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To: Mohan Marette who wrote (6110)	8/31/1999 3:21:00 PM
From: JPR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

Mohan: Thanks for the BBC Election Link MS in Pakistan: He also said Pakistan has a serious problem with computer piracy. Igbal contended that more than 90% of computer software being used was pirated. He ruled out the possibility of setting up a software development center in Pakistan in the near future KARACHI -(Dow Jones)- Microsoft Corp. Tuesday said it is establishing an office in Pakistan and appointing a business development manager to retail its products. Etienne Jacques, sales director for the Gulf and Eastern Mediterranean region for Microsoft, said the distribution of legal Microsoft (MSFT) products will serve retailers and in turn boost the information technology market in the country. The newly appointed business development manager, Kamran Iqbal, said Microsoft has already invested in the education sector in Pakistan's Punjab province where the company has signed an agreement with the provincial government to train 200 computer engineers. Iqbal said the opening up of the Microsoft office in Karachi is the first step in increasing the company's presence in Pakistan. He also said Pakistan has a serious problem with computer piracy. Igbal contended that more than 90% of computer software being used was pirated. The Pakistani government has assured Microsoft it will take action against pirated software, Igbal said. "They have said that they will start conducting raids against retailers who sell pirated software," said Iqbal. He ruled out the possibility of setting up a software development center in Pakistan in the near future but said that three distributors had been appointed to sell Microsoft's original equipment manufacturer (OEM) products in Pakistan. Copyright (c) 1999 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

To: Mohan Marette who wrote (6110)	8/31/1999 3:24:00 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Respond to of 12475

IB study says Cong is inching ahead By Inder Sahney The Times of India News Service NEW DELHI: The Congress has improved its position during the past two weeks while the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has lost some ground in the north, particularly in Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, according to an assessment made by Intelligence Bureau(IB) on the current Lok Sabha elections. According to sources, the IB assessment has indicated that the gap between between the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Congress and its allies has been reduced - 280-odd in favour of NDA and 240-odd in favour of the Congress and allies. Sources say the IB assessment, which has been reportedly communicated to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), indicates that the issues like Kargil, Pokhran blasts and foreign origin of Congress president Sonia Gandhi raised by NDA have had little impact. Personal attacks on Sonia also appear to have ``boomeranged', putting the BJP on the defensive. An earlier assessment conducted by IB during the nomination period had given NDA, 300-odd seats. In the first assessment made by IB prior to the announcement of the election schedule, the BJP and its allies were given 250-260 seats against 200-odd to the Congress. At the time of every election, IB conducts its assessment at its headquarters on the prospects of various political parties. It gets feedback regularly from its channels in the states. IB personnel even keep track of daily briefings by various parties. Hmm... maybe this explains why George Fernandes, Pramod Mahajan et. al. are lashing out at Sonia Gandhi these days (Of course, "uncle" Vajpayee then pretends to chide them, and then they carry on from where they left). Little do they realize that when one is in a hole, one shouldn't start digging another!

To: Mohan Marette who wrote (6110)	8/31/1999 3:33:00 PM
From: JPR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

Mohan: India Abroad reports a plot by ISI of pakistan to kill Vajpayee, Advani, Sonia, Badal. The plot was uncovered by Haryana police. JPR

To: Mohan Marette who wrote (6110)	8/31/1999 4:21:00 PM
From: JPR	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 12475

Mohan and all: Potpourri: Swraj paul appointed UK varsity chancellor. Wolverhampton University. BSP president Kanshi Ram, a Dalit, supports ITALIAN PUTRI ( SONIA) and rejects ARYAN PUTRA (Vajpayee). Link up to SONIA'S WEBSITE: soniagandhionline.com Seshan of Congress against Advani of BJP Seshan believes in Astrology and sees a different future for Advani. GE buys stake in Birlasoft. Abducted Bangladeshi boy aged 7 yrs and pakistani boy aged 8 yrs were rescued from the fun ( read nightmarish) job of camel driver. UAE police do good deed . SIXTH SENSE is raking up dollars and sense. JPR

To: Mohan Marette who wrote (6110)	8/31/1999 7:28:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Respond to of 12475

Travelogue-Rihsad Mehta takes a bus through the lower Himalayas The mountains have always attracted me. I have been to their undulating paradise a number of times. You can travel these narrow beautiful and bumpy roads by bus or by taxi. I tried the taxi once It was the first and last time. The driver drove on the roads as if his father had gifted them to him on his last birthday. He was also totally unaware of what he had between his feet. The brake pedal. So it was a trip with mixed feelings. Fear mixed with giddyness. Virtigo mixed with nausea. The next rip, I took the bus. This journey was from Haridwar to Manali. The Himachal Pradesh Transport Office in haridwar proudly stated that it had one LUXAREY bus a day to Manali. Needless to say, our bus was actually one that had been bought at the World War II surplus auction; it had two headlights that, combined, gave out less light than my bicycle's dynamo, and ten reflectors. The turning indicator was a manual lever that had an arrow painted on it. The seats inside were of solid wood and the cushioning you would get wouldbe directly proportional to how prosperous your backside was. In that respect all three of us were paupers. Our fellow passengers were simple hill folk for whom the bus was really a luxury, because for them anything that moved of its own accord without the help of a four legged creature and emitted only gas and not liquid and solid, was a luxury. The bus was driven by a two legged creature, a grumpy old man who had just been henpecked by his wife and so he started venting it out on his poor mild mannered machine. He literally aimed the bus at every pothole in the road and floored it over the speedbreakers. I can never manage to sleep in a bus and I amuse myself by watching other peopel sleep. On the third row behind us were four youths and they were so entwined and mixed up that it took me an hour to figure out which limb belonged to whom. When we got to Kulu, most of the passenegrs got down. I though that we would have a comfortable ride at last, but I was wrong. Our so called interstate bus now beame a local bus picking up anyone who put out his hand. Soon the bus was filled with screaming school children and other locals. The last straw was when a shepherd climbed in with seven or eight goats. I found a billy goat between my legs showing an unhealthy interest in my belt and its horns pointed at an awkward place. The stench the billy goat radiated cleared my blocked nose and made my eyes water. So, at the next stop, I simply got off the bus and completed the journey on the roof of the bus. This turned out to be quite a 'high' experience. I got to really appreciate the beauty of the mountains and I even got to take photagraphs ( after taking care that my lenses didn't roll through the carrier rods and off the roof). I majestically rode on the roof, feeling just like how the kings and Maharajas would have felt had their elephants been pumped wih steroids and touched with electric prods. (i>(Courtesy:DriveIndia)