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From: mvishnu@bcr3.uwaterloo.ca (Meenan Vishnu)
Subject: Re: Protest March in Toronto
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 13:39:35 GMT

In article <C1F5sE.5I3@vuse.vanderbilt.edu> rst@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (R. Sritharan) writes:
>In article <C1E6D0.3L5@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca> mvishnu@bcr3.uwaterloo.ca (Meenan Vishnu) writes:
>>
>>More than 2000 Tamils took part in a protest march on Saturday 
>>Jan 23, 1993 in Toronto, Canada.  They were protesting against
>>the Indian killing of one of LTTE's leader Kittu along with nine
>     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>other LTTE members.  The march was organized by the Federation of
>>Tamil Organiztions.  The march started at 11.00 am at the 
>>intersection of Young and Bloor Street in Downtown Toronto and
>>ended at 2.00 pm at the Toronto City Hall.  Both the City TV and 
>>CFTO covered the event.  Protesters were carrying placards reading
>>'Indian Navy: International Terrorists' , 'India Killed Peace Maker'
>                                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>and so on.  The march was attended by Scarborough Member of Parliament
>>who vehemently condemned India's action of killing a peace maker.
>>Various Tamil Organizations distributed notices both in Tamil and 
>>English mourning the death of their beloved leader and stating
>>his accomplishments.  At the City Hall, some of the Kittu's comrades
>>read poems often breaking in tears.  
>>
>>Meenan Vishnu
>
>Sigh... Here we go again.
>
>Perhaps, people should read the authentic news
>reports posted in misc.news.southasia ALONG
>WITH THEIR SOURCES.
>
>R. Sritharan


No people should authentic news reported by international news agencies 
like Reuters etc.

Meenan Vishnu
From: rmv@ukc.ac.uk (raj)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
Subject: padikkattu
Date: 24 Jan 93 00:21:20 GMT
Organization: Computing Lab, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.


 
vasantha kala nathigalilE vaiRamaNi neeralaigal
neeralaigal meethinilE nenjirandin ninaivalaigal
ninaivalaigal thodarnthu vanthal neramellam kanavalaigal
kanavalaigal valarvatharku kaamanavan malar(k) kaNaigal
 
malar(k) kaNaigal painthu vittal madi irandum panjanaigal
panjanaiyil paLLi kondal manam irandum thalaiyanaigal
thalaiyanaiyil mugam puthaithu sarasamidum puthu kalaigal
puthu kalaigal peruvatharku poomalai manaviNaigal
 
 
   From the song "vasantha kala nathigalilE"
 
   posted  by   T.C.A. Venkatesan        



==============================================================================
  Please send your "padikkattu varihaL" to rmv@ukc.ac.uk
  

Rules
------

1) There should be a build up
2) No particular line should strike out ie a uniform build up
3) Preferably between 4 to 10 lines but there is no hard limit
4) Let us start with film songs. If this  catchup then we can include
   songs from other sources as well.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
From: nataraja@icaen.uiowa.edu (Manakkal Sriram Natarajan)
Subject: Dialog from Junior Vikatam
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 20:22:42 GMT
Organization: Iowa Computer Aided Engineering Network, University of Iowa


This one is from Junior Vikatam.


Customer:  INTHA CHAPPAL ENNA VILA?
Shopkeeper: PATTHU RUPA SIR, NALLA CHAPPAL
Customer:  INTHA CHAPPAL?
Shopkeeper: IRUVATHU RUPA SIR, NALLA OOYAIKKUM
Customer:  NALLA OOYAICHU ENAKKU SORA PODAPOVUTHU?  PATTHU RUPA CHAPPALA KODU.


 This joke was told by one of my American friends.

Do you know what a Somalian would do if he gets a slice of bread?
Ans:  He would open an restaurant.
	
	Sorry, if it hurts some one. 
	

							Nataraj
.
From: rmv@ukc.ac.uk (raj)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
Subject: padikkattu varihal
Date: 25 Jan 93 22:23:44 GMT
Organization: Computing Lab, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.

I have decided to include non-film songs also in padikkattu varihal.
As I donot want to miss some very good songs of "padikkattu" nature
just because it did not appear in a film ("njAnOdhayam" :-)).

	But please note the updated rules (at the end) for such
articles.



   "vaanarangaL kanikoduththu manthiyOdu konjum
    manthi sindhu kanikaLLukku vaan kavikal kenjum
    kaanavarkaL vizhi eRinthu vaanavarai azhaip par
    samana siththar vanthu vanthu kaaya siththi viLaip par
    thEn aruvi thirai ezhumpi vaanin vazhi ozhukum
    sengkathirOn parikaalum thErkaalum vazhukum"



reference

    This is from kuRavanji. The build up is great.

    thirikOda raasappa kaviraayan


posted by Kathiravan 



==============================================================================
  Please send your "padikkattu varihaL" to rmv@ukc.ac.uk
  

Rules
------

1) There should be a build up
2) No particular line should strike out ie a uniform build up
3) Preferably between 4 to 10 lines but there is no hard limit

** updated rule **

4) If you send a non-film song, please care to add the meaning of "arunjchoRkal"
   ie words not in common use. If possible give some  the refernce.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
From: subraman@myria.cs.umn.edu (Satish Subramanian)
Subject: vaLLuvan kaatiya vazhi - 8
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept.
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 01:22:08 GMT

________________________________________________________________

      Thirukkural      Chapter 1       "kadavuL vazhththu"
					   (Praise of God)

[8]     	"aRavaazhi andhaNanthaaL sErndhaarkku allaal
		piRavaazhi neendhal aridhu"

	"None can swim the sea of vice, but those who are united
	to the feet of that gracious Being who is a sea of virtue"


	  	 Posted by Satish Subramanian
___________________________________________________________________

Corrections/ Discussions/ Different Interpretations are welcome.
	    subraman@cs.umn.edu ( Satish Subramanian )	
	        Thanks to Siva Bala Narayanan
___________________________________________________________________



Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
From: kat@doe.carleton.ca (Kathiravan Krishnamurthi)
Subject: Re: An article by Prof.Jeyaraman
Organization: Dept. of Electronics, Carleton University
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 01:38:51 GMT

In <1993Jan21.230122.26804@udel.edu> chitoor@mercury.cis.udel.edu (Srikrishnan R. Chitoor) writes:

>In article <1993Jan21.060653.22127@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> ssankara@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Sornam Sankara) writes:
>>
>>The following very long article was posted in SCI.  Since it is very long, 
>>please dont try to skip.  It is an excellent article which describes the
>>corruption of intellectualism in every walk of Indian life.  If you are a
>							      ^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>Khuram's follower, you may find it very embarassing.  We cant help it.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^                                     ^^


  I would  take  "We" as including all the right thinking
humans.  
>These kinds of stupid statements are those that prevent healthy discussion,
>and who all are you referring to in `we' ?


>    I also have no problems with introducing `vedic mathematics' if 
>any such thing is found to exist (as long as we do not have one of those
>theological schools). It is ridiculous to dismiss it if it really
>existed. Only thing is that it should not refute the modern science but
>can supplement it (teaching calculus and saying that we had it 2000 years
>back really doesn't hurt). The basic thing is that we should be taught
>our history as it is (with no bias on either side).


   But the problem in India is not mathematics at the moment.
If the vEdaas can teach how to rationalize and question then
they can inclued that. People will learn mathematics after that.
They can include if vEdaas have anything that talk about food
production in the country. People need food, not pOli saami's 
and self proclaimed hindu defenders.

  We do not need all the saamees and kaar sEvaks.
 and shiv sEnaas. 

   "mazhithalum neetalum vENdaa ulakam
    pazhithathai ozhiththu vidin"
   Tamil vEdham TK. 


  "You do not have to shave head or grow beard if
you stay away from things that the world detests"
Kathiravan
>-Krishna.
>Opinions are mine.
> 
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
From: sramamoo@nyx.cs.du.edu (Darth Vader)
Subject: Ragam identification of tamil film songs.
Keywords: ragam, tamil flm songs
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 20:05:34 GMT

Hi,
	Some time ago one of the netters posted a list of tamil film songs
with the ragams. I have a few questions on the ragams of the following
songs. Hope someone there could clarify it.

1. thangaratham vanthathu veethiyilE ----by Balamurali---ragam aabOki?
2. thenRal vanthi ennaith thodum -- film thenRalE ennaith thodu -- ragam
								hamsanaatham?

D.V
From: aruna@tree.egr.uh.edu (affable)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
Subject: kids'/old ladies'  talk
Date: 23 Jan 1993 00:08:25 GMT
Organization: University of Houston
Distribution: world
Reply-To: Venkatachalam Aruna <aruna@tree.egr.uh.edu>
NNTP-Posting-Host: cive.egr.uh.edu

Martina Navrotilava - Martina navaraathirila vaa 
Kung Fu - kungumap poo  
(Read long back in Junior Vikatan)

 Feel free to add more.

 The most interesting part in JV is "Dialog". Can anybody post some
interesting "dialogs" ?

Regards,
Venkat
--
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aruna@simpsons.cc.uh.edu (-do-)     |
(713)225-6426(h) & (713)743-4250(w) |
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From: c23mkb@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com (Mahesh Bagade)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
Subject: Hyderabad email database.
Date: 21 Jan 1993 14:30:49 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

Hello folks,

I am posting this article to this group so that I donot miss anybody who
don't read sci group. My only intention is make sure that this query gets
wide publicity. 

So folks, no flames......

The following query is in an effort to create a hyderabadi database for the
benefit of all the folks from Hyderabad capital of Andhra Pradesh in India.


   PLEASE FORWARD THIS ARTICLE TO ANYONE WHO YOU THINK MIGHT BE INTERESTED
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------

Dear hyderabadis,

In an effort to create a database of all the people from hyderabad, 
we are involved in a database project. A compilation of the information 
will be mailed to all of those who have mailed us one-liners.

I request to please forward this email to whom-ever you might think is
interested in.

THE REQUESTED ONE-LINER CONSISTS OF 5 KEY INFORMATIONS STARTING 
WITH A SPACE AND SEPERATED BY SEMICOLONS.

These are as follows:
  1) First_Name Last_Name.
  2) Email address.
  3) Your coded educational(India) info (example shown below).
  4) Where, in hyderabad, are you from (Roughly).
  5) Your contact phone number in US mainland.

A sample of the requested one-liner from all hyderabadis is shown below:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
<first.last> <email address>                <univ> <addr>  <contact-num>
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mahesh Bagade;c23mkb@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com;cbec88;moulali;(317)453-3872  
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Example: How to code your education inforamtion.
-----------------------------------------------
 The coded univ information consists of just 6 characters:

 1 & 2 = school :: 3 & 4 = major :: 5 & 6 = year of passing out.

     SCHOOL                            SCHOOL-MAJOR
     ------                            ------------
O.U. (campus) : ou     |     Civil       : ce        Psychology  : ps
J.N.T.U       : ju     |     Mechanical  : me        Literature  : lt
C.B.I.T       : cb     |     Electrical  : ee        Business/Adm: mb
M.V.S.R       : mv     |     Electronics : ec        Metallurgy  : mt
Vasavi        : va     |     Computers   : cs        Architecture: ar
Deccan        : dc     |     Industrial  : ie        Other major : xx
Muffakham Jah : mj     |     Navigation  : ne
H.C.U         : hu     |     Mining      : ye
Other univ.   : xu     |     Statistics  : st

PLEASE SEND YOUR ONE-LINERS TO hyd@cs.umbc.edu .
Your cooperation is highly appreciated.

Thank you....

Mahesh
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mahesh K. Bagade      c23mkb@kocrsv01.decloelect.com       ATT @ (317)451-0460
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Organization: Arizona State University
Date: Monday, 25 Jan 1993 16:15:38 MST
From: <AZNYX@ASUACAD.BITNET>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
Subject: re:ragam identification of tamil songs

thendral vandhu ennai thodum = ragam "hamsanatham"
i haven't heard the other song


Natarajan Srinivasan
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 15:24:53 -0500 
From: Ranjith Ravindiran Suresh <thundayal+@CMU.EDU>
Subject: Re: No Subject
	<1993Jan22.200155.3866@cypress.com>

Bapcha writes:

>WHat the fuck are you trying to do ?  Pass death sentences on the net ?
 If you
>like your eelam so much,  why don;t you go back - and remember - I
stand up for
>nothing,  back no "causes"......

I sent that message to someone using an anymous id & pretending to be a TELO
guy. Where the hell did you get the messsage, Bapcha the Bastard?
From: selvakum@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca (C.R.Selvakumar - Electrical Engineering)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
Subject: Re: No Subject
Date: 25 Jan 93 16:31:34 GMT
Organization: University of Waterloo

In article <1993Jan22.200155.3866@cypress.com> ssr@cypress.com (Bapcha/FPGA) writes:
>In article <EfLmjPS00Uh7M6NRk4@andrew.cmu.edu> Ranjith Ravindiran Suresh <thundayal+@CMU.EDU> writes:
>>
>>A small peace of an advise to you: your your comrades' lot will be
>>treated as they ought to be treated for their high treason.Give up the
>>meaningless aliance with the Sinhalase and come home. Otherwise, treason
>>is treason.... Many have already regretted it.
>>
>
>WHat the fuck are you trying to do ?  Pass death sentences on the net ?  If you
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

   Sir, Please use appropriate words on the net. It is an honest
   request. I know yyou have the right to write whatever you wish,
   but as educated people, shouldn't we also exercise our responsibilities ?
   Please consider who in India would have used the words you have 
   written in a public medium ? ( I know some illiterate and people
   who did not have adequate training would use such words in india
   and even they I doubt will use these words in a 'public FORUM' )
   
   I earnestly hope you will contribute to well-being of our nets.
  thanks

>like your eelam so much,  why don;t you go back - and remember - I stand up for
>nothing,  back no "causes"......


 - Selva
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
From: crathina@norton.uwaterloo.ca (C Rathinavelu)
Subject: New District in Tamilnadu
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 03:30:49 GMT

              One more new district in Tamilnadu is going to
be formed on Tamil-new-year's day (April 14/15 1993). The 
South-Arcot district is split into two. The new district is
named as Vallalar with Villupuram as headquarter. This is 
Tamilnadu's 23rd district. I suppose the number of states
in India is equal to the number of districts in Tamilnadu.
So, Tamilnadu may/will have a chance to become Tamizhar_Nadu
soon.  

Info,
Rathinam.

Please : Arul koorndu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
From: mvishnu@bcr3.uwaterloo.ca (Meenan Vishnu)
Subject: Re: Sri-Lankan Tamil Terrorists blow up Gandhi statue in Villupuram
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 20:39:51 GMT

In article <1993Jan27.143005.13799@engage.pko.dec.com> rajamani_t@vmsnet.enet.dec.com (R. Thiyagarajan) writes:
>(UPI News) 
>And also offices of congress party. 
>
>
>Assholes!
>
>RT


bomb blast in TN => LTTE did it.

What a credulous crowd!

Meenan Vishnu
From: div@NAD.3Com.COM (Dinesh Venkatachalam x5498)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
Subject: Re: Sri-Lankan Tamil Terrorists blow up Gan
Date: 27 Jan 93 21:32:30 GMT
Reply-To: div@NAD.3Com.COM
Organization: 3Com Corp

It only said Sri-Lankan Tamil Terrorists in the original posting, is
Meenan Vishnu agreeing that the only Sri-Lankan Tamil Terrorist Org. is LTTE ?

I dont think anybody else who is from Tamil Nadu can remember any non-LTTE
sponsored bomb blasts / terrorist attacks.

For all you LTTE-Anbans/Thambis, keep up this hate-mongering/terrorism and you will loose
all the remaining sympathy from the rest of the 
world.

...Dinesh
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
From: mvishnu@bcr3.uwaterloo.ca (Meenan Vishnu)
Subject: Protest March in Toronto
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 04:12:35 GMT


More than 2000 Tamils took part in a protest march on Saturday 
Jan 23, 1993 in Toronto, Canada.  They were protesting against
the Indian killing of one of LTTE's leader Kittu along with nine
other LTTE members.  The march was organized by the Federation of
Tamil Organiztions.  The march started at 11.00 am at the 
intersection of Young and Bloor Street in Downtown Toronto and
ended at 2.00 pm at the Toronto City Hall.  Both the City TV and 
CFTO covered the event.  Protesters were carrying placards reading
'Indian Navy: International Terrorists' , 'India Killed Peace Maker'
and so on.  The march was attended by Scarborough Member of Parliament
who vehemently condemned India's action of killing a peace maker.
Various Tamil Organizations distributed notices both in Tamil and 
English mourning the death of their beloved leader and stating
his accomplishments.  At the City Hall, some of the Kittu's comrades
read poems often breaking in tears.  

Meenan Vishnu
From: rmv@ukc.ac.uk (raj)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
Subject: maya
Date: 25 Jan 93 22:12:16 GMT
Organization: Computing Lab, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.

>
>
>	   The problem with Vedanta (as formulated by Shankara)
>is that it is easily misinterpreted.  Indeed many new commentators have
>even written explicitly that 'the world is imaginary.  So it is futile to
>seek any happiness here.  It is futile to do anything here'.  This philosophy
                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>is dangerous and counter to human nature.  Whether the world is real 
>or unreal compared to the supposed Brahman should not be of any
>concern to anyone.

 	This is a wrong extrapolation. We are borne in this world to do
something. So no saint or anyone with wisdom will not say anything in the
context you are atributing.
  geedhai (gita ?) says
   "kadamaiyaich sei. palanai edhir pArAdhE".  So he ask us to to the 
"action".


>
>I would agree with the original author and say that the 
>Vedantic philosophy (complete with maaya-vadham of Shankara)
>is the single most cause of decay in Indian civilization. 
>
>It caused Indians to lead miserable lives by always decrying 
>material world which is verily the basis of our existence.  The material
>life is as important and is a basis for spiritual enquiry.  These short
>sighted philosophies basically brought India to its knees.  We need a
>philosophy that encourages to make wealth, wage war to defend territory,
>lead sensual love lives all these while being decorous.  This is precisely
>what VaLLuvar wrote:  An all encompassing book, that talks from
>sensual secret love lives to ways of waging war to ways of making 
>wealth to the merits of renunciation.
>

   I partially agree.  The problem was "a monkey" in the street tried
to live the life of a "lion".  
                The "ultimate" facts must be first realised. Then lived.
When you come to that stage you become a source of great power. People
come to you in 1000s for peace ...
                  But if not having realised the fact, if you just
try to ape the sage you just become a vegetable. This is precisely what has
happened to our society. This is why geedhai is divided in to chapters each 
dealing with a particular menatlity.  If you donot realise the fact 
that a human is a helpless puppet in Gods hands, then donot live a life of 
a njAna yogi. If you think you "can" perform action the do that to 
perfection -- to your ability  --- karma yOham.
	
	All  words of wisdoms  are meant to make you  more powerful 
that what you were before. They not intentended to make a society
a dean one.

                  
                   



>We should throw away Vedanta (even it is right, it is dangerous) and
>follow a philosophy that is based on reason, action and love.


          NOP. What you should throw away is the "pedantic" 
  (mis)interpretations of vedanta   NOT vedanta itself. 

>
>Meenan Vishnu
>


           raj
>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
From: tss@unislc.uucp (Srinivasan Thothathri)
Subject: SamarppaNam - to whom?
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 23:50:16 GMT
From: narasi@cs.tamu.edu (S.L.Narasimhan)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
Subject: F1 Visa -> Help !!!!
Date: 25 Jan 1993 16:13:08 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Department, Texas A&M University
NNTP-Posting-Host: sparc31.cs.tamu.edu

Hi
This is for my friend. He doesn't have an access to this newsgroup.
So u can reply to my address.

My friend is working on his second masters. His visa expired last
December (1992). He has an I-20 till aug'93. He plans to defend sometime
this semester. Is it possible for him to goto India in May? Will he
face any problems for visa renewal? He got it renewed for a year last Jan
(1992). Will it be better if he gets it visa renewed @Laredo? is it
possible? 

thanks in advance



--
Narasimhan
e-mail: sln1887@venus.tamu.edu
		or
        narasi@neuron.cs.tamu.edu
From: kanth@ogicse.cse.ogi.edu (Meenakshi Srikanth)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
Subject: minnal varigaL - 77
Date: 23 Jan 93 00:16:48 GMT
Article-I.D.: ogicse.48990
Distribution: world
Organization: Oregon Graduate Institute (formerly OGC), Beaverton, OR


	"pirindhavar meendum sErndhidum pOdhu 
				azhudhaal konjam nimmadhi!!
	 pEsa marandhu silaiyaay irundhaal
			  adhu thaan dheivaththin sannidhi!!
	 	adhu thaan kaadhal sannidhi!! "


        From  "kAdhal siRahai kARRinil viriththu ..."

	Contributed by R.M.Viknarasah.

	Posted by Srikanth Meenakshisundaram.
--------------------------------------------------------
Contributions Welcome. Please send YOUR minnal varigaL to
kanth@cse.ogi.edu. 
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.tamil
From: nnagarat@top.cis.syr.edu (Nataraj Nagaratnam)
Subject: **LOOKING FOR SRIRAM/PARTHASARATHY/BHARATHY/SUMESH/BALAJI
Organization: Syracuse University CIS Dept.
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 21:54:43 EST

Keywords: 

I'm looking for email or phone #s of the following:

SRIRAM     Georgia Institute of Tech    Chemical Engg   from AC Tech, MADRAS

PARTHASARATHY KESAVAN  Georgia Tech( i guess) Chemical engg(PhD prog) from MADRAS
SUBRAMANIA BHARATHY   from CEG Guindy,MADRAS  in MS COmputer Science
Prog..university not sure about.

T K BALAJI  SUNY Buffalo   in Elec'/Comp Engg from MADRAS

SUMESH MANI   UNIV of Cincinnati    elec. engg     from CEG Guindy  


IF Anyone comes to know about the email addresses or phone no. of the above
mentioned guys, KINDLY inform me.

My email address :nnagarat@top.cis.syr.edu
     phone    (off)  (315)-443-2466
               (res)  (315)-423-0563

Expecting to contact those friends of mine soon by getting info. from thru' this
newsgroup.
Thanks.


-Nataraj Nagaratnam
Organization: Senior, Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA