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India Interest Group Digest Mon,  7 Mar 94       Volume 2: Issue 483

Today's Topics:

Economics/Development::
      Prez Clinton Nominates D. K. Sharma as Administrator of RSPA
      Punjab Returns to International Air Map
      WMA - World Marketing Alliance Info. needed

Entertainment::
      Info. for madhuri fans
      Reg. Roja (2 msgs)
      Roja
      Roja ..... Movie review

FYI::
      Hindi at McGill University
      Internet e-mail address now available in the UAE
      Reg. a good travel agency (Sona travels, St. Louis)
      Reg. Telugu word (4 msgs)
      Tamil gopher
      Telugu word for bandicoot
      Travel - Flying to India, out of Canada

Immigration::
      Info about immigration lawyer....
      Info reg. travel to Canada for H-1 multiple entry visa
      Phone # of American Consulate in Juarez
      Reply: Passport Renewal

Income Tax::
      Tax info.
      Tax Treaty and Tution

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                                Economics/Development
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Date: Thu, 03 Mar 1994 21:29:46 -0600
From: Abhijit Dutta <abdutta@icaen.uiowa.edu>
Subject: Prez Clinton Nominates D. K. Sharma as Administrator of RSPA

The President today (Feb 28) announced his intent to nominate Dharmendra K.
"Dave" Sharma as the Administrator of the Research and Special Programs
Administration (RSPA), a multimodal agency responsible for advancing
transportation of hazardous materials by all modes including pipelines.

"Dr. Sharma's broad experience in the areas of science and technology
will be a great asset to the Administration," the President said,
adding "I look forward to his appointment."

Prior to this appointment, Dr. Sharma worked for the past year for the
Washington Office of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), a
major R&D organization for the nation's electric power industry, where
he served as Manager, Technology Liaison, Integrated Energy Systems
Division.  His responsibilities included acting as technical liaison
with Congress, the Administration and industry, on issues of interest
to U.S. utility companies.

Dr.  Sharma has over 30 years of professional experience in energy,
science and technology.  From 1991-1992, he served as Science Advisor
to Senator Wendell Ford (D-KY), where he worked on public policy issues
related to energy, science and technology and was involved in
formulating the National Energy Policy Act of 1992.

He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
a registered professional engineer in Massachusetts and holds a M.S.
and Ph.D.  degrees in Electric Power engineering from Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.  He also received a Bachelor
of Technology with honors from the Indian Institute of Technology in
Kharagpur, India and an M.S. in electrical engineering from the
University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada.

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Date: Sat, 05 Mar 1994 08:17:20 -0500 (EST)
From: Amir Tuteja <mini@access.digex.net>
Subject: Punjab Returns to International Air Map

        "Amritsar, February 22 (PTI) Punjab was brought again on the
International Air Map after a gap of about ten years with the
introduction of bi-weekly international flights from Rajasansi
Airport to eight countries. The first connecting flight of Indian
airlines Boeing 737, carrying eleven passengers to different
international destinations and 23 domestic passengers to Delhi took
off at 0345 hrs on Tuesday, February 22nd morning.
        The bi-weekly flights of Indian Airlines are operating under Air
India flights providing connections to passengers travelling on
Air-India flights to London and other international destinations.
Immigration and customs formalities for passengers travelling from
here were completed at Rajasansi itself. Out of eleven
international passengers including a handicapped woman, four were
booked for Frankfurt, two each for Hongkong, Toronto and New York
and one for London. The flights, scheduled for Mondays and
Tuesdays, have been planned so as to afford through connections
over Delhi to popular cities of the world with sizable Punjabi
population.
        Air-India said the flights were introduced on the long pending
demands of Punjabis, especially those living overseas as they faced
hardship in boarding and landing at Delhi."

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Date: Mon, 07 Mar 1994 09:12:33 -0800 (PST)
From: Ajay Popat <ajay@vnet.IBM.COM>
Subject: WMA - World Marketing Alliance Info. needed

Hello, Netters................
I am interested in finding out details about - what is known as
WMA - World Marketing Alliance.  As I understand they require
Security 6 and 63 License to practice - to sell the products of
different kind of Mutual Funds.  I am learning right now about
Mutual Funds and other kind of Investment Strategies.

Please post your opinions, suggestions, recommendations etc. either
on the Digest or to me directly - ajay@stlvm22.vnet.ibm.com

Also, please explain - what is TAX Free Mutual Fund ?
   & Is there any similarity/difference between WMA & AMWAY?
   & What are those other Licenses like Series 7, 24, 26??
     Are there any other series of selling securities??

I thank you all for your attention, and hoping to receive good
feedbacks ASAP.

Ajay...........

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                                Entertainment
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Date: Sun, 06 Mar 1994 15:35:46 -0500 (EST)
From: "G. Soni" <u9307623@muss.cis.mcmaster.ca>
Subject: Info. for madhuri fans

hi there fellow desi brothers! this is in regard to a certain fellow
indian brother who had requested miss Madhuri Dixit's new address- being
a huge fan of this beautiful, talented actress. well, i was reading the
latest issue of STARDUST and i came across the same! well, here it is
now- madhuri dixit's new address- not only for that one individual, but
for all you fellow desi brothers:

                         MADHURI DIXIT
                         Vijay Deep,
                         3rd. Floor, Iris Park,
                         Bombay- 400 049

Hope, my brothers out there are successful in establishing contact with
this gorgeous superstar, and, if lucky enough, even get a reply!!
                                                 a friend.
                                                  GURBAX SONI

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Date: Sat, 05 Mar 1994 08:41:57 -0700 (PDT)
From: BHAVIN JANKHARIA <BJANKHAR@POPMAIL.UCSD.EDU>
Subject: Reg. Roja

   Roja is probably the best film of 1993. It is directed by Mani Rathnam and
won a National award. It is essentially a Tamil movie but was dubbed in Hindi
and released in the rest of the country sometime in Oct/Nov (Diwali time).
   The film itself is a love-story in the setting of the Kashmir problem. The
film starts off with the arrest of a dreaded terrorist in Kashmir by the
Indian military (brilliantly shot). The film then immediately cuts to a
small village in Tamil Nadu where it focusses on a girl called Roja
(Madhoo). A cryptologist (I forget the actor's name - but he is now a rage)
from Madras comes to see her sister for marriage but finally gets married
to Roja (she hates it). They move back to the city - the misunderstandings
get sorted out and then he has to go to Kashmir for solving a leak in the
ciphers (The computer angle comes from the writer of the story who as my
Tamil friends told me is a scientist/computer engineer in real life).
   Both of them go there and our hero gets kidnapped by the terrorists (led by
Pankaj Kapoor in an amazing role), so that they can use him as a bargaining
chip to get their associate released. The rest of the film focusses on two
aspects: the relationship between Roja's husband and the terrorists and
Roja's attempts (extremely credible) to get him released.
   Simple story - but the way it has been directed is amazing. I guess that is
Mani Rathnam's touch. In fact Mani's next film Thiruda Thiruda is an amazing
technical accomplishment, but because he's made it like a typical Hindi
masala movie which has everything and thus is too long and extravagant, it
hasn't done too well.
   Anyway, the music of the film is ultimately the best part. A. R. Rahman,
the director is only 26 years old and has composed five numbers, each one of
which is different from the usual Tamil/Hindi film music and terrific.
Mani's picturisations of these songs has further enhanced their appeal,
especially Rukmini, Rukmini. The music has set all kinds of records. It is
the first time that songs dubbed in Hindi have reached no 1 on all the radio
and TV charts. The CDs are selling in the black market and are just not
available. And many people are going to see the film only because
they've heard the music.
   The Hindi version of the film was released in Bombay without any fanfare
around Diwali. Its fame spread by word of mouth and by the month's end, it
was up in more than four theatres and was going house-full throughout. I saw
it in Hindi and then (though I don't understand Tamil) saw it again in Tamil
at Aurora (Bombay Tamils should now this theatre) and then even went and saw
Thiruda Thiruda which means Chor-Chor in Tamil. Other good Mani Rathnam films:
Nayakan, Anjali. (I haven't seen his earlier work).

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Date: Sat, 05 Mar 1994 21:53:03 -0500 (EST)
From: gupta@mashie.ece.jhu.edu (Sandeep Gupta)
Subject: Reg. Roja

Someone requested for a review of "Roja". Since i saw it very recently,
here is what i felt about it.
First of all, I saw the hindi version ( which is dubbed from the
original Tamil one , director is Mani Ratnam ).
I found the movie quite good ( much better than the general stuff doled
out these days ). Music is very good and I loved one song in particular
("choti si asha"(hindi) / "chinna chinna aasai"(tamil) ).
other songs in the hindi version are quite bad.
I will not write about the story here as some of you will be definately
seeing this movie in the future. The movie is patriotic and is about
an engineer who gets kidnapped in kashmir. The story looses its punch in the
hindi version and if you know Tamil, dont even consider seeing it in Hindi.
The story gets quite melodramatic at times, but overall it was a good movie.

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Date: Mon, 07 Mar 1994 14:38:36 +0000 (GMT)
From: rtr10@cus.cam.ac.uk (R.T. Robinson)
Subject: Roja

The film Roja is very good for its songs and cinematography. It is a
tamil film dubbed in hindi. Has some very good songs including one
'Dil hai chhota sa'.

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Date: Mon, 07 Mar 1994 08:57:07 +0800
From: graja@pahang.intel.com (DE - G. Rajagopalan)
Subject: Roja ..... Movie review

Following is my review of Movie Roja. I found that one person
wanted this in INDIA DIGEST.
Roja was made in Tamil and dubbed in Hindi and Telugu. It became very
popular in Tamilnadu after its relaese. The highlights of the movie
are the music and the photography. The music direction is by Rahmann
a very young music director who poses real challenge to Ilayaraja in
South. The first song 'chinna chinna asai' is a very good song and is
photographed well. It also introduced two new stars to the Tamil
cinema (Aravind -Hero , Madhubala- heroin). Both are quite popular
now in Tamil and Malayalam. There is also a controversial scene in
which many old ladies dance for a sexy tune in the night around
a water falls. The movie was given one of the president award of
that year .

The story revolves around a newly married couple, Kashmir terrorists
and Indian army officials. The ending is good. The movie should be
watched in a Cinema theatre as the photography cannot be enjoyed
in a video. It is a good movie and one can go with a family for
this movie.

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                                FYI
                                ===

Date: Sat, 05 Mar 1994 13:07:01 -0500 (EST)
From: SHARMA <CXLJ@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA>
Subject: Hindi at McGill University

                     A N N O U N C E M E N T

                            H I N D I

                        During the Summer
                               at
               McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Hindi I
Introduction to Hindi I (6 credits)
(260-250U)
May 2 - June 15, 1994
6 credit course

Hindi II
Introduction to Hindi II
(260-359R)
June 27 - August 9, 1994
6 credit course

Instructor:  Professor Arvind Sharma

For information call:
Centre for Continuing Education, McGill University
(514) 398-6160

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Date: Mon, 07 Mar 1994 10:04:07 -0500 (EST)
From: A MUTHU <A_MUTHU@PAVO.CONCORDIA.CA>
Subject: Internet e-mail address now available in the UAE

Hi everybody! If you have a loved one or just a friend in the UAE, ask them
to look into getting an e-mail account through their local telephone
company, that's ETISALAT. I heard through a friend, they give out subscriptions
to e-mail addresses to people. I am yet to confirm wether if it is available
for the general public. But its confirmed for people in commercial fields.
Take care!

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Date: Fri, 04 Mar 1994 18:29:29 -0600
From: arasu@pharmdec.wustl.edu (Arasu Chellaiah)
Subject: Reg. a good travel agency (Sona travels, St. Louis)

Hello,
Previouly I posted about Sona Travel agency
(telephone 314-432-4033) which was recomended
to me by my friends for its friendly nature,reliability
and comparitively good price. Having shopped around,
I bought round trip ticket to India for Singapore airlines
from them. In addition to what was told
I also found them to be very patient to several of
my questions reg. visa, frequent flier programme etc.

I forgot to mention that this husband
and wife team works part-time and they
can be reached throughout weekends and
after 7 p.m during week days.

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Date: Fri, 04 Mar 1994 18:44:56 -0800 (PST)
From: Frank Conlon <conlon@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Reg. Telugu word

Manivanan Janardhanan's query regarding an authentic Telugu word for
Bandicoot raises an intriguing problem.  There probably can be no other
word since, according to the Yule/Burnell HOBSON-JOBSON (New edition,
revised by William Crooke, London, 1903) p 58 the term Bandicoot was a
corruption of the Telugu pandi-kokku, literally, "pig-rat".

I am not a scholar of Telugu language.  I am merely citing an often
useful reference work.  The work's transliteration of the Telugu may be
inconsistent with modern usage, but it appears to be the case that the
two Telugu words are the source of "bandicoot".

Frank F. Conlon

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Date: Fri, 04 Mar 1994 17:39:38 -1000 (HST)
From: prasad@uhics.ics.Hawaii.Edu
Subject: Reg. Telugu word

> From: "manivanan (m.) janardhanan" <manivan@bnr.ca>
> Subject: Telugu word
>
> Hi folks,
> Some of my Telugu friends claim that there is no telugu word for
> Bandicoot !. You know the "big rat" if would like to call it  that
> way is kmnown as bandhikoota in telugu they claim.

        It is 'bandhikoota', rather 'pandikoota' which translates to
'Pig Rat' and not 'Big rat'.

Prasad

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Date: Sat, 05 Mar 1994 16:23:42 -0500 (EST)
From: X93CHANDRAS1@wmich.edu
Subject: Reg. Telugu word

In response to Manivanan Janardhanan's query about an equivalent word for
Bandicoot in Telugu, I think the word is `Pandikokku'.

Malathy

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Date: Sun, 6 Mar 1994 10:32 GMT+0100
From: RAJU%AWIRAP.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu
Subject: Reg. Telugu Word

Hello friends,
Mr. manivannan Janardhanan<manivan@bnr.ca>  teluge translation for the word
Bandicoot is not appropriate. The Bandicoot  or the big eat is called
"Pandikokku" in telugu.

regards
Raju

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Date: Sun, 06 Mar 1994 23:36:57 -0500 (EST)
From: Thiaga <ZTS1@ETSU.EAST-TENN-ST.EDU>
Subject: Tamil gopher

Hi
There exists a gopher containing lot of information about tamil language
poetry, tamil-english dictionary, tamil-german dictinary etc

The address is
        linus.informatik.uni-koeln.de    (port 70)
Thiagarajan Subramanian

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Date: Sun, 06 Mar 1994 23:39:16 -0700 (MST)
From: MAHESH@CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU
Subject: Telugu word for bandicoot

telugu equivalent is pandikokku.in fact the english work originated from
this word

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Date: Sun, 06 Mar 1994 18:18:22 -0500
From: skumar@engn.uwindsor.ca (Subramanian Kumar)
Subject: Travel - Flying to India, out of Canada

Hi,
I was reading about the travel to India in this group and just want to add my
two cents worth. for those of you staying close to the Canadian border (Detroit,
Buffalo etc), just a suggestion. Ever thought of flying to India out of canada.
With the exchange rate of nearly of approx US $1=1.34 Canadian, it could be
worthwile.

I got a deal from my travel agent for travel to india via singapore (incl a
stay of 1 week in singapore) for 1600 canadian. This works out ot slightly
less than 1200 US.  Again this would be useful only for those close to the
Canadian border. Just a thought.

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                                Immigration
                                ===========

Date: Mon, 07 Mar 1994 03:10:23 +0000 (GMT)
From: shah@amiserv.xnet.com (Hemant Shah)
Subject: Info about immigration lawyer....

Recently there has been discussion about good immigration lawyers.
Well here is the name of the lawyer I have worked with.

Martin F. Breznick
Breznick & Cavallo
396 Broadway  Suite 300B
New York,  NY 10013

(212) 925 4405

I had hired Mr. Breznick about 5 years ago. He is excellent lawyer and
reasonably priced.  I was exteremely happy with his services.  He had also
provided services beyond the contract without any extra charge.

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Date: Mon, 07 Mar 1994 11:02:05 -0500 (EST)
From: "SUBRAMANIAN GOPALAKRISHNAN" <lavc01::gopal@cliff.bms.com>
Subject: Info reg. travel to Canada for H-1 multiple entry visa

Hi Netters!
I plan to visit Canada to get my H-1 multiple entry visa.

1. I live in New Jersey and would like to know, anybody travelling to Canada
   within a month to get their multiple entry visa.

2. I also would like to know, how long does it take to get multiple entry visa
   in Canada.  I mean, is stay required in Canada for a few days and if so,
   affordable motels and other info is required.

thanks in advance
Subramanian Gopalakrishnan.

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Date: Mon, 07 Mar 1994 07:36:49 -0800 (PST)
From: Sanjay Dharmadhikari 893-4002 <DSANJAY@f9eoa1.rr.intel.com>
Subject: Phone # of American Consulate in Juarez

Hi Netters,
Can someone send me Phone number of American Consulate in Juarez ? My e-mail
address is as follows :

dsanjay@f9eoa1.rr.intel.com
       or
dsanjay@f9eoa1.intel.com

Thanks in advance,
- Sanjay.

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Date: Mon, 07 Mar 1994 10:11:18 -0500 (EST)
From: kishore.gopu@sfwmd.gov (Kishore K. Gopu)
Subject: Reply: Passport Renewal

Call (202) 939 9863 for Passport Renewal. Request them to send you
application form and relevant info.

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                                Income Tax
                                ==========

Date: Sat, 05 Mar 1994 12:49:11 -0500 (EST)
From: shenoi@lime.rsmas.miami.edu (Shenoi)
Subject: Tax info.

Hi Friends,
        Can some tax gurus help me to interpret the the
substantial presence test to find out whether I am a resident alien or
non resident alien for US tax purposes?

My case is as follows:

Currently I am working as a Post-doc on J-1 visa since 1 april 1993.

Usually J-1 visa holders (teachers, researchers etc) are exempt
individuals for TWO YEARS from the substantial presence test.

But in my case there is another complication because I was here in
US (completely under a different programme - not paid by US govt. or
a resident) for a period of SIX MONTHS (4 months in 1988 and 2 months in
1989) on J-1 visa as a trainee-researcher.

An exemption to exemption cited above says that "An individual will
not be an exempt individual if he/she was exempt as a teacher,
trainee, or student for any part of 2 of 6 preceding calendar years."

"any part of 2 of 6 preceding calendar years" is confusing me.

Does it mean that though I was here for only six months, I lost the
exemption allowed for J-1 visa holders (for TWO YEARS) completely?

Hence under substantial presence test what status should I claim now -
resident alien or non resident alien?

Thanks in advance.
Satheesh C. Shenoi

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Date: Sat, 05 Mar 1994 12:28:06 -0500 (EST)
From: Ramesh <RAMESHPS@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject: Tax Treaty and Tution.

Dear netters,
              Can anybody clarify the following?

1. I am an F1 student filing 1040NR. Recently, I read that Indians have some tr
eaty by which the standard deduction can be increased from $2350 to ($2350 +370
0) in lines 33 and 35.  i.e. instead of the itemized deductions, Indians can cl
iam $3700 in line 33 of 1040NR. Is there any other exemption which can be enter
ed in line 23 0f 1040NR (Total Income exempt by a treaty from page 5, Item L).
For people from China, this line 23 is about $5000.

2. In case I opt for the itemized deductions, can I claim tution, living expens
es, health Insurance etc, in form 2106.?  If not, under what conditons can I do
so?

Please reply to rameshps@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu
Ramesh.

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