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From: sdeepak@hubcap.clemson.edu (shankar deepak)
Subject: Info on travel agent
Organization: Clemson University
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 17:38:05 GMT

Hi guys
	I spoke to a travel agent in Colorado by the name of Elliots
Travel. He has offered me  a good deal on tickets to India. I want to know whether any of you have any experiences dealing with. I would be
grateful if you could provide me any info on his reliability.

Thanx
Deepak
e-mail:sdeepak@eng.clemson.edu
	sdeepak@hubcap.clemson.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: DEFENSE - Following the Wrong footsteps?
From: J.Ainikkal@massey.ac.nz (J. Ainikkal)
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 92 05:55:10 GMT
Organization: Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Keywords: defence
Summary: defence
X-Reader: NETNEWS/PC Version 2c

I asked for comments on the possible overspending on defence
>: : Any comments? 
Sree writes:
>: Absolutely there is no need for India to concentrate 'too
>:much' : on defence. Its sufficient to have enough military
>:power >to :tackle 
>: Pakistan(I don't think there is any danger from China). But, 
>: seemingly India spends(in the process loosing; Bofors case)
>:huge 

I do agree:)

Srinath writes:
> I can't comment on whether India lost money on Bofors or what, 
>but for all the noise that was made about Bofors, India did get 
>a good gun. Bofors is being used by certain regiments and they
>are  happy about it.  
 

I do agree:)

>: money on defense deals. This is ridiculous, taking into 
>: consideration the fact that it can't become a military super
>:power 
>: in the world. So, India should stop going around to aquire
>:military  equipment. 
 
I do agree:)

> You may not become a super power but you >need to keep
>replacing old equipment as time goes by. 

I do agree:)
  
>: On a different note, I don't like these *Indian Jawaans* at
>:all. 

Thank U for your opinion on our defence. I personally believe
that we, as a nation, are spending too much for very little in
return. We should be concerned with our economic situation and
the possible threat of Pakisthan. Overspending is silly. I also,
can agree with the need to update our military equipment - But
the point I was trying to get across was that we might be leading
our 'intellectual few' into defence rather than business which
we as a nation - DEFINITELY cannot afford.

As for your personal opinions about Jawans - No comment. I have
neither lived with them nor been run over by their poor driving.
My only contact with the army was with my grand uncle who taught
me how to shoot using cigarette butts as bullets from a 303 rifle
(please - no lectures on misuse). I do have fond memories of him.
I also wish U's  would leave my name out when debating the good
and bad that the Jawans have done. I can somehow understand both
sides.
  
>: ---Sree 
 
> I'd suggest that before you make wild accusations you'd
>consider the "facts" 
>that you have on hand. You as an Indian should be proud of your
>Army. 
>It's known the world over as one of the best, well-trained and
>respected armies. Be Proud of it..... 
 
Respect is earned - You cannot force someone to respect another.
I am not sure Indian Jawans earned Sree's respect. I also realise
the frustations and the other problems of their job. 
Can either of U tell me how much the defence budget is? The U.S.,
until recently, was spending 6% of their GDP on defence ( correct
me if I am wrong).

>Srinath Sarang 

John Ainikkal
'Aotearoa' - Land of the long white cloud
From: shetty@cirrus.com (Suhas A. Shetty)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Travelling Companion needed, SF to Bombay, Singapore Airlines, October
Date: 8 Sep 92 16:33:14 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Cirrus Logic Inc.  Fremont, California
Originator: shetty@ss139


Travelling companion needed for edlerly lady Travelling
from San Francisco to Bombay on Singapore Airlines during
the 1st week of October.

Pls Contact Divakar at 408-224-0688 or email to
shetty@cirrus.com

Thankyou,

Suhas
-- 
Suhas Shetty
(408)945-8305 x7721 (W)
shetty@cirrus.com
From: guptar@ucs.orst.edu (gupta rakesh forest products)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Lookinh for Tarun Agarwal @ Old Dominian University
Date: 11 Sep 1992 13:28:01 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu




Hi

I am looking for Tarun Agarwal (IIT-D graduate; Civil Eng.). He was doing
Ph.D. at old dominion Univ. under a Japanese Prof. in Geotechnical.
Is he still there? or somewhere else?

thanks

rakesh gupta
GUPTAR@UCS.ORST.EDU


Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: ash@iron.sni.ca (Ashwin Palekar)
Subject: Re: Kashmir Campaign
Organization: Siemens Nixdorf, Sietec Open Systems, Toronto, Canada
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 15:52:41 GMT

One thing Adil is forgetting about India , we are a secular country .
It is not like Pakistan or other Islamic countries where other religions
 are suppressed and nearly imposed on all.

From the begining the concept has been that regardless of who has 
the majority everybody has their religious independence upto a extent
it does not adversely affect other's. Hence laws are made considering
commonsense and whats applicable today.

Considering the above approach, when a set of people in the country 
just want to make another country because they belong to another religion 
i do not consider it fair.

In that way there are zillions of differences one can point out and 
claim to break up a country.
If the same thing had happened in a Islamic country -- Religious fanatics
would have wiped out others under the name of religion.

Kashmiri militants have done what Serbs are doing to Bosnians in Bosnia.
Wiping out based on Religious fanatism. 

Kashmiri militants are doing the same thing. Their targets are Hindus.

Nobody in the India has the right to get up and say i want to have a new
country. You want to have a different setup with a different distribution
of power between centre and states -- you are welcome.

Breakups would costs me and my country dearly in terms of money,stability, future,market and much more. I am not ready to compromise on that.

Those in Kashmir who want to stay in a separate country of their own or join 
pakistan have POK . They can enjoy life in POK . Best of luck for them. 







Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: sridhar@enuxhb.eas.asu.edu (Sridhar Venkataraman)
Subject: Re: Looking for astrology program
Organization: Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 02:23:43 GMT

shree@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (sanjiv.bhatt)
writes on soc.culture.indian:

)Hi:
)
)I am looking for program of astrology. I tried to use
)program available on comp.sources.misc but it is of
)western type, base on sun. I am looking for based on
)Luner which create can create Horoscope based on 
)indian astrology.

Here is some info on the ftp server for astrology related stuff:
(Beware, it is in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia)

[Culled from a posting on comp.archives]

The address of the server is hilbert.maths.utas.edu.au or 131.217.60.1
To access it, enter

          ftp hilbert.maths.utas.edu.au
       or ftp 131.217.60.1

and logon as 'anonymous', using your email address as the password.

All the alt.astrology stuff is in the pub/astrology directory. A
README file in that directory gives a list of what's available.

hilbert is used heavily during the day for teaching and research,
so access is limited during this time (2 users maximum). Things
are pretty quiet after-hours, and for 1800-0830 and all day on the
weekend (local time) access is much less restricted.

Here are some handy conversions for 1800-0830 (Summer time in Hobart):

          London       0700-2130
          New York     0200-1630
          Los Angeles  2300-1330

Archive Contents:

resources     A list of astrological resources, including a selected
              bibliography of useful books, a guide to astrological
              software, and lists of astrological organizations
              worldwide.
win.rowe      A huge astrological bibliography collected by Win Rowe.
              Especially useful for those interested in history.
astrolog      A directory containing all the source files for Walter
              Pullen's wonderful birthchart program
astrolog.zip  A zip archive containing a dos executable version of
              astrolog.


)Sanjiv Bhatt

Sridhar.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.pakistan
From: j0srin01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu
Subject: Looking for C.F. George at Case Western
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 21:19:11 GMT
Organization: University of Louisville

I am looking for C.F. George who waz working in Digital Equipment Corp.
Bangalore. He must have come to Case Western Univ. do his M.S. in Computer
Science. If anybody knows info. about him pl. email to at:
	j0srin01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu

Thanx.

Jeevesh Srinivasamurhty
University of Louisville
________________________________________________________________________________
Electrical Engineers bring good things to life & make it worth living!!!
________________________________________________________________________________
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: kumar@ra.csc.ti.com (Sundeep Kumar)
Subject: Clear Automata/Computation Questions While Rohit Parikh is on the NET !!
Organization: Texas Instruments
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 21:54:06 GMT


>> <RIPBC@CUNYVM.BITNET> writes :
>>I completely agree with all this.  However, when the extreme positions on
>>one side are severely and repeatedly criticised, and all positions on the
>>other side are tacitly approved by NOT being criticised, then I smell a
>>rat!  My question again, what is your opinion on the mother who takes
>>cocaine a few hours before labour, the child is harmed and the Conn.
>>high court says, "sorry, but no `person' was harmed", because the harm took
>>place while it was still in the womb. To be credible, criticism must be even
>>sided.

>>Rohit Parikh

If CS Student netters have'nt noticed <RIPBC@CUNYVM.BITNET> is the account of Rohit Parikh, 
quite a famous indian born researcher in Formal languages and automata. His Theorems
showing relationships between CFG;s and REGL's appear in practically all UG books
on Automata. So Those of us whith Questions in this area, can possibly get some
expert advice from Dr.Parikh while he is still on the net !!

My Question to Dr. Parikh : In Your Opinion what do you think is the possiblity of
			    developing a Grammar for Speech Understanding (includes
			    English language  understanding) ? Please note that there
			    are grammars that give 95% accuracy on text but I am asking
			    about Speech + Text grammars.
			    ( You can send me Email if you believe SCI is not a proper
			      Forum for this discussion).

--Sundeep
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: raj@utkvx3.utk.edu (S. KANAKA RAJ)
Subject: Re: KASHMIR CAMPAIGN ( AKHAND BHARAT )
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: University of Tennessee Computing Center
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 03:57:00 GMT

In article <1992Sep09.174434.18567@ncrcae.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM>,
indu@iss700.Columbia.NCR.COM () writes...

>   To turn around this situation many reformers like Dayananda, RamaKrishna,
>   Raja Rama Mohan Roy started chastising this society.
>-Indu.

Shri Ramakrishna was not a reformer. He was a living religion. He did not try
to convert any section of the people. By living as a Vedhanthin, a Muslim, and
a Christian, he realized that Oneness. He proved that one can realize God in
whatever path he chooses to follow. Only condition is the realization that God
lives in everything, the matter and the animate. To say he was a reformer is a
denigration.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

	Who are you? Can anybody define one's own physical existence?

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

S. Kanaka Raj

Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Questions on Student Visas
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 15:51:00 -0500

To: sudeep@informix.com (Sudeep Dharan)
 >what are the steps that were necessary to obtain a
 > F1 student
Take I-20 to the consulate and apply.
 >     1)  What is required at the US embassy in Madras ?
I-20, proof of funds or sponsorship.
 >     2)   Do they want to see who the financial sponsor
 > is ?
I am not sure what you mean by that.
 >     3)  What are the chances of a Young Single Female
 > getting a
50 - 50.  Be sincere, do not try to be cute, chances are you will get it.
 > Student Visa ? What are the chances of
 > getting a VISA from a Private University as opposed to a State University ?
No difference.
 >     4)  Can the sponsor be someone in the US or some
 > other countries ?
Has to be someone in the U.S.
 >     5)  Do they question/interrogate you at the
 > Embassy ?
You bet.
 >     6)  If so, what do they ask ?
Varies.  Mostly, they want to make sure that you will come back to India.
 >     7)  How long does the whole application process
 > take ?
Same day, I think.
 >     8)  If someone has been rejected initially, could
 > you inform me as to what were the typical reasons for the rejection ?
That they have not convinced the interviewing officer regarding their
nonimmigrant intent.
 > If so how do you re-apply (or can you re-apply) ?
Procedure for reapplication is the same as the procedure for application.
 >     9)  If One wants to study for a MBA here, what are
 > the types ofquestions that were asked ?
 See answer to #6.
Good Luck.
From: sodder@caju.enet.dec.com
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Interested in a VJTI Alumni Association?
Keywords: VJTI
Date: 9 Sep 92 20:48:57 GMT
Reply-To: sodder@caju.enet.dec.com ()
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


This article was posted on behalf of Sanjiv.


To: Alumni of Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute (VJTI)
    University of Bombay

Anyone interested in forming a VJTI Alumni Association or just
getting in touch with VJTI Alumni in the USA please contact:

	Sanjiv Hingorani
	245 East 40th St. #25C
	New York, NY 10016

He has just returned from India and visited VJTI while he was
there.  Dr. V. N. Gupchup, formerly Principal of VJTI is now 
Pro Vice Chancellor, University of Bombay.  Dr. B. S. Bhat,
formerly Vice Principal and head of the Mechanical
Engineering Dept., is now Principal of VJTI.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: cass@netcom.com (Diana Tenery-Fisher)
Subject: Re: Fixation with Tall, dark handsome types
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 02:18:22 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

(talk, dark, handsome... and inter-racial marriage stuff deleted)

Do you know what the instance of inter-racial relationships/marriages
for Indians and Americans is? If it even happens, does it tend to be
Indian men and american women or Indian women and american men? Does
anyone know of an literature or movies on the subject? Thanks.

diana

Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: anupam@eng.umd.edu (Anupam Malhotra)
Subject: Info wanted: Physiology/Biochemistry/Nutrition majors
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 92 15:35:59 GMT
Organization: College of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park
Keywords: physiology, biochemistry, nutrition, information

Hi !

I'm posting this request-for-information for a friend.  If you can help him out,
please send him e-mail at :
                        arora@eng.umd.edu 
        or reply to me at :
                        anupam@eng.umd.edu.
Thanks in advance.

Anupam

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Hi Guys,
> 
> My brother, Vikram Arora, and one of our family friend's daughter, Ms. S. 
> Gayitri, are applying for a PhD to schools in the US.  My brother, Vikram, is
> finishing his MSc in Physiology (including human nutrition), and Gayithri is
> completing her MSc in Biochemistry in May 1993. They both want to apply for
> admission and (needless to say) financial aid in their respective departments. Their
> interests are wide open and are primarily guided by the availability of assistantships. 
> 
> Vikram would ideally like to go to a univ. with a medical school which
> has a physiology dept., or any university with a nutrition/dietetics
> department. I would appreciate it if you could send me information about these departments
> at your school.  If possible, please ask the respective departments to
> mail application material (including financial aid form) separately to:
> 
> Mr. Vikram Arora                       Ms. S. Gayithri
> 3C/133 NIT                 &           3C/133 NIT                             
> Faridabad 121001                       Faridabad 121001
> INDIA                                  INDIA
> 
> I am assuming that the physiology, nutrition, and biochemistry
> departments best fit their needs. If, however, you feel they fit into any other dept.,
> please send me or them deparmental info about the same.
>  
> Thanks in advance.  I really appreciate your help.
> 
> AJAY
>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.indian.telugu,soc.culture.indian.tamil
From: nsd1@gte.com (Niral Dwivedi)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Ticket for Sale.
Date: 9 Sep 92 00:36:05 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: GTE Laboratories Incorporated, Waltham MA


My friedn asked me to post this information on his behalf. He
needs to sale a round trip ticket to Tampa-Newark-London-Newark-
Tampa. Details follows:

      Friend's name and phone number:

                   Dr. Manjul D. Derasari.
                    (813)977-6695

     Ticket info.:

         Air Line: Continental
         Baught: June 1992 (I don't know the exact day in June'92).
         Valid till: June 1993.
         Route: Tampa, FL to Newark, NJ.
                Newark,NJ. to London,UK.
                London,UK to Newark, NJ.
                Newark,NJ to Tampa,FL.

He is willing to negotiate.

Please call him directly at the above number for details.

Niral Dwivedi.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.pakistan
From: murthy@ssdws13.asl.dl.nec.com (Vasudev Murthy)
Subject: Re: SALMAN RUSHDIE
Organization: NEC America, Inc. Irving, Texas
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 13:18:16 GMT

In article <1992Sep11.005525.7823@twg.com> khan@twg.com (Sharaz Khan) writes:
>
[deleted]

>aspects than that of Mecca 1400  years ago.  Besides, my being "paranoid"
>about the West is nothing new.  I have come to this conclusion after 
>much such as:
>
>- Double-standard in the case of Kuwait when Iraq invaded it vs that of 
>  the occupation of Pelestine by the Zionists.
>
>- Double-standard when all resolutions passed in the UN are implemented 
>  in Kuwait but not in Pelestine.
>
>- Double-standard when "protecting" the Shites in Iraq, whereas neglecting
>  Bosnia's genocide as a "regional guerella warfare".
>
>- Double-standard in asking Pakistan to sign the nuclear non-proliferation 
>  treaty whereas India is devoid from this right.
>
>- Double-standars in helping the Afghans to fight against the former US
>  "evil" (communism), and not doing the same for Bosnians.
>
>This list can go on and on, so get out of my face and don't teach me what 
>it is to be a Muslim and not feel what happens around the world to Muslims
>at the hands of the West - directly or indirectly.
>

OK. Then what are you doing here working in the West? Why
don't you pack your bags and head home? Why be a slave of
the bloodsucking evil West?

[deleted]
>Jewish faiths.  Once a person becomes Muslim, it is obligatory for one
>to refuse most that operates in the current system of Government.  Can
>you tell me how this will affect voting in future?  
>

What are you recommending? That the USA become an Islamic
state? Interesting. You come here on the basis of
application of secular laws, you get a job since
discrimination on the basis of religion is not permitted, do
exactly what you want, express yourself in whichever way you
want and then complain about the evil west. Don't like the
West? Prefer the Islamic state you came from? Then go back.
Who is stopping you?
>
>Sharaaz Khan
>

Vasudev

-- 
Vasudev Murthy             Any opinions expressed are strictly  
murthy@asl.dl.nec.com      my own  and have nothing to do with
(214) 518-5031             Advanced Switching Lab, NEC America, Inc.
1525 Walnut Hill Lane Irving TX 75038
Xref: sparky soc.culture.indian:30454 talk.abortion:35349
From: uds@wsu-eng.eng.wayne.edu (Seetamraju Udaybhaskar)
Subject: Re: Carrying a laptop to india...
Reply-To: uds@wsu-eng.eng.wayne.edu (Seetamraju Udaybhaskar)
Organization: Wayne State University, Detroit
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 21:41:49 GMT

In article <417281@athena.lkg.dec.com> venkat@leena.athena.lkg.dec.com (Venkat Tangirala Ramana) writes:
>A friend wants to send a laptop computer to his father in India.
>He would like to know if the laptops are available in India and how much
>do they normally cost, and what would be the customs duty if sent from here.
>/*VENKAT*/


All laptop and portbale computers are allowed into india DUTY FREE, as long
as they are declared (with proof to be shown on demand) that it is a personal
possession.  Basically, keep the purchase reciepts, and rub sand and a little
aavakaya (or sambar or masoor ka daal) to make it look old an smelly.


Seetamraju Udaya Bhaskar Sarma
(email : seetam @ ece7 . eng . wayne . edu)
From: txd6871@tesla.njit.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: H1-mult, under new law-question
Date: 10 Sep 92 15:48:08 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology

Dear H-1 Visa Gurus,

I have a H-1B under the new law, and I have been sent only
one blue form from INS (I-797). I am planning to
go for my multiple, but in all postings previously,
there is mention of 2 blue forms, w/o which, the consulates
do not issue H-1 multiple. Were those forms given under the old rule 
i.e before Oct 1991? Is there anyone who has got a multiple with
the H-1 approval under the new law ?

Also can anyone suggest the format of the letter, which they want
from employer, to show that one has to travel international ?

I would appreciate on this matter, and would post the summary on the
net.

Thanks

Tirthankar
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.sri-lanka,soc.history
From: thaya@Siri.Unit.NO (Thayanantha Balasundaram)
Subject: Re: Were there universities in India before the British went?
Keywords: world
Organization: Norwegian Institue of Technology
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 18:24:22 GMT

In article <BuKoM3.384@apollo.hp.com>, nelson_p@apollo.hp.com (Peter Nelson) writes:
 > 
 > 
 >    Well
 >    As an American
 >    I am 
 >    
 >    "Well,
 > 
 > 
 > ---peter
 > 
 > 
 > 
      you do not have rights to post here. understand! 

      President of the United States of America
      your sincierly 
      thayanantha
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Friday, 11 Sep 1992 12:59:07 CDT
From: <U54904@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject:    Why can't Indian girls be more outgoing

Ever noticed how Indian guys and girls just do not socialize . Why is it that
takes a year before you can hold a decent conversation with a desi female witho
ut having her run off to do some work. Comments expected.


Mohan Putcha                             No I am not another
Univ of Illinois                         FIG-Frustrated Indian Guy
Chicago