From: kbalasub@sparcle.oracle.com (Kris Balasubramanian)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: On ms  parameswaran's shame!
Date: 11 Dec 92 00:25:10 GMT
Reply-To: kbalasub@sparcle.oracle.com
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Mr Ravi,
	We are also not new to SCI. It was very rude of Kuram T to comment about
somebodys anguish in a derogatory way. That shows his sensitivity to the subject
and any person reading  his mail will definitely decide  that KT is a Hindu (or Aryan
since I followed his discussion on thsi subject) fundamentalist. It is absurd of you
to come to his defence.(unless you are also part of that group)

Balu
In article 722278802@deolali, ravi@cwis.unomaha.edu (Arunachalam Ravichandran) writes:
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>Contents:
>
>1)	Information on Passport Renewals 
>2)	Addresses of Indian Consulates  in  US  
>3)	Information on Remitting Money to India 
>4)	Misc Junk..  
>5)	Indian  Books and Magazines 
>6)	Indian Newspapers Subcriptions
>7)	Indian e-mail Addresses 
>8)	Shortwave Radio Frequencies 
>9)	Visitors Visa  
>10)	Visitors Medical Insurance.  
>11)	Custom Regulations 
>12)	Tourist Information
>13)	Pal to Secam Conversion 
>14)	Sending Flowers to India
>15)	Printing Indian Language Texts using TeX and/or PostScript
>16)	Addresses of U.S Consulates in India
>17)	Visa Cutoff Date
>
>************************************************************************
>************************************************************************
>-------
>Subject: 1) Information on Passport Renewal
>
>The Passport can be renewed anytime. 
>
>It is very important to contact the Indian Consular Office which has
>jurisdiction over your state of residence. The PROCEDURES FOLLOWED BY
>DIFFERENT CONSULAR OFFICES DO VARY. Some consular offices accept personal
>checks. 
>
>They charge $6.00.
>
>You also need to affix proper return postage on a self-addressed envelope
>for registered mail. 
>
>
>
>PROCEDURES FOR RENEWING INDIAN PASSPORTS
>  This is a summary of an ad placed by the Indian consulate, San Francisco
>in Jan 1991.
> You can get application forms by calling up 415-291-1403 at any time, 
>leaving your name and address on the answering machine.
>  Passports can be renewed any time between one year before and one year
>after the date of expiry. If the passport is already 10 years old, a new
>booklet is issued for which 3 photos are required along with the old
>passport. The fee for renewal or new booklet is $6. New passports are
>valid for 10 years.
>  If your passport is lost or damaged, you have to make a special appli-
>-cation (6 copies and 7 photos)
> They accept personal checks.
>
>THE BOTTOM LINE 
>
>CALL THE CONSULATE WHICH OFFERS NRI SERVICES TO YOUR REGION
>AND ASK THEM  FOR THE DETAILS. 
>
>************************************************************************
>************************************************************************
>-------
>Subject: 2) Addresses of Indian Consulates in US
>
>	STATES			                     ADDRESS
>	======		          	       ===========================
>Alabama, Delaware, Dist. Of Columbia,          Embassy Of India
>Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,         2536 Massachusetts Ave. NW,
>Maryland, Mississipi, Arkansas, Tenness        Washington DC 20008.
>Virginia, W. Virginia & the Bahamas            Tel. 202-939-7000/9839
>North Carolina, South Carolina.
>
>Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts,              Consulate General Of India,
>New Hampshire, New Jersy, Newyork, Ohio,        3 East 64 Street,
>Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island,        New York, NY 10021
>Vermont, Virgin Islands. 		        Tel. 212-879-7800
>
>Alaska, Arizona,Hawaii, Nebraska, New Mexico,   Consulate General of India,
>New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas,    540 Arguello Blvd.
>Utah, Washington, Wyoming, Kansas, Colorado,    SAN FRANSISCO, CA 94118.
>Montana, Idaho, California. 			Tel. 415-668-0683
>
>Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota,   Consulate General Of India,
>North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Missouri.150 North Michigan Ave. #1100
>						CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60601
>						Tel: 312-781-6280
>
>
>Phone Ext:
>
>Washington, D.C
>
>   Indian Embassy: 202-939-7000 (Main Number)
>                          -7061 (I don't know for which dept.)
>                          -7066 (Passport Enquiries: after 2:00 pm)
>                          -7065 (To verify whether they have sent back the
>                                 passport, after you send it to them for
>                                 extension. Contact: Mrs. Nagarathnam)
>                          -7068 (Birth Certifcate: Contact Mr.Seti)
>                          -7060 (Contact Mr.Karry - I don't know for what)
>                          -9806 (For Customs/Duty Information)
>			  -9850 (For Passport Renewal)
>
>
>Chicago:
>
>1. Consulate General of India-----312-781-6280
>2. Consul Commerce----------------312-781-6274
>3. Consul General-----------------312-781-6271
>4. Passport Section---------------312-781-6268
>5. Vice Counsel-Passport, Visa----312-781-6288
>6. Visa Section-------------------312-781-6289
>7. India Govt. tourist Office-----312-236-6899
>                                  312-236-7869
>
>
>************************************************************************
>************************************************************************
>-------
>Subject: 3) Information on Remitting Money to India
>
>There are three major banks which advertise  regularly  in  India
>Abroad.  These banks offer wide variety of services including CDs
>and money transfer facilities to India. Since the  banking  poli-
>cies change everyday, it is best that you get the latest informa-
>tion from the banks themselves. Their toll free numbers are list-
>ed as follows.
>
>i)   State Bank of India
>	New York				California	
>	 1 (800) 227-4309		1 (213) 623-7250 (L.A.)	
>	 1 (212) 735-9600 (Park Ave) 	1 (213) 865 5009 (Artesia)	
>	 1 (718) 445-3900 (Flushing)
>	 	
>
>	Chicago 				Washington
>	 1 (800) 621-1299		1 (202) 296-4061
>	 1 (312) 621-1200
>
>
>ii)  Citibank India Investments
>	Call 1 (800) CITI-NRI for NRE,FCNR accounts 
>	     1 (800) 248-4674
>	Call 1 (716) 634-2390 for application for rupee draft.
>iii) American Express
>	Call 1 (800) 688-5494
>
>
>************************************************************************
>************************************************************************
>-------
>Subject: 4) Misc. Junk
>
>i)  	If you need the toll free number of any company in USA PLEASE call 
>    	1 + (800) + 555-1212. They will even thank you for using their company. 
>ii) 	If you need to call directory assistance of any state call 
>	1 + (area code of the state )  + 555-1212. You should however know 
>	which city in that state your friend lives in. 
>iii) 	For local assistance call 411. Again you should know the city. 
>iv)	If you need the STD code of any city in India call the AT&T operator
>	dial 0+0 (In most of the places ).
>
>
>
>************************************************************************
>************************************************************************
>-------
>Subject: 5) Indian Books and Magazines
>
>
>There are a lot of good Indian magazines but I only have information on 
>these . If you all know how to subscribe and how much damage it does to 
>our pocket books, Please let me know . 
>
>
>ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY OF INDIA
>	The General Manager (RMD)    
>	The Times of India	    
>	Dr. D.N. Road
>	Bombay 400001
>	India
>	Rs. 1560-00 (by air)
>	Rs.  620-00 (by sea)
>
>
>
>
>DHARMAYUG
>
>	(1)	10-Dariyaganj, New Delhi - 110 002
>	(2)	139, Ashram Road, Ahmedabad-380 009
>	(3)	13/1, Goverment Place East, Calcutta -69
>	(4)	Gangagruh, 3rd Floor, 6-D Nungambakkam High Road,
>		Madras - 600 034
>	(5)	40/1 S&B Towers, 88, M.G.Road, Bangalore 560 001
>	(6)	407/1 Tirath Bhavan, Carter Gate, Pune-411 002
>
>	UK Bch:	P.O.Box 57, Gloucester GL2 6DS, UK.
>	Tel (0452) 306546
>
>
>INDIA TODAY
>	India Today International
>	Living Media India Ltd.
>	404 Park Avenue South
>	New York, NY 10016
>	212-481-0040
>	212-779-8206 (FAX)
>	Subscription - $49 payable to Living Media India Ltd.
>
>EPW
>	Economic and Political Weekly
>	Hitkari House,
>	284 Shahid BhagatSingh Marg,
>	Bombay 400 038 
>	India 
>	Cost: $80 p.a checks o.k
>
>BUSINESS INDIA
>
>	Wadia Bldg,
>	17/19 Dalal Street, 
>	Fort,  Bombay 400 001
> 	India	
>	Tel + 91 (22) 27-4161/27-1558
>
>
>
>MAIL ORDER BOOKS
>
>		South Asia Books
>	P.O. Box 502
>	Columbia, Missouri 65205
>	(314) 474 0116
>
>	The Asia Society/"Bookmarks"
>	725 Park Ave.
>	New York, NY 10021
>
>************************************************************************
>************************************************************************
>-------
>Subject: 6) Indian Newspapers
>
>If you want to stay in touch with events back home, the simplest
>alternative is to subscribe to one of the Indian papers published in the
>US. The two best known are INDIA ABROAD and INDIA WEST. 
>
>INDIA ABROAD
>43 West 24th Street,7th floor
>New York
>NY 10010
>212-929-1762
>(There are three US editions, Eastern, Midwest and Western, besides
>Canadian and British editions. Specify which edition you want.)
>Subscription:6 months $15, 12 months $26
>
>INDIA WEST
>5901 Christie Avenue, Suite 301
>Emeryville,CA 94608
>415-652-3552
>Subscription: 6 months $15, 12 months $25, 24 months $45.
>They accept Visa/MC
>
>The following dealer advertises that they supply all Indian newspapers and
>magazines, as well as books. Ask them for their price list.
> 
>INDO-US BOOKS AND JOURNALS INC.
>35-52 73rd Street
>Jackson Heights
>NY 11372
>For Subscription info Call Mr Singh (7:00pm - 9:00pm EST)
>(718) 899-5590 
>
>
>"The Hindu" International Edition can be obtained from
>
>The Hindu, 
>Kasturi Bldg,
>859/860 Anna Salai,
>Madras 600002
>India
>
>	For USA and Canada
>M/s Peekay International Inc.,
>4-40, 44th Drive, Long Island City,
>New York, NY, 11101, U.S.A.
>Tel : (718) 786-4460
>Telex : 4933794 SHREE
>Fax : (718) 786-5512.
>
>	For U.K. and Europe
>Parry Murry & Co. Ltd.
>Prudential House, 9th Floor,
>Wellesley Road, Croydon,
>LONDON CRO 9XY, United Kingdom.
>Tel: 01-681-5441/2
>Telex: 266874-UBIQUE G.
>
>Annual Subscription rates (by Airmail from Madras) effective 9th June, 1990.
>
>	U.S. $42-00 or Br. 26.00 pounds.
>
>
>************************************************************************
>************************************************************************
>-------
>Subject: 7) INDIAN E-MAIL ADDRESSES 
>
>
>	***** A NOTE ABOUT "FINGER"ing INDIAN SITES******* 
>
>NCST has not received information for shiva.ernet.in and thus 
>finger @shiva.ernet.in FAILS.
>
>First of all, it is *NOT* like the finger of UNIX systems.  It is just a 
>database maintained at NCST - a database that has enough info.
>
>To get info and help about email addresses in India, type
>
>% whois -h sangam.ernet.in  help
>
>For a list of all the nodes in India, type
>
>% whois -h sangam.ernet.in ""		# The double quotes are essential 
>
>This w'd give info regarding the nodes presently represented in the
>data base maintained by the NCST people at Bombay.
>
>For a list of the nodes present in a given city, type
>
>% whois -h sangam.ernet.in  city_name
>
>where city_name can be part/whole of the city u wish to send mail to.
>for eg. for a list of all node names in bangalore, try
>% whois -h sangam.ernet.in bang
>
>Once the exact node name is known, to obtain the login name of the
>person you wish to contact,
>
>% whois -h sangam.ernet.in  name_of_the_person@node_name
>
>where name_of_the_person can be part/whole of the person's last/first
>or middle name [ Nick names not allowed :-) ]
>
>All searches are case-insensitive.
>
>The NCST people are maintaining this database as a service to the public.
>It is not polite to  flood the postmaster's mailbox with
>requests regarding the database and with requests for forwarding the mail.
>If the database FAILS to answer your query ONLY THEN send mail to 
>
>postmaster@the_node_u_want_to_send_mail.ernet.in
>
>The internet address of shakti.ernet.in is 144.16.1.1
>
>       ********************************************************
>
>                             SITES IN INDIA
>
>
>  +============== ADDRESSING INDIAN SITES FROM OUTSIDE INDIA ==============+
>  |                                                                        |
>  |  If you are at a site that can     |   USER@SITE.ernet.in              |
>  |  handle domains                    |                                   |
>  |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
>  |  If you are at a site that can't   |   ...!uunet!UUCP-PATH!USER        |
>  |  handle domains                    |                                   |
>  |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
>  |  Where: UUCP-PATH  - is the uucp path for the site. See list below.    |
>  |         USER       - recipient's mail name on the destination host.    |
>  |         SITE       - recipient's site name on the (ERNET) network.     |
>  |                                                                        |
>  |  Note:  Users using the C-shell under Unix systems may have to quote   |
>  |         the "!" characters in the mail address.  This can be done by   |
>  |         using "\!" in place of "!".                                    |
>  +========================================================================+
>
>     Each site is required to have a postmaster who can answer general
>     inquiries about users and hosts at that site.
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>SITE        ORGANISATION/INSTITUTION                 UUCP-PATH
>====        ========================                 =========
>
>AHMEDABAD:
>iimahd      Indian Institute of Management           shakti!iimahd
>plasma      Institute for Plasma Research            shakti!plasma
>prl         Physical Research Labs                   shakti!prl
>
>BANGALORE:
>cdacb	    Centre for Development of Advanced Comp  shakti!vigyan!cdacb
>cdotb       Centre for Development of telematics     shakti!vigyan!cdotb
>cedtcal	    CEDT, REC - Calicut			     shakti!vigyan!cedtcal
>cmmacs 	    Center for Math Modelling & Comp. Simln. shakti!vigyan!cmmacs
>crlbel      Central Res. Lab., Bharat Elec. Ltd.     shakti!crlbel
>csirb       Council for Sci. & Industrial Research   shakti!vikram!csird!csirb
>cdacb       Centre for Development of Advanced Comp. shakti!cdacb
>erdc	    ER & DC, Trivandrum			     
>iiap	    Indian institute for Astrophysics	     shakti!vigyan!iiap
>iimb	    Indian Institute of Manangement, Bang 
>iisc	    Indian Institute of Science
>isac	    ISRO Satellite Centre, Bang.
>isibang	    Indian Statistical Institute
>isro	    ISRO
>itibang	    Indian Telephone Industries, Bang
>kmc	    KMC
>mku	    Bio-Informatics Centre, Madurai Kamraj
>ncb         NCST's Office in Bangalore               shakti!ncb
>            also Natl. Ctr. for Software Development shakti!ncb 
>nttf	    Nettur Tech Training Foundation
>psgtech	    PSG College of Tech, Coimbatore
>psi	    PSI Data Products, Bang
>sjce	    SJ College of Eng, Mysore
>swabiman    Aeronautical Development Agency
>tifrbng	    TIFR Centre, IIS Campus, Bang
>vigyan      Indian Inst. of Sci. - Comp. Centre      shakti!vigyan
>vidya       Indian Inst. of Sci. - KBCS Group        shakti!vigyan!vidya
>vidyut      Indian Inst. of Sci. - EE Department     shakti!vigyan!vidyut
>yantra      Centre for AI and Robotics               shakti!yantra
>vigyan	    Raman Research Institute		     shakti!vigyan!rri
>
>BOMBAY:
>agni        IG Institute of Development Research     shakti!agni
>barct1	    Bombay Atomic Research Centre
>iitb	    Indian Institute of Technology, Powai    shakti!iitb!cc
>iitb	    Indian Inst. of Technology - CC I        cc.iitb.ernet.in 
>iitb        Indian Inst. of Technology - cse	     cse.iitb.ernet.in
>iitb	    Indian Inst. of Technology - ee	     ee.iitb.ernet.in
>cmcb	    CMC Ltd
>ncst	    National Centre for Software Tech
>nitie       Natl. Inst. for Trg. in Industr. Engg.   shakti!nitie
>sameer      Soc. for Applied Microwave Electronic    shakti!betaal!dhr
>            Engineering and Research                 uv!sameer 
>shakti      Nat'l. Centre for Software Technology    shakti
>tarang      Society for Appl. Microwave Engg.        shakti!betaal!tarang
>tifr        Tata Institute of Fundamental Research   shakti!tifr
>tifrvax     Tata Institute of Fundamental Research   shakti!tifrvax
>xtech	    St. Savier's Technical Institute
>
>CALCUTTA:
>bose        SN Bose Natl. Ctr. for Basic Sciences    shakti!bose
>isical      Indian Statistical Institute             shakti!isical
>kbcscal     Indian Statistical Inst. (KBCS Group)    shakti!kbcscal
>saha	    Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
>veccal      Variable Energy Cyclotron                shakti!veccal
>
>CHANDIGARH:
>imtech      Institute of Microbial Technology        shakti!vikram!imtech
>
>DELHI:
>aiims 	    All india institute of medical sciences  shakti!vikram!aiims
>altos	    Altos Computers Pvt. Ltd.
>cdotd       Centre for Development of Telematics     shakti!vikram!cdotd
>cmcdel      CMC, Delhi				     shakti!vikram!cmcdel
>cmetd	    Centre for railway information sys
>cris	    Centre for Railway Information System    shakti!vikram!cris
>csird       Council for Sci. & Industrial Research   shakti!vikram!csird
>doe	    Department of Electronics
>doehq	    DOE HQ, Lok Nayak Bhavan
>ertle	    Ertl East, Calcutta
>ignca	    Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts
>iitd	    Indian Inst. Of Technology- CS
>insa	    Indian National Scientific Academy
>insdoc	    Indian National Scientific Documentation
>isid	    Indian Statistical Institute
>isidev	    Institute for Studies in Industrial Dev
>jnuniv	    Jawaharlal Nehru University
>netearth    Indian Inst. Of Tech- CS
>nifm	    National inst for Financial Management   shakti!vikram!nifm
>nmc	    National Microelectronics Council, DOE
>nsc	    Nuclear Science Centre
>piyush	    Controller General of Accounts
>pranjan	    Controller General of Accounts
>seco	    Seco &* CG Division, DOE
>tifac	    Tech., Infor and forecasting
>vikram      Dept. of Electronics, Govt. of India     shakti!vikram
>iitd        Indian Inst. of Technology- CS Dept. I   shakti!vikram!iitd
>iqbal       Natl. Assn. of Software & Service Cos.   shakti!vikram!iqbal
>wapcos	    Water and Power Consultancy
>
>HYDERABAD:
>cmch        CMC Limited                              shakti!cmch
>uohyd	    University of Hyderabad
>
>KANPUR:
>iitk        Indian Inst. of Technology - I           shakti!iitk
>kalyan      Indian Inst. of Technology - III         shakti!vikram!kalyan
>
>KHARAGPUR:
>iitkgp      Indian Institute of Technology           shakti!iitkgp
>sys320	    Indian Institute of Technology
>
>MADRAS:
>
>imsc        The Institute of Mathematical Sciences   shakti!shiva!imsc
>iitm	    Indian Inst. of Technology
>shiva       Indian Inst. of Technology- CS Dept.     shakti!shiva
>ssf         SPIC Science Foundation                  shakti!shiva!ssf
>            School of Mathematics
>
>NAGPUR:
>nerri	    National Env. Eng. Research Inst.
>
>PILANI:
>bits	    Birla Institute of Tech.
>
>PUNE:
>cwprs	    Centre Water and Power Research Station
>gmrt        Giant Metre-Wave Radio Telescope         shakti!gmrt
>iucaa       Inter-Univ Ctr. for Astronomy & Asphys.  shakti!iucaa
>ncl	    National Chemical Lab
>parcom      Centre for Development of Advanced Comp. shakti!parcom
>unipune     University of Poona, CS Department       shakti!unipune
>trddc	    Tata Research
>
>SURATKAL
>
>krec        Karnataka Regional Engineering College   shakti!krec
>
>
>************************************************************************
>************************************************************************
>-------
>Subject: 8)  Shortwave Radio Frequencies:
>
>Reception report based upon last two weeks in Tucson.
>
>*  All times are GMT 
>*  ++ means station continue before/after given time.
>
>=======================================================================
>                               BBC
>=======================================================================
>Bengali     1330:1400                9605 ,11920 ,15245
>Hindi       1400:1445          7235 ,9605 ,11920 ,15245
>Pushto      1445:1515                             15245
>Urdu        1515:1600                9605         15245
>Bengali     1630:1700                9605 ,11750 ,15245
>Hindi       1715:1730                9605 ,11750 
>Urdu        1730:1745                9605 ,11750 
>
>=======================================================================
>                               VOA
>=======================================================================
>Pushto      0000:0030          7105        11780 
>Hindi       0030:0100          7105 ,      11780 ,15210 ,17780 ,21475
>Hindi       0100:0130                                    17780 ,21475
>Urdu        0100:0130          7105 ,      11780
>Urdu        1330:1430                      11805 ,15435 ,17875 ,21520 
>Pushto      1430:1515          7295 ,      11845 ,15435 ,       21520
>Dari        1515:1600          7295 ,      11845 ,15435 ,       21520
>Bengali     1600:1700                9590 ,11880         
>
>========================================================================
>                          Voice of Germany 
>========================================================================
>Urdu        1430:1515                9615 ,11785 ,15105 ,15240 ,15595 ,17825
>Hindi       1515:1600                9615 ,11785 ,15105 ,15240 ,15595 ,17825
>
>========================================================================
>                            Radio Pakistan 
>========================================================================
>News        0230:0245                      15114.5, 17640, 21730
>Islamabad   1000:1330++             9644.5
>Urdu        1330:1530                      13665 ,15605 ,17554.5
>News        1600:1630                      13665 ,15605 ,17554.5
>
>>From 0230-0245 and 1615-1630 are news at slow speed.
>========================================================================
>                             All India Radio
>========================================================================
>9910               0000:0115      English
>9610               0130:0230++    Urdu Service
>15120,11830        0130:0250++    News in various languages
>15020,9700         1300:1500      Sinhalese
>11620              1300:1610++    News in various languages
>9565               1330:1500      English
>10030,9950,7412    1330:1450++    News in various languages
>11620            ++2030:2230      English
>
>=======================================================================
>                        Radio Afghanistan (Relayed from USSR)
>=======================================================================
>Pushto      0200:0300            9555 ,11770
>Persian     0300:0400            9555 ,11770
>
>                                              Shaikh M Javed
>
>
>Also, here is the subscription blurb from London Calling monthly magazine
>(the programme journal of the BBC World Service in English). This is a
>neat little magazine with introductions to BBC programs for the month and
>also the frequencies chart for the whole world:
>
>LONDON CALLING is available in all parts of the world at an annual 
>subscription rate of 12 pound (US$20). Write to Rosemarie Reid at this 
>address:
>
>LONDON CALLING,
>PO Box 76, Bush House, Strand,
>London, England, WC2B 4PH
>
>For a  free copy of London Calling  call/write
>BBC,
>630 5th Avenue,
>N.Y, N.Y 10111-0002 
>(212) 581-7100
>
>A pointer to an anonymous ftp site for Radio programs/Freq listings:
>
>nic.funet.fi: /pub/dx/schedules
>
>-rw-rw-r--  1 huopio    ftp          17744 Sep 24 20:11 air.txt
>-rw-rw-r--  1 huopio    ftp           3602 Jan  4 22:06 australia.txt
>-rw-rw-r--  1 huopio    ftp          36052 Dec  2 06:32 bbc-english.txt
>-rw-rw-r--  1 huopio    ftp          17636 Aug  1 10:49 bbc-programs.txt
>-rw-rw-r--  1 huopio    ftp           5561 Oct 12 15:54 rpakistan.txt
>-rw-rw-r--  1 huopio    ftp           3708 Jan  4 22:46 sri.txt
>-rw-rw-r--  1 huopio    ftp          35878 Jan  4 22:51 voa-freq.txt
>
>
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>Subject: 9) VISITOR VISA INFORMATION:
>
>      Information on the documents required for visitor's visa to USA :-
> 
>  When the  person you  are inviting  applies to the  consulate for the
>  visitor's  visa, he/she   has to    show documents  indicating   your
>  financial  capability  to  support  their   visit  for  the specified
>
>  duration.It  seems  the  consulate  people are  more concerned  about
>  potential immigrants, rather then financial capability.
>  
>  (1) Form I-134.
>      Affidavit of Support (this form is printed by U.S. Department
>      of Justice. Immigration and Naturalization Service) The Form-134
>      must be filled completely and Notarized.  
>  (2) Bank Balance statement (copy)
>  (3) A letter of verification of employment. (copy)
>  (4) A valid visa. (H-1 if working etc) (copy)
>  
>  	You only need to send copies of items 2, 3 and 4. They are not
>  a must, but  they will  prove that you have  sufficient funds to take
>  care of  the visitors during  their  visit, which   in turn will make
>  getting the visa a little easier.
> 
> ** Note **
>   The INS office in San Francisco informed me that I need to send 
>   Form I-134 and a personal letter of invitation to my parents. They
>   then have to take it to the American Embassy. 
>
>   To get the form I-134 call your local INS office. 
>
>   
>   For information of Federal Government Services.
>   eg. phone number of American Consulate in gondwanaland.
>    Call
>	1 (800) 726-4995
>
> VISA BY MAIL!!!
>  	If the visitors are over  50 years  of age they  can MAIL  all
>  these things along with their passports to  the nearest US consulate,
>  else they will have to go in person.
> 
>
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>************************************************************************
>-------
>Subject: 10) VISITOR MEDICAL INSURANCE 
>
>The Companies who provide such insurance are listed below. You simply must 
>contact them for further information.
>
>INDIA 
>
>Bombay:
>
>        General Insurance Corporation of India
>	Industrial Assurance Building
> 	Churchgate, Bombay 400 020
> 
>	Subsidiaries:
>	National Insurance Co. Ltd.
> 
> 	New India Assurance Co. Ltd, 
> 		New India Assurance bldg,
> 		87 M.G. Road, Fort, Bombay-400 023.
>
>Delhi:
>
> 	Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd.
> 		Oriental House,
> 		P.B. No. 7037,
>		A-25/27 Asaf Ali Road, 
>		New Delhi-110002.
> 	
> 
>Madras:
>
> 	United India Insurance Company
> 		24 Whites Road
> 		Madras 600014
>  		The claims are handled by a company called Mercury in
>  		USA - tel# (800) 527-2586 
>
>Calcutta:	
>	
>	National Insurance Co. Ltd.
>	1, Shakespeare Sarani (AC Market)
>	6th Floor,
>	Calcutta
>	Head Office: 3 Middleton Street Calcutta. 
>
> 
> USA
>
>  
> 	First Farwest Insurance
>  	400 SW Sixth Ave
>	Portland, OR 97204
>	ph: (503)224-7740
>
> 
>	Travel Insurance Services
>	Box 299, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
>	800-227-2432
>	(415) 932-1387 
> 
> 
>	Community Insurance Agency
>	Broker/President Ramesh Patel, 3116 W. Devon Ave., Suite 203,
>	Chicago IL 60659.
>	1-800-344-9540
> 
>	Rupa Insurance Agency
>	1939 Lincoln Hwy,
>	Edison NJ 08817
>	1-800-GET-RUPA
> 
>	International   Visitor's Trust  
>	Washington  D.C. 
>	(416)    928-4500 
> 
>	International Health Insurance Trust
>	Administered by the Smith-Sternau Organization, Inc.
>	1255 23rd St., N.W., Suite 300, Washington D.C. 20037. 
>	1-800-368-5969
> 
>	Massachussets Indemnity and Life Insurance Co.
>	9200 WATSON ROAD, ST. LOUIS, MO 63126.
>	(314)-849-5555.
>  
>  
> 	Blue Cross / Blue Shield. 
>
>        Nationwide 
>
>
>*******************************************************************
>*******************************************************************
>-------
>Subject: 11) CUSTOM REGULATIONS 
>
>
>NEW BAGGAGE RULES
>  Foreign tourists, NRIs and Indians travelling abroad can now bring in
>electronic diaries, video cameras, CD players, laptop computers and
>colour TVs of 15 cm screen by paying the usual customs duty.
>  Travellers will now enjoy enhanced duty-free allowance worth Rs 3,000
>and Rs 150,000 in case of transfer of residence.
>  The duty-free allowance for Indians travelling abroad for more than three 
>days has been raised from Rs 2,400 to 3,000.
>  The TR rules have been made more flexible by condoning a shortfall of the
>required stay of up to 1 year in special cases. A Collector of Customs
>can sanction this shortfall up to 2 months.
>  13 consumer durables like VCRs, color TV and airconditioners worth Rs 150,000
>would now be allowed under the TR rules and Rs 30,000 under mini-transfer 
>rules. This will apply even if the items are purchased at the transit points 
>while returning to India.
>
>OTHER CHANGES IN CUSTOMS REGULATIONS
>  Import duties for allopathic drugs are reduced from 110% to 80%, and
>for homeopathic drugs from 65% to 40%.
>  Self-assessment of goods would be permitted for established importers as well
>as government undertakings where there are no disputes about classification.
>This could be described as a "green channel" as the goods would usually
>be cleared without scrutiny, though there would be occasional spot checks.
>  Chemical testing, where necessary, will now be done at various
>laboratories in the private and public sector as well as the existing
>customs laboratories. 
>
>CARRYING GOLD TO INDIA
> Gold including ornaments, except those studded with stones or pearls,
>will be allowed to be imported as a part of baggage by passengers of
>Indian origin subject to certain conditions. The quantity of gold
>imported will not exceed 5 kg per passenger and he should have stayed
>abroad for a period of atleast six months. The import duty is, to be
>paid in convertible foreign currency, Rs. 220.00 for 10 grams of gold
>in any form (ornaments or coins).
>
>CALL YOUR NEAREST CONSULATE AND THEY WILL GLADLY MAIL YOU ACCURATE AND UP 
>TO DATE INFORMATION . 
>
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>************************************************************************
>-------
>Subject: 12) Tourist Information
>
>
>The goverment of India, Department of Tourism has offices in many countries 
>to provide tourist information to people who wish to take their vacation
>in India.  They are called India Tourist Office. I found the address of some 
>and I am sure there must be others in USA. If somebody knows let me know.
>
>
>New York
>	
>	India Tourist Office
>	30 Rockefellar Plaza,
>	Suite 15,
>	North Mezzanine,
>	New York, NY 10012.
>
>L.A. 
>	India Tourist Office
>	3550 Wilshire Blvd.,
>	Suite #204,
>	Los Angeles,
>	CA 90010-2485
>	(213) 380-8855
>Chicago
>	India Tourist Office
>	(312) 236-6899
>	(312) 236-7879
>
>Call this office for a brochure. They are some great plans that you probably
>never knew existed. Most of them are however for NRI or Foreign Citizens and 
>require payment in Dollars. 
>
>INDRAIL PASS
>
>The Indrail Pass gives unlimited rail travel within India in the
>specified time period. It is available to non-Indian citizens as well
>as Indians residing outside India. It can be purchased through the General
>Sales Agents (details below), though any competent travel agent should
>be able to fix you up. It can also be bought from major stations in India.
>Main plus points include eliminating the need to buy tickets for every
>trip, though reservations are necessary. There are special reservation
>quotas on some trains for Indrail holders.
>  It is available in 3 categories: AC, First Class, Second Class. It is
>not advisable to take the AC pass since not many trains have AC First Class.
>The First Class pass also covers AC Sleeper and AC Chair Car.
>  GSA details:
>  Hariworld Travel, New York. 212-957-3000
>  Also in Toronto, 416-366-2000
>  Fares:
>		AC		First		Second
>1 day		65		29		12	(all in USD)
>15	       270	       135	     	65
>30	       410             205              90
>90	       800             400             175
>
>(Also available for 7,21,60 days. Kids below 12 pay half)
>There are also odd rules like a foreigner can buy a pass for his/her
>spouse. 
>  Another plus point is that you can make reservations upto 360 days
>in advance, i.e. even through your travel agent in the US-though you
>would have to have the pass in hand before making reservations.
>  Much useful information about the Pass regulations(in fact, about
>the Indian Railways as a whole) can be found in "India by Rail", by
>Roylston Ellis, published by Bradt Publishers. Some information is
>also available in "Eurail Guide" and "Thomas Cook's Overseas Timetable"
>
>
>
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>************************************************************************
>-------
>Subject: 13) Pal to Secam Conversion
>
>
>The following businesses do Pal to Secam conversions.  
>
>
>	Kothari Video Taping Services Inc.
>	909 Apple Drive,
>	Schaumburg,
>	IL-60194
>        (708) 884-0912.
>
>
>	Roopsons			SOMI International
>	1734 Oaktree Road		1115 Inman Ave, Suite 130
>	Edison, NJ 08820		Edison, NJ 08820
>	(908) 906-7976			(908) 548-3065
>
>   Edison has two zip codes. (08820 & 08818)  Check with them for correct one.
>Also, call them after 4pm (EST).  The owner (the only person who understands
>what PAL or NTSC is!) is out taking care of supplies and other stuff during
>the daytime.  They are open 7 days a week from 11am to 8pm.
>
>Does pal to ntsc, and 8mm or NTSC to pal also. Cost is $13 for 3 hrs plus
>2.50 for supply of Panasonic Standard Grade tape.
>	
>        Maharaja Foods And Imports
>	4320 Suite E, University Drive
>	Huntsville, Alabama 35816
>	Phone # (205)830-4951.
>
>   	S. Krishnan
>   	7136 Shawnee Way,
>   	Reynoldsburg OH 43068
>  	Ph: (614) 759-8341
>
>
>
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>-------
>Subject: 14) Sending Flowers to India
>
>i) Mr. Motiwala, Oriental Florist,
>   Taj Mahal Hotel,
>   Apollo Bunder, 
>   Bombay - 400 039
>   tel: 202 3366
>   fax: 287 2734 (Rs. 400 + Rs. 25(delivery) )
>
>ii)INDOGRAM 
>   
>   Indogram does not serve Madras anymore. 
>   tel: (800) 834-7274 (Calif)
>	(800) 624-8007 (Others)
>   Cost: ~$30.00
>
>iii) Any florists in U.S. who is member of FTD 
>     (800) FLO-WERS
>
>   There is a charge of $28.00 added to all the orders.  
>   The order has to of a minimum of $35.00
>   There are three kinds of orders that can be placed
>	a) Assortment of Flowers, in a box: $35.00
>	b) Flower Arrangement, in a vase: $45.00
>	c) Plant: $45.00
>
>
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>Subject: 15)	Printing Indian Language Texts using TeX and/or PostScript
>
>TeX/PS:
>	There are two transliteration packages for TeX that are
>available by anonymous ftp:
>
>1.	The first package, itrans, has been developed by Avinash
>Chopde avinash@contex.com, currently supports Devanagari and Tamil.
>It uses the Washington Tamil Metafont font (developed at U of
>Washington) and a Postscript Devanagari font (developed by Avinash).
>It also supports Frans Velthuis's Devnag font (see item 2 below).
>
>	"itrans" is a package for printing transliterated
>indian language documents. The input may be in TeX format, or may
>be a dumb textual document (no word processing features). Version 2.1
>was released in October 1991.
>
>	The package includes all C-sources, the PostScript Devanagari font,
>and the Metafont Tamil font. It is available as a compressed tar
>file, at these FTP sites:
>cs.duke.edu (128.109.140.1), in dist/sources/itrans21.tar.Z
>ftp.stolaf.edu, in pub/sci/itrans21.tar.Z
>This package DOES NOT include Frans's Devnag font, you have to get it
>separately.
>
>2.	The second package Devanagari for Tex has been developed by
>Frans J. Velthuis (velthuis@rc.rug.nl).  It has Computer Modern fonts
>for Devanagri.  It is available by anonymous ftp from
>june.cs.washington.edu in the directory ~/tex in devnag.tar.Z
>
>
>Macintosh:
>
>	Macintosh fonts for Devanagari and Tamil are available by
>anonymous ftp from mac.archive.umich.edu.  They are in the file
>indianfonts.sit.hqx in the directory
>mac/system.extensions/font/type.three.fonts  The fonts are in a
>binhex/stuffit format.  If you don't know how to decode these formats,
>see the postings on comp.sys.mac.announce or comp.sys.mac.misc.  These
>fonts are absolutely free.
>
>
>Punjabi Fonts:
>You have to buy these fonts.
>Adobe Type 1 Punjabi fonts for use with IBM-PC (Windows 3.0)
>and Macintosh computers. They are also made available, as per special
>requests, for the NeXT machines.
>
>Address is:
>Jasbir Singh
>P.O. Box 32010
>Cleveland,  OH 44132
>(216)731-6561
>
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>Subject: 16)	Addresses of U.S Consulates in India
>
>	U.S Embassy			U.S Consulate
>	Shanti Path,			5/1 Ho Chi Minh Sarani,
>	Chanakyapuri			Calcutta 700071
>	N.Delhi 110021			91+??+44-3611
>	91+11+600651
>
>	U.S Consulate			U.S Consulate
>	Lincoln House			Gemini Circle Mount Road
>	78 Bhulabhai Desai Road,	Madras 600006
>	Bombay 400026			91+44+473-040
>	91+22+8223611
>
>  The U.S Consulate in Calcutta no longer handles Immigrant Visa
>Cases. The job is now taken up by the Bombay consulate. 
>
>
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>Subject: 17)	Visa Cutoff Date Phone Numbers
>	
>	Visa Cutoff Date Announcement 	(202) 663-1541
>	Visa Information		(202) 663-1225
>	Online Visa Information
>	via PC				(202) 647-92255
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