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To: gunther who wrote (1177)	5/31/1998 6:12:00 PM
From: Jonathan Cleveland	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12475

Was it not the BJP. who killed Gandi G.

To: gunther who wrote (1177)	5/31/1998 7:00:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

'The devil is in the details'- High Tech fears over India. gunther and all: Here is an interesting article on U.S sanctions and its effects particularly with respect to high tech industry. wired.com +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Excerpts. Source: Wired News. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "In the wake of India's nuclear weapons tests and the subsequent and swift imposition of economic sanctions by President Clinton earlier this month, major US corporations and investors are holding their collective breath to see just what, exactly, the sanctions will entail, and who will be hurt. And perhaps no other industry is more unsure about its fate than America's high-tech sector. ........................................ "Scheibel responded, saying, "We have very specific circumstances in the marketplace that require access to specialty professionals such as those coming out of India, and the talents and skills are what help our domestic companies create and build jobs. It'd be a very crude approach to statecraft to tie one to the other."

To: gunther who wrote (1177)	6/1/1998 4:00:00 PM
From: Senor VS	Respond to of 12475

This was in 1988 during Rajiv Gandhi and Zial Haq days. Once when RG went to Pakistan on a state visit , ZH showed him the state of the art telephone system of Pakistan. RG even made a call to hell and spoke to his mother Indira Gandhi for about 10 minutes. The bill came to just 1 pakistani rupee. RG was highly impressed by Pakistan's telephone system and after coming back to India ordered the ministry of communications to come up with equally good system in record time so that he too can show it to ZH when he makes a return visit to India after a couple of months. Indeed when ZH came to India , RG showed him the telephone system. ZH spoke to Bhutto in hell for about 10 minutes. The bill came to 300 indian rupees. ZH made a sarcastic remark about the cost of the call to hell being so expensive . RG was furious and wanted to know why the call to hell was so expensive. The engineers immediately came up with the reason. A call to hell from India is a long distance call,but from Pakistan its a local call only.