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June 2006

A Sunday in Los Angeles

Submitted by admin on Thu, 06/01/2006 - 22:06

It was 11:05 pm in Los Angeles and I had just finished watching the Miss Universe crown go to Miss Puerto Rico in a local city hall (Shrine Audi). She beat Miss Japan who was speaking about women’s rights in four languages (French, Spanish, English and Japanese) and her choice of national costume was as a Samurai warrior –like that you see in video games sold by Sony, Nintendo, Sega, etc. Maybe, beauty won and brains lost – perhaps that’s why they have the question-answer section after the contestants have been chucked out based on how they look and body language.

Education, Job, and the Government

Submitted by admin on Thu, 06/01/2006 - 21:39

Like most of you, I subscribe to multiple on-line communities, most of which are Yahoogroups. One such group was formed recently by a few graduates of the Assam Agricultural University (AAU), my alma mater, and has become very popular among AAU graduates of old and young. Topics discussed in this AAU forum range from saying hello to debates on serious topics. I’m afraid this article with its origin in the AAU forum is of the serious kind. Regardless of the educational background, however, this issue applies to all Assamese and that is why I want to share it with the rest of the community.