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To: Satish C. Shah who wrote (3933)	3/25/1999 1:36:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

Hi Satish: I have read Shakuntala (or Shakuntalam as we call it),heck I even know a song about her.Shankuntala is one of my favorite girls <g>. Thanks for the link I will definitely go there.

To: Satish C. Shah who wrote (3933)	3/25/1999 2:09:00 PM
From: ratan lal	Respond to of 12475

And I would highly recommend watching Mahabharat series. I bought it almost 12 years back and spent over 10 hours each sats. and sundays transfixed. Its well done and the language is just amazing. They spent most of the day paying respects and getting 'ashirwad'. Very pleasing to the ear as opposed to todays fast faced communication.

To: Satish C. Shah who wrote (3933)	3/26/1999 3:10:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

India announces sweeping Telecommunications Reforms. Hi Satish: Well it's about time wouldn't you say? =========================== Friday March 26 12:12 PM ET India Announces Sweeping Telecommunications Reforms By Narayanan Madhavan NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India announced Friday sweeping free-market reforms of its telecommunications sector and intended to promote the country as an information technology superpower. The government said in its New Telecoms Policy 1999, unveiled by Communications Minister Shri Jagmohan, that it intended to create a futuristic telecom infrastructure. ''The new policy will aid the proliferation of Internet services in India in a big way,'' it said. The government, balancing past commitments made to private firms under an old policy and emerging technology changes leading to the convergence of data, sound and video, wants to gradually introduce a free market system, officials said. The new policy proposed to move from the existing regime of tenure-based telecommunications license fees to one involving a one-time entry fee and a revenue sharing arrangement with the government. The new policies will be implemented in vacant zones or areas vacated by existing licensees. The policy, which is to take effect in April, strengthens the role of regulatory authorities, clips the wings of powerful state-run incumbents and junks antiquated laws governing wireless and cable-based communications. Private companies will be allowed to compete in the domestic long-distance telephone market from January 1, 2000 and the government will review in 2004 the question of opening international telephony to competition. ''It is a big positive,'' said a telecommunications analyst with a European securities firm. ''The detailing of the policy lifts the cloud of uncertainty over the whole telecommunications sector and the stage is now set for its rapid growth in India.'' The new policy curbs the overarching power of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), which has faced fierce criticism from private firms because it plays the roles of licensor and policy-maker as well as service provider. The DoT will become a corporate firm by 2001, and a new Department of Telecom Services will be created to separate policy and licensing functions from service functions. ''The new policy assures the industry of level playing field conditions between all operators -- public and private,'' Industry Group on Telecommunications (InGot), a representative body of private telecommunications firms, said in a statement. The government said its goal was to make telephones available on demand by 2002 and to raise the density to 15 telephones per 100 people by 2010 from the current two per 100. Last year, more than 3.2 million people in urban India were waiting for telephone connections. The government formed an inter-ministerial group in November to come up with a new policy. Private firms that had won licenses under the old policy had faced difficulties from low subscriber growth, regulatory deficiencies, reluctant bankers and the powerful DoT. Private licenses have taken effect only in six of the 21 zones for which tenders were awarded in fixed telephony. The new policy allows cable television networks to provide voice and data communications in recognition of the revolutionary potential of convergence of information technology, telecommunications, television and consumer electronics, the government said. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

To: Satish C. Shah who wrote (3933)	3/27/1999 2:24:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12475

Octavio Paz and India. Hi Satish: As promised here are some of the comments that Paz made in the book 'In Light of India' that I strongly and vehemently disagree with.I would have taken it up with him were he alive today. 1) PAZ:"The foundation of Hindu civilization is Indo-European" (page 92,PAZ once again cites Georges Dumezil to support this notion-According Dumezil (and Paz) Indo-European peoples comprise of Celts,Iranians,Germans,Romans and Greek) Mohan:Huh????Pure unadulterated Bull shit. 2)Speaking of various religions and in reference to Hinduism... PAZ:"Hinduism is a conglomeration of beliefs and rituals; although it lacks missionaries its power of assimilation is immense.It does not know conversion in the Christian or Muslim sense,but it practices, with great success,appropriation. Like an enormous metaphysical boa, Hinduism slowly and relentlessly digests foreign cultures,gods,languages and beliefs." (page 55) Mohan:I don't know what he is talking about do you? Paz conveniently avoided giving any examples of this phenomenon.I wonder whether he might be talking about relative extinction of Bhuddism in India? He also speak of separatist tendencies of various states including Punjab,Assam etc but includes Tamil Nadu in the list. As far as I know there was no such instance unless he was mistakenly thinking about the Tamil separatist movement in Sri Lanka. Having said all this I love this guy,his language is quite impressive and his knowledge of India and things Indian was quite enormous,though his understanding of the country,its culture and history might be a bit shaded by academics and his point of views simply that of an 'Indologist' (study of India based on European point of view). What made me like Paz even more than anything else is summed up in the following passage,particularly the last two sentences:- Paz:"To return to the lacunae in this book: they are enormous, and they range from poetry, philosophy, and history to architecture, sculpture, and painting. The subject, due to its immensity and variety, rebels against synthesis. Moreover, it is beyond my knowledge as well as my intentions. These are merely glimpses of India: signs seen indistinctly, realities perceived between light and shadow. This book is not for the expert. It is the child not of knowledge but of love." (page 33)