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22 Oct 1998      Joseph Lee Roberts @email.unc.edu

Hello, My name is Joseph Roberts and I am a student at the University of 
North Carolina, USA. North Carolina is a southern state on the east coast. 
it is mostly a rural state. We grow a lot of tobacco, sweet potatoes, and 
etc. However, the state has grown a lot over the past twenty years, and 
contains one of the country's top research and technology centers, Research 
Triangle Park. It is called the "triangle" because of the three local 
cities: Raliegh, Durham, and Chapel Hill that form the boundaries of the 
park. I live in Chapel Hill, which is a small but vibrant town centered 
around the university.  I joined the site because I am curious about India, 
and I am working on a paper about Indian media. i have found some very 
useful sites on the internet, but i think the best way to find out about a 
country is to talk to its people. Also i am planning a trip to India in 
December to visit some friends, who live in Hyderbad ( sorry if I did not 
spell that correctly). I am in the process of booking a trip through M&M 
tours, a travel company in India. Are they any good? Can anyone recommend 
some must see places to a first time vistor? We have some very good Indian 
restaurants in NC. Well i haven't tried the real thing yet, so I think they 
are very good. Last night I had some lamb saag,which was very tastey. I am 
curious about the state of the internet in India. Is it widespread or 
limited to major cities and universities? Is it difficult to get acess to 
the internet? How much does it cost, and how good are the services? Is 
their a lot of censorship in India, or is the press free to print whatever 
it wants? Is the media privately owned or is it regulated by the 
government? Who are some of the major media corporatins? In the US it is 
Time-Warner, Newscorp, three major networks: ABC, CBS, and NBC. sorry about 
the long message. You do not have to answer all of my questions, any 
information would be helpfull. Thanks and good bye.

23 Oct 1998      Sears @bom3.vsnl.net.in

Hello Joseph,

Welcome to Interact.  It is a pleasure to have an american interested in
Indian culture & its people.  

India is very diversified in it's culture and though it is not as huge
as USA in physical terms - because of the poor infrasturcture (it is
improving quite fast though) the size is sometimes a constraint.  A lot
of people within the country maynot be aware of a lot of things
happening in other parts becuase of this.

We have Internet access in a few places in India & though it is not very
wide spread it is a begining and wherever it is available - I think it
is fairly good connection (There is always room for improvement). 
Internet connection is available at Approx.USD 1/- per Hour.

There is Censorship in India as regards Pornography, etc but not much
controls otherwise as regards Politics and general public.  Censorship
of the net is not so strictly controlled though.  As such we are a
democratic country so there is freedom of speech.

We have access to CNN, BBC, and a host of other International channels -
We have our own TV channels which are doing quite well - Zee, Sony, etc.
Major News papers are Times of India, Indian Express, The Hindu, etc.

Regards

Joseph Lee Roberts wrote.....

> Time-Warner, Newscorp, three major networks: ABC, CBS, and NBC. sorry about
> the long message. You do not have to answer all of my questions, any
> information would be helpfull. Thanks and good bye.

24 Oct 1998      V. Prahalad @giasmda.vsnl.net.in