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The Nepal Digest Thursday 19 Jan 95: Magh 5 2051 BkSm Volume 35 Issue 11
Today's Topics:
1. Letter To The Editor - Help!
2. Guest Coloumns
Book Reviews - Portraits and Photographs
3. TAJA_KHABAR
Refugee Problems
International Students in US
Non-Tibetans Cleared to Walk to Lhasa
4. KURA_KANI
Environment - Re: Arun III, Enough is Enough!
Religion - Re: Religion and Development
Society - Why Matrimonials?
5. KATHA_KABITA
Poem - The Last Tribute .....
Manu, Timro Samjhanama
6. JAN_KARI
Jobs - System and Network Administration
Matrimonials
Travel - From Calcutta to KTM
7. Entertainment
Humor - Top 10 Things to Wonder About
8. TITAR_BITAR
Immigration - F1 and J1 News
F2 Visa Problems, Help!
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Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 11:39:15 -0500
From: eknath@math.cornell.edu (Eknath Belbase - Math Grad)
To: NEPAL@cs.niu.edu
Subject: religion and development
This is with regards to Cheung's post [cheung@cam.org]. I see two main points
as being (1) religion is important to most Nepalis (2) Nepal is underdeveloped
and development efforts have had limited success. These then somehow
imply (3): unless this deep attachment to religion is somehow changed,
(2) will continue to hold.
How so? What exactly is the role of Hinduism in all of this? What about
factors such as Nepal being land-locked, resource poor, surrounded
on three sides by a large super-power-wanna-be neighbor with whom it has
lopsided agreements, having had decades of corrupt and inept government,
etc.? Are these factors overshadowed by the role of Hinduism?
I see the point with regard to the status of women - Hinduism as being a
structure that helps perpetuate many forms of exploitation/oppression. I do NOT
see how it has a hell of a lot to do with economic development. Furthermore,
I would argue that the writer is putting the cart before the horse: you
cannot change basic religious beliefs to achieve economic objectives. However,
changing the economic nature of a society MAY affect its deep religious
structures in the long run. Examples abound where industrialization have
contributed to (1) lessening the oppression of women [Japan being a notable
exception in many ways] (2) increased secularisation.
Before people go out to solve the "ROOT CAUSE" of a large set of social ills
[assuming there is ONE ROOT CAUSE in the first place] it might just be
a good idea to make sure that what you think is the root cause is indeed
the root cause. Otherwise, you might just end up pissing a lot of people
off, in addition to failing to help the cause you are supposedly working for
in the first place...
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Date: Jan 24, 1994
Forwarded by: Sirdar_RJS_Khalifa <a10rjs1@mp.cs.niu.edu>
To: Sapana Panday <spanday@mhc.mtholyoke.edu>
cc: The Nepal Digest <nepal@mp.cs.niu.edu>
Subject: Katha_Kabita
The Last Tribute .....
______________________
You and I, how gleeful you used to be
Impossible you thought - inseperable you and me.
Those pages of romantic letters - a sack of 'em
Those promising passionate phone calls - all night of 'em
Those playful chatting on cyberspace - lost count of 'em
Those long passionate countless love making - remember each one of 'em!
Your dreams - a castle in the air
How it took five centenial days to build
One lousy wave in the past -
And it lies - shattered in despair!
In retrospect - What was it?
Did you suddenly realize that it wasn't love anymore?
Or did you finalize that it was just great making love?
Or a regretfull guilt from the past encounters?
Or am I your ultimate emotional kick-bag to lay down -
all the griefs, sadness, anger and frustrations from the past?
Well, you'll never tell me, will you!
And I still remember you telling me
With the past, it was never love, a mistake!
And you assured me -
"Its everything with you - our love, passion, hope, devotion,
great passionate love-making, commitment - one and only!"
Great salesman you were
Almost had me believed in you;
And a good one you were
Almost had me sold in you!
A lingering thought makes me ponder
Love or lust, I just wonder
Yes - Educate me! Enlighten me!
Instead of sitting their with your angry threats!
Little that you are aware about your love/lust hopping
Its just like a subway train in NYC - except your tracks are circular.
If I was one of your stops - hope you had great time
You may not realize that the tracks are round and round
When you stop again tired and beaten - I may not be around.
- Sirdar_RJS_Khalifa
(bcc: Sapana Panday <spanday@mhc.mtholyoke.edu>)
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From: gshah@st6000.sct.edu (Gopal Shah)
Subject: Matrmonial
To: Nepal@cs.niu.edu
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 14:31:41 -0500 (EST)
We got another LAYAK candidate for Matrimonials. Hope this trend will
keep continuing.
Descriptions:
Name: R. Panta
Gender: Male (No more confusion :)
Age Group: 30-35 yrs.
Education: Phd program
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 130 lbs.
Complexion: Fair
Location: Georgia,USA
Looking for a responsible girl
Age: 20 yrs plus
Education: A college degree
Interested candidates can send confidential email at
gshah@st6000.sct.edu.
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From: ponta@sas.upenn.edu (Pratyoush R. Onta)
Subject: p onta writes
To: NEPAL@cs.niu.edu (tnd)
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 16:36:43 -0500 (EST)
Content-Length: 3392
Dear Rajpal:
I will assume that quite a few of the TND readers are
interested in being informed about recent books, journals, and magazines -
academic or otherwise - on Nepal. If this is so, then an occasional
review column in TND might be appropriate. While in Nepal during 1993-94,
I wrote several reviews for the Kathmandu papers and, with your
permission, would like to recycle them in TND. If you think this is a
good idea, you should invite other readers to contribute to this column as
well. Pls let met know what you think of this. Pratyoush.
The following reveiw was published in The Rising Nepal of 9 December 1994
Book Review
Portraits & Photographs from Nepal. By Prakash A. Raj.
Kathmandu: Nabeen Publications. 1994. Rs. 200
reviewed by Pratyoush Onta
This thin book contains more than 70 portraits and photographs from the
years between the 1850s and the 1960s. In addition to the photographs of
well-known Rana and Shah personalities of the era, some of which have been
previously published, this book contains many heretofore unpublished
photos of the Royal Preceptors (Badaguruju) of Nepal. Bijay Raj's
appointment to this post coincided with Jung Bahadur Rana's rise to power
in 1846 and the job remained within the former's extended family
throughout the Rana century.
The images reproduced here are said to come from the collection of mahila
guruju Hem Raj, a scholar and a bibliophile who achieved fame during the
early years of this century. While the reproduction quality of the images
is generally good, the photograph of Chirbire Mainya, one of the daughters
of Jung Bahadur who was married to a member of the Shah family, published
on page 24 and on the back cover, is outstanding for its visual impact.
Appendix 3 contains a useful genealogy but omits some names mentioned
elsewhere in the book. Also some dates provided therein contain printing
errors.
Brief captions identify the subjects of the images and provide additional
notes on their lives. Those new to the literature on elite Nepali
political history of this era should intersperse their viewing of these
images with a reading of an introductory historical narrative available in
a number of other books for maximum benefit.
The images reproduced here will be of interest to those doing research in
the history of photography in Nepal, and to social historians interested
in the cultural politics (including sartorial practices) of Nepal's ruling
class of this era. Prakash A. Raj therefore deserves our thanks. That
said, it must also be pointed out that photographs do not come with their
own narratives about how they were implicated in the structures of power
in any given society. They provide only a fragmentary evidence of how
they might have been used as a technology of status affirmation at any
given moment in history. Since compiler Raj has made it easier for
researchers to have access to this set of photographic evidence, the
challenge now remains with social historians who need to think about this
theme based on the ever increasing published corpus of photographs of this
era. Elsewhere (a six-article series published in The Kathmandu Post
between 28 August and 2 October 1994) this reviewer has suggested an
outline of a way to think about the history of the use of photography in
Nepal but we certainly need to do more research on this subject. END
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Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 12:56:28 EST
To: nepal-request@cs.niu.edu
From: Jagadish Dawadi <JXD9590@ritvax.isc.rit.edu>
Subject: Help!
Dear Editor:
Good afternoon! Shortely after arriving in Rochester, New York, USA last July
for my general education, I contacted Nepalese Embassy in Washington D.C. and
consul general's office in New York many times through faxes for notifying them
of my arrival here in the USA. I contacted them as per the instruction on my
passport and also asking them for what kinds of services they offered to
Nepalese students residing in USA, but I didn't hear a word form them.
I am wondering why they don't seem caring for their own people residing in the
USA. I am aware that Nepal has not yet sent an ambassador to Washington. Is
this so due to the absence of the ambassador? OR are these offices closed down?
I know that most of you know more about the Nepalese embassy and consular's
office here. So, I hope that I am going to have some nice comments from any of
you on this regard soon. Hummm, when is UML govt. going to send a new and
efficient ambassador to Washington? I wonder if anyone knew of it.
O.K. Thanks for your time and consideration.
Namaste! Pheri lekhaula! Ramailo garnus!
Jagadish Dawadi, Rochester Institute of Technology,RIT, e-mail: jxd9590@rit.edu
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Date: Sat, 14 Jan 1995 12:04:31 MST
To: a10rjs1@cs.niu.edu
From: "VIVEK S. RANA" <RANA@CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU>
Subject: for Taja_Khabar
NEPAL SEEKS INDIA'S HELP IN RESOLVING REFUGEE PROBLEM
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Japan Economic Newswire
Kathmandu, Jan. 8 Kyodo
Nepal is seeking India's help in resolving the long-standing problem of
Bhutanese refugees, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Madhav Kumar
Nepal said Sunday.
He told a government newspaper that Nepal seeks 'cooperation and support fro
m
India and even the international community' in the repatriation of more than
100,000 Bhutanese refugees living in the camps in east Nepal.
The kingdom's previous government of former Prime Minister Girija Prasad
Koirala had unsuccessfully made attempts at resolving the problem through
bilateral talks.
India is the first country of asylum for the Bhutanese refugees of Nepales
e
ethnicity who began fleeing the kingdom in September 1990, later landing at the
refugee camps in Nepal.
India has so far seen it as a strictly bilateral matter to be left to the
governments of Nepal and Bhutan.
The deputy prime minister said the issue of the Bhutanese refugees will be
high on the agenda for talks during the forthcoming visit by Nepalese Prime
Minister Man Mohan Adhikari to India.
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Date: Jan 16, 1995
Forwarded by: Sirdar_RJS_Khalifa <a10rjs1@mp.cs.niu.edu>
To: The Nepal Digest <nepal@mp.cs.niu.edu>
Subject: International Students in US
By: Bo Xiong
Date: 1/5/95
Among every ten foreign students in the United States, one comes from
mainland China. January 5's World Journal cited a report by the Institute
of International Education as saying that in fiscal year 1993-1994, 44,381
Chinese students enrolled in U.S. schools, making them the No.1 foreign
student body in the country; Japan has 43,770 students in the U.S. ranked
No.2; Taiwan's 37,581 students listed as No.3; India No.4 (34,000+); South
Korea No.5 (31,000+); Canada No.6 (22,000+); Hong Kong No.7 (13,000+);
Malaysia No.8, Indonesia No.9 and Thailand No.10. Foreign student
population in 1993-1994 totaled 449,749, 19.4% of them major in MBA,
16.9% in Engineering, 9% in Physics and Life Science, 8.4% in Mathematics
and Computer Science, 7.6% in Social Sciences, 5.1% in Arts, 4.1% in Nursing
and the rest in other subjects. The Boston University hosts 4,547 foreign
students listed as largest foreign student population in a single campus,
the University of South California hosts 4,189 as second largest campus.
NAFSA Update: J-1 Waivers and F-1 Pilot Off Campus Employment
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_FROM: NAFSA Government Relations Department
Source: NAFSANet, 1/6/95
1. USIA Rule on Interested Governmental Agencies for J-1
Waivers Due Out This Month. According to sources in the General
Counsel's Office at the U.S. Information Agency, the rule
implementing the Conrad Amendment to the 1994 Immigration
Technical Corrections Bill (H.R.783) will be published in the
Federal Register within the next couple of weeks. This provision
allows certain state agencies to act as interested governmental
agencies for the purpose of obtaining a waiver of the 2-year
foreign residency requirement for certain J-1 visa holders.
2. F-1 Pilot Off Campus Employment Program--Clarification.
NAFSA Update No. 304 reported on the December 15, 1994 Department
of Labor rule, which extended F-1 attestations in effect on
September 30, 1994. We want to clarify that students working in
the interim period between October 1, 1994, and December 14,
1995, would have done so without authorization -- a violation of
IRCA. The new DOL rule only extended the validity date of
previously-submitted attestations, not a student's employment
authorization. Thus on December 15, 1994 a student could RESUME
working based on any attestation in effect as of September 30,
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From: adhital@st6000.sct.edu (Arun Dhital)
Subject: Literature
To: NEPAL@cs.niu.edu
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 1995 14:41:27 -0500 (EST)
Manu, Timbro Samjhanama!
Timbrai samjhanama yei sara dinharu,
Timbrai kalpanama yei sara raatharu !
Timi najikai chainau bhanne
janda jandai pani;
yei haathharu failauna man lagcha,
Timile yeha chadainai tekne chainau
bhanda bhandai pani;
yei aankha haru bichyauna man lagcha!
Kahile timbra samjhana haru lai,
piuda piudai metauna man lagcha;
kahile timbro kalpanama, sara raat;
runda rundai bitauna man lagcha!
Timbrai samjhanama yei sara dinharu,
timbrai kalpanama yei sara raatharu!
Arun Dhital (norgay)
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Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 12:21:00 PST
To: "rajpal j. singh" <a10rjs1@cs.niu.edu>,
From: Ian BARNES <Ian.Barnes@bbc.co.uk>
Subject: Help with stories ........
Congratulations on the Nepal Digest....it's great to see something on the
Internet such as this.
Could you help ? I work for Tomorrow's World on BBC TV in London. It's a
science show and we're planning to perhaps go to Nepal. This is where I need
your help....
Do you know of any good science stories; medical, electronic, environment,
funny science stories etc etc?
Or, do you know of any good contacts in Nepal that you can let me know of ?
Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated ....
Thanks
Ian Barnes
BBC T.V
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Date: Mon, 16 Jan 1995 23:20:41 EST
To: The Editor <nepal-request@cs.niu.edu>
From: Shirish <RANJITS@WABASH.EDU>
Subject: Arun: Re: The Nepal Digest - Jan 17, 1995 (3 Magh 2051 BkSm)
LEAVE THE PROJECT ALONE, GIVE INSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM RATHER THAN JUST
CRITICISING. JUST GIVE SUPPORT TO THE DEVELOPMENT IN NEPAL RATHER THAN
TRYING TO CRITICISING ALL THE EFFORT. IT IS TIME TO WORK TOGETHER WHAT
EVER THE PROJECT MAY BE; OTHERWISE GIVE ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION. IF NOBODY
HAS ANY ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION THEN GET STARTED WITH WHAT WE HAVE AND BUIL
THE COUNTRY TOGETHER. NO MORE RIGHT AND WRONG!! I AM SICK OF ARUN
PROJECT DEBATE.
Shirish Ranjit *
Ranjits@Wabash.edu *
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Date: Mon, 16 Jan 1995 19:19:16 -0500
To: nepal@cs.niu.edu
From: isha@titan.oit.umass.edu (Isha Sharma)
Subject: Kathmandu to Calcutta
SINGHANIA ENQUIRED ABOUT TRAVEL FROM KATHMANDU TO CALCUTTA:
Though occassionally direct bus to Calcutta from
Kathmandu are run by tour operators, no such a regular service
exists. People have to travel to the Nepal-India border where
they may board a bus or a train to go to Calcutta.
>From Kathmandu you may go to Sunauli (border town near Sidharthnagar,
also called Bhairawa). Better take a night bus from Kathmandu so
that you reach Sunauli early in the morning. The fare the last time
I travelled was around US$ 3.00. From the border you go to Gorakhpur
by bus. Will take you about four hours and will cost less than US$ 2:00.
>From Gorakhpur you may either travel by train. or by a bus. You can
get many fast trains coming from Delhi etc. or starting from Gorakhpur
itself going to Calcutta. It will take you about 30 hours to reach
Calcutta. If you want to go via Mujaffarpur or Sonepur, travel from
Kathmandu to Raxaul border. Take a bus from the border to Mujaffarpur
or Sonepur and board a train to Calcutta. In India, I would prefer to
travel by train, with a berth reserved ofcourse.
It will cost you about US$ 10:00 - 20.00 on the train fare
depending on the class you travel in.
Indian Airlines operates (Boeing 737) direct flights
from Kathmandu to Calcutta.
Should cost around US$ 60.00.
Netters! You are welcome for further comments.
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Date: Mon, 16 Jan 1995 21:53:44 -0500 (EST)
From: Ashutosh Tiwari <tiwari@husc.harvard.edu>
Subject: Top Ten Things To Wonder About On A Cloudy Night
To: Nepal Digest <nepal@cs.niu.edu>
There are times when I cannot seem to get any work done. Practicing
the fine art of procrastination, I listen to the radio, clean up the
room, call up a friend, read an article in a magazine, and essentially do
this and that -- all meaningless and unimportant things. Meantime, the
REAL WORK at hand seems to be staring sullenly from the desk.
[Eventually, I do bolt back to senses, and the work gets done . . .]
Anyway, this is one of those moments. And I thought, What better way
to use it than by coming up with another TND Top Ten List?
Top Ten Things
I've Been Wondering About These Days
10. Why Amulya Tuladhar has stopped replying to his critics.
09. How Gyaneswor's PhD thesis is coming along.
08. Why, except for those in the US and at AIT Bangkok, not many Nepalis
from elsewhere on the planet send their submissions to TND.
07. Whether yours truly can really find his special someone through the TND
matrimonials in, say, about four years. . . or, will all the
eligibles be 'taken' by then? Just something to be afraid about on a
cloudy night. . . :-)
06. Whether Pramod Mishra has ever taken a class with Stanley Fish, and
if so, what he thinks about Fish's point about there being no such
thing as free speech, and "that it's a good thing too".
05. Why what is technically efficient is NOT necessarily economically
also efficient (or to show off with the jargon, pareto optimal), and
whether some technically-minded TND readers also see the economic
inefficienies inherent in many solutions that may be, to their
knowledge, be technically efficient. Some examples: NPC, GIS, BKS and
so on.
04. Why is that BKS grads, except for LSE's Swarnim Wagle, could not
understand a simple economic argument against the set-up of their
school (made from a broad, national perspective), and why did their
defences (no offence, guys!) sound more like simple Pavlovian loyalty
than clear, level-headed counter-arguments?
03. Why is there such knee-jerk aversion to free-markets on the part of
some educated Nepalis on the net, especially when they all seem to
be enjoying the benefits of such markets in the US and the UK? In order
to debunk free-markets, should they not have understood the logic behind
the markets in the first place?
02. What to make of Rakesh Karmacharya's illiberal point that basically
requested the editor NOT to snip sexual stuff (on grounds that such
stuff helps him to strike up conversations with his "women
friends" -- fair enough!) but root out any "thinly veiled personal
attacks"? If sexual stuff could be defended on grounds of FREE
SPEECH (regardless of their educational value to Karmacharya), should
not "thinly veiled personal attacks (TVPA)" [which, by the way, are
hard to define . . . for what is 'attack' to one person may be
entertainment to another, yet be unintelligible to the third person.
So how is an editor to decide which is TVPA and which is not?] be
extended the same First Amendment courtesy? If not, then I wonder
whether Karmacharya's advocating a "Free speech for me; but not for
thee" type of silly argument that gives liberalism a bad name.
01. Whether I should go back to work.
Yes.
namaste
ashu
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Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 12:07:17 EST
To: nepal-request@cs.niu.edu, tiwari@husc.harvard.edu
From: "Ganesh Pandey" <GANESHP@CIVIL.Lan.McGill.CA>
Subject: Arun Arun Everywhere
Arun Arun Every Where But not a Bulb is On!
Recently I happen to read lots of info. about mega project Arun
III. It will escalate another discussion in the net, I supose.
In my view, Arun III will not be constructed at least in the forseable
future. The reason is economics, not environmental, social or
anyother reasons so far. Nepal needs The World Bank's help to
build the project. But the WB will provide the loan ONLY if it
feels that Nepal can repay. To repay the loan Nepal has to
sale electricity in a higher rate in Nepal and at the same time
export power to India. But what will be rate of exported power? But
the fact are:
- Indian side want RELIABLE supply, not just the supply. (they
want to impose strict penalties for the lost opportunities due to
the irregular power, but Nepal is against any such penalties.
The result is deadlock in the talk).
- Arun is too expensive because of commission, involvements of
foreign teams and myriad of other reasons. Because of the open
market policy in India, several international companies are
gearing up to set up thermal plants which can supply power in
a much cheaper rate. Besides DEALING WITH AN MULTINATIONAL
COMPANY IS MUCH EASIER THAN DEALING WITH A GOVERNMENT.
So India will be less eager to purchase any power from Nepal.
If India is not willing to purchase pwer, WB won't approve the
loan. So Arun III will never come.
Isn't it right time for the government to think of the
alternatives then mere talking about ARUN III only?
-ganesh
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From: jana@pogonip.scs.unr.edu (Jana Dunn)
Subject: Trouble getting F-2 visa--advice?
Date: 14 Jan 1995 19:59:18 GMT
My sister-in-law, Mira, (my husband's sister) has been unable to get an
F-2 visa; perhaps someone who has been in this situation can offer
some advice.
Mira is in Nepal living with her mother-in-law. Her husband
is living with us in the U.S. and is on an F-1 visa. He has been
here since last summer.
Mira has applied for the visa twice and has had it denied twice. The
third time she attempted to apply she was told that her application would
be rejected and that she shouldn't waste her time and money.
The staff of the consular post has told us that Mira's visa application has
been rejected because she does not have sufficient ties to Nepal to ensure
her return. We disagree and feel that she and her husband do indeed
have strong ties to Nepal and would return to Nepal at the end of his
studies. Mira, in fact, would probably return sooner due to family
obligations.
Mira submitted the following with her application:
a sponsorship letter from us and our bank statements
a copy of her husband's assistantship contract
I-20
a letter from her husband describing his familial obligations
a letter from the univ's international student advisor
a letter from her husband's counselor
Our congresswoman FAXed an inquiry to the embassy; we were told by the
embassy staff that the inquiry has been answered but we have not
received the answer yet.
Where do we go from here? Can we appeal the decision? Is there
a governmental office that can assist or advise us?
Please respond via email. I will summarize the responses if appropriate.
If you wish to follow up to this posting, please follow up to alt.visa.us
unless you think the content of your posting would be of interest to
soc.culture.nepal readers.
Jana Dunn Subedi
jana@scs.unr.edu
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Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 10:45:55 -0500 (EST)
Forwarded by: "Rajpal J.P. Singh" <rsingh@ims.advantis.com>
Subject: System/Network Administration Jobs
To: nepal@cs.niu.edu
I am posting following immediate job openings for the benifit to
our TND members who may be looking for jobs. The follwoing positions
are with our consulting firm and are not entry level positions unless
you have a great length of experiences while in campus computer jobs.
If you are interested, send your electronic resume (ascii) to me
at rsingh@pencom.com.
1.
Is there anyone at the
University or elsewhere that you know that might be applicable
for a Senior/Mid-level HP,Sun or Next Sys Admin job??? There
is also a Novell/PC/AIX Sys Admin there as well.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
2.
We need your help, A client in nyc is looking for a few people to do pc
administration, they would be a psa hire. This person must also know unix
preferably sun administration. The suns and novell systems are networked
together so they need someone who can work on both platforms.
pc nfs is a must. These are important spots for us, so send any ideas my way
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From: rais2@rpi.edu (Suraj K Rai)
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 13:31:43 -0500
To: The Nepal Digest <NEPAL@cs.niu.edu>
Subject: Re: The Nepal Digest - Jan 12, 1995 (28 Push 2051 BkSm)
Dear Editor:
What kind of nonsense is this matrimonial issue??? Haven't we had enough of
trying to immitate the indians?? First came the dowry issue which has spun
out of control in Nepal and now this!!!
Suraj Rai
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%%%%% influences, if it promotes a society's well %%%%%
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Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 13:51:27 -0500
From: rshresth@black.clarku.edu (RaJesh B. Shrestha)
To: nepal@cs.niu.edu
Subject: GIS: A Warped Priority? Further Thoughts
Cross-posted from SCN:
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GIS: A Necessity or a Luxurious Proposition
(Some Further Thoughts)
Alok K. Bohara
I would like to thank Shaligramji for his comment on my earlier article
about Geographic Information Systems (GIS). I do not disagree with
him at all on the usefulness of this tool, and definitely we should have
it. I am a believer of "lets built it, they will come."
But, I was simply questioning its place in the economic policy making
process in Nepal, right now. Above all, it is the matter of priority. If
the VC really wants to improve our data I/O systems, he should be
honest and see that there are a number of other things that should be
done first:
Improving macro data collection systems; making them
available in an electronic form (e.g., on floppies and CD
ROM); (only macro data that is decent and reliable in
Nepal is the money supply figure).
Making a good use of our Census information and, again,
making it available in an electronic form (e.g., on
floppies and CD ROM).
Making the industry survey and tax data available on
floppies.
How about making use of our mainframe computer and
create an on-line data retrieval system, where remote
terminals (private business, government agencies,
universities, research organizations) can down load data
(e.g., industry, inflation, population, export, import and so
on..)
Maintain and upgrade social accounting (SAM) matrix.
And oh, we need to give some computers to university
faculty and promote research. Allow connection of
remote terminals for both public and private agencies.
Organize existing micro and macro data electronically so
they can be used in an efficient way for useful purpose.
Initiate regular longitudinal household surveys.
And, maybe, initiate GIS to code ecological information
(mountain, forest, land, lakes, rivers). DON'T try to use it as an
UNIFIED system. It will be so complex, expensive, and time
consuming that it will be like a white elephant, serving only a
narrow interest group.
The VC of the NPC may have a sincere and grand vision about GIS,
and all I am trying to do is put things in perspective. The other thing
that comes out of this is that my assessment about him is true -- he is a
good informed researcher who seems to have a good feel for his field,
geography.
But, again it shows that his heart, expertise, conviction, and feel are for
geography not economic policy making. Because, all I have heard so
far are: price control, targeted subsidies, planned resource allocation, de-
acceleration of privatization. And, these sound more like back-of-the-
envelope political guidelines than a long term thought out economic
policy proposed by sound economic policy makers. And from the VC
comes GIS.
But hey, if everything falls apart due to ill-conceived economic policies,
the GIS may be the best accomplishment.
To: nepal@cs.niu.edu
Subject: woo! look at these figures (part II)
From: SPOKHARE@SYSTEMS.watstar.uwaterloo.ca
The figures given by Mr. Bhanu are astonishing. May be it is good to get
involved in Politics instead of passing sleepless nights in studies with
a hope to enough "Dal Bhat and sometime Masu". That way, at least one
would make a Ph.D. on making money inside and outside of power. One note is
regarding the foreign bank account. One of the ex-minister is shown to
have a foreign bank account. How can a person who does not believe
in Nepalese banking system becomes a minister.
How can people have so much of money in bank account and instruct other to
industrial development of the country.
Formed a group, the minister's money can establish a factory that could give
job to at least one hundred poor Nepalese excluding their NATA people. That
might earn them more vote in the future election.
Sometimes I get surprised. May be it is only me.
AMEN.
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Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 13:52:55 -0500
To: nepal@cs.niu.edu
From: cy717@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jai Maharaj)
Subject: NON-TIBETANS CLEARED TO JOIN WALK TO LHASA
Forwarded message from Panther's Cave Downtown, Honolulu
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 23:38:22 -0500
From: World Tibet News <tibet@richters.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list TIBET-L <TIBET-L@IUBVM.UCS.INDIANA.EDU>
NON-TIBETANS CLEARED TO JOIN WALK TO LHASA
Non-Tibetans will be welcomed as active participants in the Tibetan Peace
March from New Delhi to Lhasa, scheduled to begin on March 10, 1995.
In a 2 Jan 95 message to the Canada Tibet Committee (CTC), Lobsang
Nyandak, Secretary of the TIBETAN PEACE MARCH MOVEMENT, stated that the
organizing committee has decided to "welcome any foreigners willing to
join the peace walk to Lhasa."
Originally, only Tibetans were to actually undertake the two and one-half
month, 1700 kilometer (1054 mile) protest walk from the capital of India
to the capital of Tibet. Non-Tibetans were to be permitted to provide
support along the route of the March, but not actually participate as
marchers.
Questions from the North American Tibetan exile community and western
supporters, led the March organizing committee to reconsider its earlier
position on the matter.
The Peace March is being organized by the Eight Tibetan Non-Governmental
Organizations in Exile. According to March organizers, the purpose of
the March is "to highlight the sufferings of the Tibetans under the
repressive communist regime of China and seek the support of the people
of the free world."
The Peace March aims to "highlight the devious policies of the communist
Chinese authorities in Tibet, particularly the massive transfer of ethnic
Chinese into Tibet; large scale destruction of Tibet's environment; and
the militarization and nuclearization of Tibet."
The demands of the Marchers are:
1) Halt the transfer of Chinese population to Tibet.
2) Unconditional release of all the political prisoners in Tibet.
3) Halt the indiscriminate exploitation of Tibet's natural resources
and its environment.
4) Send United Nations delegation to monitor the situation in Tibet.
5) Preserve and respect the Tibetan religion, culture and language.
6) Make Tibet a Zone of Peace.
The March will begin in New Delhi on March 10, 1995, the 36th Anniversary
of Tibetan National Uprising Day,
On this day in 1959, the Chinese occupation of Tibet was shaken by
nation-wide outbreaks of protest, civil disobedience, and violent
confrontation by Tibetans chafing under the rule of the invaders. Later
that year, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the spiritual and political
leader of the Tibetan people fled into India and exile, along with
Tibetan government and almost 100,000 Tibetans.
Information of use to individuals who wish to participate in the Peace
March will be posted as they become available. See PEACE MARCH Update -
2 for information useful to individuals who wish to provide material
and/or financial support to the Peace March.
SUPPORTING THE TIBETAN PEACE MARCH TO LHASA
Individuals who wish to support the planned Tibetan Peace March from New
Delhi to Lhasa, scheduled to begin on March 10, 1995, have a number of
opportunities available to them.
BACKGROUND:
Tibetans in exile are undertaking a massive Peace March from New Delhi,
the capital of India, to Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, to highlight the
sufferings of the Tibetans under the repressive communist regime of China
and seek support from the people of the free world. Tibetans and Tibet
supporters throughout the globe will sit for a 24-hour Hunger Strike on
March 10, 1995 - the 36th Anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day -
to support the Peace March to Lhasa.
See PEACE MARCH Update - 1 for details as to the purpose and goal of the
March.
SUPPORTING THE PEACE MARCH:
- Take part in the 24-hour Hunger Strike on March 10, 1995 by
Tibetans and Tibet supporters around the world in support of the
Marchers and the six million Tibetans.
- Donate to the Peace March the amount of money that you would be
spending for food on March 10. At present, the Tibet Rights Campaign
(TRC) and the Canade Tibet Committee (CTC) are collecting donations
to be sent to the Peace March Movement headquarters in India.
(Make checks payable to "TRC/Peace March" or "CTC/Peace March."
Addresses are provided below.
Additional contributions are of course gratefully accepted.
Arrangements are being made to accept and forward donations
of medical supplies, camping/marching equipment, and other
items of logistic support.
- Write to the mainstream and sidestream electronic and print media to
ensure awareness and encourage coverage of this historic event.
Inform the Executive and Legislative branches of your national
government of your interests and concerns on this matter.
- Organize Candle Light Vigils and Peace Marches.
- Join the Signature Campaign launched by the TIBETAN PEACE
MARCH MOVEMENT.
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Signature Campaign PEACE MARCH TO LHASA
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To the Secretary General of the United Nations:
We, the undersigned, are gravely concerned about the sufferings of the
Tibetan people under the communist Chinese illegal occupation. The most
critical threat confronting them is the massive influx of Chinese
civilians into Tibet which has reached 7.5 million, outnumbering the
native 6 million Tibetans. Tibetans are not only marginalised in
economical, political and social spheres, but the very identity of
Tibetans as a distinct people and culture is also threatened.
While supporting the PEACE MARCH of the Tibetans, we urge the United
Nations to prevail upon the Chinese government to immediately stop its
population transfer to Tibet and to respect the cultural heritage and
basic human rights of all Tibetans. We also call upon the United Nations
to implement the three UN Resolutions passed on Tibet, particularly the
1965 Resolution calling for the self-determination of the Tibetan people
in Tibet. We, the people of the free world, can't afford to remain a
silent spectator while a part of our (human) civilization is being wiped
out from the face of the earth.
NAME ADDRESS SIGNATURE
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Please return the filled petitions to TIBETAN PEACE MARCH
MOVEMENT, c/o U-tsang Association, McLeod Ganj - 176219, Dharamsala,
H.P. India, not later than May 1, 1995. Fax: (0091) 11 6114858.
NOTE: A pre-printed hard copy of this petition form, suitable
for multiple reproduction, is available on request from:
Tibetan Rights Campaign (TRC)
P.O. Box 31966
Seattle, WA 982103-0066
tel: (206) 547-1015
e-mail: trcseattle@igc.apc.org
Address of the Canada Tibet Committee is as follows:
Canade Tibet Committee (CTC)
4675 Coolbrook
Montreal, Quebec
Canada H3X 2K7
tel: 514-487-0665
fax: 514-487-7825
e-mail: fourniel@ERE.UMontreal.CA
TIBETAN PEACE MARCH MOVEMENT Contact Person:
Lobsang Nyandak
Secretary
Tibetan Peace March Movement
c/o U-tsang Association
McLeod Ganj - 176219
Dharamshala,
H.P. India
tel: 0091 11 6114959/6114849
fax: 0091 11 6114858
Namaste.
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