From: debchat@vax2.concordia.ca (DEB CHATTERJEE)
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Subject: Help Arindam Ghosh, Please !! (A very serious appeal).
Date: 19 Aug 92 16:42:00 GMT
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 My dear Friends of All Faith,

  I am appealing to everyone to help Arindam Ghosh at Texas - who is apparently
 quitting Ph.D studies to pursue his exalted faith ! I feel that I don't agree
 with him in many ways, and, have ridiculed him, but, I think that in times of
 distress and confusion, we must rise above our differences and petty rivalries.
 Please advise Arindam Ghosh to continue his Ph.D studies - when he is not far
 from completion.

 - deb chatterjee
(a good samaritran)
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From: ARINDAM GHOSH <MECE1E3@Jetson.UH.EDU>
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Sorry friends. You have to find another address to send mails. I am
quitting Grad School and if the visa etc. does not cause any problem will
take up a job in some native-american preserve to teach science before I
go back to India some time next year.
Love, hope you can get this project off the ground.
Arindam

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> My Reply <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

 Arindam,

   I am serious. Are you giving up your Ph.D and returning back ????
 I think, forgetting our differences and pseudo-rivalries, you must rethink
 about your life. Going back to India is not a problem. This is a totally
 defeatist attitude. One cannot survive with any religious faith, by being a
 defeated. Moreover, Father Goreaux of St.Xavier's College Calcutta, who had
 international fame of being a mathematician, DID have a University Degree !

 Think about every pros and cons. You are making a VERY BIG  mistake. The 
 Almighty will not forgive you for neglecting your right karma ? If you don't
 have the mental courage and stability to pursue what is imminent, how do you
 claim that in future you shall not be led astray by some other charm ??? You
 must show that you are capable of upholding the Bahai faith. Don't quit Grad.
 school. This is not a `brotherly' advice. Though being older to you, I DON'T
 want to give elderly advice. I have seen very close friends of mine, who being
 lured by the romantic Naxalite theories, suffered. Why choose suffering when
 you have not harmed anyone ??? Isn't that stupid - casting a shame on you
 parents and family ??? Are you facing academic problems ? If so, quit this 
 goddamn SCI and etc. This (SCI/ SCP/ SCB) is not the end of the world.

 Think about it Arindam, give yourself a second chance.

 - deb chatterjee
(a good samaritan)