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From: an3919@anon.penet.fi
Subject: Roommate wanted for Sreehari Nimmala
Organization: Anonymous contact service
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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 09:38:31 GMT



Roomamate Wanted For Sreehari Nimmala
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Indian homosexual, 26, mentally retarded, bellicose, irascible,
gay seeks the same qualities in a roommate, will share bed,
electricity, mad body odour, utilities, and bad breath. SCI
experience useful but not essential. 

If you have all these qualities and if you hate Dr. Samit Banerjee,
send me mail, together we will dream of a glorious future!

Yours for ever,

Sreehari Nimmala

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Sreehari Nimmala  | Great minds think alike
                  | Greater minds do not think
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: f0g1@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca (Prasad Gokhale)
Subject: Re: Agra's Fame
Organization: University of New Brunswick
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 15:55:25 GMT

In article <1jsskrINNikm@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> Shoba Tanamukra writes:
>
>
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A majestic Shiva Mandir......


Prasad.
From: ghosh@sp1.csrd.uiuc.edu (Sanjoy Ghosh)
Subject: Re: (misleading) Indian Express Advertisement re: RJB
Organization: Univ of Illinois, Center for Supercomputing R&D, Urbana, IL
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 23:27:35 GMT

(Samit Banerjee) writes:

>I wanted to point out that since you were accusing somebody of deliberate
>misrepresentation of the facts, which I believe Mr.Jagdeesh refrained from 
>doing, the burden of proof was on you. The least you could do under the 
>circumstances, was to be factually correct.

In order to forestall getting the SN treatment I will concede at the
outset that you know best.  After having done that, let me just point 
out that Mr J asserted that according to the Constitution Hindus cannot 
own property in Kashmir.  I happen to know several Hindus who do own 
property in Srinagar.  If that doesn't make Mr. J's statement a lie, 
please educate.  If that did not take care of the burden of proof on 
me, again please educate.

>It wasn't my intention to take sides in this dispute, even though you may think
>otherwise.

Irrelevant, in either case.

Sanjoy Ghosh
From: ramanath@BBN.COM (S. Ramanathan)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: F-1 Practical Training visa from Juarez
Date: 27 Jan 1993 19:01:46 GMT
Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge MA
Distribution: usa
Reply-To: ramanath@BBN.COM (S. Ramanathan)
NNTP-Posting-Host: bbn.com
Keywords: visa, F-1, Practical Training


This is of possible interest to people who would like to go home 
risk-free, while on Practical Training and whose visa has expired.
Hope it helps. Usual disclaimers apply.

- A small amount of `research' and hearsay has given me the opinion that
  there is a significant amount of risk of rejection involved in trying
  for a visa in India.

- US embassies in Canada are shy of giving F-1 visas in general unless you
  furnish *solid* proof that you are going back. Even then, all your
  documents (like property etc.) are subject to verification. The woman
  at the Quebec embassy told me over phone that their rejectiion rate for F-1
  visas was 99 %. The Ottawa embassy people were not too encouraging either.

- Juarez does not require the abovementioned proof of going back.

- I got my multiple F-1 practical training visa in Juarez on 1/25. No problem.
  Though I had taken my company letter and EAD card, they didn't ask for
  it. Only my I-20 was asked for. The I-20 must be authorized by your
  International Student Advisor saying "practical training approved" or
  something to that effect.

  The interviewer was dubious at first, but went and consulted an officer
  and came back and said okay. Very little questions were asked - like
  what is the degree, when did you graduate, where are you working etc.

- I have heard of F-1 PT being rejected in Juarez. So it is not as easy
  as the H-1. I suggest that potential applicants for F-1 PT *not* take
  their offer letter but take a separate letter from HR that states explicity
  that the applicant is on PT. 

- On a related issue, F-1 students - do remember to take 3 pages of your I-20
  (get a new one made) if you go to Juarez. 

  There have been a number of traveloges on sci on El Paso - Juarez.
  I have saved some of them if you are interested.
  To add to the information :

  - We stayed at Comfort Inn on 900 Yarborough Rd. It is hooked up to
    the Airport. It cost us $30 for a room with 2 singles.
  - Cab cost us $30 to the US consulate in Juarez.
  - Mexican visa was not necessary. 
  - The visa (H-1/F-1) takes atleast 2 hours. Instead of waiting (standing)
    inside for that time, do take a walk outside and try the restaurant
    opposite the embassy.  
  - Carlsbad Caverns (145 miles from El Paso) is awesome and is a must-see
    if you have the time.
  - Mexican food in El Paso is very different from what you get on the 
    east coast. Recommend Avila restaurant (62xx, North Mesa Rd.).

   Good luck to everyone. And thanks to netters who furnished various amounts
   of info.

   - Ram. 
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: lahiri@pion.lanl.gov (Amitabha Lahiri  505-667-6825)
Subject: Re: (misleading) Indian Express Advertisement re: RJB
Organization: Los Alamos National Lab
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 22:35:50 GMT

In article <1993Jan21.012055.19230@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>  
sdeodhar@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Satish Y Deodhar) writes:
> Quite frankly, I am astonished and amazed at the fact that as an 
>NRI of his    
> class, Aadil Farid took an extra effort to post article on Indian net. 

Beg pardon? Are we now judging individuals on the basis of actions by
some group to which they *supposedly* belong? Does the word `racism' 
seem familiar? How about `apartheid'? `Anti-Semitism'? How about the 
phrases `every black is a drug-dealing murderer', `every Sikh is a 
separationist', `every Hispanic in the US is an illegal alien', and 
so on?

> he does not know that a couple of weeks ago, his `fellow brother 
> NRIs'gave an 
> advertisement ... This justifies
> what others have said above.  It is plain simple hypocracy.

Farid did *not* refer to the buyers of that ad as his fellow brothers.  
Nothing justifies the insults thrown at Aadil Farid simply on the basis
of his being a muslim born in India. If we truly love your country, it
is time that we try to think of all Indians as our brothers and sisters, 
irrespective of their religion, caste or language.

Amitabha
--
Amitabha Lahiri, e-mail:lahiri@pion.lanl.gov
Disclaimer: No one else is responsible for what I say, and vice versa.
From: fafat@sal-sun62.usc.edu (Vijay Fafat)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: fabricated posts ("sneaky posts" a la
Date: 21 Jan 1993 12:59:13 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: sal-sun62.usc.edu

In article <1993Jan21.193122.7541@cirrus.com> venu@cirrus.com writes:
>In article 2467@newsserver.cs.uwindsor.ca, rangana@cs.uwindsor.ca (RANGANATHAN A            ) writes:
>>In article <1jle10INNkhg@aludra.usc.edu>, fafat@aludra.usc.edu (Vijay Fafat) writes:
>>> SSD writes:
>[all their stuff deleted]
>
>>you can contact FFT at : fafat@aludra.usc.edu for counselling. 
>
>that is, assuming you cant find his address in the header, ssd. :-). what say we nominate rangana
>as the official information assistance dept. of sci?


	hey, good joke... given the fact that this feminazi :) was looking
	for information on someone's email address on sci not very long ago ...
	:)
	Will she roast me? won't she roast me?... :)

	Feminazi-baiter 















Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: an7447@anon.penet.fi
Subject: wasup
Organization: Anonymous contact service
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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:01:45 GMT

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From: rangana@cs.uwindsor.ca (RANGANATHAN A            )
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: fabricated posts ("sneaky posts" a la Vijay Fafat)
Summary: Desi-Hero :)
Date: 21 Jan 1993 19:45:33 GMT

In article <1jle10INNkhg@aludra.usc.edu>, fafat@aludra.usc.edu (Vijay Fafat) writes:
> SSD writes:
[.......]

> 	hehehehehehe :) you'll do just fine on SCI, SSD :)
> 
> 	FFT

with FFT for role-model, sure Srikant, You will do just fine.

Arathi.


PS : ;-), for the humour impaired.



-- 
See simplicity in the complicated
	- Lao Tzu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: thrapp@nosc.mil (Gary R. Thrapp)
Subject: Chyavana Prabha
Organization: 847
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 23:26:09 GMT


Is there a mail order source for a product named "Shivananda
Chyavana Prabha", preferably that accepts credit card orders
on an 800 number.  Thanks for any information you can provide.

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

Gary R. Thrapp
thrapp@nosc.mil
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: sirdesh@fzi.uka.de (Sameer Sirdeshpande)
Subject: Re: New Cabinet List Reveals Shameless Pandering to Minorities!
Reply-To: fzi.de
Organization: Forschungszentrum Informatik (FZI), Karlsruhe, Germany
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 15:15:45 GMT

|> Four new ministers have been inducted in to the new union cabinet.
|> Dinesh Singh
|> Pranab Mukherjee
|> Abdul Rahman Anthony
|> and N.K.P Salve
|> 
|> >>>>>>>
|> 
|> If you look at the third-named cabinet minister we can see clear evidence
|> of the Congress party's shameless pandering to the minorities!  The
|> pseudo secularists in the Congress party have created a hybrid between
|> Abdul Rahman Antulay and A.K. Anthony to create yet another minority vote
|> bank -- those who are the products of interreligious marriages!  This is
|> appeasement of the worst sort.  Who will we see next? Suhasini Ali, Akbar
|> Krishna, John Jaani Janardhan, Michael Madhusudhan Dutt???!  Enough of all
|> this I say.  Let us bring the BJP into power and we shall see that only
|> pure blooded Hindus who belong to the high castes will get to rule in
|> the traditional methods written in the scriptures.  We shall put the 
|> minorities and the scheduled castes back in the hell reserved for traitors


<stuff deleted>

my god, where do people like you come from? Have you even bothered to read the scriptures properly? We live in 1992 and the entire world is moving towards intercultural understanding. Do you really think those sort of ideas bring ud forwards? Your sort of faschist ideas are tearing my country apart.

From a moderate, well-educated Brahman (who would marry a Muslim if god wills, without myself worrying about it too much).
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: sagar@ECE.Concordia.CA (Sagar Naik)
Subject: Interesting Headline
Organization: Concordia University - Montreal, Canada
                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^      ^^^^^^^^^
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 05:13:52 GMT

Once I saw some more "interesting" headline in a Punjabi weekly
published somewhere in Canada:

		"Paanch Khadku Shahid, Chaar Pulis Mare"

Sagar
--
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Need info on Indians at 92Asian Track and Field.
From: jcsheth@wsuhub.uc.twsu.edu
Date: 21 Jan 93 11:59:20 CST
Organization: Wichita State University, Wichita, Ks

Hey netters,


      My apartmate and I recently had an argument that escalated beyond
control. He baited me with another of his obnoxious eulogies of beloved 
Charan Singh, a former prime minister of India. If I did not have evidence
from misc.southasia to ram him I could have sidestepped this one. I ended
this one with the gentleman's bet that I could factually disprove him. I 
will be grateful if somebody refurnished the tally of medals that 
athletes received at the Asian Track and Field  meet in which Indians
beat everybody else with 11 gold medals.
  
    Looking at the 1992 manorama, the track and field meets held in '86,'88
and '90 were very mediocre performances compared to this time for Indians. 
To nail my apartmate comprehensively I need the requested matereial of our 
persevering athletes. 

     The argument itself was  about how Khet-Kisan Charan rightly critiscized 
the Indira Gandhi for building a world class Asiad sports facilities in 1982.
He further trumped old hat -people were dying, no food, water etc, etc. This 
way my intelligence was insulted by my roomie. I told him the flip side that 
now India's vast sports talent is being assiduously harnessed beginning with
Mrs. Gandhi and the good sports facilities helping India thrash first Asians
in such meets. And on and on...

Anyway thanx for listening and please post or mail to the above address.
Thanks Karthik
From: dps@delhi.esd.sgi.com (D.P. Suresh)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: INFO REQUIRED: MEDICAL STUDIES IN THE USA
Date: 26 Jan 93 01:29:54 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.  Mountain View, CA


In article <1jpmp2INNr0q@mojo.eng.umd.edu>, anupam@eng.umd.edu writes:
> 
> Hi !
> 
> I'm collecting information for someone who's about to finish his MBBS in India 
> and plans to come here.  I am an engineer and I must admit that my knowledge of 
> how medical students come here is very limited.  Could someone please explain to 
> me the intricacies of the procedure such an applicant would follow to pursue 
...

Me too. You could mail me the info at

	dp@esd.sgi.com

Thanks
D.P.Suresh
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: sirdesh@fzi.uka.de (Sameer Sirdeshpande)
Subject: Re: *****26th Jan. 1993*******
Reply-To: fzi.de
Organization: Forschungszentrum Informatik (FZI), Karlsruhe, Germany
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 15:23:25 GMT

|> > Oh my dear Indiano:
|> > A great service from finland has helped me to hide my where about.
|> > You are my people and I am yours. I am Rushdie and Satan is my nick name.
|> > Well, This bloody country needs to be taught a lesson. All mullahs and
|> > the govt. need to be taught a lesson. 
|> > I dislike your consitution hence i ran away from india although you
|> > bloody indians still ban my book. What a shame on you stupids.
|> > Now few mullahs are trying to diobey your (not mine) republic day.
|> > Ask them to create a new country in india and create a new constitution 
|> > which satisfy them so they do not give call to boycott 26th Jan. and 
|> > ofcourse when they will not be there you will lift ban from my book.
|> > I going to publish another book called Satanic Verses Part II.
|> > This book will cary sexual relationship between Benazir and Rajiv. 
|> > Homosexuallity between Ram and Mohommad. And lot of 'mirch-masall'.
|> > I hope this book will not be banned in the free world and India too.
|> > What a good fun all of you would have.
|> > Enjoy the stuff.
|> > 
|> > Love and Peace-
|> > 
|> > Rushdie.
|> > 
what a lot of libellous propagandistic excreta. Go home to hell you genital member.
From: mshah@cs.arizona.edu (Munil A. Shah)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Teach me Gujrati?
Date: 26 Jan 93 17:36:37 GMT

In article <tracey-260193101910@129.83.62.139>, tracey@mitre.org (Tracey A. Harwood) writes:
> 
> I am in desperate need of a native speaker of Gujrati-- I don't know how to
> spell it, only pronounce it.  I'm located in the Boston area, but to me
> that encompasses a very wide area!
>

	It is Gujarati and not Gujrati at the first place..
 
> 
> cannot be translated.  I just need to learn a few important things to make
> my point, or to understand better theirs.
>
	
	YOu just learnt the first important thing, how to spell Gujarati :-) 

-Munil
From: rafatm@sage.cc.purdue.edu (unknown)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Why Muslin persecution is rempant these days?
Date: 27 Jan 93 16:55:47 GMT
Organization: Purdue University

In article <1993Jan27.141424.9023@cbfsb.cb.att.com>, mohans@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (mohan.sekhar) writes:
> {
> Recent studies show that Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world.
> The rate at which non-muslims are accepting Islam has laid to rest the myth
> that Islam has spread by the sword.
> 
> Zafar
> }
> 
> I don't think any NON-MUSLIM in the right state of mind is accepting ISLAM.
   Talk to some of them and you will notice that they are in fact quite sane.
I would assume that one of the reasons they are choosing Islam is because it
respects religions including others. This is a refreshing change to them after
having to put up with individuals as yourself who preach hate and mistruths.
Tell me, did you help demolish the Babri Masjid? If not, did you even condemn
the action?
Rafat Sadiq
> 
> However, you are right on one thing, AT THE RATE AT WHICH THEY BREED
> THEY ARE SPREADING TOO FAST .... No competition there !!!
> 
> Mohan
From: prem@prem.lbl.gov (shirdi prem)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Agra's Fame
Date: 24 Jan 1993 23:05:47 GMT
Organization: Human Genome Center at LBL
Distribution: world
Reply-To: prem@prem.lbl.gov (shirdi prem)
NNTP-Posting-Host: prem.lbl.gov

 In article <1jsskrINNikm@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>, Shoba Tanamukra writes:
 |> 
 |> 
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 |>                |O| |O|    |/^\|/^\||  |  ||/^\|/^\|    |O| |O|
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 |>                |_|/_______________________________________\|_|
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    Maybe a little off-track here, but my aunt, who is a teacher
    in Nagpur swears that one of her istudents wrote this in an
    essay on the Taj Mahal:

    "The Taj Mahal was Shah Jahan's huge erection for his dead wife, Mumtaz."

    So the old Jahanpanah dude was a necrophiliac as well........   :)  :)

    Prem!
    ========================================================================
    ====    Oh yeah! Factor THIS!                                       ====
    ========================================================================
From: avirmani@blaze.rutgers.edu (Aashu Virmani)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: TAX TREATY FOR F-1's
Keywords: any idea?
Date: 22 Jan 93 02:18:25 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
Cc: avirmani


Hi netters!

Last year, I filed 1040NR since by the time I filed, there had been no
clarifying statement from IRS about what we (students) were supposed
to do.  

If anyone has ideas about what to do this time, and has some official
backing behind those ideas, I would appreciate if I can be made aware
of the same.   The NR specifically has no column for claiming treaty
benfits as such.  I am wondering if we are supposed to claim any
deductions beyond the $2300 one.   

If we CAN claim the treaty benefits, then can we claim the itemized
deductions over and above that?   If so, I would file an amended
return for the last time also since I claimed no treaty related
benefits last year.  

Sorry if this topic was smashed to death last year (I am an occasional
reader).   In that case, a personal reply would be good. 

Thanks in advance,

- aashu
-- 

 - Aashu Virmani (avirmani@paul.rutgers.edu)
   Hill 355,  932-3213
   Dept. of Computer Science,  
   Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08855.
From: pjoseph@ucselx.sdsu.edu (Paul Joseph)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: THE LATEST
Date: 22 Jan 93 19:56:04 GMT
Organization: SDSU Computing Services

In article <1993Jan22.135445.14277@cbfsb.cb.att.com> rrp@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (rakesh.r.patel) writes:
>In article <1993Jan21.194305.22749@ucselx.sdsu.edu> pjoseph@ucselx.sdsu.edu (Paul Joseph) writes:
>>< Virendra Verma writes >
>>< Re: Kennedy killed by a Christian/ Hitler a Christian >
>>
>
>I then suppose Kennedy was then by the Tooth Fairy and Gandhi was killed
>by the Easter Bunny.
>
>Stop with all the semantic BS. Hitler was a Christian. Kennedy's killer,
>whoever he maybe, was probably a Christian, and Gandhi's killer was a
>Hindu, albeit, a point can be made that none of the killers were following

>the tenants of their faith very closely.
    ^^^^^^^^^
>
>Rakesh Patel

   Heehee , how much rent again ?!
   Couldnt resist that - 

   Howeever, sorry to say you are wrong even though you are making the 
   same point I was making. But that still doesnt mean Hitler was a 
   Christian. No christian throws Bibles into the fire. However if you insist
   you are free to have your misguided opinions.
Xref: sparky soc.culture.indian:45445 soc.culture.pakistan:19875
From: jamshed@gradient.cis.upenn.edu (Jamshed)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.pakistan
Subject: Re: Sindhu Desh and Khalistan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date: 26 Jan 93 02:18:06 GMT
Followup-To: soc.culture.indian

|> Oh !
|> 
|> The people of Sindhu desh. 
|> 
|> 
	....stuff deleted
 
|> take arms in your hand and liberate Sindhu desh.
|> 
|> 


what is Sindhu Desh ?
From: banerjee@hsc.usc.edu (Samit Banerjee)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Sthan's pique
Date: 27 Jan 1993 00:29:31 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: hsc.usc.edu

Veeramany.Sthanumurthy@launchpad.unc.edu croaks yet again :

>Obviously a fool and his non sequiturs are not easily parted.

You mean like Sthan and his legendary hand, in place of female company.  

And considering that you are quick to accuse others of wasting bandwidth 
of reproducing an entire article while adding a line at the end, you did
a mighty fine job in non-editing my post. A legacy of the sequitur virus
that attacked your brain or is it the "Sholay syndrome"? 

>Chicanery would be your Email vs your postings.

Subterfuge is thy middle name Sthan. 

Samit

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