my article I also said that Hindus
>must go to Kashmir to take part in Plebiscit(if ever taken).
>Looking to present situation in the Valley ( I saw News treck video
>by India Today) the decision seems to be the one in the hand of the 
>majority community.
>
>
>
>
>This is fundamental fact that Kashmir is a colony of India and PAkistan.
>The people of Kashmir never joined with India or Paksitan.
>
>
>One question will make everything clear.
>
>
>In 1947-48 period, Sardar Patel(the Home Minister) joined
>Junagadh(whose Nawab wanted to join with Pakistan)
>and 
>Hyderabad Deccan(whose Nawab wanted to remain independent)
>with India .
>
>He said if the people of Junagadh and Hyderabad wanted to join with
>India then these regions had to join with India.
>
>He was the mastermind behind three way attack on Hyderabad Nizam.
>
>While in the Kashmir he made all agreement with the PM of Kashmir.
>                                                    ^^King
>
>Where the people of Kashmir gone?
>
>WHERE IS THE TRUTH, Mr. Harsh and all those who advocate wrong propaganda?
>
>
There would have been a plebiscite in Kashmir too, but Pakistani
army tried to take Kashmir by force.  The Pakistan army (as it is
well known for), began looting and raping, that is also the reason
it never reached Srinagar, and the Indian army had to be deployed
there on the request of Kashmir's king to restore order.  The Indian
army would have re taken Kashmir, if Mahatma Gandhi had not prevented
it.  Nehru went to the UN with this Kashmir problem and it was
decided there that plebiscite should be held when the Pakistani
army pulls out of Kashmir.  India is still waiting for the Pakistani
army to pull out.

Manoj 

>>as an aside, with only a little bearing to this discussion, are you from
>>Kashmir? if so, where in Kashmir?
>
>
>>-harsh
>>-- 
>>_______________________________________________________________________________
>>Harshavardhan Deshmane                                 I had a signature
>>ECE Dept.,                                             it became an address:(
>>North Carolina State University.                       had@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu
>


Xref: sparky soc.culture.indian:30574 soc.culture.tamil:2006
From: rammohan@aludra.usc.edu (Karthikeyan Rammohan)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.tamil
Subject: Re: Vedas are NOT shit ( was Re: Animal Sacrifice in Temples
Date: 8 Sep 92 01:30:34 GMT
Article-I.D.: aludra.laphoqINNq8j
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu

In article <UeezKjO00VooMQ5lsl@andrew.cmu.edu> rs6x+@andrew.cmu.edu (Ranjith Ravindiran Suresh) writes:
>Has anyone seen the Aug. 14-45 India Today?  Comical pictures of BJP are
>in it. These guys, while claiming to uphold Hinduism, are making a
>complete mockery of it. Dirty, pitiless bunch of politicians exploiting
>the
>weakness of the mass. Their fertilizer: Hindu Vs. Muslim tensions..
>
	Oh youmean, you wanted India to be ruled by  V.P.singh whose
fertilizer is Casteism and goddamned socialism, 
	or by some Congress clowns , a party made up of people junping
in from other parties, which does not have a grassroot whose
fertilizer is the same as BJP. Only difference is that they keep
licking the a.. of the so called minority.
	MAybe you have just started reading this magazine called India
today.
	They have written many more clowny articles on the congress
also.
ram

	
	
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: gnreddy@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (G.Narotham Reddy)
Subject: Cong(I) meeting discusses dissidence in AP, Karnataka
Organization: AT&T
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 19:50:31 GMT


Source	: PTI
Date	: Sept 14, 1992

* Cong(I) meeting discusses dissidence in AP, Karnataka

New Delhi (PTI)  A high level Cong(I) meeting presided over by party 
president and Premier P.V. Narasimha Rao tonight discussed the situation 
in the dissidence ridden Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
PArty sources said the leadership is expected to take a decision on
the issue shortly.
	The meeting was attended by party general secretaries, treasurer
Sita Ram Kesari, spokesman V N Gadgil and political secretary to
party president Jitendra Prasada.
	Prasada was among the group of observers deputed by the high
command to Andhra Pradesh to study the political situation. The other
observers are still in Hyderabad and party spokesman V N Gadgil stated
yesterday that their mission was not yet complete.
	At the meeting party general secretary Sushil Kumar Shinde
informed that he was convening a meeting of party MPs, MLAs, former
MPs, former Chief Ministers, PCC Presidents and other prominet leaders
here on Sept 18 to discuss the Jharkhand issue. Home Minister Mr.S.B.Chavan
would also attend the meeting.
	He said a similar meeting on Kashmir will be convened on Sept 19.

                               * E N D *
From: reddy@cis.njit.edu (Kishore P. Reddy [RA])
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.indian.telugu
Subject: Question on Computing Review (CR) Catogories
Date: 5 Sep 92 12:47:02 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology


	Dear Netters:

	I submitted a paper to a journal recently.. They sent me a letter
	saying that I should include the parts namely
	* Keywords
	* Computing Reviews (CR) Catogories
	in my paper to get accepted.

	I understand what they meant by Keywords but not about "Computing
	Reviews (CR) Catogories". 

	Can anybody please educate me in this regard.

	Thanx in advance.
--
________________________________________________________________________________
#include "std_disclaimer.h"
________________________________________________________________________________
	Kishore P. Reddy	Parallel and Distributed Computing Laboratory
      reddy@earth.njit.edu 	  Information Technology Center, Rm.# 4321
	(201) 596-2865		New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ
________________________________________________________________________________
flames > /dev/null 2>&1
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: rajat@sunny3.che.clarkson.edu (Rajat Kapoor,P303,2124)
Subject: Re: Test
Organization: Clarkson University
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 01:14:14 GMT


Testing...

Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: koorapat@software.org (Siri Koorapaty)
Subject: Looking for Rajashree Suwame
Organization: Software Productivity Consortium, Herndon, Virginia
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 14:52:43 GMT

Looking for Rajashree Suwame who might have just started a Phd program in
the Business school at Norman, OK. If anyone knows her please have her contact
me. Thanx in advance.

Siri Koorapaty                             Internet : koorapat@software.org
Software Productivity Consortium           UUNET    : ...!uunet!software!koorapat
2214 Rock Hill Rd, Herndon, VA 22070
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,talk.religion.newage,alt.consciousness,talk.religion.misc
From: scoter@ntmtv.UUCP (Patrick Thompson)
Subject: Shri Mataji, N. America Tour
Originator: scoter@nmtvs12
Reply-To: scoter@ntmtv.UUCP (Patrick Thompson)
Organization: Northern Telecom Inc, Mountain View, CA
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 23:06:41 GMT


SHRI MATAJI TO TOUR NORTH AMERICA
---------------------------------

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, founder of Sahaja Yoga, will be touring
the U.S. and Canada during September. She will be offering free 
lectures on self-realization and the "Sahaja Yoga experience." Her 
itinerary includes visits to New York, Cincinnati, Toronto, Vancouver, 
Seattle, and Los Angeles.

Shri Mataji believes that world peace and collective consciousness can
be achieved only through the inner transformation of human beings. Her
system of meditation, Sahaja Yoga, manifests a subtle energy. This is 
experienced as vibrations which are felt on the central nervous system
and lead to greater awareness and deeper intuition. Rather than requiring 
a "leap of faith," it is an actual experience of the integration of our 
physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual being. It thus brings about 
complete balance and inner peace. By bringing together people of all 
religious, ethnic, and social backgrounds, she has proven that the human 
bond is more than skin deep and that all ideologies are encompassed by 
the same universal values and truths.


PUBLIC PROGRAM SCHEDULE
-----------------------

New York
Tuesday, September 8th, 7 pm.
Terrace on the Park
5211 Flushing Meadow Park
Queens
Info: (914) 636-4406

New York
Wednesday, September 9th
United Nations
U.N. Personnel only

Cincinnati
Thursday, September 10th, 7:30 pm.
Eden Park
Seasongood Pavilion
Info: (513) 563-0584

Toronto
Friday, September 11th, 7 pm.
Rosedale Heights Secondary School
711 Bloor St. East
Info: (416) 614-9521 or (416) 614-7338

Vancouver
Sunday, September 13th, 7 pm.
Robson Square Media Center
Info: (604) 850-7475 or (604) 261-0203

Seattle
Monday, September 14th, 7:30 pm.
Seattle Center, North Hall
Info: (206) 771-9063

Los Angeles
Wednesday, September 16th, 7 pm.
Ebell of Los Angeles Theatre
743 South Lucerne Blvd. at Wilshire
Info: (818) 344-9642


	A l l   P r o g r a m s   F r e e
	_ _ _   _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _




For more information about these upcoming programs or Sahaja Yoga 
in general, call the local information numbers given above or 
1-800-745-YOGA.


------------------------------
Patrick Thompson
ntmtv!scoter@ames.arc.nasa.gov

Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: Venkatachalam Aruna  (Affable)
Subject: Re: Prolific posters of the last fortnight...
Reply-To: aruna@tree.egr.uh.edu (Venkatachalam Aruna)
Organization: University of Houston
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 00:21:37 GMT

In article <1992Sep5.002728.20699@ennews.eas.asu.edu>  
sridhar@enuxhb.eas.asu.edu (Sridhar Venkataraman) writes:
> 
> Some people are trying to subvert the prolific poster list knowingly
> or unknowingly by fooling around with names. I have been able to fine
> tune the script as accurately as possible. :-) 
> 
> Neeran, wherever you post from, kilo or milli or centi, no gandhi
> accounts here. :-)
 To check your accuracy, this time I kept a count on the number of postings
I posted in SCI and final tally was 14. Yes, I can prove it. Your program
of evaluating this list, obviously has some flaws. Or you might have
added the names of those who questioned the real purpose of this list,
in your kill file. Anyway, take it easy.

Cheers,
Venkat
--
venkat@jetson.uh.edu                  | If you love something,set it free.
venkat@menudo.uh.edu                  | If it comes back, it is yours.
venkat@uhupvm1.uh.edu                 | If it does not, it never was.
aruna@tree.egr.uh.edu(NeXT mails okay)| 
(713)-923-7773(h) & (713)-743-4250(w) |
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Xref: sparky soc.culture.indian:30482 soc.culture.tamil:1976 soc.culture.pakistan:14530
From: nagabhus@usc.edu (Vasuki N)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,alt.culture.karnataka,soc.culture.tamil,soc.culture.indian.telugu,soc.culture.pakistan
Subject: Help needed for "Chipko Andolan" Activities
Date: 6 Sep 1992 20:38:36 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu

Friends and well wishers of India,

				AN APPEAL
****************************************************************

	Those of you who are aware of the deforestation in India,
might have heard of Sri.Sundarlal Bahuguna who has successfully
led the Chipko movement in Garhwal area of U.P in preventing
deforestification in the himalayas. The movement was also a 
source of inspiration for similar movements in other parts of
the country.

	Recently, the group has been involved in REHABILITATION
OF EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS. About 10,000 shelters have been provided
by the this organization. Still lot more work needs to be done.

	Please send contributions either financial or in terms
Books on ecology, Biology, appropriate technology to the
following address.

	Parvatiya Navjeevan Mandal
	Silyara
	Tehri, Garhwal PIN 249155
	INDIA


	Please Send your contributions through Check or Draft
	payable to "Parvatiya Navjeevan Mandal"

	through State Bank of India, Ghansali Branch
	Tehri, Garhwal 
	
They would also welcome reading materials and technical
suggestions and help.

	
	Chipko movement is one of the important happening
in preserving the diversity of the wonderful ecosystem
in Himalayas. Hence, We hope that this appeal doesn't
go ignored.

Thanks

************************************************************
Those who are valid here are also valid there
Those who are valid there are also valid here

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Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian.telugu
From: prasad@seas.smu.edu (Nageswara G. Prasad)
Subject: Re: Wanna start a first cascade in Telugu on the net?
Organization: SMU School Of Engineering and Applied Science
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 20:09:06 GMT

In article <1992Sep14.182615.15530@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> mparanan@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Muralidhar Paranandi) writes:
>Kaakeeka Kaakiki Kaka Kokika?

Here goes the full poem(dikkumalina kavitha--thavika)...

  kakika kakiki koka
  kakika kakiki kaka kothi ka kukka ka...

 (dintlo pannendu 'ka' lunnayi..H.W: 'ki' lu miru lekka pettandi)

        -prasad

Dinini Jandhyala garu vrasaru. He wrote it for the movie
Anandhabairavi. Dantlo ni migatha Tavikalu naku gurthunnayi.
Xref: sparky soc.culture.indian.telugu:32 soc.culture.indian:31256
From: sdoki@maxine.wpi.edu (Suresh Doki)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian.telugu,soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: company
Date: 15 Sep 1992 04:06:15 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
NNTP-Posting-Host: maxine.wpi.edu
Keywords: sloof ouy idumudu rehto eht nees uoy tnevah

>I am going to India in December and I need someone to accompany
>me till Hyderabad. I have not yet decided when to leave, but


hey dude all i need is an excuse to go to india. if you are willing to
sponsor me how can i say no? ok you gave me a margin of 12 days and i
had to use a coin and a dice to decide the 'correct' day to go to
india. it turned out to be the 13th ( which is not a friday )
if this day turns out to inconvenient to you for some reason feel free
to tell me and we can work it out together. after all it is you who
is paying for me.

how do like the idea?



suresh [baiter] doki


ps: i did not want to trouble landu and mick and so i followed this
    up.


Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian.telugu