Re: [silk] Mumbai blasts again
On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Julian Philips jazzmob...@gmail.com wrote: Sidin, Very touching article. http://www.livemint.com/2011/07/15204615/Thief-in-the-night.html?h=D A article on the Mumbai Spirit http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/07/bombing-in-mumbai.html Over the years, my thoughts have gone from pride about it to thinking it is plain insensitivity and indifference to loss of human lives. -- Vinayak
Re: [silk] Thief in the night
On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: On 7/17/2011 10:36 AM, Julian Philips wrote: Sidin, Very touching article. http://www.livemint.com/2011/07/15204615/Thief-in-the-night.html?h=D Not sure why Julian's post was in the Mumbai Blasts thread, but agree, great piece. Reminds me of the standard NRI line: we'll move back to India in two years. Anecdotally, have seen this with various friends and relatives over the past few decades. Udhay, it reminds me of the very poignant question you raised during the silk-meet- What does retirement mean for you ? -- Vinayak
Re: [silk] Mumbai blasts again
Yes. The mumbai spirit is simply nothing happened to me or mine, so I don't care a shit That city stinks as much for its attitude as much for its squalor --Original Message-- From: Vinayak Hegde Sender: silklist-bounces+suresh=hserus@lists.hserus.net To: silklist@lists.hserus.net ReplyTo: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] Mumbai blasts again Sent: Jul 17, 2011 12:05 On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Julian Philips jazzmob...@gmail.com wrote: Sidin, Very touching article. http://www.livemint.com/2011/07/15204615/Thief-in-the-night.html?h=D A article on the Mumbai Spirit http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/07/bombing-in-mumbai.html Over the years, my thoughts have gone from pride about it to thinking it is plain insensitivity and indifference to loss of human lives. -- Vinayak -- srs (blackberry)
Re: [silk] Mumbai blasts again
On Sunday 17 Jul 2011 12:05:30 pm Vinayak Hegde wrote: On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Julian Philips jazzmob...@gmail.com wrote: Sidin, Very touching article. http://www.livemint.com/2011/07/15204615/Thief-in-the-night.html?h=D A article on the Mumbai Spirit http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/07/bombing-in-mumbai.ht ml Over the years, my thoughts have gone from pride about it to thinking it is plain insensitivity and indifference to loss of human lives. -- Vinayak Mumai spirit is pure bullshit. If someone breaks my leg today - I will still need to limp to the toilet tomorrow. That is not spirit, its necessity. I think Mumbai is a badly mismanaged city where the politcians are clearly a nexus with criminal. This is an open secret. Elewhere I was doing a comparison of the population desity, police to population ratio and other parameters of Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai. Mumbai does not come out as the worst in any of these parameters. Yet Mumbai is the one that takes the hits. I am certain it is piss poor governance with Pawarful people at the helm. The city neeeds a serious clean up. shiv
Re: [silk] Thief in the night
The back-story for Then one day you find ten years have passed you by. No-one told you when to run; you missed the starting gun. Sent from my HTC - Reply message - From: Vinayak Hegde vinay...@gmail.com To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: [silk] Thief in the night Date: Sun, Jul 17, 2011 12:08 pm On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: On 7/17/2011 10:36 AM, Julian Philips wrote: Sidin, Very touching article. http://www.livemint.com/2011/07/15204615/Thief-in-the-night.html?h=D Not sure why Julian's post was in the Mumbai Blasts thread, but agree, great piece. Reminds me of the standard NRI line: we'll move back to India in two years. Anecdotally, have seen this with various friends and relatives over the past few decades. Udhay, it reminds me of the very poignant question you raised during the silk-meet- What does retirement mean for you ? -- Vinayak
Re: [silk] Mumbai blasts again
On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 12:17 PM, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote: Elewhere I was doing a comparison of the population desity, police to population ratio and other parameters of Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai. Mumbai does not come out as the worst in any of these parameters. Yet Mumbai is the one that takes the hits. I am certain it is piss poor governance with Pawarful people at the helm. The city neeeds a serious clean up. Are you suggesting that other cities would fare better if they were hit as often? Or that the reason they are not hit as often is they are doing the right things? -gabin -- measure with a micrometer, mark with a chalk, cut with an axe
