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From: sdoki@maxine.wpi.edu (Suresh Doki)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Tagore-Related Conference at Urbana-Champaign?
Date: 13 Oct 92 04:51:26 GMT
Distribution: soc
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
NNTP-Posting-Host: maxine.wpi.edu

>Sometime back there was a posting on SCI regarding some Tagore-Related
>Conference in Urbana-Champaign.  Could someone mail me that posting?  
>A friend of mine is trying to find out more about the Tagore society in 
>Urbana-Champaign.

i just checked the previous 862 articles. i could not find any article
with the string 'tagore' or 'Tagore' in the headers. if you are sure
that the subject or summary or keywords or any other item in the
header has 'tagore' or 'Tagore' in it then can you give me more
information about the article like how many years back it was posted
and was it posted to your local group and so on.


thanx in advance.


suresh
From: sxm8683@hertz.njit.edu (Srini Mullapudi)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: LOOKING FOR DURGA PRASAD (CBIT- HYDERABAD)
Date: 12 Oct 92 21:22:55 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.
Originator: sxm8683@hertz.njit.edu

Hi!
I am looking for Durga Prasad I. from Hyderabad.
He did his Master's program at Univ. of Texas at Austin.
Kindly mail any information about him to the following
adresses:
	sxm8683@hertz.njit.edu
 or	sxm8683@msaol.njit.edu

Thanx
  
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: godura@oin.cis.udel.edu (Ruchir Godura)
Subject: Re: Humourous Incidents involving desis
Organization: University of Delaware, Newark
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 22:05:29 GMT

In article <1992Oct1.211156.7601@vela.acs.oakland.edu> janand@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Jayaraman Anand) writes:
>Hi folks
>I am compiling a book consisting of funny incidents involving freshers before
>getting accustomed to the Phirangi environment.
> 
>One such example:
>
>#define new comer NC
>#define old timer OT
>
>NC has just landed in detroit. a couple of OTs are picking him up.
>NC : i saw a movie during the flight. It was really good.
>OT : What is the name of the Movie?
>NC : I don't remember  But it was a silent movie
>OT : Oh really ! Did u buy the ear phones.
>
>The above incident really happenend.
>
>I would really appreciate some input. Due credit will be given and 
>names of the involved guys/gals will not be revealed.
>-- 
>J Anand.
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
Well, here is one true incident.
NC arrived in US in July (me). Feels veteran compared to NC arriving in
Sept. Call NC arriving in July NC-- .
NC telling NC-- : Yaar, apartment mein kuch bhi nahin hai ! Gaadi jugaad
kar na, shopping ke liye.
    (There's nothing in the apt. Can u manage a car to do some shopping
    ?)
NC-- telling NC : Why the emergency ?
NC telling NC-- : Yaar, nahane ke liye shower curtain nahin hai, aur
shit marne ke liye dustbin bhi nahin hai !
     ( No shower curtain for bathing, no dustbin for shitting )
NC-- : Shit maarne ke liye  dustbin ????
NC   : Aur kya, woh sab toilet paper kidhar phenkne ka hai ?
       ( where do I throw the toilet paper ?)_

(* NC had been staying in NC-- 's apartment for the last 1 week *)



Another one involving me, when I was an NC:
First meal I cooked, complete with mom's handwritten recipes in one
hand, and lots of labelled masaala packets by my side, and my brand new
kadhai and prestige pressure cooker: I was on the verge of creating a
culinary masterpiece, when all of a sudden this deadly ear-splitting
noise goes off. Probably another Pearl Harbour ... I rush, alarmed, out
of the apartment, waiting for folks to pour out on the streets around
me. I have a long wait..
Have disconnected my smoke alarm since.

Ruchir.


Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: hhasan@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Hussain Hasan)
Subject: Testing
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 18:08:33 GMT
Organization: Illinois State University

this is a test.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: g9220348@cc.uow.edu.au (adil shaikh)
Subject: Re: Places to Suggest for Honey Moon .
Organization: University Of Wollongong
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 92 10:20:08 GMT

g9069216@cc.uow.edu.au (manish r. ghandhi) writes:

>u8903845@cs.uow.edu.au (Anil Sachdeva) writes:

>>Hi

>>I am getting married in January in Delhi .
>>I was wondering if you could suggest me some places .
>>I intend to go for one month trip .



>If you are planing to have honey moon in India then 

>The best place is ***The lion resort***Sasan Gir*****

>or The Chandni Choke in Delhi and Dharavi in Bombay.
        **************


Chandni Choke is a historical area.
Even Mirza Asadullah Khan "Al-Ghalib" had his honey moon there.


Sorry, I do not have any evidence of it because his personal diary 
was burnt in 1857.

After all, some time Historical things are *assumed facts* without
evidence.

Bye
Adil
From: a726226@shiva.mc.ti.com (Savithri)
Subject:  HYPOCRISY
Originator: a726226@shiva.mc.ti.com
Reply-To: kali@shiva.mc.ti.com
Organization: _
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 12:24:59 GMT


J.Ainikal always goes back to the reason of poverty
being the cause of the Indian male's sleezy slimeball
behaviour.  While there is no doubt some merit to this
what I find to be most hypocritical in your posts is
time and again you have openly admitted that the reason
you have taken refuge in a "WHITE LAND" is that you 
have no guts to face the poverty in INDIA.
Then, why is it sooooooooo difficult for you to
stomach the fact that the Indian women who have made the
US their home find the situation in India with respect
to male domination/sexual harassment, etc. INTOLERABLE?
Nobody denies that the latter is non-existent in the US
just as nobody can deny that the poverty in the US has 
been eliminated.  By the same token, it is ridiculous
to say that the poverty in this country is comparable to
the situation in INDIA.  There will never be total
eradication of either crime (poverty or harassment)
and when people make their choices and voice their opinions
there is no sense in denying or ridiculing it.
Also do you think that the women in general are happy
in INDIA despite the unspeakable crimes committed on them?
You seem to suggest that they are.  Well! surprise surprise!
Most of them are NOT and the trouble is that there is not
a DAMN thing they can do about it.  THe ones who were fortunate
have escaped the tyranny (just as you were fortunate to escape
the poverty).  If your logic holds, then the people living in
utter povery must be quite happy in India and they are not
very concerned about changing it.  Perhaps they are over
stating the poverty levels in INDIA? It really isn't so bad,
and they are just blowing it all out of proportion?  Does that
not sound utterly ABSURD?
When one lives in INDIA one is aware of the poverty levels but
somehow the majority turn a blind eye to it and continue to 
lead their lives and somehow are able to push that aside from
their daily lives (unless they are a part of it).  Even so, the
women continue to lead their lives knowing that they are
fighting a losing battle (unless they belong to a privileged
class where they are not exposed to such atrocities!)
And one last note, the women who have been speaking out on 
the net did not suddenly realise that the sitaution back in
INDIA stinks after moving to th US.  The only differene is
that they can voice it here with advanced communication modes.
If you carefully read all the articles, you will note that they
were quite distressed back in INDIA but could not DO a DAMN thing
due to the structure of that society.
-- 
.............................................
KALI, THE AVENGER
.............................................
From: uds@trace.eng.wayne.edu (Seetamraju Udaybhaskar)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: India Testing World's 1st Birth-Control Vaccine
Keywords: Birth Control Vaccine Test
Date: 15 Oct 92 22:17:08 GMT
Reply-To: uds@trace.eng.wayne.edu (Seetamraju Udaybhaskar)
Organization: Wayne State University, Detroit

In article <1bgv87INNr1d@iraul1.ira.uka.de> sirdesh@i32s1.ira.uka.de (Sam Sirdesh) writes:
>- of course, ethics. Abortion is a big undecided debate in every country
>on Earth. In this case, neither the mother nor the foetus are aware of
>the effects of the contraception when it occurs at such an early stage.

Ethics, simply does NOT come into the picture.  In hinduism, by killing a conception,
you are playing as the paramaatma planned it for you.  I am completely ignorant of
the muslim view.  Christians, (you may have heard the pope), consider abortion
and use of condoms - an act against god, because by doing so you have prevented
through `cure' or `pre-conceptual-prevention' the creation of god. -- which is
clearly a sin.  (That's why I cant figure out how `pulling-<it>-out-at-the right-time'
is not anti-godly (get my reasoning?).  -- The pope said that).

As for the debate going on in the christian world about abortion, is has more to do
with uncharted territories that science has thrown open.

Anyway, as long as there is a need for having female babies have to be disposed off 
you will find a overwhelming support for abortion in india.

Seetamraju Udaya Bhaskar Sarma
(email : seetam @ ece7 . eng . wayne . edu)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: gagrawal@cs.tamu.edu (Gopal Agrawal)
Subject: Re: BM-RJB issue (more developments)
Organization: Computer Science Department, Texas A&M University
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 17:37:26 GMT

In article <1992Oct13.134739.25102@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> rroy@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Raja R Roy) writes:
>
>change the demography of Kashmir. If only we had allowed Indians outside
>Kashmir to settle  there, today we would not have the problem of Kashmir.
>As it turns out Nehru was an idiot, not to have allowed so.

I agree completely with the above point. Maybe VHP does not believe in 
cleansing muslims from India, but if I were the GOI, I would have cleansed
kashmir of all muslims and forced them to rehabilitate themselves anywhere 
else in India except kashmir. 

I had muslim friends in India and I find them ok as long as they are in 
a minority, but once they form pockets of muslim majority, they are indeed 
a pain in the neck since they always tend to think of themselves as a 
seperate nation within India. 

keep posting,
Gopal Agrawal

Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: kohli@umbc2.umbc.edu
Subject: Visa Cut-off date:new date
Organization: University of Maryland Baltimore County
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 18:41:15 GMT

The visa cutoff of date for India under Employment Category II is 
June 1, 1991.  For information call INS at (202)663-1541. The dates
change on every 10th of a calender month.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: aluru@IASTATE.EDU (Srinivas Aluru)
Subject: A doubt (Re: More about India)
Reply-To: aluru@IASTATE.EDU (Srinivas Aluru)
Organization: Iowa State University
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 21:16:05 GMT

Which of the following is true?

1) Women are as capable as men and hence they should be given equal
   opportunity and respect.

2) Women are less powerful than men (for whatever reasons) but in the
   interest of fairness, they sould be given equal opportunity and respect.

Just curious...

-aluru
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,
From: ramani@saathi.ncst.ernet.in (S. Ramani)
Subject: Island - the city magazine of Bombay 
Organization: National Centre for Software Technology, Bombay, India.
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 04:55:42 GMT

Bombay lovers may know that there is a magazine named Island, covering
city life. Do any of you have anything special to tell readers of the
magazine? Is there a Bombay lovers' (I mean those who love Bombay!)
club somewhere ?  Are there any readers for the magazine outside India
?  Does anyone have anything special to contribute ?

If you send me Email within 24 hours, I shall be happy to pass it on to
the magazine. Someone is dropping in from the magazine, tomorrow
morning.

Ramani
From: sdoki@maxine.wpi.edu (Suresh Doki)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,wpi.students.desis
Subject: Re: Need help in Vancouver, Canada
Date: 15 Oct 92 01:03:47 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
NNTP-Posting-Host: maxine.wpi.edu

(Priyadarshan Kolte) said:
>My friend will be attending the OOPSLA conference in


big deal! my friends rajeev tipnis ravi narayan are attending vis 92
and tippy is also presenting a paper.

suresh
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: g9220348@cc.uow.edu.au (adil shaikh)
Subject: Re: UN map sans Kashmir
Organization: University Of Wollongong
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 92 04:19:58 GMT

v079rbu4@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu writes:


>STOP DREAMING Be realistic Kashmir belongs to India thats it.

Be realistic.
You should know that U.N. is not fool.

Bye
Adil

Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: ngopalas@nyx.cs.du.edu (Nath Gopalaswamy)
Subject: Re:A Feminist Problem
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 92 04:49:52 GMT


In article <1992Oct9.193451.23596@b30.ingr.com> shiva@b30.ingr.com (Shiva Shivakumar) writes:
>In article <1992Oct9.121144.21458@lut.ac.uk> lssk@lut.ac.uk (S Karnavar) writes:
[some trivial and non-essential stuff deleted :-)]

>I want to change my last name to Madras (inspiration from Carnatic musicians)
>so that my wife, also from Madras, can feel less exploited, but she along with
>many others thrashed the idea because they say I do not qualify to be called
>Mr. Madras ! 
>
>On a serious note, the ladies mentioned above are enraged (justifiably) about
>some real problems womyn face  and I am sure this name business is not a big
>deal for them. I  expect Nath Gopalaswamy to flame me and you for dwelling
>on trivial stuff.
>
Now that Ms D'Cruz has announced her intentions of leaving SCI I have lost all
hope and reason to post on this subject any longer :-(. I was devastated when
I read that she and other women were not going to write any longer on this 
subject, and here I was living in this fool's world that I was witnessing the
emergence of a women's movement on SCI :(. 
And now I get a reputation of being a senseless flamer to top it all. I hereby
also announce my departure from SCI ( in posting aspects only :) ) and will not
post again till the women do so. I apologize to one and all who have been hurt
or angered by my posts and humbly seek their forgiveness. Thank you. 

Nath.  

>
>Shivakumar Sitalakshmi (I do like using my mother's name as my last name)


Xref: sparky soc.culture.indian:33688 soc.culture.indian.telugu:523
From: sdoki@maxine.wpi.edu (Suresh Doki)
Newsgroups: wpi.students.desis,soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.indian.telugu
Subject: Can someone help me please?
Date: 13 Oct 92 03:10:09 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
NNTP-Posting-Host: maxine.wpi.edu


can someone help me with some suggestions as to how to live with ajay
khanna? 


hey megazone are you listening? 


suresh
From: kaji@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Tejas Kaji)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Chemical Industry-India
Date: 10 Oct 1992 20:13:30 GMT
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.7.4
Originator: kaji@csd4.csd.uwm.edu


If an American chemical company wants to set up a subsidiary in
India, what hurdles does it face?

What are new policies (indian) that govern the Indian chemical Industry?
i.e., entry and exit of foreign firms, etc.

Are there any benefits in Foreign Direct Investment in the Indian Chemical
Market?

I would appreciate if anyone can let me know the best information source(s)
that I could consult to answer these questions.

I have tried ABI CD-ROM. Not much information.

Thanks 

-- 
******************************************************************************
Tejas Kaji                       E-mail (internet): kaji@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee           or       kaji@convex.csd.uwm.edu
******************************************************************************
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: janand@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Jayaraman Anand)
Subject: Re: best success
Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI.
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 17:44:12 GMT

In article <1992Oct14.191425.1@eagle.wesleyan.edu> skumar@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes:
>In article <1992Oct14.151018.25507@ugle.unit.no>, Thayanantha  writes:
>> only very tight baby hard rock low way broke
>> 
>> please do no p,.
>> 
>> Synhovedoppgave.
>> 
>> risk U' silence.
>> 
>> give me the ransom p,.
>> 
>> emeritus emirate.
>> 
>> Thayanantha 
>> 
>> 22 2.
>> 
>> apple!!!
>> 
>> milk!!
>> 
>> water!
>> 
>> smily town.
>> 
>> white snow.
>> 
>> 
>> i mean ever use
>> thayanantha be more

tortillas

shoes

Nike
pullaiah

crazy T

ijoimanman


Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: g9220348@cc.uow.edu.au (adil shaikh)
Subject: Re: Sikh/khalsa net
Organization: University Of Wollongong
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 92 00:46:28 GMT

hansm@madmats.esd.sgi.com (Madhsudan Hans) writes:

>In article <22721@galaxy.ucr.edu>, studmffn@watnxt12.ucr.edu (Arvin Taneja)
>writes:
>|> 
>|> 
>|> I was wondering if anybody has any information on how to join the Sikh
>|> or  
>|> Khalsa net. Thanks.
>|> 
>|> 
>|> Arvind Singh
>|> 
>|> (@studmffn.watserv.ucr.edu)



>Yep, please let me know as well ...







Me too....

My e-mail address is:


g9220348@wampyr.cc.uow.edu.au





Bye
Adil
From: dikkala@maxine.wpi.edu (Ravikumar Dikkala)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,wpi.students.desis
Subject: Re: Boring discussion!!!
Date: 9 Oct 1992 11:00:01 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
NNTP-Posting-Host: maxine.wpi.edu
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

dxn@juniper.WPI.EDU (Deepak Narain) writes:
: 
: 
: I think it is spelled Cool...your morAn.

	Kewl, you moron...
: 
: --
: deepak

-Dikkala
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: rgsavoo@srv.PacBell.COM (Raj Savoor)
Subject: NEWS: Cellular Licenses in India
Organization: Pacific * Bell
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 16:23:29 GMT


2 US COMPANIES WIN INDIA CELLULAR FRANCHISES

BellSouth Corp. and Cellular Communications International will
operate cellular telephone franchises in Madras, India, according
to India's department of telecommunications.  BellSouth will
operate its franchise with the Thapar group; Cellular
Communications' franchise will be run with Sterling Cellular Ltd.
Two operators have been selected for each city of Madras,
Calcutta, Delhi, and Bombay.   One Bombay franchise will be
operated by France's SFR and Britain's General Mobile; the other
will be operated by France Telecom.  Calcutta's franchises go to
Telekom Malaysia and Britain's Vodaphone.  Delhi's networks will
be run by Bell Canada and Australia's OTC.  Other services being
opened up include radio paging, voice and electronic mail, video
text, and audio- and video-conferencing.  India itself only has
these services in rudimentary form, and participants in the
international market are rushing to take advantage of the vast
Indian market.
(Journal of Commerce (10/14/92), P. 4A  Telecom Today MIN 92183)

Separately, the contract to supply local digital switches was awarded to 
L.M.Ericsson, Siemens and Fujitsu. 


Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: srini@ecf.toronto.edu (KANDALA SRINIVAS)
Subject: Re: Can a girl and a guy be just friends
Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 14:23:09 GMT

In article <71046@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt9911a@prism.gatech.EDU :-)) (SMILE :-) writes:
>just be friends or is it true what people say in India " A girl and a guy

Do you remember the movie "Harry met Sally"?

>can never be just friends". I would like to know the opinions of different
>people.                                        
>
>Sundar 

srini
-- 
Blue Jays: 1992 World Champions
From: kanga.caltech.edu!vidya (Vidyasankar Sundaresan)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: VALLUVAN HAS CHEATED - WHY ?
Date: 13 Oct 1992 02:42:30 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
NNTP-Posting-Host: piglet.caltech.edu
Originator: vidya@piglet

In article <1992Oct12.204631.13083@morgan.ucs.mun.ca>  
raghu@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Raghu B) writes:
- 
- 	I can never believe this. I thought valluvan was one of
- the greatest guy on this earth. How can that fellow do like this.
- So far , we have been thinking whatever he had said were morals
- and virtues. 
- 
- 	Why did he have such a hatred for women. Why does he think
- that women is not dependable. We have heard stories about
- Valluvan-vasuki couple. They were one of the best ones in our
- past history.  What made him write like this.
- 
- 	Now, I have a doubt whether one should follow his morals.
- Is he a guy who wrote things irrespective of caste,creed,religion etc.,
- I never thought he had a weak point here.
- 
- 	I welcome your comments on this.
- 
- 
- 				Raghu B
- 
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- 
-    "Valluvaa !  ennai EmaththittiyE !!"
- 
- ------------------------------------------------------------------



Valluvan emaththavillai. Naam Emaarndom. The story of Valuuva and Vasuki  
being an ideal couple is not ideal by today's standards. The tales are  
full of instances of servility of Vasuki to her husband. The traditional  
viewpoint of a dominant husband and a submissive wife appears regularly in  
the Tirukkural's 'Kamattuppaal'. 

However that need not detract from the other reasons we respect Valluvar  
for. He was after all a product of his times. We need not take him  
seriously on his remarks concerning women, as they do nothing but  
reinforce traditional stereotypes of the Bharatiya Nari, as seen from a  
male viewpoint. 

S.Vidyasankar
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: ghosh@sp1.csrd.uiuc.edu (Sanjoy Ghosh)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: More about India (Actually America)
Date: 7 Oct 92 17:37:17 GMT
Article-I.D.: csrd.1992Oct7.173717.29733
Organization: Univ of Illinois, Center for Supercomputing R&D, Urbana, IL

Quoted from clari.news.music.  

------------------------------------------------------------------------

	SEATTLE (UPI) -- Crowd control at rock 'n' roll shows in Seattle now
includes projections of topless women in the crowd on concert video
screens.
	That was part of police operation orders issued before a concert
Tuesday night at the Kingdome by heavy metal rock bands Guns N' Roses
and Metallica. Officers were told that promoters would project images of
bare breasts on the screens to counter rowdy behavior.
	The order said, in part, ``Females will be boosted onto the shoulders
of companions, where they will expose their breasts to a camera that
projects the image on the big screen. This form of entertainment has
served to keep the crowd in check.''
	Concert promoter Dan Bean of Entertainment Consultants Inc. said the
sight does tend to help control crowds between performances by the
bands.
	Bean said promoters do not arrange such actions. The inclination by
some women in the concert crowd to bare it all apparently is
spontaneous.
	Police said 24 people were arrested and another 37 cited at the sold-
out Seattle concert, which attracted about 40,000.
	The arrests mostly involved assaults, drug offenses and public
drinking.