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Subject: Hindu Digest: HSC National Meet
Organization: Univ of Cincinnati
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 23:08:27 GMT

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	  Hindu Students Council 1993 National Students Meet
   (Incorporating 1993 National Coordination Council Meeting)

Place: Hare Krishna Temple, Maryland

Date: January 1-3, 1993

Contact: 
	editor@rbhatnagar.csm.uc.edu
	hindu.students.council@um.cc.umich.edu
	cbando@lynx.northeastern.edu
	phone: (617) 227 3023 
		
Workshop and Group Discussion Topics: 
	Swami Vivekananda's Message to the West
	Introduction to Hindu Scriptures
	World Vision 2000 Program, Global Youth Conference 1993
	Condition of Refugees From Kashmir
	Environmental Awareness
	Karma Yoga
	Need for a Hindu organization on Campus
	+ more

Cultural Program:
	Dandia Raas January 2, 1993 9:00 pm.

Students Are Welcome to Attend All the Sessions of the Meeting

Public Meeting (Non students are welcome)	
	January 2, 1993 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm



(Note: Prior registration is required for participation in the meet.  
No registration required for public meeting).
From: varma@paul.rutgers.edu (not yet)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: alt.culture.india.delhi.chanakyapuri.satya-marg
Date: 27 Dec 92 00:15:14 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

I would like to set up alt.culture.delhi.chanakyapuri.satya-marg
( we could include nearby streets too, if people are for it). This
newsgroup will be to discuss our culture and literature and will not
be used for people bashing as the other alt groups are.

The need for this arises due to the renaissance we have witnessed
since day before yesterday. A distinct culture has definitely evolved
in the past 48 hours to segregate us from Nyaya Marg and Shanti Path.

No Nobel laureates yet from the vicinity in literature, but the
possibility of one in the next century can not be ruled out.

If the diversity in this group is too much for us to handle then we
can have
alt.culture.india.delhi.chanakyapuri.satya-marg.DI-140-to-180, or
even
alt.culture.india.delhi.chanakyapuri.satya-marg.me-and-my-neighbours.

Please brothers, and (all right, I'll say it) sisters (aaah,! I may
have just eliminated huge future potential!), support me in this quest 
so that I so not have to share a newsgroup with:
Andhra Pradeshis, Arunachal Pradeshis, Bengalis, Biharis, Goans,
Himachal Pradeshis, Haryanavis, J&K-ites, Maharashtrians, Madhya
Pradeshis, ..., 
and of course Delhiites-who-do-not-live-on-my-street.

begging, the insane,
-- 
Harsh Varma
Department of Computer Science
Rutgers University

Disclaimer: None. Please, everyone adopt my opinion, I am right!

Postscript: Please dont flame me, and I get very scared by death
            threats.
From: 5555554@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (kidambi)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: add - univ. of hinduism
Date: 23 Dec 1992 16:46:43 -0600
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu
Keywords: address, hinduism

I would like to have the address of the University of Hinduism, Florida
and the addresses of the office bearers.

Thanks,

Prasad Kidambi.

5555554@matt.ksu.ksu.edu
-- 
mpr
From: patra@crayola.rutgers.edu (Saibal Patra)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Looking for Prof. Suhrid Kr. De
Date: 26 Dec 92 04:54:40 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.



I am looking for an Indian Prof. in Mathematics.
His name is Mr. Suhrid Kumar De. His research 
interest is probably in Numerical Differential
Equations. If anybody know such a person please
send me an email.

My email address is patra@paul.rutgers.edu.
From: fafat@phakt.usc.edu (Vijay Fafat)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: MATRIMONIAL UPDATE : WEEKLY REMINDER
Date: 21 Dec 1992 16:56:41 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: phakt.usc.edu

Rajat Kapoor writes:
>A suggestion after noticing atleast two matrimonials recently:
>How about starting a " Matrimonial Update: Weekly Reminder" with,
>- Accepts Credit Cards
>Rajat Kapoor
>PS. An Eligible Bachelor 

	:) perhaps you should have seen the scene in May, when peepuls
	wanted to marry by the wholesale :) Here's the ad posted by Mayur-Mayur
	then:

			My own Matrimonial
						Mayur-Mayur


Bo blah .....blah blah,blah........blah,blah,bBlah,,,,,,,,,

bbobla,babla, marry, blah,..............arrange-it, blah.......girl...blah....
biodata,blah,boBlah, me so desperate, blah.....blah,blah.......
ugly  flirt,  blaaah, ooops!  blahhhh, blah, blah..........cast mix-match..
blah,pew,blah,blahhh.  
blah,, mo'moni.$$$, blah,blah......blahh, WOW!,, blahh.blah, jackpot.
From: chintapa@ee.tamu.edu (Koteswara Chintapalli)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Looking for a place to stay in San Jose area.
Date: 21 Dec 1992 19:37:01 GMT
Organization: Texas A&M University
Distribution: USA
NNTP-Posting-Host: ee.tamu.edu

Hi netter,

I am looking for a place to stay in San Jose area. I finished my MS(EE)
and I am looking for a job. Anybody who is looking for a room-mate or
knows someone who needs a room-mate, please let me know. Also leave your
ph. no. so that I can get in touch with you. If possible, give me as many
details (location, rent per month, transportation, etc.) possible so that
I can decide whom to contact immediately. I am very flexible and can get
along well. 

I want to come there sometime before Jan. 10, '93.
My ph. # (409) 846-9073. Somebody would answer your call or you can 
leave a message.e-mail address: chintapa@ee.tamu.edu

Thanks in advance for your help.

Rao.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: srsurapa@mtu.edu (Surapanani)
Subject: SNOW -   A POEM
Organization: Michigan Technological University
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 18:42:08 GMT


                    Snow


  Come Spring, the buds tear and leaves pop open
       come Summer, the grass turns green, and the rivers start to flow
       come Fall, the colors change and the trees wilt and wither
       and come Winter, the snow arrives in flakes and shower
       year after year, the clock goes round and round
       Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter.

  One cold day in Winter
       I gaze at the snow
       from the safety of my shades
       a white mass of body breezing by
       and except for the steady humdrum of my heartbeat
       echoing in my ear
       nary a sound I can hear
       not a life I can see
       not even a reindeer or polar bear

  With my heart pounding
       I whisk the door open
       and in comes the sizzling sound of the wind
       and with it the cold chill
       striking my bare face with a slap and a bang
       turning it into crimson red
       with my frozen blood
    
  I wince in pain, at the chilling snow strike
       my body trembling in cold shivers
       with my rock frozen nose, dripping free mucus
       and my hands numbed by the frostbite
       I tread in the snow with my dragging feet
       with a hardened heart and a cold blooded will
       tracking the footsteps
       marked  deep in the mounds of the snow
       by a previous nut
       who dared to face the blunt of the snow

  But all is not as bleak as I lament
       for as the winds subside
       out step the little daring souls
       to build a mansion and a castle
       snow-white and sparkle
       with the snowman perched high
       the smoke from the pipe blowing by

  And with the snow stacking up on the hills
       its time for the poles and skis
       sledges and sleighs
       to zoom down the slopes
       some with blunder, and some with ease

  All in all, a day in winter can portend
       fun and frolic
       or gloom and doom
       depends on how the balance is tipped
       as the temperature and pressure
       rises or falls
       from zero and one

  As I dream, on this cold winter day
       with X-mas and Hanukkah passing by
       I come across the Santa and his reindeer
       wishing me a gift or two
       and lo and behold I ask for two
       one a cup of coffee, hot and steamed
       with cream and sugar
       and the other a lassi, pure and cool
       with charm and grace
       but what a pity, that he could grant only one
       for I could taste the brew
       and not the other.



                                  Srini Surapanani

           (The Cowboy from the land of holy cows and magic fakirs)
      
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: rajesh@Tandem.com (Rajesh Srivastava)
Subject: Let's change SCI
Organization: Tandem Computers
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 00:07:52 GMT

Hello,

Lately, SCI has become a battle ground for some of us. Also some people who have
very little or nothing to do with the welfare of India / Indians have been 
contributing and generating undesired flames. 

Let's change the contents of our postings and discuss more important issues related
to India and her growth. Some of my suggestions are :

	1. Foreign / NRI investments in India.
	2. Import / Export Business with India.
	3. Dual citizenship and NRI intersets.	
	4. Fighting poverty and uneven distribution of wealth in India.
	5. The ethics and moral of today's politics.

And may more issues we all can collectively think of.  

This will help us to have a better understanding of the current problems and could 
lead to excellent solutions. It will also make us proud to be Indians.

Good luck.

-Rajesh
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: tabs@netcom.com (Network Account)
Subject: Bay Area - paying guest opening
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Distribution: ba
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 05:44:41 GMT

There is an Indian family in Sunnyvale which has an opening for a 
paying guest (room + board) for a single person. If you or anyone
you know would be interested, please contact:
 Mr. Desai at (408) 261 - 2101.

-- tabs
PS: PLEASE DO NOT SEND MAIL TO ME. I AM JUST POSTING 
THIS FOR THE FAMILY.


Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: seeta@eng.wayne.edu (Seetamraju UdayaBhaskar Sarma)
Subject: Re: Languages of assam ( Was Re: alt.cultu
Reply-To: seeta@eng.wayne.edu
Organization: College of Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit Michigan, USA
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 03:48:31 GMT

samit,  U miss the whole point ofthe assam agitation, in responding to the
statement by raj das...

When assam was dismembered to create nagaland, tripura, meghalaya etc...
assam was the bully :-  the cultural diversity that existed in those
areas was under danger of destruction under the assamese juggernaut (comparitively).

We have a saying in telugu :-

moguDuki moguDu		<and>		monagaaDiki monagaaDu

translates to the `there is always a male who is superior to the male U thought was the strongest'


Identically, the tables are now turned and now the assamese fear that they will be
extinct swept away by the bengali tidal wave...

Shouldnt they have an area that are in majority and in which their culture is all that
exists...?

Seetamraju Udaya Bhaskar Sarma
(email : seetam @ ece7 . eng . wayne . edu)

In article 1ho9h9INNkbu@hsc.usc.edu, banerjee@hsc.usc.edu (Samit Banerjee) writes:
-+>rajdas@rainier.tandem.com ( Raj Das) writes:
-+>>
-+>>>please refrain from lumping Assam as a state that speaks Bengali, In case you
-+>>>were unaware, Assam has its own language called Assamese, which is different
-+>
-+>In case you were unware, the entire Barak valley speaks Bengali and dont tell
-+>me differently because I have lived there. 
-+>
-+>It is because of parochial Assamese chauvinism of the kind you just displayed
-+>that demands for the dismembering of Assam into a Bengali state of Purbachal
-+>(encompassing the entire southern Brahmaputra valley) and Bodoland in the
-+>North East have been growing and might even come to pass.
-+>
-+>Some people never seem to learn from history and thus condemn themselves
-+>to repeating it's mistakes. The break up of Assam to create some of the
-+>smaller states of the north east should have been a lesson (one would
-+>suppose) not to pander to jingoistic sentiments. Apparently that lesson
-+>seems to have been lost in Assamese insecurity over their own identity.
-+>
-+>Samit


Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: prastogi@netcom.com (Sentient)
Subject: LOOKING FOR HEMANT MITTAL
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 06:14:44 GMT

Hello Everyone,

I am looking for my friend Mr. Hemant Mittal.
He graduated from University of Roorkee, Roorkee
in 1988 and he completed his masters degree in 
CS from IITK in 1990.                                  
Any pointers regarding him shall be highly 
appreciated.

Regards,


Anurag Rastogi



-- 
After all, all he did was string together a lot of old, well-known
quotations.
		-- H. L. Mencken, on Shakespeare
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From: pm8y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Europe-->India: cheap deals
Date: 23 Dec 92 20:48:51 EST
Distribution: soc
Organization: Cornell University

I am interested in a cheap ticket from Rome/London to anywhere in India. Can
anyone recommend some good travel agents/wholesale agents/bucket shop
wheeler-dealers/couriers etc. (in the U.S. and in Europe) that specialize on
this route?  Thanks much.
                   Brij Kothari
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: rajdas@rainier.tandem.com (Raj Das)
Subject: Re: New newsgroup proposal : alt.culture.bengali
Reply-To: das_raj@tandem.com (Raj Das)
Organization: Tandem Computers, Inc.
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 17:12:58 GMT

In article <199212262235.AA06642@mp.cs.niu.edu>, t60bss9@mp.cs.niu.edu (Bijoy Sagar) writes:
|> 
|> 
.
.
|> Bengali is a language spoken by the inhabitants of Bangladesh and three states
|> of India, namely Assam, Tripura and West Bengal. Soc.culture.bangladesh as
                    ^^^^^
I have absolutely no problems regards voting yes for your newsgroup.  However,
please refrain from lumping Assam as a state that speaks Bengali.  In case you
were unaware, Assam has its own language called Assamese, which is different
from Bengali. Just hate it when people skew the facts for their own ends.
If it was a case of ignorance then this post should elucidate the fact
that Assamese is a language, and the people of Assam have their own culture and
customs that vary greatly from the State of Bengal.
--Raj

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From: shubu@green.cs.wisc.edu (Shubhendu S. Mukherjee)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Where and how can I buy Tagore's Sanchaita in the US?
Date: 2 Jan 93 21:31:38 GMT
Organization: U of Wisconsin Madison - Computer Sciences


The subject says it all.  Thanks.  -Shubu.
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Net:shubu@cs.{wisc,utexas}.edu   [W]:(608) 262-1012    [H]:(608) 255-6322
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,purdue.forsale
From: mahadev@bank.ecn.purdue.edu (Vadali Mahadev)
Subject: 1 BR in a 2 BR apt. for Sublease...
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 19:37:00 GMT



Hi Netters:

What:         Sublease one Bed Room in a 2 BR apartment.
Where:        350 South Grant Street, Apt. No. 3
From :        Jan 1st or later.
Requirements: Male
Rent :        $237.50 per month + Utilities(Approx. $25-30)
Deposit:      Not required.  I will leave my deposit.

Please let me know if you are interested in taking a look at
the apartment.
Contact:
E-Mail :      mahadev@ecn.purdue.edu
telephone No. (317) 743-6164(Home)
	      (317) 494-0148(Office)

Please leave a message, and I will get back to you...
Thanks
Mahadev


Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: lahiri@pion.lanl.gov (Amitabha Lahiri  505-667-6825)
Subject: Early Bengali lit. (was Alt.culture.bengal)
Keywords: Chandidas
Organization: Los Alamos National Lab
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 00:28:55 GMT

In article <1hdh7kINN86h@menudo.uh.edu> mece1e3@Jane.UH.EDU writes:
> ..... Only Bengali writings worthy of note before the
> Renessiance period is the composers of the Bengali Ramayana and  
Mahabharata.

Tut, tut :-) -- Forgetting Chandidas is unforgivable. Not many Bengalis 
are well-versed (forgive the pun) with his works though.

> Arindam

Amitabha
From: chintapa@ee.tamu.edu (Koteswara Chintapalli)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Ayodhya .... Aftermath.
Date: 28 Dec 1992 20:28:17 GMT
Organization: Texas A&M University
NNTP-Posting-Host: ee.tamu.edu

Hi netter,

I am looking for a place to stay in San Jose area. I finished my MS(EE)
and I am looking for a job. Anybody who is looking for a room-mate or
knows someone who needs a room-mate, please let me know. Also leave your
ph. no. so that I can get in touch with you. If possible, give me as many
details (location, rent per month, transportation, etc.) possible so that
I can decide whom to contact immediately. I am very flexible and can get
along well. 

I want to come there sometime before Jan. 10, '93.
My ph. # (409) 846-9073. Somebody would answer your call or you can 
leave a message.e-mail address: chintapa@ee.tamu.edu

Thanks in advance for your help.

Rao.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: balaji@milli.cs.umn.edu (Balaji Srinivasan)
Subject: Re: Alt.culture.bengal
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept.
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 22:37:13 GMT

In article <Dec.24.15.42.44.1992.28928@paul.rutgers.edu> varma@paul.rutgers.edu (not yet) writes:
>> >In article <199212240126.AA05216@mp.cs.niu.edu>, t60bss9@mp.cs.niu.edu (Bijoy Sagar) writes:
>> I detected no trace of egoism in Vijay's post. 
>
>Then he has no business of saying that Bengalis will use it for poetry
>and culture as opposed to Tamils, who use it for 'people bashing'.
>(I am not a Tamil.)

  He (Bijoy Sagar) did not say anything incorrect if you consider his statement
  literally. He did not say all tamils who post on SCT do this, nor did he 
  say that only people bashing is done on SCT. Notwithstanding some excellent
  articles on Tamil literature posted by learned netters on SCT, there are 
  still a considerable number of posters on SCT who engage religiously in 
  'people bashing'. Glorious examples of this were immediately after Meenan
  Vishnu started posting LTTE news on SCT / and also the recent outrage 
  about Periyar's ancestry. So it is a fact that a certain section of netters
  did engage in 'people bashing'. Of course it happens regularly on SCI. 
  So Bojoy's statement is not literally incorrect. 

>
>In fact I am of the view that SCI is suitable for such discussions. I
>am not Bengali but do follow Bangla (ek-to ek-to) and enjoy reading
>whatever little I understand. I look forward to seeing other aspects
>of Indian culture on the net. If a.c.b is created, I will be deprived.

  Here, of course, you mentioned a valid point. If a new newsgroup is created
  there wouldn't be much motivation for translations. 

>Regards,
>Harsh Varma

 Balaji.S. 
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  regarded as a criminal offense.
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From: t60bss9@mp.cs.niu.edu (Bijoy Sagar)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: New newsgroup proposal : alt.culture.bengali
Date: 26 Dec 1992 16:34:53 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu



************************************************************************
This proposal is concurrently and simultaneously posted in alt.config
soc.culture.indian soc.culture.bangladesh and alt.culture.kerala
***********************************************************************

I am proposing the creation of a new newsgroup called alt.culture.bengali.
This newsgroup is intented to be a place to discuss Bengali language,
literature and other aspects of Bengali culture.

Why another newsgroup?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Bengali is a language spoken by the inhabitants of Bangladesh and three states
of India, namely Assam, Tripura and West Bengal. Soc.culture.bangladesh as
it currently exists, is a newsgroup for discussing the national concerns of
the population of Bangladesh and is not devoted to the discussion of Bengali
culture. Soc.culture.indian is another newsgroup which concerns the cultural
needs of all the Indians, but does not adequately represent the individual
needs of every Indian language/culture. A precedent of alt.culture.bengali
can be cited in the creation of alt.culture.kerala, alt.culture.andhra and soc.
culture.tamil, which were discussed to discuss the various aspects of the culture of those states. 

Why alt. heirarchy
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

While I have enough indication for the interest in this group, at this stage
I am cautious enough to propose the group in the alt. heirarchy. If the
popularity demands otherwise, I will be willing to go through the pains of
establishing a soc. heirarchy for the newsgroup. Also, since this newsgroup
is mainly to  discuss the aspect of the language more than the culture,
the alt. heirarchy is more appropriate than soc. heirarchy.

Draft charter of the newsgroup
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

This new newsgroup is mainly intented to discuss:
(a) The structure and construction of Bengali language
(b) growth of Bengali language in post-independent India
(c) The literature of Bengali people
(d) The men of letters.
(e) Bengali language and transliteration.
(f) Dialects, deviants and schools within the language.
(g) Other art media that use Bengali language.
(h) Bengali cultural institutions
(i) Politics of power and the language.
(j) Any other topic of relative merit and interest.


I hope I will receive a favorable response.

- Bijoy Sagar

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