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To: Satish C. Shah who wrote (3895)	3/20/1999 1:28:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

Vintage Cars Of The RAJ Hi Satish: Here is a collection of vintage automobiles owned by various maharajas of India,quite an interesting collection. india-today.com india-today.com india-today.com india-today.com

To: Satish C. Shah who wrote (3895)	4/11/1999 8:51:00 AM
From: Mohan Marette	Respond to of 12475

Breaking News- India tests nuclear capable AGNI ballistic missle. Hello Sathish: Have you heard the news yet? What is your take on it? ==================== Sunday April 11, 2:22 am Eastern Time India tests medium-range Agni ballistic missile By Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI, April 11 (Reuters) - India said on Sunday it successfully test-fired a longer-range version of its Agni ballistic missile, ending a five-year period of restraint on the controversial weapon. Soon after, rival neighbour Pakistan said Islamabad might give a ''befitting response'' to the test. The upgraded version of Agni, which had a planned range of around 2,200 km (1,375 miles), was launched from an island off the eastern Indian coast at 10 a.m. (0430 GMT), Information and Broadcasting Minister Pramod Mahajan told a news conference. ''I am happy to announce that India today has successfully launched IRBM (intermediate-range ballistic missile), which is Agni II,'' Mahajan said. ''The launch took place at 10 a.m. and it was perfect in textbook fashion.'' Agni, which experts believe to be nuclear-capable, was last tested in February 1994. Successive Indian governments had since been accused of mothballing the project under international pressure. But India's Hindu nationalist-led government, which stunned the world with the country's first nuclear tests for nearly a quarter of a century shortly after talking office last year, had cleared plans for development of Agni's second phase. ''...the government has twice proved in one year that as far as national security is concerned they will not budge,'' Mahajan said. He denied the missile test had anything to do with the political crisis that has gripped Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's fragile coalition. ''This has nothing to do with domestic politics, it was planned,'' he said. A powerful regional partner has pulled out two of its ministers from Vajpayee's minority government and threatened to part ways plunging the year-old coalition into a new crisis. Agni, named after a fire god, is seen as a potential deterrent to India's nuclear-armed neighbour to the north, China. It is part of a wide-ranging indigenous missile development programme. Since last year's nuclear tests, Western nations have been urging India to fall in line with the global regime for nuclear arms control. In bilateral talks, Washington had been pressing India to go slow on its missile development programme. India had alerted arch rival Pakistan about the impending missile test under a new agreement signed in Lahore in February, officials said. ''India informed Pakistan yesterday under the provisions of the Lahore declaration,'' an official in Vajpayee's office said. Pakistan's Foreign Minister Sartaj Aziz said Islamabad might soon respond to the test. ''Since they have gone ahead we would probably have to respond but we will make a decision in a day or two,'' he told Reuters. ''Most probably we would have to give a befitting response.'' Aziz said Pakistan like other countries had urged restraint on India but New Delhi had gone ahead with the test. ''Pakistan does not want to engage in an arms, nuclear and missile race with India and therefore we along with other countries have been advising restraint...,'' he said. Rival missile testing by India last year led to tensions that were further heightened by their tit-for-tat nuclear tests in May. biz.yahoo.com

To: Satish C. Shah who wrote (3895)	4/15/1999 9:28:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

Painting of the day----> Mother suckling her child by Raja Ravi Varma Hi Satish: Are you familar with Ravi Varma paintings,I wonder? I guess you can say he is one of the most cherised artists in our neck of the woods. members.tripod.com

To: Satish C. Shah who wrote (3895)	4/17/1999 7:45:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12475

Swami Vivekananda on conjured up nonsensical theories----> Hello Satish: Got time,read this. Hummm lemme me see Ferangi Muller (who had never set foot in the country) and his cohorts (some on the payroll of East India Company etc) with hidden agenda or venerable desi Scholar who knew the subject inside out Sanskrit,Vedanta,the Puranas,history (foreign & local) and all. Decisions....decisions.<vbg> ....."Of late there have been attempts to prove that the Aryans lived on the Swiss lakes. I should not be sorry if they had been all drowned there, theory and all. Some say now that they lived at the North Pole. Lord bless the Aryans and their habitations. As for as the truth in these theories, there is not one word in our scriptures, not one, to prove that the Aryans came from anywhere outside of India, and in ancient India was included Afganistan. There it ends..." hindunet.org PS:Never knew Vivekanada had a sense of humor,imagine a master of 'Sarcasm' too!