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From: nadeem@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Kamran Aftab)
Subject: Re: Bride wanted
Organization: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 05:42:48 GMT

In article <1992Apr5.200630.15801@midway.uchicago.edu> moh2@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>In article <1992Apr5.051124.1723@ccu.umanitoba.ca> umnoor@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Nasir Ahmed Noor) writes:
> {deleted}

>First of all, _guys_?  There must be a couple other Sri Lankan women on the net
>...please do not assume all readers are male.  Not a big deal, but we *are* 
>here.
>

And some Indian ... and some Pakistani women too!  :-)

>Secondly, I had a few problems with the aforementioned article.  I was deeply
>troubled by the connotatins of a _Bride Wanted_ ad.  This seems to imply that
>Sri Lankan women can be bought by any male who wants one.  Whether or not the

You seem to be unaware of the the original posting (and the replies) being 
cross-posted. .... but by saying that , I'm not implying that the
other women (Pakistani and Indian) *can* be bought!

>original gentleman actually believes this, I feel it is not an image of our
>culture that we should wish to propagate, especially considering that there are
>non-Sri Lankans reading this newsgroup.  While I do not approve of the articles
>in newspapers of the subcontinent, those at least do not have a worldwide 
>readership.  Much as I might disapprove of the ideas behind such ads, however,
>there are certainly a part of our culture, and as such I cannot condemn them
>outright.  
>

So you have such ads in Sri-Lanks too!  We do indeed have the same culture in
the whole sub-continent!

>My major problem with the original posting is that this is *not* the place for
>such ads.  If you wish to find a partner of any kind, try alt.romance, or 
>soc.singles, or alt.personals.  That posting did not belong here.
>

Well, if that's your only *major* problem, I don't see it as a valid 
concern since the gentleman (assuming he posted the article himself) is not
just looking for a girl ... he is rather looking for a sub-conitinental girl!

>						 - Amirthi
>

-- 
Kamran Aftab 				Stop! before you press that "r" (or R),
aftab@mech.eng.mcmaster.ca		<------- that's my e-mail address!
From: karnik@cs.umn.edu (Neeran Mohan Karnik)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Indian English
Date: 17 Apr 92 16:05:18 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.1992Apr17.160518.4475
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept.


	Some more...

1. "Open the windows and let the atmosphere come in"!

2. "Both of you three, GET OUT"

3. "Morning morning why you rotate my head" ? (a direct translation from the
   Marathi equivalent!)



-- 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Neeran  Karnik - Dept. of Computer Science, University of Minnesota
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: manu@tigger.Colorado.EDU (Njan)
Subject: Re: Netiquette
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 06:47:37 GMT

In article <cdsvYjm00WB58NaI4M@andrew.cmu.edu> sn00+@andrew.cmu.edu (Sudha Neelakantan) writes:
>I agree and I would appreciate people posting their replies to the net
>if they think what they have to say is not appropriate amybe they
>shouldn't bother to say it

And who decides what is appropriate? We all have different standards,
don't we?

Njan
From: MISRA@vms.cis.pitt.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: ASIA BUSINESS JOURNAL
Date: 10 Apr 92 17:03:00 GMT



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Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: pchandra@Cadence.COM (Prakash Chandra)
Subject: Indian Commerce Minister P. Chidambaram to address SIPA meeting - reminder
Organization: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 16:29:36 GMT


Indian Minister of Commerce P. Chidambaram will address a meeting of
Silicon Valley Indian Professionals Assocaition (SIPA) members on
Thursday, April 9 at 6 pm. The meeting will be held in the
Sunnyvale Hilton hotel located at 1250 Lakeside Dr. (close to the intersection
of 101 and Lawrence Expressway) in Sunnyvale, California.
(For directions, call the hotel at 408-738-4888.)

Mr. Chidambaram will speak on: "Indian's Economic Reforms: New Business
Opportunities for Foreign Investors and Expatriate Indians."

All are welcome. For more information on the meeting, please contact one of us:

Prakash Chandra 	pchandra@cadence.com
Sanjay Bajaj		Sanjay_Bajaj@next.com 
Jayaram Kalpathy	jayaram%cirrusl%oliveb%oli-stl@decwrl
Ashwini Shandilya	ashwini@cadence.com
Sandip Dasgupta		sandip%hpindaw%hplabs@ames
Rajiv Agrawal		rajiva@sun.com
N.Shastry		uunet!tsbvrtx.portal.com!shastry
From: uds@parvathi.cs.wayne.edu (Seetamraju)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Madras being part of Andhra Pradesh
Date: 12 Apr 92 07:18:46 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.1992Apr12.071846.16311
Organization: Wayne State University

In article <1992Apr9.183555.9198@oracorp.com> narayana@oracorp.com (K. T. Narayana) writes:
>Actually the lakhs (perhaps crores) of rupees that madras based film artistes
>receive are for the films made by the Khammas of Coastal Andhra Pradesh,
>and are made by Khamma heroes and Tenali Heroines. So having a film
>industry in Madras is not the problem. We lost Madras to Tamilnadu,
>which we should not have. Perhaps we got Tirupathi in return.
					^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>Kamaraj was not power hungry. Actually It is difficult to come across 
>a single politician of the capabilities of Kamaraj in the post-nehru era. 
>He should have become the primeminister. But you see till last june, it was
>the prerogative of the unruly mob from UP and Lawless Bihar. So don't
>bring Kamaraj into disrepute without knowing much.
>...kt

I apologize for smearing kamaraj, in my attempt to vocalize the fact that
madras should have been part of Andhra pradesh.  Financially, yes , Tirupathi
is a powerful, but that does not form a sufficient reason for not handing
over Madras to Andhra.  We should have legitimately gotten both -- its a pity
we didnt have someone powerful to champion our needs in delhi at that time.
Seetharamaih(?) and others were perhaps steam-rollered by the influential
tamilians in Delhi at that time of linguistic partitioning.

Seetamraju, Uday Bhaskar Sarma
(email : seetam @ ece7 . eng . wayne . edu)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: m_lehoul@oz.plymouth.edu (Michael L. Le Houllier)
Subject: Re: comments invited on new newsgroup soc.culture.ORISSA
Reply-To: m_lehoul@oz.plymouth.edu (Michael L. Le Houllier)
Organization: Plymouth State College - Plymouth, N.H.
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 92 17:49:21 GMT

In article <1992Mar31.231607.14306@ecst.csuchico.edu> vivek@ecst.csuchico.edu (Vivek R. Prabhu) writes:
>In article <31MAR92.19580602@skyfox.usask.ca> dash@skyfox.usask.ca writes:
>>Hi, everyone. I was wondeering whether a new NEWSGROUP primarily for but not
>>restricted, to the people of ORISSA can be formed. I would like folks from 
>>ORISSA to respond. If sufficient interest is there then it would be good.
>>I know there are sufficient students from ORISSA in CANADA and U.S.A. fromthe
>>periodic news being sourced from them.
>
>Netters may remeber a time when there was a clamour for a separate 
>newsgroup by the name soc.culture.punjab, and the vehement protest
>against it. Similarly here too there is no need for a separate new
>newsgroup for news about individual states.

I agree with Vivek.  If we formed a newsgroup called
soc.culture.orissa, we open a Pandora's box (sorry for the Greek
expression).  Then we could make an arguement for separate newsgroups
for Tamil Nadu, Kerela, West Bengal, Gujarat, Assam, etc.  We would be
assisting in the disuniting of India, not encouraging a united nation
by dividing it up like this.  Sure, I'm a Westerner, but this is how I
see it.
>
>Regards,
>Vivek.

Michael
>


-- 
 Michael Le Houllier           *  John 3:16  * Nov 12, 1991 - Dili      
 (m_lehoul@oz.plymouth.edu.us) *  Remember: June 4, 1989 - Beijing
 Go BLUE JAYS   0-0   at Tigers Monday, Wednesday and Thursday
 End the strike.  Get back on the ice.  Get the playoffs going.
From: ighosh@apis.ICS.UCI.EDU
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Hotel Paranoia
Date: 16 Apr 92 17:47:00 GMT


 Hi folks,

 Here is something to bring back memories of the days of hostel life, back in
 India. Received it from a friend.

 Indraneel.

 ***************************************************************************

		Hotel Paranoia

  ( Sing to the tune of "Hotel California" - The Eagles )

         In a dark dingy, hostelroom,
         beedi smoke in my hair,
         warm smell of dirty clothes,
         yeah, my roomies sock pair.

         Up ahead in the distance,
         I saw a mobike light,
         It was the "mucha" bringing WILLS Navy Cut,
         Oh, what a lovely sight!

         so we headed to the egg carts,
         some guys wanted to gulp tea,
         signed in the account book,
         t'friggin tab was on me!


Chorus: Welcome to the Hostel Paranoia,
        Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place)
        We're living a dog's life in the Hostel Paranoia
        in this crazy phase (In this crazy phase)


        It was a sucker's bday treat,
        and so we chumma piled on.
        where country and foreign meet.
        in the colourful liquid Zion.

        With headaches they woke up,
        puked in the corridor,
        Heard in between a burp,
        "I'll never drink anymore!"

  Chorus: Welcome to the Hostel paranoia
          Such a lovely place (Such a lovely Place)
          They're throwing up at the Hostel Paranoia
          what a slimy mess (what a slimy mess)
          of that gooey egg fry...

         Mess bills hit the ceiling,
         the damn exams were not nice.
         Memorandum bhejhenge yaar!
         said all of us in a trice.

        and the univ was still far away,
        wake up in the middle of the night,
        just to hear them bray, hey..

  Chorus: Welcome to the Hostel paranoia
          aren't we all in a daze? (aren't we all in a daze?)
          in that smoky haze.
          We're trying to make sense in the Hostel Paranoia
          by getting up late (kicking a roomate)

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 The reasonable man adapts himself to suit his surroundings.
 The unreasonable man adapts his surroundings to suit himself.
 So, all progess depends on the unreasonable man.	-- (someone, somewhere)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: gchacko@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (George W Chacko)
Subject: Re: Netiquette
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 16:29:04 GMT

In article <1992Apr9.185457.20994@ncsa.uiuc.edu> vijay@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Vijay Rangarajan) writes:

>Exactly! My note was drawn parallel to the note that I responded to, which
>had "suggestions" asking people not to post stuff that was "inappropriate."
>My note was to scoff at that point exactly. Probably too sarcastic to be 
>be lost in it. Oh George, you make it so easy :-)

OK! Would a sincere 'mea culpa' be suitable atonement? :-) I can't find your
message now so mail me a copy if you have one. I promise not to post it on 
the net. :-)

George
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: nambori@homer..acs.umbc.edu ()
Subject: Looking for NVS KISHORE, (MECH. Dept) at NORMAN, OKLAHOMA.
Followup-To:  none
Summary:  Seeking info     
Keywords:  Univ. of Okla, Kishore, Mechanical Engr. Dept.,seeking info.
Organization: University of Maryland Baltimore County
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 23:03:14 GMT

		  

	Hello there!


		 This posting is for a friend of mine who
	is looking for Mr. NVS KISHORE, at Norman Oklahoma.
	Infact, Mr. Kishore came to Ok this Spring from
	Hyderabad.  He is in the Mechanical  Engineering Department.
	Perhaps, he lives at BHEL township  area in Hyderabad.


		I can be reached at the address given below.

		I will appreciate if some one out there could
	help inform about this posting to Mr. Kishore.


	Thanks.


nambori@plato.engr.umbc.edu


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Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: chandra@cannelloni.cis.ohio-state.edu (B Chandrasekaran)
Subject: Re: IV: Conflict: Role of administration
Organization: The Ohio State University, Department of Computer and Information Science
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 19:07:32 GMT

In article <skeqcINNkfu@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> misra@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Boo!) writes:
> And ofcourse it doesnt count
>that Hindus and other indians cannot buy land in Kashmir.
>

I want something clarified: are you saying that under current laws Kashmir-born
Hindus cannot buy land in Kashmir?  My understanding is that neither Muslims
nor Hindus nor.... from outside J&K can buy land in J&K, but all J&K "natives"
(I don't know how that decision is made) can do so, Hindu or Muslim.  If
that is incorrect, perhaps some one with access to the relavant document
can post the correct information.  Thanks.
From: ASPRA@ASUACAD.BITNET
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: PM's New Year message
Date: 15 Apr 92 17:21:25 GMT
Organization: Arizona State University


                         PM's New Year message
                         ---------------------

    Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala said Monday it was the
duty of all political parties to safeguard and consolidate
democracy. Koirala was delivering a broadcast message to mark the
Nepalese New Year, 2049 B.S.

     The prime minister said that "it is the duty of all
responsible political parties to protect and respect the rights to
protest and criticism." The newly established democracy can be
consolidated only if we all forge ahead removing our errors and
weakness, he added.
     Koirala expressed his confidence that the cooperation of all
the political parties and the Nepali people will be forthcoming
with the sincere efforts made by the government in this direction.
While extending his heartfelt condolences to the families affected
by those incidents occurred "in the name of political protest" in
last week, Girija said.

     "If it is the duty of a democratic government to respect the
right to protest and criticize then it is equally an important duty
of the government to protect life and property of the general
public and individuals from disorderly and anarchic conditions," he
said.

     He said that with the beginning of the new year, "we will have
more capabilities and opportunity to overcome all the problems and
challenges before us."

    Koirala urged people to give a chance to government measures
aimed at easing the country's economic problems.

    The prime minister said he hoped the local council elections
due in the last week of May would help prepare the base for
decentralization and local self-government.

    In a separate message, King Birendra said: "The interest and
welfare of the Nepalese people are best served by consolidating
multi-party democracy." He said that the norms and values enshrined
in the country's new constitution should be upheld. He also
expressed his "best wishes for a happy new year to all Nepalis
wherever they may be".
From: mallick@skyblu.ccit.arizona.edu (MALLICK, KESHAW)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: test
Keywords: test
Date: 7 Apr 92 17:18:00 GMT
Distribution: world,local
Organization: University of Arizona
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

TRIAL ! IGNORE ! IGNORE !
i have tried severaltimes to post and i have been advised 
how to post an article. 

so this is a TRIAL .  
MALLICK
From: tuladhar@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Anita Tuladhar)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: Father Moran, founder of Godavari School passed away
Date: 16 Apr 92 22:21:52 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

From New York Times:

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

Kathmandu, Nepal, April 15:

The Rev. Marshall Moran, an American born priest regarded as the pioneer
of modern education in Nepal, has died at the age of 85, his school announced
today.

Father Moran, a Jesuit who spent more than 40 years in the Himalayan Hindu
kingdom, died in New Delhi Hospital on Tuesday night, several weeks after 
learning he had cancer, the school said.

In 1951 he became one of the first foreigners to move to Nepal, then a remote
and little-known land that let in very few foreigners.  He became a Nepali 
citizen in 1956.

Father Moran set up a boys school at Godavari just outside Kathmandu.  It was 
the first modern educational institution in the country and among its graduates
are many members of the Nepali elite, including the husbands of King Birendra's
three sisters.

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Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: Local Elections
From: <ASPRA@ASUACAD.BITNET>
Date: Wednesday, 15 Apr 1992 10:22:24 MST
Organization: Arizona State University

				local elections
				---------------

   the elections of 75 district, 36 municipality and 3,994 villages would be

held in may and june, announced chief election commissioner surya prasad

shrestha on sunday.  the first round of the election of the municipality and

village development committees will start on may 7 and polling will be held on

may 28, and the second round of the process will start on may 9 with polling day

fixed on may 31.  district development committee elections will start on the

second week of june and be completed in the last week of the month.  returning

officers have been appointed chief district officers to be responsible for the

both rounds of municipality and village development committee elections.  about

12 million voters will take part in the elections at 12,000 polling centers and

sub-centers. some 20,000 ballot boxes will be used.  approximately 50,000

employees and 39,000 police personnel will be mobilized for the elections.

political parties have already begun programs to rally their ranks in  nepal.

many people believed that the elections will be contested mainly among the

candidates of the ruling nepali congress and the leading opposition the

communist party of  nepal  (uml).  the nepali congress is reported to have

nominated 45,000 candidates for the local elections, while the left parties are

probing into the possibilities to set up a united front.   nepal  introduced the

multi-party system in april, 1990, and the election for the 205-member house of

representatives took place in may last year. (XGNS)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: Disturbances in Nepal
From: <ASPRA@ASUACAD.BITNET>
Date: Wednesday, 15 Apr 1992 10:23:21 MST
Organization: Arizona State University

				Disturbances in Nepal
				---------------------


    More than 5,000 activists from the  Nepal  Communist Party (NCP - Unity

Centre)) held an anti-government demonstration Sunday demanding the resignation

of Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala.


    A party source said they want the prime minister to resign on or before

April 27, their deadline set for him to meet their 19 demands.


    These demands include lowering electricity and telephone tariffs, announcing

effective legislation to deal with inflation and adequate compensation to the

families of people killed in police shootings last Monday in Kathmandu and Patan

during a general strike.


    After their march through the main streets of Kathmandu, the extreme

leftwing communists held a public meeting and burnt Koirala in effigy amidst

loud applause from the audience, eyewitnesses said.


    No riot police were visible, they added.


    Addressing the gathering, several speakers, including the senior convenor of

the NCP - Unity Centre Nirmal Lama and the chairman of the Professional

Solidarity Coordination Committee, Harsha Narayan Dhawadel, demanded that

Koirala meet their demands or resign by midnight on April 27, the party source

said.


    The speakers said they were not fighting to end the current democratic

system of government, but for the relief of the general public because of the

governent's failure to check inflation.


    Opposition sources say between 22 and 24 people, including two boys, were

killed in Monday's shooting and a further 100 were injured. They also say 500

people were arrested. According to the official account, police shot dead seven

people and injured 40.


    The speakers also criticized the  Nepal  Communist Party (United Marxist and

Leninist), the main parliamentary opposition to the ruling Nepali Congress, for

its non-cooperative attitude towards launching a joint struggle against the

government.


    "The NCP (UML) leaders have been too orientated towards local council

elections and did not cooperate with us to fulfil our demands," Lama said.


    Lama also announced the party's plan for another nationwide general strike

May 1 if their demands were not met.


    Meanwhile in a television broadcast Home Minister Sher Bahadur Deupa said

the government had been elected last year and had a clear mandate to rule,

rejecting any suggestion it should resign.


    He also defended the actions of security forces on April 6, saying he deeply

regretted the deaths but that they had no alternative in trying to control the

situation.


    "What would have been the fate of (people in Kathmandu) if the petroleum

depot of the Royal  Nepal  Airlines had been set on fire by the extremist

elements?" he said.


    "Unscrupulous elements" had burnt telephone exchanges, broken most street

and traffic lights and damaged private property, he said. (AFP)