HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: satya@orion.hi-csc.honeywell.com (Satya Prabhakar)
Subject: Re: Mr. Ed and the gift horse
Organization: Sensor & System Development Center
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 08:22:26 GMT

(Veeramany Sthanumurthy) writes:
>Mr. Ed the ever-alert talking horse known throughout the wild west
>for his half-cocked ways, decides to look this gift horse in the mouth.
>
>Who can blame him? His first love was taken away by arranged marriage.
>Next came the viral infection. Sholay burned the stables and he lost 
>all his family. When he threw the thesaurus he lost his last friend on
>earth. And, now people question his heritage ... the last straw indeed.
>

	Oh, come now, the distinguished poets of sci,
	Descending to the depths of the average net hoi polloi;
	
	Throwing mud at our cultivated brethren
	Who have mastered the poetic ken;*	

	Remember we are the elevated souls with no vice,
	Neither envy the great nor the lowly despise!

[OK, I admit that the line and thought were belabored :-)]

Satya Prabhakar
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,alt.culture.kerala
From: Veeramany.Sthanumurthy@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Veeramany Sthanumurthy)
Subject: Re: sic gloria transit mundi [Was Re: Curious observation.]
Organization: Extended Bulletin Board Service
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 13:37:05 GMT

[No deletions keeping in mind ages of the participants]

In article <1992Aug20.224507.26408@nas.nasa.gov> raghavan@wk21.nas.nasa.gov (Venkatraman Raghavan) writes:
>>>>   Suggesting that sari derives from the sanskrit 'sati'.
>>>>   And the hindu garment part.
>>>>   Any comments.
>Icarus
>
>>>Maybe it's combustible properties are of value in sati and bride
>>>burning? Levi's don't burn that easily. 
>>>George
>
>>How come you get away with such comments, while I get flamed to
>>my death, if I do so ?
>>Seetamraju Udaya Bhaskar Sarma
>
>Respect for old age, am I not right, Paul?
>-Raghavan, V.

Some more plausible reasons for George's comments could be that
they:
a) were solicited;
b) are not inane to the point of imbecility
c) do not make any claims of "sensitivity"
d) don't keep testing the "waters"

not to mention pertinent, succinct etc..

Sthan.
--
   The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the University of
     North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Campus Office for Information
        Technology, or the Experimental Bulletin Board Service.
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: satya@orion.hi-csc.honeywell.com (Satya Prabhakar)
Subject: Re: Deb me up, Deb me down [bluster: Hit "n" now]
Organization: Sensor & System Development Center
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 08:29:26 GMT

(Balaji Kannan) writes:
>   debilitate: weaken by hitting your opponents hard where it hurts 'em most.
>

	What fun!
	The literate men trying frantically to mine that one last one,
	i.e., the word from the dictionary starting with 'd-e-b'
	Never pausing to wonder whether it is to be or not to be,
	Stretching the imagination to coin that belabored pun!
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: uds@parvathi.cs.wayne.edu (Seetamraju)
Subject: Re: why satti is practiced
Organization: Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 22:26:10 GMT

In article <1992Aug18.043410.9328@tamsun.tamu.edu> gagrawal@cs.tamu.edu (Gopal Agrawal) writes:
>First thing first. I find your use of the phrase "YOUR WESTERN 
>MENTALITY AND OUTLOOK" as highly obnoxious which presupposes 
>that an INDIAN OUTLOOK cannot be broad enough to condemn sati.
>
>Now for your questions.  I don't have any problem with path#1. 
>Path#2 & #3 is sucide and one must always try to prevent a person from 
>commiting sucide. Who knows, once the person cools down, that person
>may begin a whole new life. But if the person is hell bent on 
>commiting sucide, then nothing in this world can stop that person
>from doing so. However, it is our duty to see to it that the person 

Your view that a person killing himself is committing a
`bad' thing is a western concept, where life is a god's
gift, that westerners consider too holy to discard.
But in Hindu thought, there is nothing stopping a person
to end `THIS' life.  (I repeat THIS life), so that he can
start off in his `NEXT' life....

Now you understnd why I used the words that you felt
were onboxious ?

>not be permitted to set an example for others to follow the same 
>sucidal path. Sati however is not commited like a simple sucide. It 
>is preceded by all sorts of religious extravaganza  which diefies 
>the victim and thus sets a dangerous example for others. More 
>importantly, the sati victim does not always use path#2 & #3. 
>Brainwashing by the society can convince an illiterate & emotionally 
>disturbed girl to commit sati. In that case it is not sucide but 
>murder. Nothing can justify cold blooded (for the victim--hot blooded) 
>murder.

You still havent told me why sati is bad, which is waht you
mentioned in your original posting.  In choice # 3, the
woman, is joining her husband either in heaven, or in the
next of the series of 7 lives, that a loving wife and husband
are supposed to live together.

If you have no respect for such hindu concepts, then I shall
terminate this thread with this.  Because, I am not going to
spend time trying to convince a `foriegner'.

>
>regards,
>E-mail - gagrawal@cs.tamu.edu       |   /   All Std. Disclaimers apply.
>
>




Seetamraju Udaya Bhaskar Sarma
(email : seetam @ ece7 . eng . wayne . edu)
From: trip@uts.amdahl.com (Tripatinder Chowdhry)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Khalistan and GOP
Date: 18 Aug 92 21:45:23 GMT
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA

In article <1992Aug18.125424.1@vax1.umkc.edu> vkuttikattu@vax1.umkc.edu writes:

>(orange turban) delegate waving a poster which said 
>" khalistanies support Republican Party" .Does this mean that GOP 
>supports sikh militants . 

No, to make things a bit explainable consider the following
analogy.

	if "A" supports "B", then the only logical inference that can be had is
	"B" may or may not support "A".
So putting things back in prespective, it cannot be known if Republican
Party does or doesnot support Khalistan movement.

>can somebody tell me who was that guy.
  Digambric Singh Shamsher
From: banerjee@phad.hsc.usc.edu (Samit Banerjee)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: SOC.CULTURE.BHILAI || SOC.CULTURE.ST.XAVIERS.DURGAPUR
Date: 19 Aug 1992 12:53:20 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: phad.hsc.usc.edu
Keywords: Bhilai, DURGAPUR

In article <1992Aug19.185821.10335@udel.edu> godura@zeus.cis.udel.edu (Ruchir Godura) writes:
>In article <1992Aug19.040249.10855@cc.uow.edu.au> g9204555@cc.uow.edu.au (rajiv misra) writes:

>>Wishing all success for Bhilains.
>>
>>A Bhil.
>    
>    Best of luck Bhilians !
>
>PS. Once these get going, I have more wonderful and innovative ideas...
>    eg. ..
>    soc.culture.punjabi.settled-outside-punjab
>    soc.culture.non-bengali.settled-in-bengal
>    soc.culture.kill.net-preachers
>    etc., etc,...
>


How about some "mohalla" or "para" based newsgroups like:

soc.culture.delhi.defence-colony
soc.culture.bombay.bandra
soc.culture.calcutta.gariahat

From there it is but a short hop to the next logical newsgroups based on
street names:

soc.culture.delhi.raj-path
soc.culture.bombay.marine-drive
soc.culture.calcutta.park-street

Can house names be far behind then? Of corse not...all those who have shared
the same housing complex will undoubtedly come out and want their share of the
pie as well :

soc.culture.calcutta.new-alipore-block-E
soc.culture.calcutta.new-alipore-block-K
soc.culture.delhi.vasant-vahaar

And this will lead to rather persistent demands that people who have frequented
the same "chai-wallah","bidi-wallah","puchka-wallah", "rickshaw-wallah" or
even patronised the same whore have their own newsgroups.

soc.culture.bombay.mira-bai-herpes-positive
soc.culture.delhi.kailash-nagar-kallu-pani-puri
soc.culture.bombay.andheri-chota-mia-chai-dukan

This appreciation of "culture" should not be left as the preserve of folks
from the big metropolitan cities. Smaller cities and villages are welcome
to join in and contribute to this rather "unique" process. 

Of course this could cause some problems as far as naming goes and the current
author recognizes the difficulties involved. If more than one "kallu-
chai wallah" exists per neighbourhood, IUPAC rules will be inforced strictly
in determining which person is closest to a given reference point X. That
person will be "kallu-chai wallah 1" and then "kallu-chai wallah 2" and so on.
Similar rules will apply to "kallu-bidi wallah" and "kallu-dudh wallah". 
Since this will entail a lot of record keeping, checking, cross checking
and referencing, I propose we set up a committee whose work will be to
oversee the nomenclature of specific newsgroups splintering from  SCI.
Any suggestions for naming this committee is welcome.

Thank you for your time,

Samit

Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: vshastry@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Vijay Shastry)
Subject: Re: Ek ehsas hai ye ....(Was Re: What is LOVE?)
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 06:52:06 GMT

>
>Hamne dekhi hai in ankhon mey mehakti khushboo
>Pyar se chue ke ise rishto ka iljam na do
>Ek ehsaas hai ye ruh se mehsoos karo
>Pyar ko pyar hee rehne do koi naam na do
>
>nanda

Does somebody have a written transcript of the entire song?

					-vs
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: prem@prem.lbl.gov (Shirdi R. Prem)
Subject: Huh ??? (Re: The Gundekota File: This is for Gulgulay)
Reply-To: prem@prem.lbl.gov (Shirdi R. Prem)
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 20:37:42 GMT

In article <1992Aug20.162152.14930@Firewall.Nielsen.Com> mgundeko@pcserver2.Naitc.Com (Murthy Gundekota) writes:
>
>The Gundekota File-Entry#9: This is for Gulgulay
>=================================================
>
>Gulgulay is a unique name to me resembling rushing waters. The Gulgulay I
>..........(some crap......)
>
>Murthy

	Huh???? Quid??

	Prem!
From: gshah@uoft02.utoledo.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Georgia state univ(atlanta)
Date: 17 Aug 92 12:02:27 EST
Organization: University of Toledo, Computer Services

Hi netters,
I am Gopal Shah from U. of Toledo. I want few details about Georgia State univ
as one my freind is admitted for fall term'92.
1. Housing infoormations: Including rent and expenses for utilities. Generally,
how many students share the apt.
2. On-campus jon informations: How is the scene for on-campus and off-campus
jobs. What is an hourly pay for both type of jobs?
3. What date should you advise my freind to arrive in atlanta
4. Who picks the student from airport.
5. Is there any Indian student assoc
your help will be appriciated much. Thanx in advance.

Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.tamil
From: XRPANT@FULLERTON.EDU
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: SPICMACAY: SANJUKTA PANIGRAHI performing at CAL. STATE UNIV.,FULLERTON
Date: 13 Aug 1992 21:23:58 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu


   			 S P I C - M A C A Y

  Society for Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Amongst Youth
		    ( Southern California Chapter )  				
		
                              Presents

			 SANJUKTA PANIGRAHI

		 One of India'finest Odissi dancers

               in a Lecture-Demonstration Performance      


VENUE :		Titan Pavillion - A, University Center,
		CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FULLERTON

DATE/TIME:	7:30 PM on WED. 19th AUGUST 1992
               
 		
NB:
		
ADMISSION FREE AND OPEN TO ALL. 
(Seating on first-come basis, limited by hall capacity [approx. 500] )

PARKING AVAILABLE IN LOT A and B (North side of the University Center) at $1.50.
Please purchase the parking tickets from the ticket machine at the parking
lot entrance.

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

For more information and carpooling, kindly contact:

CSU, FULLERTON		(714) 992-5875
UC, IRVINE		(714) 856-3589
UC, LOS ANGELES		(310) 312-1644
USC, LOS ANGELES	(213) 748-6353
SAN DIEGO		(619) 291-9377

****************** LET'S MAKE THIS SHOW A GRAND SUCCESS *********************	



Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: nsridhar@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Natarajan Sridhar)
Subject: Re: Curious observation.
Keywords: Is it just me amd why not HE?
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 19:55:53 GMT

In article <1992Aug19.184020.5184@u.washington.edu> ngrjn@milton.u.washington.edu (V Nagarajan) writes:
>
>	Actually lungi makes for a nice androgynous garb, doesn't it?
>	("Is that a long kilt?") Speaking of androgyny, (I probably
>	will regret saying this) why aren't there more types of
>	clothing that both sexes can share? Wouldn't that be the
>	ultimate, nonsexist thing to do?
>
>							- Nagarajan
>	

I have absolutely no idea how useful a lungi can be in building bridges
between the sexes, but the garment had always caused me a certain degree
of discomfort.

My earliest memories of wearing one of these include the following:

1) An encounter with a rather belligerent canine. I think we ended up
   sharing the apparel between us. 
2) Spending a night in a predominantly female atmosphere, and waking up
   to the sound of giggles and what not to discover that I'd parted company
   with my lungi in the course of the night. (No one seduced me. I should
   be so lucky !)
3) The constant feeling of being nude under it. (The feeling was more intense
   in colder times). 

Lungi-enthusiasts have time and again maintained that the above were due
to my lack of skill in wearing a lungi, but give me a pair of shorts any time. 

**Sridhar**
__________________________________________________________________________
Make a statement...burn the LUNGI !!!
(but first make sure you are wearing something underneath)

Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: ngopalas@ho09.eng.ua.edu (Nath S. Gopalaswamy)
Subject: Re: I will close you by my ices
Keywords: bye
Organization: The University of Alabama
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 19:07:20 GMT

In article <1992Aug21.173245.13865@ugle.unit.no>, youhong@solan.unit.no (User) writes:

Oh no! The Tiger from Norway is back! Everybody run for cover.

Nath.

P.S. Just trying hard to make Sridhar's list. Got left out the last time.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Soc.culture.Indian or Islam or Hinduism??
From: rbhatnag@uceng.UC.EDU (raj bhatnagar)
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 18:46:40 GMT
Organization: College of Engineering, University of Cincinnati

In article <1992Aug13.171644.20865@menudo.uh.edu> mece1e3@Jane.UH.EDU writes:

>Ironic indeed, that Hindus had to learn from Buddha what Krishna
>taught

I learnt from Prof. Ramabhadran what Maxwell had first taught
the world.

There is nothing ironic about it.

>Arindam


---raj




Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: mukul@laser2.engr.utk.edu (Mukul Shirvaikar)
Subject: Re: Indian babes ....
Organization: University of Tennessee ECE dept.
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 17:51:13 GMT

In article <rich07.713909947@milton>, rich07@milton.u.washington.edu (Jon Jochem) writes:
|> 
|> Are Indian babes horny?
|> 

	Do zebras have stripes ?


- Haha
Organization: Software Development, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 12:06:06 -0400 
From: "Sohan C. Ramakrishna-Pillai" <sohan+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Negationism in India

Somebody called Pankaj Vashi left a message on my answering machine with
a 9-digit phone number (:-) asking for the author of the book, so here
it is:

> Subject: Negationism in India

> BOOK REVIEW:  "NEGATIONISM IN INDIA - CONCEALING THE RECORD OF
> ISLAM" written by KOENRAAD ELST of Belgium; published by the VOICE
> OF INDIA,  New Delhi, India; pp 176.

The article was originally posted by dave@ttd.teradyne.com, so if you
are intereseted in the book:

> Opinions and views of the readers most welcome. I will forward them
> to my friend A Ghosh. If anyone is interested in getting a copy of
> this book, send me an email. I will send you the address of a
> stockist.

> My email address is dave@ttd.teradyne.com

___
Sohan C. Ramakrishna-Pillai
Office: UCC 181	Phone: x6406 [(412)268-6406]

 "In the beginning, man created beer, and it was good. God was
  created shortly thereafter." Gospel According to Brew, 1:1
From: jaykay@orion.oac.uci.edu (R. Jayakrishnan)
Subject: Re: Calcutta's Howrah Bridge Goes Hi-Tech - Automated Toll Plaza 08/12/92
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Organization: University of California, Irvine
Keywords: News
Date: 16 Aug 92 20:24:07 GMT
Distribution: usa

In article <1992Aug14.150843.1415@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> gupta@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (saurabh.gupta) writes:
>Date: 12 Aug 92 19:51:32 GMT
>
>CALCUTTA, INDIA, 1992 AUG 12 (NB) -- Traffic through the toll 
>gate of the Second Hooghly bridge, connecting south Calcutta to 
>Howrah, will be introduced to a new concept in road transport in
>India: a toll. The new, computerized bridge opens August 15, 
>India's Independence Day. 
>
>Construction of the bridge began in 1979 on a budget of Rs 65 crore 
>(then about $80 million) but the final figure will be in the region 
>of Rs 350 crore (about $120 million). The cable-supported cantilever 
>bridge (a la San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge) will bisect 
>Calcutta and Howrah and will be utilized by an estimated 15 
>million people.

  I was under the impression that it is a `Cable-stayed' bridge (the
  kind where the deck is hanging on the cables coming directly down
  from the pylons (i.e., the supports)), rather than a `cable-suspended'
  bridge (where the deck is hanging from cables that are suspended from
  the two main cables going over the pylons to the anchors). `Cable-
  supported cantilever' is technically a correct term, but I have rarely
  heard that term.  In any case, the above comment that it is similar
  to the Golden Gate bridge is wrong, because it is a `cable-suspension'
  bridge; not a `cable-stayed' bridge. These two kinds are structurally
  quite different.

  In my opinion, cable-stayed bridges are far more beautiful than
  cable-suspension bridges.  If it is a cable-stayed bridge, it must be
  the first large-scale bridge of this kind in India. (I know there
  are a couple of bridges of this kind, but they have much shorter spans
  than the Howrah bridge).

  Anyone knows more details ?   

  R. Jayakrishnan, Civil Engg, UC Irvine.
From: dheeraj@cs.umd.edu (Dheeraj Sanghi)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: A note and a question ?
Date: 13 Aug 92 05:22:09 GMT
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742

In article <18707@bunny.GTE.COM> s9205@gte.com (Rohit Gupta) writes:
>
>Why is it that most recent conflicts in the world have Muslims in the
>center of affairs ? Why are they the only ones causing problems for
>themselves and others ?

>Major examples : Lebanon Afghanistan Iraq Bosnia. 

Why is it that most recent conflicts in the world have non-Muslims in the
center of affairs ? Why are they causing problems for themselves and others ?

Major examples : Lebanon, Bosnia, South Africa, Israel, Somalia, Ethiopia,
	Cambodia, Punjab

>Others can add to the list !!


>- R.G. 

-dheeraj

Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: raghavan@wk21.nas.nasa.gov (Venkatraman Raghavan)
Subject: Re: Don't fly on Air India
Organization: -
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 92 21:24:52 GMT
Distribution: usa

This is to the poster (initials SG) who flamed me by e-mail,
on Friday, 14th. While I was reading and editing it I forgot
to save the header information (=I have lost your e-mail address).
I respect your opinions and please send me your address if you 
would like a reply.

Sincerely,
Raghavan
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: youhong@solan.unit.no (User)
Subject: I will close you by my ices
Keywords: bye
Organization: Norwegian Institue of Technology
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 17:32:45 GMT

Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: khatuka@HYDRA.ROSE-HULMAN.EDU (Aditya Khatuka)
Subject: Immigration lawyer in Indiana
Reply-To: khatuka@HYDRA.ROSE-HULMAN.EDU
Organization: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 22:20:54 GMT

Hello netters,

Can someone recommend a good immigration lawyer in Indiana. If you have some
information as how long it takes to get a Green Card  here, that would also be
appreciated.

thanks

Aditya

khatuka@rosevc.rose-hulman.edu

Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: cs461a09@umbc5.umbc.edu (cs461a09)
Subject: Do NOT identify art. by news article #. GIVE COMPLETE SUBJECT HEADING
Organization: University of Maryland Baltimore Campus, Academic Computing Services
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 02:39:51 GMT

		Do not identify news item by there numbers
		==========================================


Mr. Shah had send me e_mail regarding my article titled

"Is soc.culture.indian converted to soc.religion.islam?"

In his reply he says 

Please read the news item 58384.  It ought to open your eyes!
============================================================= 

This statement is obivously not true because the news item
number are individual computer's system specific they are not
global numbers.  If you want some one to identify your article
you must give the complete subject heading and approximate number regiion.


AVINASH

Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: madiraju@krang.vis.citri.edu.au (Sharma VR MADIRAJU)
Subject: Only for people from KLCE,VIJAYAWADA,AP
Originator: madiraju@krang.vis.citri.edu.au
Organization: Department of Computer Sci, University of Melbourne
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 05:32:30 GMT

Hi      
  I there anybody from Koneru Laksmaiah College of Engg [KLCE], Vijayawada? 
 If so please respond to the following email address.

           Madiraju@krang.vis.citri.edu.au


  Thanks

					Madiraju Sharma

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