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From: sarang@saturn.sdsu.edu (Srinath Sarang)
Subject: Re: Indian Recipes...Wanted...
Organization: San Diego State University, College of Sciences
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 21:26:20 GMT

Natarajan Sridhar (nsridhar@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu) wrote:
: In article <1992Aug31.192238.19761@newshub.sdsu.edu> sarang@saturn.sdsu.edu (Srinath Sarang) writes:
: >Hi Netters,
: >            Just read sthan's Mumbai recipes...
: >How about somebody posting good recipes that have been tested out on
: >hungry starving grad students like me.....and have passed the test...
: 
: OK. But do you possess the linguistic flair to understand
: certain terms ? Once I asked for a recipe for making bhel-puri,
: and one Mr. Roy hit me with "chawal ke murmure" and "aloo ki guchiyan".
: Mr.Chacko and I spent several hours trying to decipher what they
: meant, and finally came up with:
: 
: chawal ke murmure := grains of rice that murmur in a HUSKY manner
: aloo ki gucchiyan := sneezing enthusiastically into a mess of masticated
:                      potato
: 
: Sounded kinda gross, so I gave up ...
: 
: :-)
: 
: **sridhar**
:  
: [....stuff 'n sig deleted]
 well I was interested in recipes only and not in sneezing... well i do 
agree that inhaling pepper in the kitchen while cooking may cause me to sneeze
but I don't want to do it in the potato anyway. I'd be decent and use a tissue...
Once again I must mention here that I am serious and do need some good recipes...
Thanx
Srinath

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Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: sdarbha@ho13.eng.ua.edu (Subrahmanyam Darbha)
Subject: Looking for Sanjay Anand at ASU
Originator: sdarbha@ho13.eng.ua.edu
Organization: The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Julieline: see if this comes up.
Distribution: USA
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1992 19:54:43 GMT

From ua1ix!ho12.eng.ua.edu!sdarbha Wed Sep  2 14:49:31 1992
Article: 89795 of soc.culture.indian
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: sdarbha@ho12.eng.ua.edu (Subrahmanyam Darbha)
Subject: Looking for Sanjay Anand
Originator: sdarbha@ho12.eng.ua.edu
Organization: The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Julieline: see if this comes up.
Distribution: USA
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1992 20:22:44 GMT

I am posting this for my friend who is looking for Sanjay Anand at
Arizona State University.
He joined the CS department at the above univ recently in the fall semester.
any Info will be highly appreciated
My friend's name is SIDHHARDH RAINA WHO IS DOING M.S IN I.E AT THE UNIV OF      ALABAMA  AND HIS NUMBER IS (205) 345-2992
Thanks much
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.tamil,alt.culture.kerala
From: trivedi@curie.uchicago.edu (Anil Trivedi)
Subject: Re: EMAIL ADDRESS OF PANTNAGAR UNIVERSITY WANTED
Organization: Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 10:18:59 GMT

manu@tigger.cs.Colorado.EDU (K. S. Manu) writes:
>vkrishna@nyx.cs.du.edu (Vijay Krishna) writes:
>>Does anyone know the email address of dept. of Computer Sc.,
>>G.B Pant University of A&T, Pantnagar, India?
>
>Where is Patnagar? What does this have to do with alt.culture.kerala?
>

This was inappropriate. Pantnagar is in U.P.; while a case can
be made that the question belonged in soc.culture.indian,
posting it to Tamil and Kerala specific groups made no sense.

-----
From: g9220348@cc.uow.edu.au (adil shaikh)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: ISLAMIC BROTERHOOD - BOSNIA V/S SOMALIA
Date: 30 Aug 92 00:44:01 GMT
Organization: University Of Wollongong

B.Kumar@cs.ucl.ac.uk writes:

 Why are
>the islamic governments of IRAN ,Pakistan, Bangladesh who
>are all very vocal on Bosnia supply food and medicine
>to Somalia or Islamic Brotherhood just stops at the gate
>of Africa.

>That only tells about total HYPOCRACY Of ISLAMIC BROTHERHOOD
>and ISLAMIC Equality.

>Regards,

>bkumar



What a good slap on the Pseudo Islamic Brotherhood.

These Pseudo Islamic countries are active only for those Muslims who are 
under trouble from other religious groups and not when they are killed
by other Muslims or natural disaster.

What major steps ISlamic countries have taken for Kurds before Gulf War?
None.
Because Kurds rights were deprived by fellow Muslims and not by a Christan
country.
It is wrong to critisize ISlamic countries on Black and White racism.

But it is 100% true that these Pseudo Islamic Countries'
Pseudo Islamic Brotherhood become active only when they think
**Islam is in danger** because of other religion.

What a shame!!!
What a shame!!!

Bye
Adil
From: juvvadi@csgrad.cs.vt.edu (Ramana R. Juvvadi)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Should Indian states need more autonomy?
Date: 31 Aug 92 06:16:52 GMT
Organization: VPI&SU Computer Science Department, Blacksburg, VA

In article <1992Aug30.202729.519@udel.edu> godura@mercury.cis.udel.edu (Ruchir Godura) writes:


>Ignorance, ignorance. Why should there be a Sikh punjab at all ? Hindus
>in Punjab are 49 % of the population. For your information, the majority
>of Sikhs do not want it either. By majority, I mean, at least 90 %.
                                                               ^^^

Extrapolating from the people I spoke to it looks as if 90% of the Sikhs want
to secede. I would really believe it if I see lot of Sikhs reiterating your
statement.


>It thus seems reasonable to allow Kashmiris their will. Easier said than
>done. The fallout on muslims living in India has to be considered. There
>will NOT be a demand for autonomy from any part of India, save the NE.

Anybody who believes that the domino effect isn't for real is living
in a fool's paradise. Remember that it was only that months after
Baltic states left, the whole Soviet Union collapsed. Save the baltic states,
the Soviet Union is at least 120 years old. ( I may be wrong on this, but
if my memory serves me right not much territory was added to Russia after 
1870). By contrast, Indian Union is only 45 years old. Is this entity of
Indian Union more than a legacy of Second World War? What is the glue that
is sticking us together? Hinduism? Our common enemy, the British? History
will decide soon. My personal opinion, for whatever it is worth, is that
we need to be one country --- India + Pakistan + Sri Lanka + Bangla Desh
with a large amount of autonomy given to each region, so that no body
has a reason to secede. Not every country got its constitution right the
first time. May be it is time we take a fresh look at ours. 

To sum up, I don't think Kashmir should be treated specially. We need to
treat all the states equally. I am in favour of autonomy to every state
including Kashmir.


>Ruchir.

Ramana
From: g9220348@cc.uow.edu.au (adil shaikh)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: FAQ- List of Baby Names
Date: 25 Aug 92 09:08:34 GMT
Organization: University Of Wollongong

B.Kumar@cs.ucl.ac.uk writes:


>In request to many recent requests for baby names, here is one short list
>of "short and somewhat modern names". Both boys and girls names are listed.
>This is an edited or revised version of the list earlier posted on SCI by 
>someone.

>                        Boys' names


>BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB

Badmash

>CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
>Chandra         ....  
>Charan          ....  

Chiman     (Remember Chimanbahi Patel of Gujarat)
Chandresh
Chand


>DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

>Durjaya         ....  difficult to conquer
>Durmada         ....  
Duryodhan


>Ravindra        ....  

Rakshasha
>SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Shaitan
From: bkannan@ha06.eng.ua.edu (Balaji Kannan)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: On the birth of Andhra Pradesh (was Re: I HATE TAMILS)
Date: 26 Aug 1992 00:11:40 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu


Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,alt.cascade
From: Veeramany.Sthanumurthy@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Veeramany Sthanumurthy)
Subject: Re: Tall Tales from Hell -- Icarus. [Possible cascade]
Followup-To: alt.cascade
Summary: Taking it away, folks.
Organization: Extended Bulletin Board Service
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 13:28:04 GMT

**nsridhar** rues:
>Icarus leads:
>>GUNNAR HORRIGMO writes:
>>>Aruna  (Affable) bites:
>>>[gets chewed up]
>>>But this *is* alt.cascade
>>Smut disease in salt brocade!
>I lose all my $$ in a video arcade :-(
Loose lungi dulls this dumb cascade!!

Flamers; Note follow-up; this ends charade :)

Sthan.
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: ss8f@csissun5.ee.Virginia.EDU ()
Subject: Tel. no of German Consulate in DC
Followup-To: ss8f@virginia.edu
Originator: ss8f@csissun5.ee.Virginia.EDU
Organization: University of Virginia
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 17:31:19 GMT

Hi,
	Can anyone give me (or indicate how to) the telephone no,
	of the German consulate in DC?

	Thanks
	Sanjay
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: kuntal@algol.cs.umbc.edu (survivor)
Subject: Re: I will close you by my ices --[ The Tiger Cascade ]
Organization: University of Maryland Baltimore Campus, Computer Science Department
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 15:54:49 GMT

>(Icarus) writes:
>[ stuff deleted]
>> >>>>>>>>I will close you by my ices.
>> >>>>>>> I will lose you by my dices.
>> >>>>>>  I will kill you with my spices.
>> >>>>    Hi willki, you with mices ?
>> >>>>    No Vepal, that would be crises.
>> >>      No pal, begone, that suffices.
>> >       Adieu, to you and your vices.
>>         Farewell then to fame's avarices ?
>          Stop this, please,you novices.

           the rhyming is filling with caprices
From: ahmed@uts.amdahl.com (Syed S. Ahmed)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Looking for MARCIUS D'SOUZA
Date: 25 Aug 92 23:53:23 GMT
Reply-To: ahmed@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Syed S. Ahmed)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA

Hi,

        My brother (Suhail Syed) is looking for Marcius D'souza who
graduated from A.C.Tech, Chickmagalur, Karnataka. He's believed to be
studying/working somewhere in Michigan.

        If anybody knows about his whereabouts please pass on the
information to him or send e-mail to
suhail@berlioz.nsc.com or
have him call Suhail at (408) 720-1520.

Thanks in advance
--
sabeel
From: banerjee@aludra.usc.edu (Samit Banerjee)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: The Top Twenty Schools
Date: 4 Sep 1992 11:35:45 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Distribution: na
NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu

In article <1992Sep4.154151.16563@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> kurdikar@methacrylate.ecn.purdue.edu (Dev) writes:
>In article <1992Sep3.005117.18520@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> baindur@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Satyen G Baindur) writes:

>>>1.  John Hopkins *
>>
>>Can you post the year this applies to,and the dollar amounts for the 
first few ? 

Ok here goes. All figures are in millions of dollars. The important thing
to note is that the figures for the top five schools posted below reflect a 
strong ability to attract funding for the life sciences which offsets the
much smaller figures seen in the other areas.

Johns Hopkins:                               

Physical Sciences $ 93.4
Chemical Sciences $  5.4
Engineering       $204.8
Environmental Sc. $ 41.4
Math & Comp Sc.   $ 97.0
Life Sciences     $408.6
Others            $ 23.9   
Total             $869.1


MIT:

Physical Sciences $ 98.1
Chemical Sciences $ 17.1
Engineering       $227.0
Environmental Sc. $ 12.4
Math & Comp Sc.   $ 14.7
Life Sciences     $ 37.7
Others            $ 22.0   
Total             $411.9

U Wisconsin Madison:

Physical Sciences $ 29.5
Chemical Sciences $  8.9
Engineering       $ 39.8
Environmental Sc. $ 22.0
Math & Comp Sc.   $  7.9
Life Sciences     $178.3
Others            $ 32.4   
Total             $309.9

UC San Deigo:

Physical Sciences $ 15.3 
Chemical Sciences $  3.7        
Engineering       $ 53.9          
Environmental Sc. $ 17.2          
Math & Comp Sc.   $ 10.1           
Life Sciences     $162.4             
Others            $ 51.7                
Total             $305.5             


U Minnesota 

Physical Sciences $ 16.6
Chemical Sciences $  6.7        
Engineering       $ 27.9          
Environmental Sc. $  8.8          
Math & Comp Sc.   $ 16.4           
Life Sciences     $204.6             
Others            $ 17.6                
Total             $291.9             


>>I believe MIT used to beat us to first place in this game.
>>
>> 

I dont think so, not as far as overall fuding goes. What you are saying
may be true for specific disciplines, but for the total grants coming into
a school, Johns Hopkins has been number 1 since 1980. 


>
>The latest issue of Science carries this list.  They have listed it for two
>years, 1980 and 1990.  I think the list that was posted was for 1990.

Yes the list was from Science and thank you for pointing it out. However, the 
Science table did not mention any dollar figures.

Samit



Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: KMITRA@vm.poly.edu
Subject: Chances of Financial aid in Polytechnic University
Organization: Polytechnic University
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 16:12:49 EST

  There are chances of recieving financial aid in Thermal-Fluid area
  at Polytechnic University, Brooklyn for Fall '92. So if you
  are interested please  contact
           immediately
          sunil@thermal1.poly.edu
      or call 718-260-3810
                                                        08/27/92
From: raghavan@aslws01.asl.dl.nec.com (Dave Devanathan)
Subject: looking for T.M. Ashokkumar
Followup-To: raghavan@asl.dl.nec.com
Organization: NEC America, Inc. Irving, Texas
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 13:46:56 GMT



	Hi,

	I am looking for T.M. Ashokkumar who graduated form 

	Government college of Technology (GCT), Coimbatore.

	If anybody knows about his whereabouts please pass on the

	information to him or have him call me at 214-518-5130 

	or send e-mail to me.

	Thanks.

	R. Devanathan
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From: srinivas@csa3.lbl.gov (SRINIVAS KRISHNAGOPAL)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Macintosh user groups in India
Date: 25 Aug 92 22:24:40 GMT
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory - Berkeley, CA, USA
Distribution: usa
Reply-To: srinivas@csa3.lbl.gov
NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.3.254.198
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4   


 	Recently someone had sent me email regarding Macintosh user groups
in India. Unfortunately I erased the message by mistake. Could that person 
please send me email again?

	Others who may be interested in taking back Macintoshes to India
are also invited to correspond.

-- Srinivas Krishnagopal. (srinivas@lbl.bitnet)

Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: sdarbha@ho12.eng.ua.edu (Subrahmanyam Darbha)
Subject: Looking for Sanjay Anand
Originator: sdarbha@ho12.eng.ua.edu
Organization: The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Julieline: see if this comes up.
Distribution: USA
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1992 20:22:44 GMT

I am posting this for my friend who is looking for Sanjay Anand at
Arizona State University.
He joined the CS department at the above univ recently in the fall semester.
any Info will be highly appreciated
Thanks much 

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From: gagrawal@cs.tamu.edu (Gopal Agrawal)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: ODE to Mr. Doki.
Keywords: NO OFFENSE MEANT TO ANYBODY...
Date: 3 Sep 92 20:24:22 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Dept., Texas A&M University


Once upon a time,
when intellects came dozen a dime,
In a newsgroup called sci,
everybody started to cry.

For there arrived a Mr. Doki,
Unlike other fresh netters, he wasn't low key.
"I am Tall dark and handsome", he screamed,
"A desi chic I want, smeared with fair and lovely cream". 

"In my opinion, Sati is great"
"That should be every women's fate"
"Go ahead, gimme all your flames"
"Two can play at this game". 

So impressive was his dare,
someone wanted to buy his underwear,
People called him a gorilla and a chimp,
Mr. Doki thought everyone's a wimp. 

Even if does not succeed with romantic trysts,
he'll certainly make it to the prolific poster's list. 
Perhaps, one day he'll dissappear back into Andhra,
with some Suzie, Sally or Sandra. 

So dear folks, do engage in Doki-bashing,
but please ease down on the lashings,
Now that he is a part of sci,
We must seek new fish to fry. 

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Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: guptaa@pell4l22 (Anirudh Gupta)
Subject: Re: Confused about Indian Babes ...
Organization: Allegheny College
Distribution: soc.culture.indian
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 06:52:45 GMT

In article <1992Aug24.015808.25541@massey.ac.nz>  writes:
||| 
||| >Well, a survey in India Today six years back showed that though 22 percent of 
||| >Indian husbands would be shell-shocked if their wives mentioned sex, 68 percent 
||| >desperately wished they would. That should pretty well summarize the results  
||| >for you. 
||| 
||| It does summarize the some results (with all the pitfalls of surveys).
||| 
||| >Also, now you know why Indian guys are horny. :) 
||| 
||| How is this conclusion reached? Just 'cause Indian womyn do not mention the 
||| word 'sex' does not mean they do not a) like having sex, b) make Indian guys
||| more horny than people (male/female) from other nationalities. Although I
||| once heard from a 'white' (At times it gets easier to describe using colour
||| - my apologies) female friend that since Indian males start having sex at a 
||| 'more mature' age, they like 'catching up for lost years'. 
||| 
||| The only difference between Indians and womyn from the West (bash me
||| for generalizing) is that, Indian womyn do not throw U on the ground,
||| rip off your clothes and sit on your face (oops - just being crude) - That
||| does not mean they are less exciting womyn. So there is no reason for 'pity'.
||| 
||| 
||| >Pity, but that is the truth.  
|||  
||| >Nath. 
||| 
||| John Ainikkal
||| 'Aotearoa' - Land of the long whtie cloud

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jeez!!
and willya stop generalizing about 'indian males' mindlessly you fuckhead!!!!!!
whaddya mean 'like having sex at a 'more mature' age'????? You mean you dont get laid..period  
or are probably too chicken to. HA!

Val.
Xref: sparky soc.culture.indian:29969 soc.culture.indian.american:2274 alt.culture.us.asian-indian:605
From: banarji@unixg.ubc.ca (Ajai Banarji)
Subject: Concordia killings-the Indian angle
Originator: banarji@unixg.ubc.ca
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 22:39:53 GMT

		      CONCORDIA AND DEBCHAT

	S.c.i. readers in Canada must have shared the sudden sinking
feeling I had on hearing the news headlines on Monday about the
killings at Concordia U-I was fairly sure that one of Debchat's numerous
admirers on s.c.i. and s.c.p. had finally caught up with him:-)
 	I don't know if the US papers had much coverage on this incident,
but it is interesting to note that the assassin Prof. Fabrikant had been
posting a number of articles about his grievances against certain
professors in the newsgroup sci.research.careers. I found it rather
interesting to see that many of his complaints were directed against
professors with South Asian names. However, it appears that some of his
victims  were not the ones he had complained against.
	His postings (and other's comments) can be seen in sci.research.
careers; you may find them of interest as they say a lot of the seamy
side of research (including the way professors exploit students from
countries like India)-though it seems that Indians are exploiters as
well as exploited. 
	Perhaps our friends like Debchat have something to add.
From: kanil@uoft02.utoledo.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: NEWS: Train Accident
Date: 4 Sep 92 12:32:42 EST
Organization: University of Toledo, Computer Services

There has been a terrible train accident about 650 miles S-W of Delhi as
reported by the Public Radio for Toledo and Lima this morning at 8 AM. 
The accident occured  when a passenger train collided with a stationary train.
The passengers where sleeping at the time of the accident. About 31 people have
died. Details and exact time and place of the accident are not yet known.
From: bala@ulysses.att.com (Bala Krishnamurthy)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Delhi Court Halts Bofors Probe!
Keywords: Bofors Bandh?
Date: 2 Sep 92 15:11:55 GMT
Article-I.D.: ulysses.17176
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories

apnews reports:
	   NEW DELHI, India (AP) - The Delhi High Court today halted all
investigations into alleged corruption in a $1.4 billion Swedish
arms deal that brought down the Gandhi government in 1989.
	   Chief Justice G.C. Mittal and Justice Satpal also annulled a
government request to Switzerland and Sweden, seeking their
cooperation in unearthing facts in the scandal that has been a
byword for corruption in India since 1987.
	   The court issued its ruling without providing any explanation.
	   Police investigators may appeal to the Supreme Court.
	   The Central Bureau of Investigation, which is similar to FBI,
has been looking into the defense scandal since January 1990. But
progress has been slow, and critics blame political interference.
	   Investigators have alleged that the defunct Swedish arms maker
AB Bofors paid more than $50 million as bribes to Indian
politicians and officials to secure the deal to sell howitzer
artillery guns.
	   Several Indian newspapers, conducting independent
investigations, alleged that bribes were also given to Rajiv
Gandhi, who was prime minister when the deal was pushed through.
The scandal was held responsible for Gandhi's 1989 election loss.
	   Gandhi, who denied wrongdoing, was assassinated in May 1991
while campaigning for the post he lost.
	   Besides Gandhi, the scandal claimed Foreign Minister Madhavsinh
Solanki in March this year. Solanki, a member of Prime Minister
P.V. Narasimha Rao's Congress Party, resigned after reports that he
tried to slow down the investigation.