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Date sent: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 14:08:12 -0500 This mail is in response to Dilip D'Souza's column on the farce in UP. I particularly liked the microscopic analysis of each party involved, and I agree with the views expressed. But this leaves me with a question that's been bothering me for some time now. What is a normal citizen to do in such a case ? If there's an election tomorrow, whom should he vote for? This question applies to the entire nation and not just the UP situation. Every party presents a bleak future!! Hemant Kothavade
Date sent: Tue, 07 Oct 1997 16:20:49 -0400 This is really ridiculous. It is true that it takes some time before any new method or system can be implemented and accepted. But it will be really foolish if the process of automation is shunned owing to the death of a government employee, or due to non acceptance of a portion of the society. Then India will never be able to compete with other emerging countries in terms of technology and our dream of achieving technical self reliance in the 21st century will remain a dream for ever!
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 1997 06:46:47 +1000 Since Mr Mehta writes as though he is the new found messiah of the "globalised" Indian stock market, can he also write a column on how he played a crucial part in one of the biggest stock scandals in human history? We would all be certainly enlightened. Becoming globalised and "liberalising" the economy also means far higher moral standards than what Mr Mehta probably stands for. How has he avoided being convicted yet? Narain
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 16:06:30 +0530 I was not expecting so much information about Chail on the Internet. Thanks for all the efforts done!! Pradeep Sharma
Date: Saturday, October 18, 1997 8:53 AM Excellent! It's always a pleasure to hear about old Hindi films. Over here we do not get the opportunity to get news about old movies and stars. Thanks a lot and keep it up! Garnam Singh
Date sent: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 10:54:50 -0700 I was astonished and overjoyed to find information about the Patiala State Monorail Tramway exhibit at the Delhi Railway Museum. I have been interested in this unique railway for many years, but to the Western world it is totally nonexistent. I have never been able to find any history of the line in print other than from one book printed when it was first built. I am sure that there are others who would find it as fascinating if the information were available. My intention is to create an Internet page or pages with the meager data that I have accumulated, and hope this would attract further information. Is there any way I can contact the Railway Museum or any other archives that would have such information? I would like to know: 1. Who the ruler of the state who ordered the construction of the tramway? 2. Who was Colonel Bowes (the engineer for construction)? 3. The route of the tramway. (A good topographic map of the area would be a great help. 4. What kind of rolling stock was used by the tramway? 5. What pattern of operation was normal for the tramway? Schedules etc. 6. Are there any sources of pictures that I could access? My first choice would of course be access by the Internet, but regular mail would be better than nothing. I would be happy to give you credit for any help you can provide. Don Dickens 11904 NE 4th St. Vancouver, WA 98684 USA A Lohani, director of the Rail Museum in New Delhi, can be contacted at 91-11-688 0248. The Rail Museum is situated in Chanakyapuri, New Delhi.
Date sent: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 13:01:24 -0700 The header looks stupid to me. Why should anybody be afraid if a chief minister tries to develop a dry city into a greener one? Do not provoke any regionalism in the minds of Indians. The news media has done it for the last fifty years. Don't do it any more. Dinesh
Date sent: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 12:34:23 +0800 This is an inspiring article. Keep it up. Manivannan P
Date sent: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 21:59:41 -0500 I am writing in regards to your article on Prime Minister Gujral, which was published on Rediff. I would like to understand from you why you perceive the IFS official who allegedly lobbied PM Gujral, as being a hawk? If some vigilant official showed the PM video taped evidence of terrorism being planned against India, then how is that to be construed as hawkishness? If a government official in the USA or any other developed country were to have acted similarly, then they would be lauded and not labelled a hawk in any way. Perhaps this is why developed countries are able to maintain much higher domestic standards of human rights, since their government officials are able to act against external threats in a timely and effective manner, instead of waiting numbly until these spill over into internal problems on Indian soil. Perhaps you should consider that before prematurely labelling someone a hawk. Sanjai Kukreti
Date sent: Mon, 03 Nov 1997 18:26:21 -0500 Simply wonderful! Gaurang G Vaishnav Delray Beach, Florida
Date sent: Mon, 03 Nov 1997 04:52:37 -0500 Look who is talking. So they are trying to clamp on their own morals. A good beginning. But I would like to ask these UF gentlemen, as to what makes them different from those folks in UP. The fact of the matter is that we have strange bedfellows at the Centre with the liberalisation minded Congress bedding with the Communists, of the HKS Surjeet type, who would like to make India a replica of Russia. I don't believe they have any right to come up with alternatives. If Sitaram Kesri kept quiet when Bhajan Lal did this ages ago, what makes him talk now. Or is there something more behind this move i.e. the fact that the BJP proved smarter at their own game. This sort of soul-searching does not cut much ice with the Indian people who have been misgoverned by these vote-bank politicians. Let them not make laws that they know they are not going to follow. Let them not waste precious time and money on this issue when they know it is not out of genuine concern for the country.
Date sent: Tue, 04 Nov 1997 20:18:36 -0500 The original verses was written in Greek and could mean races, ethnic groups etc. The statement of Christ was basically to spread the gospel to all human beings. Your statement about the ghettos in America while true need not be the only location where Christ is preached. While I believe strongly in Christianity, the moral laws from God are clear and there for everybody to adhere to...(hence most religions have that one common thread). I think the article by Pritish Nandy about taking responsibility and understanding that our country will not be any better than we are is a good start. Hopefully some goodwill comes out of this rather than these remaining in the mutual admiration society of the educated intelligentsia.
Date sent: Wed, 05 Nov 1997 18:18:25 -0800 I share some of your thoughts on the UP affairs and how the BJP has come to acquire power. I too find it hard to digest the fact that notorious history sheeters have come to be ministers. Your criticising the BJP for accommodating each and every MLA who supported them is very much in place. I would have appreciated if you had also dealt at some length at the background that lead to this unprecedented state. I do not know if you too agree with practising 'political untouchability'. Neither do I know if you have been criticising the UF with the same vehemence. Is it not a farce that 13-14 smaller groups come together under the pretext of saving the secular fabric of the country? How can someone buy that argument? How can someone expect the BJP to digest the humiliation even after it emerged as the single largest party in Parliament? How can it be a government by the people when both the largest and the second largest parties in the House are not in the government? Is it not an insult to our sacred democracy? How many times have you written about the UF? I am not trying to completely defend what Mr Kalyan Singh has done. I am only asking a simple question. How long should the BJP keep playing the value-based (dharmik) game when no one else, repeat none, is playing on the same set of rules? If Sri Krishna asked Arjuna to kill Karna when he was busy pulling his chariot out of slush, it was because Karna, unfortunately, did not deserve a dharma yudha. It was absurd to expect Arjuna to continue to fight a dharmik war when his enemy did not deserve it, much less believe in it. If the UP affairs have exposed the BJP's professed adherence to value-based politics, they have exposed more clearly how shallow the commitment to save secularism is. Prasanna Ganapathi Basavapatna
Date sent: Wed, 05 Nov 1997 19:55:53 -0500 Great Stuff! Keep it coming. Shades of Shourie, but very good nevertheless. Pradeep Bansal
Date sent: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 15:23:14 -0800 This article is nonsense. The Chinese never looked at India as a counterpart or competitor. The missiles of China didn't aim at India and they didn't need it to defeat India. I think the Chinese only consider US and Russia. Actually India is classified into the third class countries. India should compete with Pakistan or somebody else. In my opinion, the main task for India is how to feed itself and then if they have money left, they can think about purchasing some weapons weapons and dream of becoming a superpower some day.
Date: Monday, November 10, 1997 6:53 PM Carmel Convent School, Jayanagar, Bangalore is trying to contact all its old students -- wherever they might be located in the world, and bring them together -- either electronically or physically, to form an Alumni Association, as it celebrates three decades of excellence in the field of education. Sister Maria Sheela, current principal of the school, and Teacher Mildred (who's been with the school for the last twenty one years!) asked me to send this out as a general mail message, to be forwarded to as many people as possible, who were associated with this school in the years gone by. Ex-Carmelites, Send me e-mail at 'anup@hiso.honeywell.com' or contact me at the following snail mail address ; Anup Vittal #210, Block-21, LIC Flats, JP Nagar 1st phase, Bangalore - 560078, INDIA. Or call me at : 011-91-80-2860357 (O) To help jog your memory, some of your old teachers might have been people like - Sr Desiratha, Sr Gonzaga, Teacher Mildred, Sr Pushpalatha, Sr Maria Zita, Teacher Saida, Teacher Christine, Sr Dorinne, Sr Annarita, Teacher Marie Celine, etc. etc. ....... Anup Vittal
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