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From: vvhr@troi.cc.rochester.edu (V. Vohra)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Oregon State University Students - Please Help
Date: 17 Aug 92 13:22:22 GMT
Distribution: usa,canada
Organization: University of Rochester (Rochester, NY)

Hello Everybody,
		Could anyone from Oregon State Univ. contact me at 
the earliest at my following e-mail address. I was in contact with Milind
Kulkarini, but he has moved to univ. of washington. I need some urgent 
information about housing for a student coming this fall. Or
atleast can someone, give me the contact phone # or address of the indian
students association there.
			Thank you very much in advance... Vivek Vohra
							University of Rochester
							Rochester, NY 14627
	e-mail  contact: vvhr@db1.cc.rochester.edu
			vvhr@troi.cc.rochester.edu
From: aantur@na.novell.com (Anand Antur)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Help - F1 visa
Date: 18 Aug 92 16:07:40 GMT
Reply-To: aantur@na.novell.com (Anand Antur)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Novell, Inc., San Jose, Ca

This posting is for a friend of mine. I apologize if this question was
asked before.

Has anybody been successful in obtaining a multiple-entry F1 in Canada
or Mexico. My friend had come here on a tourist visa, and then converted
it to an F1, so it may be risky to get it in India.

Responses will greatly appreciated.

Thank You

-AK-
From: B.Kumar@cs.ucl.ac.uk
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Vivekananda & ARINDAM & BAHA
Date: 16 Aug 92 10:32:22 GMT

In his  50000th article in last 2 months the 
"ONLY NOBLE SOUL ON EARTH" Mr Arindam Baha writes:

>Vivekananda in his works writes:
>1. Hinduism is a term by foreigners to recognize followers of Krishna

The crap about Bahiasm deleted.

>Now too bad I am converting people, isn't it.

Will you please stop vimiting your 10,000 words on 
Bahaism every day on SCI?. Enough is enough.

I would suggest you craete soc.religion.bahai for your
daily vomiting of 10000 words in 5000 articles per day 
of your quota.

If every Bahai is like you, then I would say- may GOD 
save the earth from Bahais.

Sickened by finding inane 2000 postings on Quaran and 
Bahaism on SCI instead of News.

I am definitely sick by Bahaism,

bkumar

Ps: Can somebody who knows Mr Arindam force this into his wooden 
brain that "Little knowldge is dangerous thing" and "repeating the
same crap 50000 times does not make any thing a great work of 
intellect.".
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.portuguese
From: dacosta@prl.philips.nl (Paulo da Costa 42147)
Subject: Re: Origin of the word 'caste' (was Re: Fair and lovely: Remember that face cream ?)
Keywords: color skin
Organization: none
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 11:28:07 GMT

In article <BtCL2A.12w@ecf.toronto.edu> srini@ecf.toronto.edu (KANDALA SRINIVAS) writes:
>In article <1992Aug21.174317.9784@zip.eecs.umich.edu> bhattach@dip.eecs.umich.edu (sayan bhattacharyya) writes:
[...]
>>                        Bengali      Portuguese
>>
>>      window            janala        janela
>>      tea               cha           cha
>	
>	Cha (or chaya or chay) is actually are derived from chinese
>(both mandarin and cantonese has the same word 

As somebody pointed out already, it is the Portuguese word "cha" that
came from India, not the other way around. On the other hand, I know
that in Sri Lanka there are words derived from Portuguese "armario"
(cabinet) and "bebado" (drunkard), and in India (in Mahrati?) from the
words "camisa" (shirt) and "Natal" (Christmas). "Casta" definitely
comes from Portuguese. Its use is (or was?) not restricted to India:
people born of Portuguese parents in conquered territories used to be
called "casti,cos" (the comma goes under the c) in the good old days
:-), meaning "of the same (Portuguese) caste". "Janela" is correct in
Portuguese.
-- 
-- Paulo da Costa           /\/\   Minha terra tem palmeiras   /\/\
-- dacosta@prl.philips.nl   \/\/   Onde canta o sabia'...      \/\/
From: damany@bobcat.ent.ohiou.edu (Udayan Damany ME Grad )
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: airline ticket
Date: 17 Aug 92 22:27:40 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: College Of Engg. & Tech., Ohio University. Athens
Originator: damany@bobcat.ent.ohiou.edu

Round trip ticket is available

COLUMBUS  TO  LOS ANGELES  
PRICE $140/ only
DATE OF FLIGHT: 8/24/92       
INTERESTED??

call udayan at (614)592-5134 or send mail to damany@bobcat.ent.ohiou.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: godura@zeus.cis.udel.edu (Ruchir Godura)
Subject: Re: info : Where do these nuts come from ?!!
Organization: University of Delaware, Newark
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 18:42:31 GMT

In article <92229.13170834RONON@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU> 34RONON@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU writes:
>hi !!!
>i am interested in sending in mail to Bombay(INDIA), could anyone help.
>
>                                      dharmesh shah.
  
  Write a letter.
  Put it in an envelope.
  Stick a $ 0.50 stamp on it.
  Drop it off at the nearest mail box.

  No, P & T Dept. Bombay, doesn't have email.

  Thanks for telling me Bombay is in India.

  Luv,
  Ruchir.

  
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: godbolep@woods.ulowell.edu
Subject:  looking for ex M.I.T Pune students
Organization: University of Lowell
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 20:29:34 GMT

In article <1992Aug13.190306.1@woods.ulowell.edu>, godbolep@woods.ulowell.edu writes:
> hi netters
> 
> i would like to collect and compile addresses of ex M.I.T.students
> (Maharashtra Institute Of technology, Pune)currently staying in U.S.A.
> so please reply, by mentioning following
> 1)name
> 2)address and ph no. in usa
> 3)year of passing and branch
> 4)present status(specilisation,school name etc.)
> 5)email address
> thanks
> Prasanna
> email address godbolep@woods.ulowell.edu
>
From: mece1e3@Jane.UH.EDU (Arindam Ghosh)
Subject: Vivekananda
Reply-To: mece1e3@Jane.UH.EDU
Organization: University of Houston
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 00:56:38 GMT

Vivekananda in his works writes:
1. Hinduism is a term by foreigners to recognize followers of Krishna
2. Krishna antedates all other prophets
3. The most pressing need of India is not religion but improvement of society.

If I take any other authority than Vivekananda I have to consider everything
from Sati-daha to Caste-system as an integral part of Hinduism

Thus I consider the Bahais to be Hindus and not everybody who calls them
Hindus.

This is because we believe in 1,2 and we believe WE must act NOW as an 
integral part of RELIGION to create an WORLD where all are brothers and
sisters, nobody goes without food and everybody goes to school.

Now too bad I am converting people, isn't it.

Arindam

Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: uds@parvathi.cs.wayne.edu (Seetamraju)
Subject: Re: The Gundekota File - Freedom of Expression: The Indian Way=Dysfunctional 
Organization: Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 23:53:34 GMT

In article <1992Aug18.151205.9047@Firewall.Nielsen.Com> mgundeko@pcserver2.Naitc.Com (Murthy Gundekota) writes:
>The Gundekota File-Entry#6: Freedom of Expression-The Indian 
>Way=Dysfunctional:
>============================================================
>flies need big swats. My religion taught me that: `Matru Devobhava;
>Pitru Devobhava; Acharya Devobhava; Atidi Devobha; Narayana
>Devobava;' Now I will add two more people to this list of Godly
>people: chief ministers and judges. That way, I would establish
>my religion as secular. It doesn't matter if the chief minister is
>also of my religion. What a coincidence! Secular also means I should
>secure my job well. So I better protect this innocent and honorable

Some of the best humour I ahve seen.


Seetamraju Udaya Bhaskar Sarma
(email : seetam @ ece7 . eng . wayne . edu)
From: banerjee@phad.hsc.usc.edu (Samit Banerjee)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: For Arindam Ghosh, a request
Date: 13 Aug 1992 18:02:30 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: phad.hsc.usc.edu

In article <1992Aug13.225326.21945@menudo.uh.edu> mece1e3@Jane.UH.EDU writes:

To Arindam Ghosh this is a request,
please take your postings to alt.religion for as a forum that is the best,
Even though certain people you choose to rival,
in posting to this net utter driviel,
so far in my discretion I have chosen to desist,
although the urge to flame you I can no longer resist.

Apart from religion, no other interests you seem to hold,
frankly I couldnt care less about your Bahai fold.
Makes me wonder what your advisor has to say,
About work not being done as you sit at your terminal all day,
thriving on inane discussions and a meaningless fray.

Consider this a request made in all humility and not a bad rap,
though I am tired of follow ups to your postings by assorted riff raff,
However if you intend to make it to my kill file,
Let me know and I can add you on before you can say smile.

Samit


Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: nsridhar@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Natarajan Sridhar)
Subject: Re: Going to a Wedding
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 14:55:50 GMT

In article <1992Aug14.131231.11188@cis.ohio-state.edu> chandra@cannelloni.cis.ohio-state.edu (B Chandrasekaran) writes:
>In article <75880004@hpldsla.sid.hp.com> jdansky@hpldsla.sid.hp.com (Jeri Dansky) writes:
>
>>The wedding invitation says it's the wedding of Sow. Meera with
>>Chi. Sriram.  What do "Sow." and "Chi." mean?
>
>This is going to be the one of the thousands of south Indians replying to
>this question, but here goes anyway.
>
>"Sow" is a shorthand for "Sowbhagyavati," literally meaning "May she
>be blessed with good fortune," while "Chi" is a shorthand for
>"Chiranjeevi," meaning "May he be blessed with long life," both in
>Sanskrit.  Note some interesting gender-distinctions here.  The ideal
>of Hindu married life is for the wife not to outlast the husband.
>Widowhood is not a very pleasant station in life. Hence it is the
>husband who is blessed with long life.  
>

There is one more plausible reason:

Consider the fact that the husband used to be far elder to the wife in
'those' times. Maybe the above mentioned benedictions are to ensure
that after living a life of good fortune, both croak at the same time.

Just my $0.03 (the price has gone up, folks ...)

**sridhar**
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Indian Stock Market listings
From: gravishanker@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Date: 17 Aug 92 18:06:52 EDT
Organization: Wesleyan University

Hi

I would like to know if there is any publication available here in the US where
all the stocks traded in the Bombay Stock Exchange are listed periodically
(weekly is better). If so, how much would it cost to get them. Also, if there
is anything available electronically it is even better. Believe me, it is not
for me, but for my father-in-law who is visiting us.... Thanks for any
information.

Ravi

Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: susanc@rice.edu (susan chacko)
Subject: Re: Curious observation.
Keywords: Is it just me ?n
Organization: Rice University
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 15:09:40 GMT

paulchem@tigger.cs.Colorado.EDU (Icarus) writes:
> (re: salwar-kameez)
>1] And besides, it doesnt need any special skills to wear.
>   Avoids the primal feminine fear of clothes falling off at 
>   awkward moments. :-)

Not at all. While a sari might seem insecure from the observer's
viewpoint, I'm sure all the women out there will assure you that
it's quite easy to get used to wearing one, and it's perfectly
stable after that initial adolescent initiation period. Of course,
it's hard to convince anyone who hasn't tried one :-).
(We do have primal feminine fears, but that's another story :-))
   
(>> susanc@rice.edu about saris...
>>the feet, thus making bus-catching impractical unless one hitches it
>>up, which would cause aesthetic problems.)

>2] Ahem, depends on the point of view. 
>   Generations of starved youth have traditionally gathered around
>   bus stops in Kerala for partaking in this time-honoured ceremony. :-)

Perhaps the Victorians really had some reason behind their paranoid
social decrees: excitement clearly lies in what is concealed rather
than revealed. In this case, a few inches of ankle exposed during the 
100m. Bus-Catching Sprint, versus the vast expanses of midriff, 
arm, back and shoulder left revealed on a regular basis by a sari. :-)

> .. (re: 9-yard saris)
>3] And has the additional advantages of covering up unwanted cellulite
>   under a mantle of grace. :-)

Yes, somehow women don't carry off a flabby stomach with quite the
shameless flair of the men :-).

>5] A male wearing a kurta-pajama might send out the wrong signals in this
>   ultra liberal climate. I can assure all of you, boulder sees no sarees 
>   either, sadly.

We await further elucidation of this tantalizing statement. Is a kurta-
pyjama considered conservative? Not conservative enough? Too far left? 
Right? Do its subliminal politics draw opprobrium? Too much positive
attention? :-)

Opinions welcomed, as always, although preferably related to the topic
under discussion.

Susan.

--
Mail from this account is forwarded to susan@vger.niddk.nih.gov
From: vnesiah@aludra.usc.edu (Deep Third Man)
Newsgroups: alt.culture.karnataka,soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: test
Date: 13 Aug 1992 12:25:33 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu

Hey!

What have we here?

Another splinter group of SCI?

Does this mean that India is on the verge of collapse?

That was the arguement against alt/soc.culture.thamil,

right??

Vasuki ("Lankan Tamils call Indian Tamils Pichaikari") Nagabushan where are 
you when we need you?



- Vaseeharan
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: skrai@uceng.UC.EDU (Shashi K Rai)
Subject: F2 Practical training
Organization: College of Engineering, University of Cincinnati
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 01:36:42 GMT


Hi Folks!



I am on practical training. Next month, my wife and son will be applying
for F-2 visa. I have some questions in this regard.

1.  Should I show a bank statement for the amount of expenditure or
is a letter of employment from my employer sufficient? 

2.  What documents does she have to show when she applies
for the visa ?

3. Does anybody have any experience with the Calcutta consulate? 
How is the visa scene at Delhi?

I would appreciate any suggestions. Please reply if you do have any comments 
on this.

Thanks in advance. 

Shashi Kant Rai
email: skrai@uceng.uc.edu
Phone : (513) 751-4207

Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: pbs@cypress.com (Piyush Sevalia -- Applications)
Subject: Re : soc.culture.marathi
Originator: pbs@koala.cypress.com
Organization: Cypress Semiconductor, San Jose, CA
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 19:03:48 GMT

In article <1992Aug11.183547.4531@eecs.nwu.edu>, salil@eecs.nwu.edu (Salil Raje) writes:
|> I am willing to do the organisation of this group if somebody gives
|> a few hints on what all I am supposed to do.
|> -SALIL

Well, I read news today after a long time and had the following newsgroups
come up :

alt.culture.tamil
alt.culture.kerala
alt.culture.karnataka
soc.culture.indian.telugu

And now our friend wants a soc.culture.marathi......

Are we a fractious nation or what ???

No wonder we were ruled over by other people for so many centuries.. :-(

-- 
-- 

Piyush Sevalia			 | True Happiness is found only in True Love.
Cypress Semiconductor, San Jose  | So is True Misery. 
pbs@cypress.com			 |
From: raju@cs.utexas.edu (Raju Pandey)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Query: Addresses of Indian Institutions.
Date: 17 Aug 1992 13:55:55 -0500
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: langtry.cs.utexas.edu

Hi,

I am looking for the addresses of the computer science departments of
the following institutions:

Indian Institute of Technology,	Bombay,	Kanpur,	Madras, and Delhi,
Indian Institute of Science, Banglore, and the Center for Development
of  Advanced Computing, Pune.

Please respond to the email address, raju@cs.utexas.edu.

Thankyou for your help.

Raju Pandey
From: gchacko@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (George W Chacko)
Subject: Re: A Turd from Ohio
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 15:53:24 GMT

In article <1992Aug12.153217.16816@cbfsb.cb.att.com> sidnag@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (siddhartha.nag) writes:
>A Turd from Ohio, with brains so few
>Was the prime cronie of a gal from Purdue
> He cried.. Man-O-Man
> When she dumped him and went to Japan
>And now he plays with his emacs gnu

You mean 'crony' you illiterate.

Xref: sparky soc.culture.indian:28164 rec.travel.air:3999
From: sguha@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Saumyen Guha)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,rec.travel.air
Subject: Re: December Fares to Calcutta (was Re: Travel on Thai..)
Date: 14 Aug 92 14:34:37 GMT
Organization: Princeton University
Originator: news@nimaster

In article <92223.161504SSEN@auvm.american.edu> Shinjinee Sen <SSEN@auvm.american.edu> writes:
(..Stuff Deleated..)

   I want to add and clarify a few points here.             


>cient.  The fare from DC to Calcutta is $1370-1375 (including tax); however,
>Thai necessitates stopovers in Bangkok. There is not much time for Bangkok
>nightlife however.  I was advised to get a transit visa here in DC, which will
>save me time at the airport.  The price is approximately $15 or 300 baht ($1=
>24 or 25 baht).  You can pay either in dollars or in baht. However you are
>advised to change some of your money to tip the limousine driver.  Thai provi-
>des the hotel stay and the transportation; however, no meals are included.
>After the heavy meals on board, all you miss is breakfast anyway, and I leave
>it upto ingenious desis to find a way of getting that!  By the way, a departure
>tax may be levied, and two photos are required for the visa (get them here).
                        ^^^^^^^^^^

 One each way. Outward and return journey. Yes, you do have to get a
visa each time. There is also an airport tax each time, which is 200
bahts. $9.00 if you pay in dollars. So , to the ticket, add approx.
($15.00(visa)+$2.00(tip)+$9.00(airport tax)+$4.00(breakfast or dinner
on return jouney))*2=$60.00.

(.. Some more stuff deleated...)

>A Houston agency run by a Uday Mitra is also recommended. As is a GeetaPradeep
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Detail is , MI Travel, Tel. Off (713) 530-3000.
 Excellant service, helpful, courteous. Very good deals on Thai. 
 Received the ticket within 5 days of mailing the check. All these
 were just 23days ahead of journey(from the first date of contact).
 He gave me very good deal too. $1340 roundtrip, from NJ(Newark) to
 Calcutta. That was in the months of June-July(peak season).
 If you charge on CC, he charges the full amount and returns the 
 balance but, he tells you outright that, it will take about a month.

>at Detroit (313) 689-5201
>BY THE WAY, I READ THAT MCI HAS A FREQUENT FLYER ARRANGEMENT WITH AMERICAN OR
>NORTHWEST. CHECK INTO IT. YOU COULD GET MILES FOR EVERY DOLLAR YOU SPEND ON
>LONG-DISTANCE (And I just got my telephone bill.....)
>
>Good luck and happy hunting.

-Saumyen
From: bharat@ccvax.ucd.ie
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Any one with Gulf Air experiance ? for a lady alone.!!!!
Date: 15 Aug 92 13:00:29 GMT
Organization: University College Dublin

In article <reddy.713818069@spso>, reddy@spso.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jagan Reddy) writes:
> Hi netters,
> 
> 	Any one with Gulf Air experiance recently for a lady alone. 
> 
> Your input appreciated

what would be the output.. ~~~~~~~8)

o o
 |  ?
 =--U


> 
> Jagan
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: manish@cfmu.eurocontrol.be (Manish Chhatralia)
Subject: ruc-sha-bun-dun
Originator: manish@rook
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 09:31:00 GMT
Organization: Eurocontrol - Central Flow Management Unit

Dear friends,

     Have a happy ruc-sha-bun-dun (August 13 1992) to those
     who celebrate, and have a good independence day on August 15 1992.

Take care, 
          Manish.
From: nsridhar@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Natarajan Sridhar)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: A conundrum ... post Vader era !!
Date: 21 Aug 92 17:31:36 GMT
Organization: The Ohio State University

A puzzle to keep you occupied while your program gets made!
-----------------------------------------------------------

A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, there existed a small colony
of zirkels on a planet called Titigua. 

Now, zirkels closely resemble humans in several
respects, save they lack hands; and the power to hear and communicate.
They can only observe their surroundings and react accordingly.

A Dark Jedi happened to visit this simple, albeit chaotic world, and
immensely taken in by its beauty, decided to settle there. Using
his powerful mental powers, he succeeded in building a fantastic
civilization. And the zirkels in turn accepted him as their Master, for
he was the only person capable of harnessing their thoughts and 
communicating them to the others.

Life was good for couple of centuries. But then something strange
started happening. The zirkels began sprouting ears ! It finally
came to a point where every zirkel had atleast one ear, and some
had two. This worried the Jedi master who felt that at this rate,
the zirkels can evolve into humans really fast, and would gradually
become less and less dependent on him. Being a Dark Jedi, ultimate power
was his only ambition. He felt that the two-eared zirkels posed the
biggest threat since their rate of evolution was apparently the 
greatest. The others could be taken care of in the course of the
ensuing centuries.

So one day, the Jedi assembled his entire zerkle populace into The
City Hall (it was a small colony, remember ?), and said, "I want 
all ye mutated two-eared ones to leave this world. I would not like to use
any of my powers against you, I'd rather you left on your own accord.
There is a special colony for you on the rings of Titigua. Tomorrow
the rest of us will assemble here to decide your fate. You have been
a blot on our society for too long !"

No zerkle leaves. The next day, the Jedi takes one look at his people
and thunders "I see that you people do not care for my words anymore.
I'm giving you one more chance. All two-eared zirkels must leave immediately." 

Again nobody leaves, and everybody assembles at the hall the following day.
The Jedi is positively angry now. The flash of a lightsaber is all too 
perceptible, when some zirkels leave.

The Q is:

HOW MANY ZIRKELS LEAVE ?

NB: Above is a genuine puzzle. Please don't respond with goofy solutions !

Good luck !
**sridhar**
From: ramki@stable.ecn.purdue.edu (Lakshmikantan Ramakrishnan)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: J1 transfer process
Keywords: transferring school/J1
Date: 21 Aug 92 04:38:49 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network

I would appreciate hearing from folks regarding the following:

Is INS endorsement essential for effecting the IAP66 transfer process?

I recently changed schools and the internation office here says I will
need to wait for INS approval - till which time (2 mnths?) I won't
be eligible to work as grad staff (TA).

Any way of getting around this?  

Please respond to "srin@cs.utexas.edu"         
Thanks
Ramakrishnan
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: j0c7753@tamuts.tamu.edu (Jitesh Chanchani             )
Subject: Looking for Supratik Champati in Maryland
Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 19:53:13 GMT

Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian