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From: vijay@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Vijay Rangarajan)
Subject: Who's afraid of Da Duke ?
Originator: vijay@picard.ncsa.uiuc.edu
Organization: Nat'l Ctr for Supercomp App (NCSA) @ University of Illinois
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 18:30:06 GMT

Sonya Live (hosted by Susan Rook :-)) on CNN featured Dinesh D'Souza and
Professor Riley. Dinesh offended everybody possible with what he said, he
had very derogatory comments about American Indians, Muslims (or is that
Moslems, Mr. D'Souza ?), Indians (yes, us, especially our educational system
and our outlook) and everybody who wasn't white was included in his list.

He did leave out Jews, I guess it was due to lack of time, the program was
winding down and they had to take a commercial break.

I was told that Dinesh wrote "conservative" political speeches, I'm not
surprized any more.

Vijay.
-- 

Vanitas vanitatum et omnia vanitas!
From: venugop@athena.cs.uga.edu (Gopakumar Venugopalan)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: marriage
Date: 8 Apr 92 17:08:13 GMT
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens


       Why do we have double standards for males and females when it comes
       to sex and marriage ?
       Can we contemplate of subjecting our sisters through the agony and 
       tension of an arranged match search or describe her as slim tall
       sexy busty etc?
       how best can a male descrbe himself on the marriage market assuming
       a woman is looking for a spouse?

       Let us do it this way ,in a personality developement class of mine
       6 years ago we were asked to write about ourselves or rather
       what our friends would write about us if we wre to die the next day?
       can a groom subject himself to this test honestly instead of asking
       friends and relatives writing euphemisms about the groom?
       Will you a handsome young professional with $60000 plus marry a 
       rape victim(a victim of the sick male mind),an ugly short dark girl
       or whatever the MCPs chose to call such an unfortunate girl,a cripple
       or a divorcee?
       If a girl asks you questions like whether you have had pre-marital
       sex drink or smoke ,gamble or womanize can you answer her with a
       straight face?
       Would you marry a woman older than you?
       A foriegn national who is say an eskimo or a sudanese or a vietnamese?
       Would you give her the option of when to have sex and when not to
       without labeling her as frigid or a nymphomaniac?
       Would you give her equal right in deciding whether to keep themarriage or
       not?
       would you treat the marriage as a contract or a sacrament?
		Do you consider the girl bleeding as a proof of virginity?
		If your wife does not reach an orgasm( which is a bodily or
		physical want) will you care to find out why or see to it 
		that both the partners benefit from the marriage?


                                         gopa-
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: udcrusd@meaddata.com (Sylvia D'Cruz)
Subject: news: Indian train crash toll climbs to 21
Organization: Mead Data Central, Dayton OH
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 21:26:50 GMT
Distribution: soc.culture.indian

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
                     Copyright 1992 Agence France Presse
                              Agence France Presse

                                 April  7, 1992

Indian train crash toll climbs to 21

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
    Ten more bodies were pulled from the wreckage of a train that had smashed
into the back of a freight train in southern  India,  bringing the death toll in
the accident to 21, press reports said Tuesday.

    Fifteen people were injured in the accident late Sunday night near the
Sundra railway station in Andhra Pradesh state, the Press Trust of  India  (PTI)
said, adding that four of them were hospitalised in serious condition.

    Eleven were confirmed dead Monday, and rescue workers found 10 more bodies
overnight after they cut through the passenger train's mangled coaches which had
been hurled off the tracks.

    One wagon was twisted into the shape of an "A" in the collision, which was
heard two kilometres (1.2 miles) away, The Hindu newspaper said.

    It said the passenger train, running at a speed of about 80 kilometres (48
miles), jumped three signals before ramming into the back of the stationary
freight train near Sundra in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur district.

    Local villagers used a bonfire for light to help a few passengers climb out
with the aid of ropes and ladders, but rescue operations gained momentum only at
daybreak Monday, The Hindu said.

    An official inquiry has been ordered into the accident, the worst on the
state-run railway network since a train derailment in north  India  on December
7 killed 25 passengers.
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Mead Data Central                               Systems & Product Technology
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Miamisburg, Ohio 45342                                        (513) 865-6800   
                                               
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From: rakesh@cs.washington.edu (Rakesh Kumar Sinha)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Recommendation for "New Wave Travels" at Seattle
Date: 13 Apr 92 19:37:18 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Computer Science & Engineering, U. of Washington, Seattle

I purchased a ticket for $1075 Seattle - LA - Bangkok - Calcutta by Thai
Airlines. The airfare includes overnight accomodations at Bangkok.
This was the best fare that I could find after calling about five
travel agents. I would highly recommend this travel agency. They were
polite, always returned my calls, and in general were very helpful.
They even made sure that I receive my hotel vouchers before I leave
Seattle. 
	Their number is (206) 527 3579. Ask for Mr. Rizwan. It is a
good idea to mention that you received this information from a
country-wide computer data-base of Travel agents, and that you are
going to contribute your experiences to this data base. 

Rakesh

PS -- I am flying before May 15, which is the off peak season. They
accept checks but no credit cards. Rizwan told me that he can accept
credit card, but then they will charge me the full fare and refund
the difference about two months later. They have been in Seattle for
more than ten years, so I would assume that they are reliable. I will
mail a copy of this message to the person who has been maintaining
info about travel agents. 
-- 
----------------------------------------------
Rakesh Kumar Sinha 			Phone - (206)-524-1673 (h)
Dept. of Computer Sc. FR - 35		              543-5143 (w)
U. of Washington, Seattle, WA-98195	rakesh@june.cs.washington.edu
Xref: sparky soc.culture.indian:13558 soc.culture.sri-lanka:435
From: raja@houghton.cps.msu.edu (Narayan S. Raja)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.sri-lanka
Subject: More Tiger trash
Date: 7 Apr 92 20:50:25 GMT
Reply-To: raja@cps.msu.edu
Organization: Michigan State University, CPS Department


In article <0dsIECi00Vp6AEqI4K@andrew.cmu.edu>, rs6x+@andrew.cmu.edu (Ranjith Ravindiran Suresh) writes:

< I'm just glad there were no Tamil soldiers in the 'IPKF Outfit'
< Otherwise, it would have been much more painful to digust.

There were plenty of Tamil soldiers
in the IPKF.  E.g. there were soldiers
from the "Madras Engineering Group" based
in Bangalore.  You can even find names of 
individual Tamils in the IPKF, e.g. in
that excellent book, ``Broken Palmyra.''


Please continue your raving against
Jayalalitha.  You are doing an excellent
job of convincing even those Indian
Tamils who din't yet realize that the LTTE
is dangerous to the health of Tamil Nadu.



Narayan Sriranga Raja  (proud to be a Tamil
                         "traitor" as defined
                         by LTTE terrorist scum).
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: sp2@cec1.wustl.edu (Sundara Pandian)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: On the existence of Paramatma
Date: 10 Apr 92 18:14:35 GMT
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis Mo.
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu


      This posting is a reply to articles on this title posted by Raj Sharma
and Leslie Picardo.

>>  [Raj Sharma]	
>>	Sankara said: Self is real and World is illusion;
>>	              and Self is the World.
>
> [Leslie Picardo]
>
>
>      But I still can't figure out - if Self is the World and the
>      World is Illusion, then the Self should be Illusion. But Sankara
>      says Self is real.  
>
>      Sankara must have been in a constant state  of euphoria.
>
          I understand that you are applying LOGIC to criticize Sankara's
 profound observation on self and the world.
          The most wonderful explanation of this Sankara's statement that I've
 come across is the one given by Bhagwan Ramana Maharishi. I do not remember
 the exact words of the Maharishi. However, I present some arguments in my own
 words based on Maharishi's explanation.
         Sankara says : Self is real and world is an illusion.
                        Self is the world.
         When one SEPERATES world from the self, the world is an illusion.
 When one considers only the self, when one is fully immersed in the self,
 the self is the world. 
         There is no contradiction.
         Let us recall the movie hall example.
         Suppose we watch a 3-D movie with some nice special effects .
 Suddenly an arrow comes right towards us. We shout in horror, "Oh!"
 The fact,however,is that what we are watching is a movie- unreal. Yet, when
 we are very attached to the movie, we are moved by it. I've seen people
 crying when a movie ends sadly.  The world is like this. We are attched to it
 from our birth till we die ,without realising our true self. Sankara calls
 this worldly attchment as 'maya' or illusion.
        When a man distinguises his self from the world he is living in, the
 world is an illusion to him. 
         Please note the distinction between the self and the world in the
 statement " Self is real and the world is an illusion". Here Sankara
 seperates the self and the world to make a point. Next, he goes on to say,
          "Self is the world."
 This is in accordance with all the teachings of the Upanishads. 
          "It is only the self that prevails".
 Self is all. It has no origin.It has no end. It is EVERYTHING,the Paramatma
 [God].
         Needless to say, when Sankara makes statements about self ,its glory,
 it is not from any book knowledge. Sankara tells us his real experience.  
 The same applies to Maharishi also. When he explains Sankara's observation
 on self, it is not from any memory on Upanishads,but from his real experience.
 My salutations to these immortal souls.
                                                                  Vashistha,
                                   [ a disciple of Bhagwan Ramana  Maharishi ]
                                                  sp2@cec1.wustl.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: ram@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Ram Devanathan)
Subject: Re: Great matrimonial or wife on sale !!!!!!!!!
Keywords: matrimonial
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 15:49:23 GMT

In article <1992Mar31.175708.23120@garfield.cs.mun.ca> haldar@garfield.cs.mun.ca (Sibsankar Haldar) writes:
>
>Hi folks,
>
>	As you know I do not write quite often. But, when I do write,
>I write nasty things. This time too, I do not know what my hands
>are going to write. Please bare with me; otherwise hit "n". Please
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>do not sue me for selling off my wife.
  
      Is this an ad for a nudist colony?
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: suresh@hercules.cis.udel.edu (Swaminathan Sureshchandran)
Subject: Re: Transit visas at Heathrow Airport
Organization: University of Delaware, Newark
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 23:18:20 GMT

In article <1992Apr15.202043.17102@cbnewsk.cb.att.com> punati@cbnewsk.cb.att.com (yashodhar.punati) writes:
>
>I would like to hear about the experiences of folks
>who had 5 or 6 hours of layover in Heathrow Airport (London),
>and tried to get British Transit Visas at the airport. 
>
>My trip to India is coming up soon, and this info will
>definitely help  me in being prepared for the situation.
>
>Yashodhar
>
I faced the same situation last summer. I was given a transit visa for a 
day (I had 12 hours layoff) after some questioning. Basically, they wanted 
to check the onward ticket. Then, I was asked why I did not get the visa 
from Washington. I told them I could never get the High Commission no, as it 
was always busy (true) and that I was told by others that transit visa was 
given only at the port (false). She told me in future to get my visa ahead. 
She also asked me what I was doing in the US etc. Don't expect any politeness, 
they don't like Asians there, but a non-confrontational approach should get 
you the transit visa. If you have any people known there, and you can supply 
all their details like address and phone no., they are happy.
From: shubu@cs.utexas.edu (Shubhendu Sekhar Mukherjee)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Austin to Tennessee-Georgia, driving down?
Date: 16 Apr 1992 19:15:25 -0500
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: oporto.cs.utexas.edu
Keywords: Austin Tennessee Georgia Knoxville Atlanta drive May

I plan to drive down from Austin to Tennessee/Georgia around the 
end of May or first week of June.   I'll spend around 7-10 days 
there and then back to Austin. I am looking for someone to share 
the driving with me.  Anyone interested? 

-Shubu
-- 
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Shubhendu Sekhar Mukherjee         University of Texas @ Austin, C.Sc.
e-mail:shubu@cs.utexas.edu     [W]:(512) 471-9586   [H]:(512) 467-2653
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From: manu@tigger.Colorado.EDU (Njan)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Netiquette
Date: 9 Apr 92 21:56:58 GMT
Article-I.D.: colorado.1992Apr9.215658.13507
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder

In article <18706@ravel.udel.edu> 09143@ravel.udel.edu (Vikram Pillai) writes:
>It is just this attitude of many (if not most) Indians that 'I'm going
>to do what I want. Who cares a damn about anybody else?' that has

Oh you mean to say that I should ask permission for posting something
on the net? Does that mean that *you* or someone else will decide what
I can say and what I can't? Isn't that againist the principle of 
*unmoderated* group?

Also, don't your local newspaper has forum to express your views?
Do you pay for publishing your views in local/college paper? I don't
know how it is in your school, but here in Boulder, I can express my
views in the local paper, free of charge, and if one doesn't use abusive
language ( to some extent, people even do that! ), you won't have problem
of publishing it.

Besides, it's not really free, as you may be indirectly paying for this
via tution...

It's people like you who considers yourself as the guardian of morals
for people who read sci who makes me sick. Do you have to be reminded
all the time to *mind your own business*?

Njan
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: suresh@fred.cis.udel.edu (Swaminathan Sureshchandran)
Subject: Re: INDIAN MEN and MARRIAGE
Organization: University of Delaware, Newark
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 17:07:40 GMT

In article <MdslsbC00WB4A47nNT@andrew.cmu.edu> sn00+@andrew.cmu.edu (Sudha Neelakantan) writes:
>My gripe is that Indian men are really too difficult to date.  They
>have a major attitude problem where women are either idealized
>
>and I don't really care about the flames so all of you have my true
>address...
>
>Sudha
>
Has anyone noticed that CMU seems to produce Indians of the new strain? I 
have observed that many postings in the above spirit originate from CMU. 
What is special about this place/Pittsburgh? I used to think of CMU as the 
home of Indian academia where the greatest brains design automatic chess 
programs and self navigating vehicles. Maybe I have to check this matter with 
a couple of friends there.
From: pnayak@cs.umn.edu (Prafull D. Nayak)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: ** APARTMENT FOR SALE< BANDRA(WEST), BOMBAY ****
Date: 17 Apr 92 21:03:42 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.1992Apr17.210342.6577
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept.


Apartment for sale. Area 425 sqft. 2nd Floor facing south west.
Self contained. Excellent location and neighbourhood. Best schools,
theatres, Market and shopping. Easy access to public transportation.
Close to Seashore. Cosmopolitan building. Email for price which
is negotiable or contact (408)-867-9436.
From: sp2@cec1.wustl.edu (Sundara Pandian)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Test messages on S.C.I.
Date: 8 Apr 1992 13:04:11 -0500
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis Mo.
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

        When it comes to the sphere of junk postings, S.C.I. is quite
 abundant. There are two kinds of junk postings -one kind is postings
 which are meant to be junk ,the other kind being postings which turn
 out to be junk. Udit Sharma's article and its responses (including an ode)
 fall in the second kind. If someone flames this article that I am typing,
 it also falls in the same kind. S.C.I. readers are used to such junk
 postings. 
      We can atleast avoid the "unnecessary" junk -the test messages.
 There is one newsgroup "misc.test" which is meant for these test messages.
 You will get some automatic replies if you first test your posting in 
 this newsgroup. "S.C.I." is not meant for testing your postings. Try your
 creative test postings in "misc.test".
                                                        Sundara Pandian.
                                                 [An S.C.I. oscar nominee ] 
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From: ag3l+@andrew.cmu.edu (Arun K. Gupta)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: soc.culture.tamil
Date: 17 Apr 92 17:30:51 GMT
Organization: Physics, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA


Makes one wonder, what is appropriate for soc.culture.indian ?
Subtract all the languages, for they have representatives in
many countries (at least Indian emigrants); and have distinctive
cultures associated with them.

Subtract all religions, for the same reason.

Music has already been taken off.

What's left ?
-arun gupta
ag3L@andrew.cmu.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: manu@tigger.Colorado.EDU (Njan)
Subject: Re: Response to INDIAN MEN ..
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 06:00:11 GMT

In article <MdttYEG00WBO847e8W@andrew.cmu.edu> sn00+@andrew.cmu.edu (Sudha Neelakantan) writes:
>
>These questions seem to be exposing your insecurity
>Haven't you probably seen many more attractive/beautifful women with not
>so appealing men rather than vice versa?

Which can mean only one thing, the guy is RICH!!! And since there are more
rich men around ( well, face the truth, it's a fact! ) than rich women,
it's natural that you see more beautiful woman with more beautiful men.

Then again, I think this is a biased view. I think there is a bias in
judging who is beautiful and who is not ( I'm talking of plain physical
beauty here... ). I'd suppose in any given population, since number of men
and woman are nearly equal, there has to be an equal number of beautiful
people of either sexes. ( If you don't agree to me, then there is
obviously a bias in defining beauty! ) Now if you agree to the above 
assumption, then simple math tells you that for any mis-matched couple
with beautiful woman and not so beautiful man, there must be a couple 
with not so beautiful woman and a beautiful man!!!

Therefore, just by the fact that you don't see the couples of the later
type doesn't mean that they don't exist in equal numbers!!!

Njan
From: thiyagarajan@mims.enet.dec.com (My name is...)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: WE DO MAKE FIGHTER JETS - or at least ...
Date: 7 Apr 92 18:56:37 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


I saw this in Beyond-2000 in discovery channel

It seems a Bombay doctor (MBBS) is using potato skins for trating the patients 
with burn injuries. It is very interesting. It has lot of advantages over other
methods used in developed countries where they use artificial skin

He has a budget of $10 (govt hospital) over his US counterpart who has a budget
close to $1000 per day for the treatment.
From: vimal@wpi.WPI.EDU (Sangita Rani Jha)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: INDIAN MEN and MARRIAGE
Date: 12 Apr 92 21:51:45 GMT
Article-I.D.: wpi.1992Apr12.215145.19494
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute


>In my experience, some women/girls who live their life around harping about
>feminism, liberation and so on, tend to have a appaling sense of insecurity.
>Maybe all this works as a protective shield for some for their own
>inseurities. Mind you, I am saying that I have met a few girls who fall under
>this category. I am NOT saying that all women are like this. Just that to some
>it is a matter of vengeance rather than an idealogy.
>
>Regards,
>
>Pavan
	
	     Throughout history women have had to work harder for the
	"male-dominated" positions.  A woman would have to be twice as
	intelligent to compete with these men, and even then, her 
	chances of being accepted were slim. Rejection builds insecurity
	in some women, and the others go feminist.  This is the story
	of a struggling woman...

					-- Sangita Jha
From: krishna@ee.uwm.edu (Vijayaraghavan Jayakrishna)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: looking for J.arun
Date: 8 Apr 92 18:13:12 GMT
Article-I.D.: uwm.1992Apr8.181312.15485
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee


    hai,
      I am looking for a friend of mine named J.Arun.He finished his Engg
      In Annamalai UNiv in mech and production engg.He is presently in
      Virginia polytechnic.If anybody knows his email address or resdential address  kindly send the same.

   Thanking you in advance.

Krishna
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: manu@tigger.Colorado.EDU (Njan)
Subject: Re: College students in third-world India
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 03:24:22 GMT

In article <1992Apr15.230905.3648@syd.dit.CSIRO.AU> kumar@syd.dit.CSIRO.AU (V.R.Kumar) writes:
>
>College of Engineering, Guindy [CEG], Madras (now Anna University) was founded
>by the British about 200+ years ago. Its one of the oldest institutions in Asia.

Don't tell me that they had Engineering Colleges 200 yrs ago!!!! Anyway, what
did they teach? Definitely not Electrical Engineering!

Njan
Organization: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentatn, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA