[Assam] Banking on Banking Software

[Krishnendu Chakraborty]

> Good for India.  But WHAT DOES THAT prove? That 
> Indian education fosters creativity, ingenuity? 
> Does it?

No.  Because the argument is NOT to belittle India ...
so it can never hold any water.


> prevented me from learning; by observing, 
> reading, asking a lot of dumb questions--whatever 
> it took.

Observation with a cover of hatred on eye is dangerous
:) 

Unfortunately, you never learnt that a person will
NEVER jump to a well just because YOU say that there
is a Gold Mine inside it.  You need to Prove the real
benefit of a independent Assam before asking people to
support you which you could not.




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

> 
> Hi Umesh:
> 
> Have you come across the term IRONY ?
> 
> Can't you see the irony in Krishnendu's offering 
> of Flex-Cube as India's sole contribution to 
> creativity ? Obviously he could not  find 
> anything else. Even *I* could have listed more. 
> How simple-minded can one get?
> 
> How many Indians have bank accounts? And how has 
> Flex-Cube helped Indians better their lives? It 
> might generate more profit for American banks. So 
> do a great many other things that desis do for 
> them.
> But is that  even a relevant accomplishment  to 
> wave as an example of Indian creativity, 
> ingenuity?
> 
> I'll go a step further: OK, fine--Flex-cube is a 
> genuine piece of Indian ingenuity and that is an 
> unchallengeable record of desi-achievements . 
> Good for India.  But WHAT DOES THAT prove? That 
> Indian education fosters creativity, ingenuity? 
> Does it?
> 
> But people like you, Krishnendu and others like 
> you can reasonably be expected to be more 
> analytical, more discerning than you guys present 
> yourselves as.  But I know pretty darn well why. 
> And I don't blame it on you guys. But I do hold 
> you responsible for holding your own potentials 
> back with the dogma of what you carry around as 
> national pride built on a swampy record. I 
> probably was no different, but mercifully I have 
> no national identity baggage unlike you guys that 
> prevented me from learning; by observing, 
> reading, asking a lot of dumb questions--whatever 
> it took.
> 
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> At 10:25 PM -0700 8/25/07, umesh sharma wrote:
> >C-da,
> >
> >Every nation has ists share of poor people . If 
> >one group is trying to excel make some great 
> >software that is no way linked to poor people in 
> >the city. Do you know that even outside Harvard 
> >campus there are plenty of homeless people and 
> >very poor African Americans styaing in the area 
> >between Harvard and MIT - does that detract 
> >anything from the contributions by Harvard or 
> >MIT to the world at large and US in particular.
> >
> >*** 
>
><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_the_United_States>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_the_United_States
> >
> >Total Number
> >
> >As many as 3.5 million people experience 
> >homelessness in a given year (1% of the entire 
> >U.S. population or 10% of its poor), and about 
> >842,000 people in any given 
>
>week.<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_the_United_States#_note-9>[10]
> >Familial 
>
>composition<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_the_United_States#_note-10>[11]
> >
> >40% are families with children—the fastest growing
> segment.
> >41% are single males.
> >14% are single females.
> >5% are minors unaccompanied by adults.
> >1.37 million (or 39%) of the total homeless 
> >population are children under the age of 
>
>18.<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_the_United_States#_note-11>[12]
> >
>
>Ethnicity<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_the_United_States#_note-12>[13]
> >
> >49% are 
>
><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American>African
> 
> >American (compared to 11% of general population).
> >35% are 
>
><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasian_race>Caucasian
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> >(under-represented compared to 75% of general 
> >population).
> >13% are 
> ><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic>Hispanic 
> >(compared to 10% of general population).
> >2% are 
>
><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States>Native
> 
> >American (compared to 1% of general population).
> >1% are 
>
><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian-American>Asian-American
> 
> >(under-represented compared to 4% of general 
> >population).
> >Umesh
> >
> >Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
> >
> >  >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!
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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
> 
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