[Assam] Banking on Banking Software

Krishnendu Chakraborty krish_gau at yahoo.com
Sat Aug 25 21:00:28 PDT 2007


Would appreciate if you can share with us your source
of info that less then 30% Indians have bank account. 

We are yet to know HOW Independent Assam (including
education)  will be better then today's Assam ?
Who is going to lead this (hypothetical) independent
Assam?





--- Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:

> >Flexcube which is a Banking Software and considered
> No 1 Banking 
> >Software in the World ...
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> *** 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!
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> 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 
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