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'We have to produce one Prasad or Mongia if not Sachin (instead of Dingko or Kunjarani) if we want the Northeast to be visible'
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Thu, 25 Nov 1999 08:24:21 -0800 NEST, ICST is the best option where the NE is concerned, WB could be added to make the reality real.
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Thu, 25 Nov 1999 11:12:17 -0600 Mr Prasad, US has four main time zones and not three as mentioned in your column. They are Eastern, Central, Mountain and Pacific time zones. Ajay
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Thu, 25 Nov 1999 11:36:42 -0600 What a silly and illogically written article. The point may be completely valid, but if you want to argue this case please do it in a more mature manner. Sunny Bhardwaj
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Thu, 25 Nov 1999 13:21:54 EST This was a good suggestion. I would like to add my views. As there are problems in the Northeast, problems of slightly lesser proportions exist in Calcutta, and Gujarat (like Rajkot & Jamnagar) too. Remember, the distance between Allahabad (that's where IST is based), and Guwahati is just 200 km more than Allahabad and Jamnagar. Therefore, I suggest that we should have two time zones, one as EST, which is 6 hours from GMT and one as WST, which is 5 hours from GMT. The other advantage of this would be that we will then have integer difference from most cities in the world. It should be interesting to note that except the MiddleEast and India, all other countries in the world follow times which are 'integer' hours away from the GMT. Madhup
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Thu, 25 Nov 1999 10:30:29 -0800 Krishna Prasad has a point here but his tone is wrong. It's like having a good script for a song and then singing it like a crow. Nobody, would like to listen to it. First, get rid of the habit of comparing things to US, this is not to belittle US but to say to all Indians that "do what you think is right for you". Next, when did Krishna Prasad realise that IST is a problem? As soon as he was born? The way he puts his argument it looks like it. His comparing brains of Indians put together with a Sri Lankan umpire or whatever is very insensitive. This reminds me about what Abdul Kalam has written in his book about his visit to Israel. He used to read newspapers there everyday and there was always some news about success achieved by individuals, institutions etc in the front page and all the violence etc was relegated to small columns somewhere in the middle. Whereas it was the opposite in India. The effect of which is that people tend to get psyched by what they hear or seem to see. Negative journalism is not what India needs. Girish
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Thu, 25 Nov 1999 14:16:19 -0500 As a member of the Northeast, I liked the article very much. We ourselves feel the same way. Only a small correction -- the US has four time-zones: eastern, central, mountain and pacific. If we become too precise it has two additional time-zones, namely Atlantic and Newfoundland but they are useless as they fall in unmanned areas. Thanks again for touching such a sensitive topic. Rediff is my source of information here. Pradip
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Fri, 26 Nov 1999 00:21:48 +0530 I think this is brilliant. Hats off to Mr Prasad. Indranil
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Thu, 25 Nov 1999 15:35:55 -0700 This was a very sensible article. I have always been wondering as to why NEST is not being followed in this part of India. Well, I guess, people have to be yelling, belling and doing everything to have their voices heard. Baski
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Fri, 26 Nov 1999 04:59:05 +0530 This article is totally biased. You are trying to sensationalise a non issue. You conveniently forget that administrators do know of this basic fact but they realise, unlike you, that the cost of implementing two time zones in a country where many people are illiterate far outweighs the advantage. Also, I would love to be in the Northeast as I would be able to spend an extra hour over my morning cup of coffee. In contrast, people in Bombay will have an hour less! The maximum difference in the Northeast from the GMT is 45 minutes ahead, whereas Bombay is behind by 45 minutes. This is true in the US as well though they have three time zones. You may not be aware that in the North Eastern part of US the sun sets at 4 pm these days. God, what a lousy article.
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Fri, 26 Nov 1999 06:03:54 +0530 I entirely agree with the views expressed by Mr Krishna Prasad. It is high time we woke up to the realities and corrected the injustice.
V S Balasubramanian
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Fri, 26 Nov 1999 06:30:56 +0530 The article is nice. Indeed, eye-opening! I am a regular reader of Rediff news which seems to have become very popular among the elite computer literate people of India. But it is very rare to see any news about the Northeast except a few killings. Perhaps, not so surprising! And surprisingly, whenever something is written on the region so that the rest of the country can see it, there seems to be a bias as felt by the ‘mainland’ people of India, to compensate for the years of step motherly treatment received by the region. It’s high time that every section of India is given equal treatment and opportunities not necessarily by the Centre but by people from other professions too. For example, in academics, socio-economic matter, planning etc. There are very few studies of the ‘small’ states except Assam (which is lucky to have a bigger geographical area and 14 MPs to shout for them in Parliament) with ‘comfortable excuses’ of data not being available or distorting the ‘big’ states if all of the states are studied together. It’s very rare to find any comprehensive study consisting of all states except for the analysis of the election and polls. As a matter of fact, as once I told some of my friends, we have to produce one Prasad or Mongia if not Sachin (instead of Dingko or Kunjarani) if we want the region to be made ‘visible’ on the Indian map. Perhaps, my point is not about IST or Indian Stretchable Time, but rather hitting while the iron is hot. I am happy to read this article on IST and the Northeast. It is well written. Let me contribute to this issue by giving an example, specifically which I have experienced in communicating between Mumbai -- where I am studying and Imphal -- where I grew up. It’s strange to my friends, security guards on campus that they find me getting up early in the morning to make phone calls. See, it’s completely ulta. When I make calls to Imphal at 5.30 am, I am told that all the kids are ready to go to schools and my father has just come back after a morning walk. Ibotombi S Longjam
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Fri, 26 Nov 1999 10:31:46 +0800 Most of these problems you mentioned will still remain if we put the Northeast in a different time zone, ie, if their work depends on someone from Punjab or Mumbai, they will have to wait.
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Thu, 25 Nov 1999 13:37:02 -0800 I vaguely recollect reading a similar article, pressing the need for a separate time zone for the Northeast. The reason quoted by a government official was "administrative problems". I can't believe our baboos have problems understanding the time differences within India, when their own kith and kin call at weird times from Western countries. Ram Lakshminarayanan
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Fri, 26 Nov 1999 10:18:52 -0500 Mr Krishna Prasad said it all and said it beautifully and strongly. I belong to the North but I agree with Mr Krishna Prasad completely. What an idiotic attitude in Delhi! My congratulations to him. Lakshmi Gupta
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