HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: bharathi@acsu.buffalo.edu (Chandra Shekara Bharathi)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Please Read this before posting LOOKING FORs
Summary: Searching people on the internet - NETFIND
Date: 13 Sep 92 22:43:59 GMT
Organization: State University of New York at Buffalo/Comp Sci

In article <1992Sep13.212020.143891@ua1ix.ua.edu> rsidhart@mib06.eng.ua.edu (Raina Sidhartha) writes:
>DEAR FELLOW NETTERS,
>
>          I AM LOOKING FOR .....

[ ... ]


People may be aware of this..  but in any case, the foll. info
wd probably serve to decrease postings of this genre.

NETFIND - what is it?

[ The foll. is from the README file of Netfind ]

Netfind is a research prototype that provides a simple Internet "white
pages" directory facility.  It runs on SunOS 4.0 or more recent systems
that are connected to the Internet (however, you can run netfind on one
server at your site, and let the others use netfind on that server).
Given the name of a person on the Internet and a rough description of
where the person works, the tool attempts to locate telephone and
electronic mailbox information about the person.

----

HOW TO ACCESS NETFIND:

telnet to bruno.cs.colorado.edu   
login as netfind 		// NO passwords are needed.

A second option u may want to consider:

Get ur sys admn to INSTALL it on your system [ as I did :-) ] ..
avoids overloading colorado.  If the people there get sufficiently 
bugged, the utility may perhaps get discontinued. 

The authors can be reached as follows:

                        Mike Schwartz
                        Dept. of Computer Science
                        U. Colorado - Boulder
                        schwartz@cs.colorado.edu

                        Panos Tsirigotis
                        Dept. of Computer Science
                        U. Colorado - Boulder
                        panos@cs.colorado.edu


If u need more info, PLEASE write to the authors - not me! 
[They have an interesting paper or two on this topic.]


Chandra
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: baindur@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Satyen G Baindur)
Subject: Re: An illuminative observation of Richard Feynman about ethnic groups
Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 14:32:44 GMT


Came across this in sci.research.careers. Passing on without comment. 
Please check attributions in any follow-ups.

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In article <1992Sep12.151317.24342@tc.cornell.edu> bai@msiadmin.cit.cornell.edu (Dov Bai-MSI Visitor) writes:
>In his interesting and amusing book "What do _you_ care what other
>people think" Richard Feynman tells an anectode that happened to
>him in a trip he made to Trinidad. I will paraphrase the story
>with a couple of short quotes from the book. The name of the
>chapter is "Getting ahead".
>
>A local taxi-driver in Port of Spain, the main city in Trinidad,
>offered to take him to see the beautiful things in that town.
>Feynman insisted that he would like to travel to the _poor_
>neighborhoods in town rather then the standard tourist attraction.
>The driver took him first to an Indian neighborhood and stopped in
>front of a virtually empty house. He tells:
>
>    There were practically nothing inside. A man was sitting on the
>    front steps. "You see that man?" he said. "He has a son studyin'
>    medicine in Maryland".
>
>
>The driver picked some women from the neighborhood, so that Feynman
>could see for himself. They were poor women with tooth decay etc. The
>taxi driver then told him:
>
>    " Now, Professor, here is my question: you see the Indian people
>    are just as poor, and sometimes even poorer than the Negro people,
>    but they are getting somewhere, somehow-this man sent his son
>    to college; those women are building up a sewing business. But my
>    people aren't getting anywhere. why is that ?"
>
>After thinking briefly Feynman answered:
>
>    "There is a long tradition behind life in India that comes from
>    religion and philosophy that is thousands of years old. And although
>    these people are not in India, they still pass on those traditions
>    about what's important in life - trying to build for the future and
>    supporting their children in the effort - which have come down to them
>    for centuries".


-- 
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
Satyen Baindur  (baindur@eta.pha.jhu.edu)
Physics and Astronomy
Johns Hopkins University
Xref: sparky soc.culture.indian:30819 soc.culture.pakistan:14615
From: prem@prem.lbl.gov (Shirdi R. Prem)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.pakistan
Subject: Re: SALMAN RUSHDIE
Date: 10 Sep 1992 16:45:53 GMT
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Reply-To: prem@prem.lbl.gov (Shirdi R. Prem)
NNTP-Posting-Host: prem.lbl.gov

In article <BuC0Bx.CIp@acsu.buffalo.edu> memon@acsu.buffalo.edu (Naveed Siraj Memon) writes:
 >
 >2] HINDU: A very good example of people ignoring common decency
 >or social sensibility is saying that well the Vedas are a piece of
 >shit. SCI has seen this debate over the last week. People, who hold the
 >Vedas sacred, are clearly offended.
 
    I am a Hindu, but I was not particularly offended by someone saying
    that the vedas are a piece of shit, because this person most probably
    has not read, much less understood the vedas.

    Therefore, the comments/opinions that he/she/it may hold regarding the
    vedas are born out of ignorance, and are of very little value.
    Look at it this way, if a doctor told you that you had some disease,
    you would place more value on his/her judgment than on the allegation
    of a someone who has no knowledge of your health.

 >I am not a believer. The only thing I wish to say is that 
 >people hold somethings very dear,icons of their faith. 

    Maybe that is the reason I wasn't offended. I don't believe the Vedas
    to be icons of the Hindu faith. They are just a repository of basic
    knowledge, and if they are read as such, they are equally valuable
    regardless of your religion.

    I agree with most of the other stuff in your article, though. 

    Prem!
    =======================================================================
    == Disclaimer : I am NOT a guru on the vedanta ! 			 ==
    == 		    I read it in its English translation, which means it ==
    ==		    was someone else's interpretation....  :^)		 ==
================================================================================
==  George Bush's New World Order :                                           ==
==              Big Hegemonists Bullying Little Hegemonists                   ==
================================================================================
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: crick@lcmv.med.umn.edu (Ed Crick (CD))
Subject: Re: Why the world should be grateful to the USA!!
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 20:23:10 GMT

In article <lasabfINNnhl@phad.hsc.usc.edu> banerjee@phad.hsc.usc.edu (Samit Banerjee) writes:
>>
>>       The USA is great!!  The world should be thankful to
>>       them for keeping the peace and new world order 
>>       especially in the Middle East.  George Bush is a 
>>       wonderful President and Peace Keeper.
>
>Oh boy! Another "crickian" clone in the making. Another pain in the butt
>makes his debut on SCI.
>Samit

While I agree with the sentimnets expressed by Tim, let's refrain from 
immediately labelling him as a "clone" of this person or that, and let him
establish his own identity.  

Comparing anyone else to me would be like comparing saccharin to sugar, 
decaf to coffee, and astroturf to grass (BTW are there any turfed hockey
fields in India?)

Ed "the real thing" Crick
From: banerjee@phad.hsc.usc.edu (Samit Banerjee)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Kashmir Campaign
Date: 13 Sep 1992 23:50:48 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: phad.hsc.usc.edu

In article <1992Sep13.112847.25239@cc.uow.edu.au> g9220348@cc.uow.edu.au (adil shaikh) writes:
>
>Benarji:

Your spelling is atrocious at best. But if you insist in replying to my posts,
at least spell my name right.

>
>You are more ignorant of Kashmiri laws as well as their hidden pain.

I don't see what my supposed ignorance has do to with the topic under 
discussion. Please confine yourself to the facts and avoid getting emotional
on the net.


>
>No one except Kashmir can buy the land in Kashmir.
>This is Kashmir's law. This law came in force in late or mid 20es.

So what? What's your point? 


>
>The support to Shaikh Abdullah was the only option for the Kashmiris 
>to keep Kashmir in Kshmiri leader's hand whom they can trust at least
>*a little bit*.

I am not interested in knowing what the options were. I stated the facts
and if you have a problem with that, lets hear it.

Also I am sure you are aware that participation in any electoral process
in India requires Indian citizenship. By voting in the Parliamentary
and Assembly elections, most of residents of Kashmir have shown that they
are comfortable with being de facto Indian citizens.


>
>Now these Kashmiris have started the UPRISING. During this uprising
>they tried to dig out Shaikh Abdullah's grave!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So what? What's the connection? Digging up a grave or exhuming a body
by a bunch of terrorists proves nothing and least of all your hypothesis
that Sheikh Abdullah betrayed Kashmiri interest's.


>
>
>If you are not aware of the hidden pain in the masses.
>
>Then here is an example.
>
>The Pukhtoon leader Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan's Khudai Khidmatgar was 
>very popular among Pathans. In 47 Badshakhan wanted to join 
>Pukhtoon area with India. Pathans did not react to it.
> But When ever the election took  place in Pakistan, his party never
>came to power.  I think the name of Badshkhan's party is
>Awami league. It was part of MRD headed by Benazir.
> Today, his party has only three seats!!!!!!!!!!!
>Eventhough when he died lots of Pathans took part in his Janaza.  


Your attempts to extrapolate and draw parallels between isolated events
seems laudable but utterly unconvincing.

You would serve the cause you espouse better, if you confined yourself to the
valley and not let your wayward sense of reasoning draw on every incident
from the subcontinent. 


Samit


>
>
>Bye
>Adil
>
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 10:25:59 EDT
From: Deepak Srivastava <DXS23@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: SBI CDs : which currency is best ?

In article <1992Sep11.124349.21605@evb.com>, mahesh@evb.com (B.G. Mahesh) says:
>
>Hi Financial gurus,
>
>I am planning on investing some money in SBI NRI CDs
>(I don't remember the exact word). I can invest in $,Yen,
>Pounds,D.Marks. I plan to invest for 6 months (or say a max
>of one year). which currency will give me good returns.
>D.Marks has the best interest rate (11+%) and $ has the lowest
>(4+%).
>

If you are starting out with Marks or Pound it will make some
sense to invest in Mark or Pound, respectively. However, if
you want to convert your Dollars into Marks or Pounds it is not
a good time to do so. Because Dollar to any European currency
ratio is at its worst these days. For six months you may keep
your Dollars as they are and look out for right time to convert
into European currencies.

regards..     Deepak

ps: if you have some pounds or marks right now you may want
    to buy dollars within a month or so and wait for dollar
    to go up back again....

Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: kumar@ra.csc.ti.com (Sundeep Kumar)
Subject: Kashmir struggle.
Organization: Texas Instruments
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 18:45:48 GMT

I just have one observation. It seems that JKLF want seperatism for
what they call "Kashmiriat". Assuming that Kashmir is made seperate,
what will happen to the Kashmiri Hindu's ? Will they be asked to go into
India ? Also, Will Independent Kashmir be an Islamic State ? If religion
is the basis for seperation then these activists are missing something. That
type of seperation has been done long back..., why do it again ? Wouldnt it
be much easier if Muslim religious minded people of Kashmir valley who feel 
they cannot practice the religion in IOK ( Indian Occupied Kashmir !!) just
move to POK.

The idea of independent Kashmir may be a good one. But it appears all to
probable that it is going to be an independent Muslim Kashmir. Then it
is possible that some type of Forcible relocation will follow, and perhaps
some type of ethemic cleansing. What a waste !!

So Maybe Kashmir activist should do some longterm thinking...more like,
"If its not going to be Secular, then probably the real motivation is
to establish a seperate country for Muslims of Kashmiri origin. But if
that is really the goal, the ideal thing to do is to look into why the
muslim dominated POK is not an answer. The answer to this question will
give leads on how best the Pak. Govt can solve POK problems." So you see, 
a little introspective reasoning will lead to the obvious answer " Get the
Pak Govt. to address POK problems more effectively"!

--SK

Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: kuntal@algol.cs.umbc.edu (survivor)
Subject: quick query re: the origins of a word ...
Organization: University of Maryland Baltimore Campus, Computer Science Department
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 16:32:36 GMT


hi all,

the english word "sentry" and the hindi word "sunt(h)ary" [soft pronounciation
on "th"] both mean almost the same, i.e. guard.

the question :  which word spawned which ?

as always, thanks for any effort expended.

regards,
kuntal
From: sampath@toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu (Srikanth Sampath)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: WHERE TO GET CANADIAN VISA TO GO TO VANCOUVER
Date: 9 Sep 92 20:04:05 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of California, Davis

Hi netters,
	We are planning to go to Canada from seattle.i.e. we are planning
to got to vancouver.  Does anyone have information about where can an Indian
passport holder get canadian visitor visa.  If it is possible in Seattle that
is fine , or should one go to san francisco.  I am at Davis, near sanfrancisco
Thanks
srikanth
From: holla@pokum.wpd.sgi.com (Arun Kumar Holla)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Looking out for Ramprasad - Alabama U'ty
Date: 15 Sep 92 21:13:18 GMT
Reply-To: holla@pokum.wpd.sgi.com (Arun Kumar Holla)
Organization: Silicon Graphics Inc., Mountain View, CA

Mr. Ramprasad R. H. from University of Alabama, Subramanya Hegde wants 
to get in touch with you. His address is :--

	Mr. S. Hegde
	34077 Paseo Padre Pkway,
	#99, Fremont
	CA - 94555
	Phone - RES (510) 790-7016
		OFF (510) 796-6050 Ext 248
From: dinesh@rohtang.eng.hou.compaq.com (Dinesh Sharma)
Subject: EXPERIENCE WITH GULF AIRWAYS
Organization: Compaq Computer Corp.
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 18:42:09 GMT

Anybody out there having experience ( Good/Bad ) flying United/Gulf, 
particularly from London to New Delhi on Gulf Airways. Please e-mail.

Thanks
Dinesh              dinesh@twisto.compaq.com
From: vganesan@reed.edu (The Phoenix)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Why do I read SCI ...
Date: 9 Sep 92 02:23:12 GMT
Article-I.D.: reed.1992Sep9.022312.22692
Organization: Reed College, Portland, Oregon

In article <1992Sep8.170924.24875@samba.oit.unc.edu> Veeramany.Sthanumurthy@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Veeramany Sthanumurthy) writes:
>Not for camaraderie, surely! Any that exists is well kept in reserve
>for the carnival, whenever it is, wherever it is. Not for reading
>sentimental goodbyes either, however nicely crafted they maybe. Even
>that immortal among us, The Phoenix was not immune to these self-
>doubts, apparently. Unfortunately, no sooner had he uttered these
>words than he departed, wordless in the night to plunge into the
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

He departed because the yearnings of the heart took precedence 
over the attraction of SCI, however wipe that smile of all your
faces as he is back, and he is better then before (sounds like a
shampoo advertisement, Oh what the heck!).

>abyss. Perhaps, his maiden creation gave him the impetus to peddle
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

More than the "maiden creation" it is a "maiden" that is to be
blamed methinks ;-) ;-)

The (Back after 500 years) Phoenix


-- 
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Nondum amabam, et amare amabam quaerebam quid amarem, amans amare.
I loved not yet, yet I loved to love I sought what I might love,
in love with loving.                     
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: kekare@mecad.uta.edu (Sagar A. Kekare)
Subject: looking for harsha bhojraj
Reply-To: kekare@mecad.uta.edu (Sagar A. Kekare)
Organization: University of Texas at Arlington
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 00:43:49 GMT


I am looking for Harsha Bhojraj, supposedly at Univ. of Tennessee at knoxville.  
If any one knows of his whereabouts please let me know. He graduated from the  
College of Engg. Poona and will mostly be in the Materials Science dept. of  
Univ. of Tennessee
From: shankar@are.Berkeley.EDU (Shankar Subramanian)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Travel Companion needed for Mother
Date: 8 Sep 1992 04:34:40 GMT
Organization: UC Berkeley, Agr & Res Economics
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: are.berkeley.edu

Anyone travelling from Bombay to San Francisco by Singapore AIrlines
in late October?  My mother hasn't flown abroad before and would appreciate
the company of a more experienced traveller.  I'd be grateful for any help.

Shankar Subramanian
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,wpi.students.desis
From: wizard@maxine.wpi.edu (Ajay Khanna)
Subject: Feminism and its New Direction
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 20:59:02 GMT

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.

Men are better than women in some areas, and vice versa.  For example:
(and I'm not going to present scientific evidence right here - you can
check up on this yourself if you're really interested)

- The average man is physically stronger than the average woman (so
what's new? :)

- The average man uses the left side of the brain more than the right
side.  The average woman uses both sides more or less equally.  This,
incidentally, is what results in there being more very intelligent men
and very stupid men than women, although the average male is just as
intelligent as the average female.  (Translation: You see more male
Nobelists and more males in mental institutions than women.)

- The average man is more emotional and sensitive than the average
woman.  Men in most parts of the world, however, are taught that
hiding their emotions is a "manly" thing.  So it seems that women are
more emotional, although it is not true.  This explains why many more
men need to see psychologists than women - many more men than women
hide their emotions.


-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 :)
From: raja@magic (Raja Seth)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: India contributes $100 million to the super-collider project
Date: 10 Sep 92 20:38:03 GMT
Reply-To: raja@ctron.com
Organization: Cabletron Systems Inc.,


In article <1992Sep8.190016.13866@jade.tufts.edu> Sandip writes :


>Few days back, I remember someone telling me that India has
>donated $100 million to the super-collider project. In fact, India
>is the only foreign country that has contributed to this project
>so far !! Can anyone substantiate this ?

>-Sandip

Yes! India is one among the 5 (?) countries that contributed to
this project.


Regards......Raja

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| The company I work for has no claim or liability
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Xref: sparky soc.culture.indian:31099 soc.culture.sri-lanka:997 soc.history:8269
From: vnesiah@aludra.usc.edu (Deep Third Man)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.sri-lanka,soc.history
Subject: Re: Were there universities in India before the British went?
Date: 14 Sep 1992 08:41:34 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu

In article <190f13INNbgi@bigboote.WPI.EDU> wizard@maxine.wpi.edu (Ajay Khanna) writes:

>= 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 :)


A more frequently asked question is,

"Where did you learn to speak English?"

The answer is of course:

"Unfortunately, my country was a British colony, just like your's... !"

:->

- Vasee
From: news@ugle.unit.no (Deep Third Sand)
Subject: time killer!!
Keywords: plot
Organization: Norwegian Institute of Technology
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 16:34:12 GMT

Subject: Racist? Sexist? Intolerant?
X-Vms-To: IN%"NMRDB@macc.wisc.edu"
X-Charset: ISO_8859-1
X-Char-Esc: 29

 
 
  I notice that you have posted your complaint only to me, and not to others
in the thread. I account for only a small fraction of the traffic. So,
do you single me out because you are racist, sexist, or merely intolerant
with people who publicly disagree with you? - just curious.

Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: news@ugle.unit.no (Deep Third Sand)
Subject: thani manithan!!
Keywords: Oh! man!!
Organization: Norwegian Institue of Technology
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 18:24:50 GMT

we :=: tigers

bye bye the world
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: rpn4313@usl.edu (Narayanan Raja P)
Subject: Experiences with Horizon Travels....
Organization: University of Southwestern Louisiana
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 22:46:12 GMT

Hi..

I would appreciate if folks who have booked air tickets
with Horizon Travels(Houston) let me know of the experience (good or bad). 

Thanks..

Raja

rpn@gator.cacs.usl.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.pakistan