[Assam] An invitation - Healthcare sans Frontiers
DR BIKASH KUMAR DAS
biku006 at yahoo.co.in
Tue Jul 31 03:37:56 PDT 2007
Friends,
In respect of Dr.Aroop J kalita and Dr Porag 's milestone effoprts for a change over in Health care in the North East is most welcome and I too wrote for the same recently.meanwhile from my side two prominent senior consultant in Neuro Surgery and Orthopaediocs & Joint replacement has agreed to be in the advisory panel.I wish and request all to suport for this mega change over project with technical, funding supports.Fund in the region is most important.Someone need to come forward and it will happen one fine day.
Regards to all.
Dr.Bikash Kumar Das
Bangalore.
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Today's Topics:
1. Re: From ToI/ and from the fearless NGO Rajendra Singh (mc mahant)
2. Re: Post-?71 illegal migrants must go: AASU (mc mahant)
3. Moral-Fashion police (Ram Sarangapani)
4. An invitation - Healthcare sans Frontiers (Rajen & Ajanta Barua)
5. Current Assam flood and Children of Dhemaji (Ankur Bora)
6. Doctors on rafts bring hope to flooded-hit people (The
Sentinel, 31.07.2007) (Buljit Buragohain)
7. Re: ULFA to learn from North Korea (umesh sharma)
8. Zubeen sings save-wildlife tune (Pradip Kumar Datta)
9. Re: Moral-Fashion police (Mridul Bhuyan)
10. Re: Current Assam flood and Children of Dhemaji (umesh sharma)
11. Re: Math First: Harvard & UVa study on college science
success (umesh sharma)
12. Re: Math First: Harvard & UVa study on college science
success (Mridul Bhuyan)
13. BHEL: Govt engineers of India (umesh sharma)
14. Re: Math First: Harvard & UVa study on college science
success (umesh sharma)
15. Re: Moral-Fashion police (Ram Sarangapani)
From: mc mahant <mikemahant at hotmail.com>
To: Ram Sarangapani <assamrs at gmail.com>, <assam at assamnet.org>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:34:21 +0530
Subject: Re: [Assam] From ToI/ and from the fearless NGO Rajendra Singh
P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } Hats off to the Ever Optimist Ram:
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<India has a huge market, a good workforce, and a huge expanding middle class, something like 50% of the pop. is young.* > This is Kamal Nath kind of Spin/bait. Old Hat . Investors come only to exit with heavy killings.Result-That much loss for India.{*50% OLD?)
Look at what just came in from Rajendra Singh--- the whistle-blowing Water-man :
If I read him right NarendraModi is at least doing some Work. He is a HOPE!
For Rs.200 Crores Electricity; Rs. 20,000 Crores WERE LOST when Surat was Flooded out
Here is evidence of how incompetent politicians could only bring miseries for people of India.
None can deny political abilities of Gujarat Chief Minister to execute projects, fast demolish all opposition .But Like A Misdirected Missile Could Cause Massive Self Destruction .Check dams and river linking -- these are 2 such Missiles. Gujarat government claims to have carried out Flood Flow Experiments .Were these before check dams were built on rivers?
[20. By regulating the flow of flood water of Kadana & Panam projects in coordination with the Field Engineers, Collector, DDO, revenue department, more than 15 lakh cusecs of flood water is released without any damage and loss of life.]
Since losses in canal networks were huge Gujarat decided to fill up its dams for both additional power and water.
[18. State Govt. has also revised the rule level of gated dams particularly in scarcity area for storing maximum rainwater and stop the same flowing into sea. By storing and using such flood water planning fully particularly for Ukai & kadana project hydro electricity of worth of Rs. 200 to 300 crores is generated approximately.]
In the above: Instructions were clear---Stop Water Going waste To Sea .And all water went in to Surat city instead. Following that Imperious Diktat most of the check dams on all rivers were completed in 2005 before Surat was resultantly flooded out in 2006.
[7. With public participation, nearly 50000 no. of check dams are constructed at a cost of Rs. 1000 cores,--- Within a short period of one year in state nearly 1,50,000 Khet Talavadis(Storage Reservoirs inside the farm limits) were constructed with public participation.]
[12. In addition to these, Tenders for constructing more than 300 check dams on 21 rivers were also invited. From which at present works for 64 check dams are all ready started and construction of all check dams will be completed by June.05.]
Everything was designed for completion by 2005.
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Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:00:37 -0600
From: assamrs at gmail.com
To: cmahanta at charter.net
CC: assam at assamnet.org
Subject: Re: [Assam] From ToI
C'da
>You can assert it was a pack of lies or spinning by Campbell and attribute it to "still >drunk with the Raj.".
All you have to do is to read the UK media (even here - the Huffington Post and others). They all seem to paint a very different picture of Cambell.
Basically, they don't place too much credibility on him. He is supposedly fiercely loyal to TB and his party, has a short fuse, and is known as the "spin doctor" for a all the spinning and taking liberties with the facts.
>> And countries like India are really not that enamoured with the UK anymore
>*** I realize that is what you would like to believe. But does that explain
No, C'da, I am not saying this because its a feel-good thing. It has a lot to do with the economic clout that India and China have acquired in recent years.
India has a huge market, a good workforce, and a huge expanding middle class, something like 50% of the pop. is young.
So, there is a lot of competition among many countries to get into the Indian market.
You might know, that when private airlines in India were placing orders for planes this past year, all the major producers from the US and Europe were all over the place trying to get to India's good side. Britain is just one player. And this is just one segment - now consider autos, appliances, heavy machiney, highway building contracts etc.
And that is why India is really not that enamoured with the UK because there are many other more successful and developed countries who curry India's favor.
Recently, Kamal Nath (Indian minister) was in Houston. People were extremely impressed with this sauve, well-educated, and well-balanced montry from India (and I am not talking about the desi crowd). Many of the montries are not the 'run of the mill' type like Laloo,
There's a change afoot in India, C'da..
--Ram
n 7/30/07, Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
Ram:
> And countries like India are really not that enamoured with the UK anymore.
*** I realize that is what you would like to believe. But does that explain :
"Vajpayee was on the phone, totally adamant that if TB (Blair) went to Pakistan without
also visiting India, it would be a real disaster for him. He (Vajpayee) was normally so quiet and soft-spoken but there was both panic and a bit of anger in his voice".
You can assert it was a pack of lies or spinning by Campbell and attribute it to "still drunk with the Raj.".
But would that be a credible explanation?
c-da
At 9:36 PM -0600 7/29/07, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
C'da, >Be that as it may, what I found ironic and held my nose at was >ABV's supplication ( I had to look that up -means prayer to a higher >power, a humble request for help from someone in authority ) That is basically Cambell's take on what ABV's thought process was. I am really surprised - people like Cambell are still drunk with the Raj. The British are not in control anymore. And countries like India are really not that enamoured with the UK anymore. Whether we like it or not, companies from all over the world are making a beeline for India's market. You name a large company, and it has a presence in India. As far as today's India is concerned, Britain does not matter. Its only thought of as a backdrop to its history. --Ram
On 7/29/07, Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
Ram:
I wasn't even paying attention to that part of the story. It is a spook vs spook intrigue that I don't pay much heed to. But now that you bring that up, why do you think that the hotel room could NOT have been bugged, even though it was chosen by the Brits themselves? Its not like that they had the place cordoned off by the British security apparatus before Blair came a calling? And it wasn't like some third party who supposedly found the bugs -- it said the Brits found them during their sweep.
At any event, what would be Campbell's motive to throw that in, while the entire book merited about ten references to an India with super-power pretensions? A calculated resurrection of the benign-neglect doctrine :-)? Racism? Die-hard colonial condescension? Fear of an emerging India? What?
Be that as it may, what I found ironic and held my nose at was ABV's supplication ( I had to look that up -means prayer to a higher power, a humble request for help from someone in authority ) for Blair not to pass India by on his Pakistan visit, the grovelling for equal notice, that much despised 'parity' problem that continues to haunt India :-), never mind all the bravado declaring it as past.
Not that I was surprised. I had a pretty good idea how much Britain or even the USA respects India. All one needs to do is look at the Indian press head-lines or NRI proclamations here in the USA or in Europe to know how much Indians need that notice of whom they suck-up to. What I was surprised by was ToI's ability to print the piece, warts and all, obviously written by an 'anti-Indian' , probably an ex-pat , if not a 'pseudo-secularist' who hates ABV or the BJP :-).
c-da
At 6:40 PM -0600 7/29/07, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
Hi C'da
This news was reported also sometime ago (both in the British and Indian press).
The Indian Govt. asserts that there was no way they could have planted bugs, as the hotel was chosen by the British Govt. And the M16 or was it M15 had gone thru the suites with a tooth comb.
Now, how did all that get past British Intel.
The story seems too convenient as a story for Cambell.
--Ram
On 7/29/07, Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
** Tsk, tsk!
cm
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Blair's spin doctor spills beans on Indian waiters, PMs 30 Jul 2007, 0038 hrs IST,Rashmee Roshan Lal,TNN
Did you know there are more Indian waiters in Britain than there are
coal miners?" Tony Blair was asked in September 1994 by one of his
high-flying researchers Peter Hyman.
It was two months since Blair had become the youngest Labour Party
leader since World War II. Hyman's question presumably reflected the
profound changes in late 20th-century Britain. Blair was desperate to
change his moribund party and drag it out of 18 years in the
political wilderness. Hyman, who became one of Blair's favourite
advisors, presumably asked his question to point to Blair the
geography of the change he must embrace.
Thirteen years from the day Hyman asked the question, the past is a
different country. As is Britain. Blair has departed Downing Street
after a decade as Labour's longest-serving PM. A new PM is in office.
Blair's former aides have scattered like leaves in the wind. One of
the most prominent of these, former spin doctor Alastair Campbell,
has published extracts from his diaries. The volume, titled The Blair
Years, finally hit stands in India.
And so we finally learn what PM Blair and his golden guys and girls
really, really thought about India in the 10 years they colonised the
PM's office and the British political landscape. Going by Campbell's
diaries, the answer is very little, if at all. Despite all the recent
rhetoric about a new special relationship between India and its
former imperial master, Campbell's diaries make clear that Blair's
office, if not all of Blair's Britain, hardly thought about India,
except by default.
According to Campbell's account, Blair and Britain were forced,
post-9/11 to acknowledge India's needs vis-a-vis Pakistan for
face-saving Western tokens and gestures signalling New Delhi's
importance and influence.
In October 2001, says Campbell, Blair was on his way to Islamabad to
firm up plans with the West's new best friend, Pervez Musharraf, for
invading Afghanistan. New Delhi was not on the prime ministerial
itinerary. "We had a real problem with the Indians over the planned
visit to Pakistan," writes Blair's spin doctor, "Vajpayee was on the
phone, totally adamant that if TB (Blair) went to Pakistan without
also visiting India, it would be a real disaster for him. He
(Vajpayee) was normally so quiet and soft-spoken but there was both
panic and a bit of anger in his voice".
Later, Campbell describes the "two bugs" found in the British PM's
Delhi hotel room and notes, "we decided against making a fuss".
Campbell fulminates at some length about the "valet, Sunil" he is
assigned for the Delhi stopover, complaining that "he just would not
leave me alone...I was beginning to wonder whether he had been put
there either by the (Indian) spooks or a paper".
Soon in January 2002, and Campbell is once again recounting the
low-key theatricality of the UK-Indian relationship. Campbell's
memories of this passage to India appear to be dominated by Blair's
decision to wear a Nehru jacket.
"Hopefully it would be seen as showing respect (to the Indians)", he
writes. And then he damns PM Vajpayee with faint praise, describing
how Blair "pushed hard but got very little change out of Vajpayee. He
was holding out for a lot more from the Pakistanis. He was pretty
shrewd and his total lack of embarrassment at long silences was a
real strength".
As a miniature portrait of Indo-British relations six years ago,
Campbell's sketchy recollections of the stop-start bilateral rhythm
offer an unedifying picture. There is British suspicion and Indian
supplication; "mystical" Indian silences and wordy British lectures;
there are unmemorable banquets in the Hyderabad palace, prying
natives and clumsy Indian intelligence moves. All of this larded with
streaky bits of Indian tub-thumping and British mantras on South
Asia's need for stability.
In the end, of course, it is significant that Campbell mentions India
barely half-a-dozen times in this account of the 10-year period in
which India's relations with its former master visibly and
conclusively changed. The significance may lie more in what he does not say than what he does.
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Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:42:50 +0530
Subject: Re: [Assam]
Post-71 illegal migrants must go: A
ASU
P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } <(AASU) on Sunday made it clear that it would not allow any illegal migrant to stay in the State. The student body also declared that all the Bangladeshis who came to the State after 1971 would have to leave the State.>
We heard this regularly since 1976. Easier said than done.
Why not!!
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Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:09:03 -0700
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Subject: Post-71 illegal migrants must go: AASU
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Post-71 illegal migrants must go: AASU
By A City Correspondent
GUWAHATI, July 29 The All Assam Students Union (AASU) on Sunday made it clear that it would not allow any illegal migrant to stay in the State. The student body also declared that all the Bangladeshis who came to the State after 1971 would have to leave the State. Functionaries of the student body said that it would resist the moves of some quarters determined to convert Assam and the North East into a greater Bangladesh. President of the student body Sankar Prasad Rai, general secretary Tapan Kumar Gogoi and adviser Dr Samujjal Bhattacharya said that the entire North East had become a haven for the infiltrators posing a threat to the indigenous communities. If the unabated influx is not stopped, very soon Assam will have a Bangladeshi Chief Minister, said the AASU functionaries, stressing that the issue of the illegal migrants must be solved based on the Assam Accord.
It needs mention here that the AASU has been demanding detention of the people of dubious citizenship entering the State from Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland in temporary camps till verification of the identity of the suspected nationals.
Slamming the Centre and the State Government for their soft stand on the Bangladeshi issue, the AASU made it clear that only the indigenous people have the right to political power in the State.
On the other hand, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Assam Pradesh today once again appealed to the people of the State to be on the vigil against the illegal migrants. State president Ramen Deka, while strongly criticizing organizations like the AAMSU, which has been favouring the suspected nationals entering from Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland, said that there was no place for a second Jinnah in the country. We are keeping a close watch on the developments in the State regarding the Bangladeshi issue, said Deka.
Deka further said that the left parties should make their stand clear on the issue of influx in the interest of the State. The left parties and the intellectuals should make public their views on the issue of infiltration, said Deka.
Taking a dig at Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, Deka said that vote bank politics has made Gogoi silent on the issue that has been rocking the State.
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Palate Teasers: Straight from Master Chef! Sanjeev Kapoor From: "Ram Sarangapani" <assamrs at gmail.com>
To: ASSAMNET <assam at assamnet.org>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:56:55 -0600
Subject: [Assam] Moral-Fashion police
"Students have also been prohibited from gossiping and loitering in the college campus and from talking over cell phones. "
Wow! - no more adda-mara?
--Ram
New Cottonian Dress Code
The Cotton College Students' Union has reportedly issued a strict ''Code of Conduct'' to instil discipline and decency among the students of the college. The code of conduct has made 75 per cent attendance in classes mandatory, as also formal trousers with shirts or T-shirts for boys and salwar-kameez with a dupatta or sari or mekhela-chador for girls.
There is no gainsaying the fact the dress code is meant for enforcing strict discipline and decency among the students. Students have also been prohibited from gossiping and loitering in the college campus and from talking over cell phones. This apart, they have to primarily display their identity cards by wearing them around their neck. The general secretary of the college union said that the queries on the part of the students about the new code of conduct was natural. He said that the college authorities and the union were trying their best to address students' queries and clear their doubts. He appealed to all students to adhere to the new code of conduct to maintain order and decency within the college campus only. He also appealed to the senior students to maintain order in the college campus and set an example to their juniors. No incident of ragging would be allowed within the college campus or in college hostels on the first day.
The intention of the union when it comes to the new dress code in the premier college, is perfectly in order. But the question is: Will it not prompt someone to challenge the dress code on the grounds of human rights? Who knows!
Jibon Saikia,
Chenikuthi, Guwahati-3.
From: "Rajen & Ajanta Barua" <barua25 at hotmail.com>
To: <assam at assamnet.org>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:17:17 -0500
Subject: [Assam] An invitation - Healthcare sans Frontiers
Friends:
Forwarding an email from Dr Aroop Kalita from Assam with an appeal to an important welafre project in NE. Dr Aroop Kalita is looking for interested overseas doctors who would like to join and help in this project. Please contact Dr Kalita with your ideas and resources in this regard. They are already starting to offer very meaningful welfare work in healthcare profession in Assam.
Please respond to him directly.
Thanks
Rajen Barua
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Dear Sir,
Greetings !
Could you please help me locate the contact e-mail details of some prominent NRA doctors based in USA whom I can approac and see if they would like to be involved in this project.
We are trying to involve as many like minded people as possible to make this project a reality.
Best Regards
Aroop
+919435146287
Guwahati
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From: Dr. Aroop J. Kalita <aroopjk at yahoo.com>
Date: Jun 9, 2007 12:41 PM
Subject: [asom] An invitation - Healthcare sans Frontiers
To: NE INDIA < northeastindia at yahoogroupscom>
An Invitation for all
"Healthcare sans Frontiers "
Aims & Objectives : A initiative by a group of doctors to establish a : A multi-disciplinary "Not for Profit" Secondary & Tertiary Medical Institute & Research Centre to focus on certain key areas like :
Oncology & Oncosurgery
Paediatrics & Neonatology including Infectitious diseases in children
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Hematology
Neurology & Neurosurgery
Plastic Surgery & Burns
Orthopaedics & Reconstructive Surgery
Cardiology
Gastroenterology (Medicine & Surgery)
Laparoscopic Surgery / Key-hole Surgery
Vascular Surgery
Nephrology & Urology
Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology
Pathology, Microbiology , Immunology, Biochemistry, etc (Diagnostics)
Organ Transplantation
Traumatology
Transfusion Medicine
Background Observations : Assam & the entire North Eastern region have witnessed a spurt of several new private hospitals, nursing homes & diagnostic centres in the last decade. However most of these operate on a purely commercial basis and hence secondary & tertiary healthcare till today is beyond the reach of many. Most people who can afford still go outside the region to heathcare institutions in North, South & West India for advanced medical treatment resulting in a huge drain of resources. Moreover the focus on academic research is very limited in the healthcare institutions of this region as is reflected by the poor number of contributions from this region in the leading national /international medical publications. Hence it is a matter of serious debate as to whether the quality of diagnostics / treatment is at par or can be compared to institutions in rest of the country.
All these factors have resulted in a cumulative effect as a result of which the institutions of this region are unable to retain many a talented people who prefer to go to work in institutions outside the state.
The Proposed Module : To establish a "Not for Profit" Self-sustaining Healthcare Institute with a 3-tier module to cater to all people of the NE region:
Paid facilities for those who can afford
Subsidized facilities for those who cannot afford
Fully free facilities for those below poverty line
However the quality of facilities/treatment will be the same across all the categories.
Facilities for academic research will be a key focus so as to retain/ attract quality manpower.
Efforts have already begun for strategic tie-ups with leading non-commercial healthcare institutes of the country in the areas of technology sharing, technical manpower deployment & HRD. We would also be initiating efforts to tie-up with International Non-Commercial heathcare institutes & research centres of repute.
The project is in the initial stages of conception & we are planning to form & register a "trust" comprising of people who share a similar interest / would like to actively participate within the next couple of months.
We would like to invite all people / professionals (across all disciplines) of this region , those who share an interest in this region, NRIs & NRAs (including all NRA doctors), NGOs involved in the grassroots (specially those who are involved in the primary heathcare sector) to give their opinions, suggestions & inputs so that we can formulate a final draft strategy regarding the setup, generation of funds, etc.
Kindly pass on this information to all those you know who might be interested to contribute in any way in this project.
Best Regards
Dr. Aroop J Kalita
Guwahati
+919435146287
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To: assam at assamnet.org
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:23:46 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Assam] Current Assam flood and Children of Dhemaji
Dear friends, you must be aware of the current devastating flood in Assam. While the flood has affected almost all the districts , Dhemaji district is the worst-hit. According to the todays edition of Sentinel , Dhemaji has remained cut off from the rest of Assam since July 12 with the highway breached in about five points. Nearly two lakh people had been affected and about 300 villages were inundated. At least 250,000 people in the district were displaced with floodwaters submerging their villages - some of them literally washed away by the high current. There are hundreds of mothers whose children are down with fever and waterborne diseases in Dhemaji.
A few volunteers of Rural Volunteer Force (RVC) have been working tirelessly to support and rehabilitate some of the families. RVC was set up in year 1989 by Ravindranath , an engineer from IIT Delhi. They have been trying not only to rehabilitate but also to provide an alternate livelihood to those affected families. Currently RVC has identified 45 families to support and sustain. Please visit the website to know more about the details of these children and their families.
http://www.childrenofdhemaji.ngo.net.in/
I put forward our sincere request to support their cause financially. If you are residing in Assam or in India please contact Ravindranath at
Rural volunteers Centre
Po+Vill- Akajan. Via - Silapathar
Dist-Dhemaji.(Assam)787059.INDIA
Phone-03753-246306Fax-245758
Mobile phone-09435089275/09435089824
E-mail.ruralvolunteerscentre at yahoo.co.in
For North American residents you can support through Assam Foundation of North America , www.assamfoundation.net or through ASA foundation (email asafinc at aol.com ) .
Please note that your financial contribution will be tax exempted and you will also be notified about the fund utilization details.
We sincerely wish that our community will rise to this occasion and help our people back home.
Sincerely,
Ankur Bora
Austin , Texas
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Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:53:52 +0100 (BST)
Subject: [Assam] Doctors on rafts bring hope to flooded-hit people (The
Sentinel, 31.07.2007)
Doctors on rafts bring hope to flooded-hit people
Dhemaji, July 30: As the rain-swollen Brahmaputra river flooded Asom displacing nearly four million people, 26-year-old Swarnalata Pegu on Monday scampered up and down a mud embankment looking for medicines for her baby boy.
My son is down with fever and loose motions since the last two days and I am at a total loss. I was told the nearest primary health centre has been submerged in flood waters, she said in between sobs.
Pegu was nearing a breakdown when a team of doctors arrived at village Budhwar in Dhemaji district, over 500 km east of Guwahati, on a rubber raft, bringing a faint smile on her face.
Like Pegu, there are hundreds of mothers whose children are down with fever and waterborne diseases in Dhemaji, the worst hit by the raging floods.
At least 250,000 people in the district were displaced with floodwaters submerging their villages - some of them literally washed away by the high current.
As you can see the ground is slushy and we all are virtually sleeping on mud and filth with rains lashing down heavily. This is like a curse on us, rued Kuntal Deka, a villager.
Heavy monsoon rains have triggered flash floods and landslides in the north-eastern states of Asom and Meghalaya for the past one week, killing at least 20 people and displacing 4.1 million.
Five people were drowned overnight in separate incidents in Asom. Last week, nine people were killed in a massive landslide in Meghalaya and six others drowned in Asom.
We have been trying our best by providing food, medicines, polythene sheets and rushing in doctors and veterinarians for the flood affected people, said Assams Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Bhumidhar Barman.
The Brahmaputra is flowing about 2.5 meters above the danger level in some areas.
We were sleeping when we suddenly heard the gurgling sound of water inside our home. We just had time to escape leaving behind everything, Nayantara Bora, an elderly woman, said.
All our belongings, including rice, poultry and cattle have been washed away.
Thousands of flood-hit villagers here are struggling to survive in makeshift tents on mud embankments and other raised bamboo platforms.
So far, we have opened about nine relief camps and more than 1,200 temporary shelters. We have been providing rice, salt and pulses to the people, besides installing hand pumps for drinking water, said Dhemaji Deputy Commissioner Diwakar Mishra. Dhemaji has remained cut off from the rest of Asom with the highway breached in about five points. This is just the beginning of a long and miserable flood season. Nature has always been very unkind to us, said Milan Das, an elderly farmer, at one of the relief camps. (IANS)
(The Sentinel,31.07.2007)
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Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:48:48 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: [Assam] ULFA to learn from North Korea
North Korean current govt and ULFA believe in communist style govt acheiving power thru violence -- thats the parallel.
I don't see Assam being dragged into the picture though.
Umesh
Priyankoo <priyankoos at yahoo.co.in> wrote: Thats a cool one...never noticed [:)]
uttam borthakur <uttamborthakur at yahoo.co.in> wrote: Except that both Assam and Korea are on parallels (read latitudes)
Priyankoo <priyankoos at yahoo.co.in> wrote: could not get how the two are parallels
umesh sharma <jaipurschool at yahoo.com> wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_North_Korea
ULFA should learn that fighting does not pay - from North Korea's dictatorial govt
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Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:18:39 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Assam] Zubeen sings save-wildlife tune
Zubeen sings save-wildlife tune
- Icon in mission to prevent highway hit-and-run cases along Kaziranga A STAFF REPORTER TELEGRAPH INDIA An injured deer receives medical care at the Kaziranga rescue centre Guwahati, July 30: Zubeen Garg the singer has never been short of an audience. Zubeen Garg the activist is hoping his message to save Kaziranga will strike a chord in as large an audience, if not larger.
Assams most popular singer-composer after Bhupen Haziraka has just embarked on a mission to raise awareness about the monsoon travails of Kaziranga National Park.
Every year, when floods inundate the park, fleeing animals cross National Highway 37 at the risk of being mowed down by speeding vehicles. Villagers living on the periphery of the park pose a threat, too, preying on deer and other animals that come to the highlands for shelter.
Four deer were run over by speeding vehicles on National Highway 37 last night, while bodies of two other were recovered from the inside the park. Speeding vehicles also knocked down two deer on Saturday. Park officials say many more will die in the same manner if motorists do not exercise caution while passing through this zone.
Zubeen, a member of People for Animals, has taken it upon himself to lead an awareness campaign involving top artistes of the state. My mission is to try and save the wild animals of Kaziranga. Several renowned artistes have pledged to join me, the singer-composer told The Telegraph today.
His mission will begin on Wednesday with public meetings spread across four ranges of Kaziranga Burapahar, Agaratoli, Bagori and Kohora. The youth icon and other artistes will travel to Dhubawati Beloguri, Bandardubi, Lukhurukhonia, Dipholupathar and Rajagaon villages to appeal to the people to do whatever possible to protect the animals.
Zubeen has already composed a song based on Kaziranga as the theme for the campaign. It is a special song dedicated to the denizens of Kaziranga, he said. Actors Nipon Goswami, Jatin Bora, Bishnu Khargharia and Zerifa Wahid will accompany the singer on the roadshow. Painters Neelpawan Baruah and Sobha Brahma will be there, too, with brush and canvas to tell people that Kaziranga is in danger.
A Kaziranga-based NGO, Bhumi, and the Wildlife Trust of India are Zubeens allies. Uttam Saikia, the president of Bhumi, said the singer gladly accepted the responsibility of arranging the show.
Bhumi has long been engaged in raising awareness about the plight of wildlife in Kaziranga during the monsoon. Our members stop vehicles plying on NH 37 at night and request the drivers to be careful while passing by, Saikia said.
Bhumi members also train villagers how to handle animals that stray into villages. Most animals die of capture myopathy (stress induced by contact with humans) despite being provided treatment at the rescue centre. We are teaching villagers how to handle marooned animals, Saikia said.
Zubeen will release two rescued deer in the park when he visits Kaziranga this week. The injured animals were found in a village.
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To: Ram Sarangapani <assamrs at gmail.com>, ASSAMNET <assam at assamnet.org>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:21:05 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: [Assam] Moral-Fashion police
The charms of being a Cottonian are gone :). I don't know if they have banned sitting in canteen or walking arround Handique.
Mridul
Ram Sarangapani <assamrs at gmail.com> wrote:
"Students have also been prohibited from gossiping and loitering in the college campus and from talking over cell phones. "
Wow! - no more adda-mara?
--Ram
New Cottonian Dress Code
The Cotton College Students' Union has reportedly issued a strict ''Code of Conduct'' to instil discipline and decency among the students of the college. The code of conduct has made 75 per cent attendance in classes mandatory, as also formal trousers with shirts or T-shirts for boys and salwar-kameez with a dupatta or sari or mekhela-chador for girls.
There is no gainsaying the fact the dress code is meant for enforcing strict discipline and decency among the students. Students have also been prohibited from gossiping and loitering in the college campus and from talking over cell phones. This apart, they have to primarily display their identity cards by wearing them around their neck. The general secretary of the college union said that the queries on the part of the students about the new code of conduct was natural. He said that the college authorities and the union were trying their best to address students' queries and clear their doubts. He appealed to all students to adhere to the new code of conduct to maintain order and decency within the college campus only. He also appealed to the senior students to maintain order in the college campus and set an example to their juniors. No incident of ragging would be allowed within the college campus or in college hostels on the first day.
The intention of the union when it comes to the new dress code in the premier college, is perfectly in order. But the question is: Will it not prompt someone to challenge the dress code on the grounds of human rights? Who knows!
Jibon Saikia,
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To: Ankur Bora <ankur_bora2000 at yahoo.com>, assam at assamnet.org
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:47:14 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: [Assam] Current Assam flood and Children of Dhemaji
Ankur-da,
Why not make the Assam Foundation website to take donations online thru credit card payment.
Umesh
Ankur Bora <ankur_bora2000 at yahoo.com> wrote: Dear friends, you must be aware of the current devastating flood in Assam. While the flood has affected almost all the districts , Dhemaji district is the worst-hit. According to the todays edition of Sentinel , Dhemaji has remained cut off from the rest of Assam since July 12 with the highway breached in about five points. Nearly two lakh people had been affected and about 300 villages were inundated. At least 250,000 people in the district were displaced with floodwaters submerging their villages - some of them literally washed away by the high current. There are hundreds of mothers whose children are down with fever and waterborne diseases in Dhemaji.
A few volunteers of Rural Volunteer Force (RVC) have been working tirelessly to support and rehabilitate some of the families. RVC was set up in year 1989 by Ravindranath , an engineer from IIT Delhi. They have been trying not only to rehabilitate but also to provide an alternate livelihood to those affected families. Currently RVC has identified 45 families to support and sustain. Please visit the website to know more about the details of these children and their families.
http://www.childrenofdhemaji.ngo.net.in/
I put forward our sincere request to support their cause financially. If you are residing in Assam or in India please contact Ravindranath at
Rural volunteers Centre
Po+Vill- Akajan. Via - Silapathar
Dist-Dhemaji.(Assam)787059.INDIA
Phone-03753-246306Fax-245758
Mobile phone-09435089275/09435089824
E-mail.ruralvolunteerscentre at yahoo.co.in
For North American residents you can support through Assam Foundation of North America , www.assamfoundation.net or through ASA foundation (email asafinc at aol.com ) .
Please note that your financial contribution will be tax exempted and you will also be notified about the fund utilization details.
We sincerely wish that our community will rise to this occasion and help our people back home.
Sincerely,
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To: Dilip/Dil Deka <dilipdeka at yahoo.com>, assam at assamnet.org
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:56:49 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: [Assam] Math First: Harvard & UVa study on college science success
Here is something about India's government engineers ruling the globe:
http://www.bhel.com/bhel/overseasbusiness/international.htm
BHEL, ranking among the major power plant equipment suppliers in the world, is one of the largest exporters of engineering products & services from India. Over the years, BHEL has established its references in around 60 countries of the world, ranging from the United States in the West to New Zealand in the Far East. BHEL's export range covers individual products to complete Power Stations, Turnkey Contracts for Power Plants, EPC Contracts, HV/EHV Sub-stations, O&M Services for familiar technologies, Specialized after-market services like Residual Life Assessment (RLA) studies and Retrofitting, Refurbishing & Overhauling, and supplies to manufacturers & EPC contractors.
BHEL has assimilated and updated/adopted the state-of-the-art-technologies in the Power and Industrial equipment sectors acquired from world leaders. BHEL has successfully undertaken turnkey projects on its own and possesses the requisite flexibility to interface and complement international companies for large projects, and has also exhibited adaptability by manufacturing and supplying intermediate products to the design of other manufacturers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The success in the area of rehabilitation and life extension of power projects has established BHEL as a reliable alternative to the OEMs for such power plants.
Umesh
Dilip/Dil Deka <dilipdeka at yahoo.com> wrote: Mridul,
How does it shake out if you draw a line between the public and private sectors? If the private sector also is employing engineers just for the sake of providing employment or because there is a position open for an engineering degree holder, then there is a big problem.
I don't know whether you live in India or not. I'd like to hear how it is in the Indian private sector.
Dilip Deka
Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
At 10:04 PM -0700 7/29/07, Mridul Bhuyan wrote:
As far as engineers employed in India, I am not sure if being creative or not makes any difference. Regarding most of the engineering jobs in India, except in a few cases, I am not sure, if Engineers are required at all :) Mridul Bhuyan
**** You are sooo right Mridul!
What our NRI friends can't quite deal with is the realities of India. They need to keep up those appearances, NOT because they do not know, but it is from their own personal insecurities about who or what they identify with.
c-da
Dilip/Dil Deka <dilipdeka at yahoo.com> wrote:
Umesh, Not every engineer needs to be creative. However every engineer should be good in math, just to survive in the field. The design engineers need to know what is behind the softwares they use now a days to solve engineering problems. There are functions in engineering where a person can contribute without being creative in the real sense of the word. I have spent 30+ years in the field, including management of engineers, I should know something about engineers by now. A request to engineers in India - please speak up. Dilipda
umesh sharma <jaipurschool at yahoo.com> wrote:
C-da,
But the article was about doing intensive coursework in math at high school levele - not at an engineering college.
***But there is more to it: Ability to do good math, by and of itself, does not guarantee success as an engineer or scientist. One can do well in the academic exams, can even get good jobs, not just as engineers, but in a lot of other fields, but real engineering also requires creativity -- something Indian engineering schools rarely help develop, while not everyone is endowed with an ability or have the aptitude to develop it
Umesh
Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
At 1:33 PM -0700 7/27/07, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote:
Netters with interest in science will find this article interesting. Math is used in all sciences, so obviously good fundamental knowledge in math helps students in all branches of science. A good grasp of math in high school helps engineering students as well, across the board.
*** And that is exactly why it is so essential to have a sound primary education where math fundamentals take root or die. If you look at the percentage of students in Assam who have a decent knowledge of math fundamentals, you will know why so few excel in science, technology etc.
But there is more to it: Ability to do good math, by and of itself, does not guarantee success as an engineer or scientist. One can do well in the academic exams, can even get good jobs, not just as engineers, but in a lot of other fields, but real engineering also requires creativity -- something Indian engineering schools rarely help develop, while not everyone is endowed with an ability or have the aptitude to develop it .
Dilip
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http://www.fas.harvard.edu/home/news_and_events/releases/science_07262007.html
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To: Dilip/Dil Deka <dilipdeka at yahoo.com>, assam at assamnet.org
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:58:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: [Assam] Math First: Harvard & UVa study on college science success
Dear Dilip Da,
My regards to you. Yes, I live in Gurgaon, in India.
In private sector, all the big names like Reliance, AREVA, ABB, SIEMENS, Crompton Greaves... etc are employing engineers but not because they need them all, but due to the fact thay are available at a cheaper price. The call centres are also hiring engineers because they are available at the same price tag as that of an BA/BSc/B.Com. Being in Gurgaon, I have come across about 10/12 engineers from Assam (from our kharkhoowa engineering colleges), who are working in the call centres such as American Express, citibank etc. In call centres of Wipro, IBM, DELL... finding engineers is understandable, however, I doubt what type of specialist jobs they are doing, which can't be handled by a software programmer. Recently, I met one first class mechanical engineer from AEC (that too with very high scores), working in American Express, doing customer service. Let's talk about our great 'Bania' Company Reliance Energy (Engaged in distribution of power in portion of Delhi). They
would've employed the cheapest available non-technical manpower, had it not been for the high voltage circuit breakers, transformers, they have to handle. But they are now recruiting engineers only for almost all category of jobs except for finance, because the supply is abundant. You can get a fresh engineer for Rs.3.0 lakhs per annum, but a MBA costs almost twice that amount. They transform the Engineer to an excellent manager with their bania expertise.:). So, tell me how creativity comes in to the picture. As pointed out by Uttam, Private sector is all about acquiring max. ouput with minimum cost. Hope, the picture is clearer now.
Regards
Mridul
Dilip/Dil Deka <dilipdeka at yahoo.com> wrote:
Mridul,
How does it shake out if you draw a line between the public and private sectors? If the private sector also is employing engineers just for the sake of providing employment or because there is a position open for an engineering degree holder, then there is a big problem.
I don't know whether you live in India or not. I'd like to hear how it is in the Indian private sector.
Dilip Deka
Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
At 10:04 PM -0700 7/29/07, Mridul Bhuyan wrote:
As far as engineers employed in India, I am not sure if being creative or not makes any difference. Regarding most of the engineering jobs in India, except in a few cases, I am not sure, if Engineers are required at all :) Mridul Bhuyan
**** You are sooo right Mridul!
What our NRI friends can't quite deal with is the realities of India. They need to keep up those appearances, NOT because they do not know, but it is from their own personal insecurities about who or what they identify with.
c-da
Dilip/Dil Deka <dilipdeka at yahoo.com> wrote:
Umesh, Not every engineer needs to be creative. However every engineer should be good in math, just to survive in the field. The design engineers need to know what is behind the softwares they use now a days to solve engineering problems. There are functions in engineering where a person can contribute without being creative in the real sense of the word. I have spent 30+ years in the field, including management of engineers, I should know something about engineers by now. A request to engineers in India - please speak up. Dilipda
umesh sharma <jaipurschool at yahoo.com> wrote:
C-da,
But the article was about doing intensive coursework in math at high school levele - not at an engineering college.
***But there is more to it: Ability to do good math, by and of itself, does not guarantee success as an engineer or scientist. One can do well in the academic exams, can even get good jobs, not just as engineers, but in a lot of other fields, but real engineering also requires creativity -- something Indian engineering schools rarely help develop, while not everyone is endowed with an ability or have the aptitude to develop it
Umesh
Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
At 1:33 PM -0700 7/27/07, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote:
Netters with interest in science will find this article interesting. Math is used in all sciences, so obviously good fundamental knowledge in math helps students in all branches of science. A good grasp of math in high school helps engineering students as well, across the board.
*** And that is exactly why it is so essential to have a sound primary education where math fundamentals take root or die. If you look at the percentage of students in Assam who have a decent knowledge of math fundamentals, you will know why so few excel in science, technology etc.
But there is more to it: Ability to do good math, by and of itself, does not guarantee success as an engineer or scientist. One can do well in the academic exams, can even get good jobs, not just as engineers, but in a lot of other fields, but real engineering also requires creativity -- something Indian engineering schools rarely help develop, while not everyone is endowed with an ability or have the aptitude to develop it .
Dilip
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umesh sharma <jaipurschool at yahoo.com> wrote:
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/home/news_and_events/releases/science_07262007.html
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Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:59:35 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Assam] BHEL: Govt engineers of India
Govt engineers of India
BHEL, ranking among the major power plant equipment suppliers in the world, is one of the largest exporters of engineering products & services from India. Over the years, BHEL has established its references in around 60 countries of the world, ranging from the United States in the West to New Zealand in the Far East. BHEL's export range covers individual products to complete Power Stations, Turnkey Contracts for Power Plants, EPC Contracts, HV/EHV Sub-stations, O&M Services for familiar technologies, Specialized after-market services like Residual Life Assessment (RLA) studies and Retrofitting, Refurbishing & Overhauling, and supplies to manufacturers & EPC contractors.
BHEL has assimilated and updated/adopted the state-of-the-art-technologies in the Power and Industrial equipment sectors acquired from world leaders. BHEL has successfully undertaken turnkey projects on its own and possesses the requisite flexibility to interface and complement international companies for large projects, and has also exhibited adaptability by manufacturing and supplying intermediate products to the design of other manufacturers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The success in the area of rehabilitation and life extension of power projects has established BHEL as a reliable alternative to the OEMs for such power plants.
http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:Ig23y-hK89gJ:www.iift.edu/iift/papers/iift/TECHNOLOGY%2520EXPORTS%2520_Jan.-March%25202005_.pdf+bhel+train+exports&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us&client=firefox-a
IIFT paper on BHEL exports.
Umesh
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To: Mridul Bhuyan <mridul_mb at yahoo.com>, Dilip/Dil Deka <dilipdeka at yahoo.com>,
assam at assamnet.org
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:05:21 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: [Assam] Math First: Harvard & UVa study on college science success
Mridul-da,
Hmmm I can see where the anti-entrepreneurship attitude is leading to. Perhaps you have heard that engineers are also becoming CEOs --IITians have become phonemal investmant bankers -helped by the fact that not only they are good number crunchers but alo they understand engineering companies better . You might have heard of one Rajat Gupta who was an IITian , Harvard MBA and lead McKinsey -a company which is into "bania" like activities.
Umesh
Mridul Bhuyan <mridul_mb at yahoo.com> wrote: Dear Dilip Da,
My regards to you. Yes, I live in Gurgaon, in India.
In private sector, all the big names like Reliance, AREVA, ABB, SIEMENS, Crompton Greaves... etc are employing engineers but not because they need them all, but due to the fact thay are available at a cheaper price. The call centres are also hiring engineers because they are available at the same price tag as that of an BA/BSc/B.Com. Being in Gurgaon, I have come across about 10/12 engineers from Assam (from our kharkhoowa engineering colleges), who are working in the call centres such as American Express, citibank etc. In call centres of Wipro, IBM, DELL... finding engineers is understandable, however, I doubt what type of specialist jobs they are doing, which can't be handled by a software programmer. Recently, I met one first class mechanical engineer from AEC (that too with very high scores), working in American Express, doing customer service. Let's talk about our great 'Bania' Company Reliance Energy (Engaged in distribution of power in portion of Delhi). They
would've employed the cheapest available non-technical manpower, had it not been for the high voltage circuit breakers, transformers, they have to handle. But they are now recruiting engineers only for almost all category of jobs except for finance, because the supply is abundant. You can get a fresh engineer for Rs.3.0 lakhs per annum, but a MBA costs almost twice that amount. They transform the Engineer to an excellent manager with their bania expertise.:). So, tell me how creativity comes in to the picture. As pointed out by Uttam, Private sector is all about acquiring max. ouput with minimum cost. Hope, the picture is clearer now.
Regards
Mridul
Dilip/Dil Deka <dilipdeka at yahoo.com> wrote:
Mridul,
How does it shake out if you draw a line between the public and private sectors? If the private sector also is employing engineers just for the sake of providing employment or because there is a position open for an engineering degree holder, then there is a big problem.
I don't know whether you live in India or not. I'd like to hear how it is in the Indian private sector.
Dilip Deka
Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
At 10:04 PM -0700 7/29/07, Mridul Bhuyan wrote:
As far as engineers employed in India, I am not sure if being creative or not makes any difference. Regarding most of the engineering jobs in India, except in a few cases, I am not sure, if Engineers are required at all :) Mridul Bhuyan
**** You are sooo right Mridul!
What our NRI friends can't quite deal with is the realities of India. They need to keep up those appearances, NOT because they do not know, but it is from their own personal insecurities about who or what they identify with.
c-da
Dilip/Dil Deka <dilipdeka at yahoo.com> wrote:
Umesh, Not every engineer needs to be creative. However every engineer should be good in math, just to survive in the field. The design engineers need to know what is behind the softwares they use now a days to solve engineering problems. There are functions in engineering where a person can contribute without being creative in the real sense of the word. I have spent 30+ years in the field, including management of engineers, I should know something about engineers by now. A request to engineers in India - please speak up. Dilipda
umesh sharma <jaipurschool at yahoo.com> wrote:
C-da,
But the article was about doing intensive coursework in math at high school levele - not at an engineering college.
***But there is more to it: Ability to do good math, by and of itself, does not guarantee success as an engineer or scientist. One can do well in the academic exams, can even get good jobs, not just as engineers, but in a lot of other fields, but real engineering also requires creativity -- something Indian engineering schools rarely help develop, while not everyone is endowed with an ability or have the aptitude to develop it
Umesh
Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
At 1:33 PM -0700 7/27/07, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote:
Netters with interest in science will find this article interesting. Math is used in all sciences, so obviously good fundamental knowledge in math helps students in all branches of science. A good grasp of math in high school helps engineering students as well, across the board.
*** And that is exactly why it is so essential to have a sound primary education where math fundamentals take root or die. If you look at the percentage of students in Assam who have a decent knowledge of math fundamentals, you will know why so few excel in science, technology etc.
But there is more to it: Ability to do good math, by and of itself, does not guarantee success as an engineer or scientist. One can do well in the academic exams, can even get good jobs, not just as engineers, but in a lot of other fields, but real engineering also requires creativity -- something Indian engineering schools rarely help develop, while not everyone is endowed with an ability or have the aptitude to develop it .
Dilip
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umesh sharma <jaipurschool at yahoo.com> wrote:
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/home/news_and_events/releases/science_07262007.html
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Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:25:56 -0600
Subject: Re: [Assam] Moral-Fashion police
>banned sitting in canteen or walking arround Handique
Well, there is no restriction on Handique - they could return the favor after all these years :)
On 7/30/07, Mridul Bhuyan <mridul_mb at yahoo.com> wrote: The charms of being a Cottonian are gone :). I don't know if they have banned sitting in canteen or walking arround Handique.
Mridul
Ram Sarangapani <assamrs at gmail.com> wrote:
"Students have also been prohibited from gossiping and loitering in the college campus and from talking over cell phones. "
Wow! - no more adda-mara?
--Ram
New Cottonian Dress Code
The Cotton College Students' Union has reportedly issued a strict ''Code of Conduct'' to instil discipline and decency among the students of the college. The code of conduct has made 75 per cent attendance in classes mandatory, as also formal trousers with shirts or T-shirts for boys and salwar-kameez with a dupatta or sari or mekhela-chador for girls.
There is no gainsaying the fact the dress code is meant for enforcing strict discipline and decency among the students. Students have also been prohibited from gossiping and loitering in the college campus and from talking over cell phones. This apart, they have to primarily display their identity cards by wearing them around their neck. The general secretary of the college union said that the queries on the part of the students about the new code of conduct was natural. He said that the college authorities and the union were trying their best to address students' queries and clear their doubts. He appealed to all students to adhere to the new code of conduct to maintain order and decency within the college campus only. He also appealed to the senior students to maintain order in the college campus and set an example to their juniors. No incident of ragging would be allowed within the college campus or in college hostels on the first day.
The intention of the union when it comes to the new dress code in the premier college, is perfectly in order. But the question is: Will it not prompt someone to challenge the dress code on the grounds of human rights? Who knows!
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