Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sbcs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!linus!philabs!sbcs!pankaj From: pankaj@sbcs.UUCP (Pankaj Gupta) Newsgroups: net.nlang.india Subject: Re: Excerpts from an Interview/Biography Message-ID: <349@sbcs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 9-Jul-85 10:52:24 EDT Article-I.D.: sbcs.349 Posted: Tue Jul 9 10:52:24 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 14-Jul-85 09:17:38 EDT References: <1936@ut-ngp.UTEXAS> <345@sbcs.UUCP> <1989@ut-ngp.UTEXAS> Distribution: net Organization: Computer Science Dept, SUNY@Stony Brook Lines: 69 > From: sunil@ut-ngp.UUCP (Sunil Trivedi) Message-ID: <1936@ut-ngp.UTEXAS> > The questioner (Q:) is A. Sikri, (P:) is Padmini Kolhapure, > and is me, Sunil Trivedi . > Q: How do you like New York City, since you come here so often? > How different is it from Bombay? > P: They're both really the same, overcrowded, dirty cities. > her that it was New York City. Mayor Koch [of New York > City] ought to give her the "Key to the City" for that > remark.> > > > I am surprised that somebody as ignorant as you are about New York > > city comments on others opinions. I think it is about time you > > visit New York ( making sure that cabby does not take you to > > Hoboken ) and get your facts straight. It is a well known fact > > ( even Mayor Koch will agree ) that New York city is dirty. > > I assume living in New York would be better than visiting New York if I > want to make statements about New York. Well I have lived in New York > for 13 years. Boy, you lived in NYC for 13 years and still think that it is a clean and beautiful place (even after living in Austin)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > I agree there are several sections of New York that are not > the most appealing, but that situation will exist in any major metro- > politan area. I think you just repeated what Padmini said :-) > I believe it is not fair to > judge the whole city, when only a few sections are culprit. Just because > the many communities in NYC [New York City] share a common government, > does not mean that all the communities are the same. South Bronx hardly > reflects the rest of NYC. > Usually those who don't live in "the city" are the ones who help to give > "the city" a bad name. I think that means - `those who live in cleaner and more crime-free areas feel that "the city" is dirty and full of crime'. > If NYC were as > dirty and over-crowded as the "well-known facts" reveal, then why do those > who have the ability to move out stay there? Does anyone believe that these > residents stay there because they like to be dirty and to live in over- > crowded settings? I know a lot of New Yorkers who feel that it is the "greatest city on earth". I agree that the city is a great place for enjoying social and cultural events, but it still remains a fact that it is dirty and overcrowded. > > > I wish you do not waste our time and yours (!!!) posting such > > articles. > > To all those who believe that I am wasting their time (including Baiju Patel > baiju@sbcs, Shaji Bhaskar shaji@sbcs, & Shankar Muppala muppala@sunybcs), > please exercise the 'n' key. > How come my name was not included in the list? For those of you who know how to hit the `r' key for sending me mail, but do not know how to use the `f' key for sending followup messages send me mail if you want to be included in the list, and I will post the list in the future (my astrologer tells me that Feb 29 1986 is a good day for that purpose). Pankaj Gupta SUNY at StonyBrook.