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From: guru@engin.umich.edu ( V. Guru Shankar)
Subject: India to host 2nd International Conference on AIDS
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 92 15:51:18 EDT
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor


UPI reports: (Sept 1st)
=======================

	NEW DELHI, India (UPI) -- India will host in November the second
international conference on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific, health
officials announced Tuesday.
	The Indian government recently unveiled an AIDS prevention strategy,
and its decision to host the conference is seen as a significant
initiative to increase public awareness about the disease. 
	An HIV epidemic has hit the Bombay region, India's main industrial
belt, the southern Indian city of Madras and the remote, Burma-
bordering Manipur state, inhabited by many heroin addicts. AIDS is
caused by the HIV virus.
	The conference, a followup to the first Asia-Pacific conference on
AIDS held in Australia in 1990, will aim to find practical solutions to
control the spread of AIDS in a region which until recently has seen the
disease mainly as a Western problem, officials said.
	The planned meeting will seek to help governments of the region ``put
in place culturally sensitive, effective prevention programs as a matter
of urgency,'' Dr. R.N. Malaviya, the conference's organizing chairman,
told a news conference in the Indian capital.
	In India, where health services already are abysmal for a population
of 850 million, the government has been slow to promote programs for
prevention and screening of AIDS or arrange medical care for those with
full-blown AIDS. 
	Recent studies by the World Health Organization have placed India
with Thailand as the countries in the region facing the most explosive
increase in HIV infections. 
	According to a U.S. state department report released last month, 
``Conditions in India point to a rapid spread of the epidemic.'' 
	Few Indian or international analysts believe the government's current
figures, which put the number of full-blown cases at 116, and of HIV
infected persons at 7,272. 
	Non-governmental organizations in India estimate the true figures to
be far higher, given that there are only 75 official screening centers
in the country. 
	WHO, which has estimated there are 250,000 infected Indians at
present, believes that there would be at least 400,000 new cases of HIV
infection in the country over the next eight years. 
	Until recently, controls on blood donations -- an income earner for
many Indians -- were nonexistent in India. The country has a large tribe
of what are popularly called ``professional blood donors.''
	The Indian government has recently set up a National Advisory
Committee on AIDS with a top career official appointed to oversee its
work.
	The committee is using a soft loan of $85 million from the World Bank
and additional funds from the government to develop a national strategy
on AIDS prevention. 
	The target groups for the program are prostitutes and their clients,
homosexual groups and intravenous drug users. 


Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: zpvy0a@hou.amoco.com (Prasad Yalamanchi WWNV x4269 9.125)
Subject: Re: Classic trap: Recent Green Card holder
Reply-To: zpvy0a@hou.amoco.com
Organization: Amoco
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 15:35:26 GMT

> The idea that Zpvy0a forwards (asking the mgmt to give him paychecks
> for two more months, and *state on paper that he is an employee*), is
> one that almost all employers will balk at. Especially one who is
> laying you off in the first place (mgmt. is usually paranoid about
> putting *anything* on paper that sounds like an offer or a promise -
> who knows, you could sue them later for something else..).

True! Employers don't want to waste time getting into such complicated situations.
And certainly Companies are paranoid if its dealing with legal affairs.
 
My suggestion to approach management for the 'kind of help' is NOW not a mere idea (was in my case!!). It was how I got it working for me!!    

well... here is the story ...

My application for I-551 or GC was filed midway Jan - 1991
Anticipated GC Interview was May or June - 1991
I was laid off Feb 7th - 1991

I talked to Mgmt and my Attorney and 
we all (my Attorney, Company's Attorney & Mgmt) toyed with my Attorney's idea (suggested in my prevous post) all of Feb & March until when I had my vacation and '2 wks' (time before layoff) to make me seem legally employed.
After that Mgmt couldn't go through with the time it had to spend on the issue and agreed to take me back till my GC interview was over.

So ... as Shankar was suggesting you need a GOOD ATTORNEY (by that..he is willing to spend time, make several phone calls to whoever.. your mgmt or their attorney and so on)
Also surely you must try and talk to your management yourself first ( not bad handling at all ..)
Because with all of anything your lawyer could do, your Company has to play the vital part to keep it all legal, and they only would out of good will and intentions for you and little else.

wish u good luck

Prasad Yalamanchi         phone (713) 847-5424  

     

Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: sdoki@maxine.wpi.edu (Suresh Doki)
Subject: Re: Interested in a sexy desi girl
Keywords: sexy desi
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 23:58:36 GMT


>	I bet I'm more handsome than you.. U can check out with any sexy gal
>	around.. I get gals without posting on SCI.. I'm skeptical about you
>	saying that u r handsome... Cuz' a HANDSOME guy with qualities  like
>	TALL, DARK and HANDSOME need not post to get a sexy chic.. Just have 
>	to go to BAR and ask them whether they wanna dance or have couple of 
>	drinks with you.. Try u'r skills , buddy..

come over to my place and check me out. i am sure you cannot be even
half as good as i am. i am posting only becoz i don't like to get some
hooker from some goddamn bar. moreover i am a teetotaller and don't
want change habits just for some chicks.

Suresh

:) :) :) :) :) :)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: venki@mpg.phys.hawaii.edu (N. Venkateswaran)
Subject: Re: Nos Tacemus --[ Weekly Column] -- Icarus.
Organization: University of Hawaii, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 05:36:30 GMT

In article <17mchcINN552@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> ragi@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Spaceman Spiff) writes:
>
>  And on a slightly different note, anyone heard of an Israelite(?)
>called Uri Geller, who can move or bend small metal objects with 
>his mind? I have read somewhere (I dont remember where), that the
>average human mind has a vast, but latent, capability to perform
>tasks that are now considered beyond the realm of reality. And that
>people that are "gifted" are just those who inadvertently happened
>upon a very small part of that capability. Maybe some day science
>will have a scientific explanation for such phenomena and any common
>lout can make 100 lb rocks bounce around without batting the
>proverbial eyelid!
>
>  Any interested persons with more detailed facts, care to 
>elaborate?
>

	And how about :

	Maharishi Mahesh Yogi of the "levitation" fame,
	
	Sai "the truth" baba and the gold coin out of thin air,

	Eric Von Danikkn and the landing strip for aliens.


	Psychokinesis has more in common with the tooth fairy than with
	reality.


	n.V.


Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: sarukkai@cs.rochester.edu (Ramesh R. Sarukkai)
Subject: Matrimonial
Organization: Computer Science Department University of Rochester
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 14:09:59 GMT


This is for a friend of mine.  PLEASE do *not* respond back to me by
email.
**************************************************

Family of tamil iyengar girl,  28,  systems analyst employed in
California invites correspondence from south indian brahmin in his 
thirties for matrimonial alliance.  Widowers or divorcees without
issue welcome.

Please call (914) 245 7551 after 6pm.
**************************************************

Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: st1oc@jane.uh.edu (Satish, Kumar S.)
Subject: Re: Help ! Urgent ! Urgent !
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: University of Houston
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 01:50:00 GMT

In article <1992Aug25.164219.13411@cs.albany.edu>, ganesh@cs.albany.edu (Ganesh Murugesan) writes..
...............

--No contents but with a catchy "Subject" line I suppose.
Well, remember the story about "The wolf and the
sheperd"? 

Gotcha!
--egerzhaaghi"
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Hinduism and Sati
From: <RIPBC@CUNYVM.BITNET>
Date: Wednesday, 2 Sep 1992 00:17:10 EDT
Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center

         I hope no one who has read my postings thinks that I am in any way
    defending or justifying the  practice of Sati.  Involunatry  immolation
    is murder and volunatary self immolation is not appropriate in the 20th
    century.  Women who wish to immolate themselves must be dissuaded,  and
    perhaps, if necessary, prevented by force.  But I DO object to the  use
    of a very rare phenomenon, not sanctioned in ancient texts, to be  used
    to condemn Hinduism or India.

         Hinduism does not have an  inquisition, and a consequence is  that
    all kinds of odd practices, and even harmful ones, get  tolerated under
    the Hindu umbrella.  But  IMHO, none of the  Judeo-Christian religions,
    Judaism, Christianity or Islam even  begin to approach Hinduism at  its
    best.   Only  Buddhism,  and  perhaps  Taoism  has comparable depth of
    insight.

         Did Krishna actually say what he  is supposed to have said in  the
    Gita at the battle of  the Mahabharata?  It seems implausible  that two
    armies  would  wait  while  Krishna  recited  18 chapters!  But whether
    Krishna said it at  some other time, or  perhaps someone else said  it,
    what  appears  in  the mouth  of  Krishna  about  action, in  the Gita,
    anticipates much of what Marvin Minsky says in the Society of Mind.  If
    you don't  think this  is a  stroke of  genius, you  should think a bit
    about  WHEN  it  was  said!    And  look  at  what  Nagasena   says  in
    Milindapanho.  It anticipates much of what is being discussed RIGHT now
    by people like Jerry Fodor and Patricia Churchland.

         This is why it is important for us to hang on to whatever is great
    in our tradition, even as we reject what is silly or harmful.

         Rohit Parikh
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: nsridhar@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Natarajan Sridhar)
Subject: Re: I will close you by my ices --[ The Tiger Cascade ]
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 18:08:58 GMT

In article <1992Aug27.173933.1794@colorado.edu> paulchem@tigger.cs.Colorado.EDU (Icarus) writes:
>In article <1992Aug27.125801.16683@menudo.uh.edu> aruna@tree.egr.uh.edu (Venkatachalam Aruna) writes:
>>In article <1992Aug26.225243.194559@ua1ix.ua.edu> ngopalas@ho19.eng.ua.edu  
>>(Nath S. Gopalaswamy) writes:
>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>I will close you by my ices.
>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I will lose you by my dices.
>>> >>>>>>>>>>  I will kill you with my spices.
>>> >>>>>>>>    Hi willki, you with mices ?
>>> >>>>>>>>    No Vepal, that would be crises.
>>> >>>>>>      No pal, begone, that suffices.
>>> >>>>>       I car US life's main spices?
>>> >>>>        I caress her vain crevices.
>>> >>>         I could do without artificial devices.
>>> >>          I kudo you with art on what premises ?
>>> >           Could you be SCating on thin Ices?
>>>             Methinks Icarus will pay terrible prices.
>>              Yes, he will be crushed down to juices.
>               Less, you will be rushed down to the sluices.
                Better stop ere I give you bruises
>>
>
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>.    ~ ~                                                                     .
>.    o o      signito ergo sum.              paul chemmanoor.                .
>.     |    i sign therefore i am.            Computer Science department.    .
>.     =                                      Univ. of Colorado, Boulder.     .
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------

**sridhar**

Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
From: lhakpa@milton.u.washington.edu (Lhakpa Sherpa)
Subject: Address of Himal Magazine ?
Organization: University of Washington
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 22:49:09 GMT


	Can any one tell me the phone number and fax number of the Himal Magazine in Kathmandu ?
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: General News
From: rana@evax2.engr.arizona.edu (NAME=Vivek S.J.B. Rana)
Date: 1 Sep 92 22:01:05 MST
Reply-To: rana@evax2.engr.arizona.edu
Distribution: world,local
Organization: University of Arizona, College of Engineering and Mines, Tucson

                       ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
                       ---------------------

Environment will be introduced as a subject in school curricula
from Grades 1 to 10 Minister for Education and Culture Govinda
Raj Joshi informed the Parliament.

                        DOCTORS SACKED
                        --------------
His Majesty's Government (HMG) has sacked 8 medical doctors who 
were assigned to villages but have been absent for long a long
period.

                         
                   SAFETY AT TRIBHUVAN INT'L AIRPORT
                   ---------------------------------
Japan will help Nepal improve its safety systems at Tribhuvan Int'l
airport to help aviod dissasters.  Japanese foreign officials said.
The scope of assistance will be decided after official discussion.

                 DISSATISFACTION : RISE IN PETROLIUM PRODUCTS
                 --------------------------------------------
Nepal internation consumers Association issued a statement expressing
dissatisfaction against the recent price reise in petrolium products.
The association also demanded that the decision be withdrawn.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
From: phjj@ruchem.ru.ac.za (Justin Jonas)
Subject: Re: what did I see?
Reply-To: phjj@ruchem.ru.ac.za
Organization: Rhodes University, Grahamstown, SA
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 19:41:23 GMT

In article <1992Aug20.175753.12495@neptune.inf.ethz.ch>, margulis@inf.ethz.ch (Eugene Margulis) writes:
>
>Last spring I was trekking in Nepal, from Pokhara towards Jomosom. 
>On the way to Hille I passed through a tiny village where I 
>encountered a very strange procession. A porter was carrying a large
>basket with an umbrella attached to it. There was a woman in the
>basket and at least 5 people accompanying them. There were a couple of
>other completely loaded porters. As soon as I raised my camera one of
>them shouted that they do not want pictures to be taken, so I did not
>take any. I am not quite sure what the procession was about, I wanted
>to ask someone local about it, but by the end of the day I forgot. 
>Someone later suggested that this was a marriage procession, sort 
>of delivering the bride to her husband, but he was not sure. Does
>anyone on this group have an idea what it could have been? 
>
When I was walking in the area I saw a tourist who had been overcome
by stomach ailment(s) being carried in this way.  It could have been
an injured or sick person being taken to medical aid.

Justin

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Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
From: psycho@makalu.Stanford.EDU (Mr. Knotty Sycho)
Subject: Jai Nepal !!!
Organization: Peace and Freedom Institute, Stanford University
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 92 22:43:03 GMT


:-)  :-)  ;-)  :-)  ;-)  :-)  :-)  ;-)  ;-)  :-)
From: kenp@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Ken Purcell)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: I am going over to NEPAL!
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 92 08:29:34 MDT
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #1, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Good day, I will be going to Nepal on Nov 1 to see my foster 
Child/Family.
does anybody have something easy they would like me to do??? I will have 
about 6 days total time around the Big city.  And will be in the 
Annapurna and Everest Region.  

Ken Purcell              kenp@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca
From: mbheprg@meehpa01.ee.man.ac.uk (Raju Gurung)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: Re: Want some Nepali recipes
Date: 26 Aug 92 11:01:29 GMT
Reply-To: mbheprg@meehpa01.ee.man.ac.uk (Raju Gurung)
Organization: Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Manchester

In article <1992Aug25.152004.12800@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, rsubrama@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Revathi Subramanian) writes:
|> 
|>         I have been to Nepal about 5 years ago and I just loved the people
|> and the country. On our way from Kathmandu to Pokhara we stopped at Mugling
|> (I am not sure if my spelling is right) and there, ... ( deleted)
|>         Is most of Nepal vegetarian? 
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

	In the absence of large scale animal farming methods used in western
	countries, meat is too dear for most people in Nepal. So I guess, 
	you could say most people in Nepal are vegetarians except on special
	occasions like Dashai.
		Although a vegetarian (by choice) but someone who couldn't cook 
	to save his life, I'm afraid I can't help you in the recipe department.

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From: kar@archi.tohoku.ac.jp (Madan Karkee)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: Does anybody know?
Date: 1 Sep 92 15:36:27 GMT
Distribution: soc.culture.nepal
Organization: Structural Mech., Dept. of Architctr., Tohoku Univ.


 have been trying to contact some of my friends from Nepal with whom I have been out of touch
for the past couple of years. I would appreciate it very much if somebody could help
me get in touch.
      1.  Mohan Sharma - previously at Stanford University
      2.  Rajendra K. Kanshakar - previously at Arizona University
      3.  Laxman Mani Devkota - previoulsy at Arizona University
      4.  Jagadish Chandra Pokhrel - MIT
      5.  Ananta Ram Baidya - Previously in Hawaii
Look forward to geting in touch.

e-mail: kar@gaudi.archi.tohoku.ac.jp (Madan B. Karkee)
        Dept. of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering
        Tohoku University, Sendai 980, Japan
        Fax: (81-22) 268 3690 Tel: (81-22) 222 1800 Ext. 4634
From: oak@mwilliams.eche.ualberta.ca
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: The spiritual master
Date: 25 Aug 92 22:42:16 GMT
Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada


 


THE SPIRITUAL MASTER AS A MANIFESTATION OR REPRESENTATIVE OF KRISHNA, THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD
 
	acharyam mam vijaniyan
	navamanyeta karhicit
	na martya-buddhyasuyeta
	sarva-devamayo guruh
 
One should know the 'acharya' as Myself (Krishna) and never disrespect him in any way.  One should not envy him, thinking him an ordinary man, for he is the representative of all the demigods.
 
						( Bhagvatam 11.17.27 )
 
	guru krishna-rupa hana sastrera pramane
	guru-rupe krishna kripa karena bhakta-gane
 
According to the deliberate opinion of all revealed scriptures, the spiritual master is nondifferent form Krishna.  Lord Krishna in the form of the spiritual master delivers His devotees.
 
				( Chaitanya Charitamruta Adilila 1.45 )
 
Comments/ questions....corrections welcome.
 
Nilesh		oak@mwilliams.eche.ualberta.ca
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hare krishna hare krisna krishna krishna hare hare
hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare
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From: kenp@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Ken Purcell)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: Change in Treking Permits???
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 92 08:33:52 MDT
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #1, Edmonton, AB, Canada

I have heard that the way you get Treking permits have changed.  Is this 
true.  The first time I was there, you had to exchange 5$ US for every 
day you were in the mountains/hills.  The second time it was 10$. Now I 
have heard it was up to 20 $ for the last 4-6 months; but someone I 
ran into told me; "you no longer need to exchange $/day....?????  If this 
is true, it would be great.  As the amount needed to be converted always
has been to much to spend.  Does anyone know the update on this subject.
      It sure would make things easier!!!  Any other changes that I 
should know about.   Whats the fine lately for being on a Mountain which 
you have no permit...Just curious.  Has any new area along the Tibet 
border opened up?  Has the Clean-up crew from North America been getting 
any head way on their skrub-up on the Base Camp?

        I say Hi from the Cold town of Jasper,AB  (Ken Purcell)

Ken Purcell              kenp@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca 
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
From: richter@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (C. Richter)
Subject: Re: Address of Himal Magazine ?
Organization: UTCS Public Access
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 02:46:07 GMT

In article <lhakpa.714955749@milton> lhakpa@milton.u.washington.edu (Lhakpa Sherpa) writes:
>
>	Can any one tell me the phone number and fax number of the Himal Magazine in Kathmandu ?

Phone: 977-1-523845
Fax:   977-1-521013

Note these are the numbers for presumably Himal's Lalitpur address.  I don't 
think it has a Kathmandu address.

Conrad
richter@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca
From: rana@evax2.engr.arizona.edu (NAME=Vivek S.J.B. Rana)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: Thai Airways Crash Probe
Date: 31 Aug 92 03:05:48 GMT
Reply-To: rana@evax2.engr.arizona.edu
Distribution: na,local
Organization: University of Arizona, College of Engineering and Mines, Tucson


                      CRASH PROBE
                      -----------
Kathmandu, Laboratory analyses of the Flight Recorder (FDR) and the
cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) of the Thai International Airbus which
crashed here on July 31, killing all 113 people on board, have indicated
that the plane was proceeding normally until the crew encountered a 
fault while attempting to make the required flap selection prior to
landing.
From: blda@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: RE: WHAT DID I SEE (BLDA)
Date: 26 Aug 92 17:48:03 GMT

SORRY, SHE WAS IN NEPAL 85-87!!
From: blda@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: Re: WHAT DID I SEE?
Date: 26 Aug 92 17:46:45 GMT

I spoke to my roomie who was in
Nepal (87-97) about the procession that
you saw while trekking.  She said that
Nepalese do not deliver brides in that manner.
She felt that the woman in the basket was
probably ill.
From: kar@archi.tohoku.ac.jp (Madan Karkee)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: Does anybody know?
Date: 1 Sep 92 15:19:04 GMT
Distribution: soc.culture.nepal
Organization: Structural Mech., Dept. of Architctr., Tohoku Univ.

I have been trying to contact some of my friends from Nepal with whom I have been out of touch
for the past couple of years. I would appreciate it very much if somebody could help
me get in touch.
      1.  Mohan Sharma - previously at Stanford University
      2.  Rajendra K. Kanshakar - previously at Arizona University
      3.  Laxman Mani Devkota - previoulsy at Arizona University
      4.  Jagadish Chandra Pokhrel - MIT
      5.  Ananta Ram Baidya - Previously in Hawaii
Look forward to geting in touch.