[Assam] Banking on Banking Software
Chan Mahanta
cmahanta at charter.net
Sat Aug 25 19:37:37 PDT 2007
>Flexcube which is a Banking Software and considered No 1 Banking
>Software in the World ...
*** I am most impressed. It was my abject ignorance that caused me to
overlook such an ingenious, earth-shattering desi-contribution to
human civilization.
Now if only 30% desis had a bank account to play with, we just might
laugh all the way to the bank.
Desi-creativity and desi-ingenuity, thy name is Krishnendu!
At 3:57 PM -0700 8/25/07, Krishnendu Chakraborty wrote:
> > *** Yes, they do depend on them , to a degree. You
>> don't get to go
>> to to topmost schools on the basis of SAT or GRE
>> scores alone. There
>
>
>What you are admiting is these tests are the "primary"
>criteria. You may consider other aspects but will your
>top school consider a student who scores extreme low
>in SAT/GRE etc?
>Since Indian students trained through Indian Education
>scores good in these exams, by your argument I assume
>these tests are designed to test the rote memory.
>
>> And if I was NOT wrong, can I still be right with
>> relying on easily
>> verifiable info available there?
>
>
>As a matter of fact, you swing per your convenience.
>For example, when Indian Press writes against your
>views, you decry Indian Press but again when you find
>a article criticizing India you are the first one to
>highlight it.
>If you think some info is easily verifiable, why pick
>it from Wiki, why not from authoratative sources?
>
>> *** First off, it is NOT my education system. But it
>> is a far far
>> better one than the Indian one in many aspects.
>> Education has many
>> aspects, as ought to be clear to the educated. There
>> are some aspects
>> in which SOME Indian institutions do quite well.
>> Math for example.
>> But math excellence is not the be-all and end all of
>> education. Nor
>> is Physics or Chemistry or Stats or what have you.
>>
>> Indian institutions do produce reliable workers.
>> But show us a few
>> that helped change India's conditions with their
>> creativity or their
>> ingenuity.
>
>
>Let me put the question again --
>"HOW Indians from Indian Educational System come up
>with flying colurs in US Schools?"
>As per changing India's condition, people whose eyes
>are not covered with blind hatred against India should
>be able to easily see how India is moving ahead
>...... and I do not see a foregin hand behind this.
>
>>
>> *** How about an encore to enlighten an English
>> language challenged
>> fellow kharkhowa? I must have missed it, if not
>> failed to comprehend
>> its complexities.
>>
>
>Probably it will not make any impact on an American
>but I cited two examples --- Flexcube which is a
>Banking Software and considered No 1 Banking Software
>in the World ... and automation of Indian stock
>exchange .... but again, why would an American care if
>Indian export increases, the Indian market shines and
>key International players make a beeline to invest in
>India.
>Just check the top Mutual Funds of US and most of
>those invests heavily in India because , unlike you,
>they believe in Indian Growth story.
>
>--- Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
>
>> > >**** I thought SAT, GRE, GMAT, USMLE all are US
>> tests
>> ... so your education system also depends on tests.
>>
>>
>> *** Yes, they do depend on them , to a degree. You
>> don't get to go
>> to to topmost schools on the basis of SAT or GRE
>> scores alone. There
>> again are nuances. Most big name schools would
>> consider a LDC
>> student, even if she can't quite measure up to the
>> standards their US
>> counterparts to get in. That is how many Indian
>> students get in to
>> Harvard, MIT, etc. , even though they might not
>> quite measure up to
>> the other intangibles that they weigh as predictors
>> of a likelihood
>> for success. So, unlike Indian dedication to '
>> testocracy' ( you
>> heard it here first ) as the most sophisticated tool
>> as a predictor
>> of success, the US system has other tools they use.
>>
>> However I won't hold that against you. One has to
> > learn somewhere. I did too.
>>
>> **** But creativity is NOT an essential item in
>> these calculations.
>> Because society does require skilled grunts as well.
>> Reliable number
>> crunchers, accurate paper-pushers, shrewd
>> manipulators -- all have a
> > place in society; any society. But those societies
>> who have shined,
>> moved ahead in the world also had those creative
>> thinkers and doers
>> in their midst who could think outside the box as
>> the cliche' goes
>> and break new ground, without which you get what
>> India is. While the
>> jury is still out as to how creativity can be
>> inculcated, there are
>> widely accepted means out there, producing results.
>> And math. tables
>> are not it.
>>
>>
>> > Inspite of your citing numerous wiki sites (BTW
>>
>>
>> *** Was I wrong in decrying Wiki being accepted as
>> the authority?
>> What is your opinion?
>> And if I was NOT wrong, can I still be right with
>> relying on easily
>> verifiable info available there?
>> Those appear contradictory only to the simple
>> minded. I would have
>> hoped you are a cut above.
>>
>>
>>
>> >you could not explain HOW Indians come up in flying
>> colours under
>> >YOUR education system or WHY >youreducation system
>> DOES NOT test
>> >for creativity
>>
>>
>> *** First off, it is NOT my education system. But it
>> is a far far
>> better one than the Indian one in many aspects.
>> Education has many
>> aspects, as ought to be clear to the educated. There
>> are some aspects
>> in which SOME Indian institutions do quite well.
>> Math for example.
>> But math excellence is not the be-all and end all of
>> education. Nor
>> is Physics or Chemistry or Stats or what have you.
>>
>> Indian institutions do produce reliable workers.
>> But show us a few
>> that helped change India's conditions with their
>> creativity or their
>> ingenuity.
>>
>> >BTW, I have earlier cited Indian innovations which
>> you probably
>> >could not comprehend ....
>>
>> *** How about an encore to enlighten an English
>> language challenged
>> fellow kharkhowa? I must have missed it, if not
>> failed to comprehend
>> its complexities.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> At 10:09 AM -0700 8/25/07, Krishnendu Chakraborty
>> wrote:
>> > > *** That would be the response of someone who
>> cannot
>> > > IMAGINE anything
>> >> beyond 'teaching and testing'.
>> >
>> >**** I thought SAT, GRE, GMAT, USMLE all are US
>> tests
>> >... so your education system also depends on tests.
>> >And what they test for ? To check how good a
>> person
>> >can rote? And a person who shines in these tests
>> (has
>> >exceptional rote memory) goes to the best Schools.
>> >
>> >>>>Desi-teaching is entirely devoid of introducing
>> the
>> >creative process: Of analyzing, hypothesizing,
>> finding
>> >solutions different from the expected or the given.
>> >
>> >***** Inspite of your citing numerous wiki sites
>> (BTW
>> >was it you who decried wiki a couple of days back
>> ?)
>> >you could not explain HOW Indians come up in flying
>> >colours under YOUR education system or WHY your
>> >education system DOES NOT test for creativity.
>> >
>> >As usual, you are twisting, drifting away from
>> >original question.
>> >
>> >BTW, I have earlier cited Indian innovations which
>> >you probably could not comprehend .... damned
>> English
>> >:)
>> >
>> >>They can do great
>> >> math,
>> >
>> >Was it you who said that Indian Math foundation is
>> >weak ??
>> >
>> >--- Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> At 9:34 AM -0700 8/25/07, Krishnendu Chakraborty
>> >> wrote:
>> >> >hmmm... I am missing something ....
>> >> >
>> >> >so in your ideal education system you teach
>> >> something
>> >> >and test for something else ?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> *** That would be the response of someone who
>> cannot
>> >> IMAGINE anything
>> >> beyond 'teaching and testing'.
>> >>
>> >> Goes to prove my point again and again.
>> >>
>> >> Desi-teaching is entirely devoid of introducing
>> the
>> >> creative process:
>> >> Of analyzing, hypothesizing, finding solutions
>> >> different from the
>> >> expected or the given.
>> >>
>> >> It has become a cultural marker. They can do
>> great
>> >> math, play
>> >> walking encyclopedias , be great spelling bees,
> > do
>> >> complex
>> >> engineering computations. But look at India's
>> >> innovations ,
>> >> creativity. There is nothing to show for , even
>> with
>> >> all that
> > >> brain-power crunching numbers or writing complex
>> >> codes.
>> >>
>> >> Why?
>> >>
>> >> Your arguments are perfect illustrations.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Now try this too:
>> >>
>>
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity#History_of_the_term_and_the_concept
>>
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