Re: [silk] Hello

[sur...@hserus.net]

The fun (or not so fun) part about Daikin five stars, having bought 4 for my 
apartment back in 2012, is that while they perform, they perform like champs. 
However if something goes wrong, they cannot be “serviced” as such – main board 
replacement is the usual thing.  The older, cheaper models can usually get 
their boards repaired locally.

The other part is they are extraordinarily sensitive to power fluctuations.  
The old fashioned two or three star ones with copper coils are not energy 
efficient, but they cool a lot better and are a lot cheaper to maintain when 
they go wrong.  Whether that is offset by power bill savings is something to be 
determined, we wouldn’t use all the ACs to the extent that they’d be used in a 
factory.

From: silklist  on behalf 
of Shenoy N 
Date: Friday, 21 May 2021 at 8:42 PM
To: silklist@lists.hserus.net 
Subject: Re: [silk] Hello
This is great to know. I think I'll buy BLDC fans for the factory.

We changed our acs to Daikin 5 star a couple of years ago. I think we've
recovered the money already from the savings

Thanks and regards

Narendra Shenoy



On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 at 20:20,  wrote:

> Not sure I've scanned the full list.  I have Daikin 5-star efficiency ACs
> (1.5t and 2.0t).
>
> The other energy efficiency thing is to circulate the air better, and hold
> the temperature of the air conditioner than one would otherwise do.
>
> Ram
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: silklist  On
> Behalf Of Deepa Mohan
> Sent: 27 April 2021 19:01
> To: Intelligent Conversation 
> Subject: Re: [silk] Hello
>
> Any air conditioners you would recommend?
>
> On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 2:53 PM  wrote:
>
> > Scrap typically - economically viable, but raw material goes to waste.
> >
> > Please look at www.airzon.in for BLDC ceiling in 
> > place of atomberg
> > mentioned below.  We make them at Canfan   (not to be taken as self
> > promotion)
> >
> > Old ceiling fans can be sold for scrap (metal scrap dealer) for which
> > you'll get credit.  The aluminium, electrical grade silicon steel,
> > mild steel and copper gets back as scrap feed to metal makers through
> > a long chain.
> >
> > Holding on to the old stuff bleeds energy.  The energy savings is
> > enough to pay back for a new fan in less than two years, typically -
> > shows the quantum  of waste with the old stuff.  Even more so in air
> conditioners.
> >
> > Ram
> >
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: silklist  On
> > Behalf Of Deepa Mohan
> > Sent: 27 April 2021 14:47
> > To: Intelligent Conversation 
> > Subject: Re: [silk] Hello
> >
> > Good steps, which many of us could follow..what do you do with the old
> > (less energy-efficient) refrigerators and air-conditioners? Googling
> > for BLDC fans now, to understand what they are.
> >
> > OK, read this:
> >
> >
> > https://atomberg.com/what-makes-bldc-ceiling-fan-different-from-a-norm
> > al-induction-ceiling-fan/
> >
> > Again...what would I do with the old ceiling fans? Would that not be
> > adding to the trash, and would passing them on to someone else not be
> > passing the buck as well as the fan?
> >
> > I am eternally torn between buy-the-new-better-item-and-throw-the-old vs.
> > retain-the-old-and-don't-keep-buying-new-stuff. I end up almost always
> > on the latter side.
> >
> > Deepa.
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 2:33 PM  wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Huda,
> > >
> > > Thank you, and it's good to hear from you.  A few things I've done:
> > >
> > > 1.  Replaced all devices at home with the most energy efficient ones
> > > available after doing an audit of our electricity consumption -
> > > replaced existing fans with BLDC fans, all lights are LED/CFL, and
> > > all refrigerators and air conditioners are the most energy efficient.
> > > 2.  Made the size of the backup inverter and batteries 50% of what
> > > they were earlier - goal is to cut waste.  I redeployed the old
> > > inverter and excess batteries to a different location.
> > > 3.  Off-grid solar for all electricity consumption other than high
> > > power devices like air conditioners, induction stoves and pumps.
> > >
> > > I want to go on-grid solar for all consumption relating to (2) above.
> > > Haven't done it yet because net metering is hard to get here in the
> > > state of Tamil Nadu - serious bottlenecks and disincentives for
> > > adoption.  I hope to get it down once the lockdowns ease off.
> > >
> > > The goal is to have all electricity consumption at home from
> > > non-fossil sources.
> > >
> > > For water, we have an elaborate systems of catchment on the roof
> > > that lead to rainwater pits which we recirculate back for garden
> > > use.  I have a lot more to think about in terms of treatment and
> > > reuse of grey
> > water ...
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > Ram
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: silklist 
> > > On Behalf Of Huda Masood
> > > Sent: 27 April 2021 13:34
> > > To: silklist@lists.hserus.net
> > > Subject: Re: [silk] 

Re: [silk] Hello and Introduction

[sur...@hserus.net]

Wow and I thought Silk was dormant. Welcome.

-srs

From: silklist  on behalf 
of Sundar Narayanan 
Date: Monday, 26 April 2021 at 6:36 PM
To: silklist@lists.hserus.net 
Subject: [silk] Hello and Introduction
Hello everyone,
I wanted to say a quick hello and introduce myself.  I joined Silklist 
yesterday.  I would like to firstly thank Sumanth Cidambi for the introduction 
and Udhay Shankar for his willingness to include me.  I look forward to 
learning from this forum and growing as a result.
A little bit about myself.  I grew up in Chennai/Mumbai and currently reside in 
Dallas, Texas.  I currently work at Microsoft leading their global risk, 
quality and compliance team.  My educational background is Electrical 
Engineering and Business Administration and my 25 year career so far has been 
entirely in Management/Technology consulting at Ernst & Young, Capgemini and 
Microsoft working with global customers.  I am married with 2 teenage kids.  I 
am an avid cricket/tennis fan and of course like so many others, played during 
my school and college days. My reading interests are around political history, 
foreign policy, global socio-economic changes, brand management, marketing and 
psychology.
Thank you again for including me.
Regards,
Sundar NarayananSundar Narayanan | LinkedIn

Re: [silk] Netherlands to close prisons for lack of criminals

[sur...@hserus.net]

ah. Another old friend on silk..
I'm sure you saw 'cool hand luke', a propos your road building suggestion? :)

Prisons as a source of cheap labor / chain gangs has its own pitfalls..

-- 
srs/nokia e71

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Subject: Re: [silk] Netherlands to close prisons for lack of criminals
From: Lahar Appaiah thew...@gmail.com
Date: 30-05-2009 12:05

The court is supposed to appoint a lawyer for you. See the whole furore
about a lawyer for Kasab? Both names bandied about were Court appointed.
Motivation to win? Fight for those who have no chance against the system,
for one. Find a victimized innocent underdog and ensure that justice
triumphs.

For the system, though, it is vital that everyone gets legal representation.
The foundation of a criminal justice system is that a trial is fair, only
established facts are taken into consideration, and rigorous procedures are
followed, so that guilt is established beyond doubt. If you bypass that
(even for a Kasab), you undermine the foundation of your justice system. The
accused is entitled to a lawyer who will ensure that the trial is fair, that
improper evidence is not presented, and that a verdict is reached in
accordance with due process (and not through some arbitrary method). If the
accused does not have that legal representation, any trial becomes open to
accusations that it is a Kangaroo court.

Incidentally, I've always personally believed that jail sentences are not
adequate. Convicted criminals should be sent off to work for the Border
Roads Organization or something, and build roads and bridges where they are
needed.

Oh, and this is my first post here :-) An intro will follow.

-Lahar

On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Kiran K Karthikeyan 
kiran.karthike...@gmail.com wrote:


 Incidentally, what happens to you in India if you can't afford a lawyer and
 are not capable of representing yourself? Is there a public attorney who
 will fight your case? What is their motivation to win the case in your
 favour?

Re: [silk] many a true word is spoken in jest?

[sur...@hserus.net]

if iliad knows any, beyond 'midnight express' on ttk road, and sleazy tea kadai 
dives... I'd like to find out

-original message-
Subject: Re: [silk] many a true word is spoken in jest?
From: Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com
Date: 15-05-2009 17:26

Giancarlo Livraghi wrote, [on 5/15/2009 4:27 PM]:

 In http://userfriendly.org there is a sequence of cartoons that has been
 going on for over two weeks. It started on April 27 and it will continue
 I don't know how long.
 
 It's about a bunch of Canadians opening an office in India.
 
 Any comments or opinions?

I am going to keep my opinions to myself for the moment, but if anybody
knows Illiad, please ask him where he got the impression that there are
lots of food delivery options in Chennai at 2 AM.

Udhay
-- 
((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))

Re: [silk] Need some help

[sur...@hserus.net]

I've eaten camel in riyadh and kangaroo in perth. i just dont order meat when 
others at the table are vegetarian

-- 
srs/nokia e71

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Subject: Re: [silk] Need some help
From: . svaks...@gmail.com
Date: 21-04-2009 20:59

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Zainab Bawa bawazaina...@gmail.com wrote:
 Not really so. In Bangalore, a Belgian friend of mine was told that she
 would be allowed to take up the place only if she promised to stay
 vegetarian. Another American friend in Mumbai, married and with kids, was
 refused housing on grounds of vegetarianism.

Assuming that your Belgian and American friends are not Muslim, the
claim that its a plot to keep out the whole Muslim community does not
stand. It seems like an individual's bias about who should live in his
private property.  Should he be hauled to jail for that? I dont think
so. He is just yet another narrow-minded person I'd would rather avoid
even if the property was rent-free.  Its also a misnomer that all
Hindus are vegetarian which is more of individual choice or a
family's choice in some cases, but definitely not a religious one.
Religion per se is not evil, rather its the people who use (any)
religion to control and grab power or dictate terms to others that are
the root of the problem.  What happened to your friends (and you) are
an individual's bias and by stretching that line of logic I can think
of gazillion personal instances when I have been discriminated against
on the basis of my gender, age, nationality, skin color, religion,
  I happen to know a Sikh family who are staunch vegetarians and
would not wish to mingle or marry a person different from them.  I
also know Jains who eat meat outside the house but toe the line and
would not dare risk offending the better half (or his parents) by even
mentioning chicken tikka or kebab at home.

And yet, stretching that line of reasoning and argument is a scary
double-edged sword, as in, any women could easily take offence at any
matrimonial sites because they encourage Indian men to advertise for a
bride thus : Male, 31 yrs, 5'10 very fair (brown-skin is so not
metro-sexual when you have skin-whitening products for men modeled by
the Badshah of Bollywood himself), handsome, highly educated
Phd/Engineer/Doctor/add education, add religion (category, subcaste no
bar.  Wow, a broad-minded bloke !) seeks a mutually compatible
accomplished (read, willing to be my lifelong unpaid housemaid who
will provide sex-at-my-command) educated/working (another unsaid
euphemism for dowry in monthly installments) bride.  The opposite is
also true but they dont sound very logical to me.  Would it be
illogical and unfair to label every Indian male who advertises his
personal preferences as a racist and chauvinistic pig or claim that
ALL men are rapists because the proportion of men who rape is more
than the opposite ; which does seem like stretching logic a wee bit
too much for half the world's population being discriminated against,
if numbers count.

Does'nt discrimination start the moment we divide, classify and
sub-classify things, people, animals, [add your poison of choice],
along various criteria?  Being different is a form of discrimination
too but the last I heard, the politically correct name was
diversity. In a biological sense, each of us is uniquely different,
if DNA matters.

-- 
.

Re: [silk] Need some help

[sur...@hserus.net]

Your right stops right where it conflicts with another person's rights.  
Organized policies of discrimination such as vegetarian only buildings are an 
example.

-- 
srs/nokia e71

-original message-
Subject: Re: [silk] Need some help
From: Pranesh Prakash the.solips...@gmail.com
Date: 20-04-2009 10:20

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 09:30, . svaks...@gmail.com wrote:
 As someone had earlier mentioned in this thread, its an owners right
 to decide who he/she rents to.  If the 'no meat' policy should not be
 enforced its equally unfair and discriminatory to say eat meat to be
 considered one of us.

Forget about owners' rights.  That's secondary.  I think it first
needs to be established that an individual has the right to be
repulsed by dead animals.  I'm not sure people are in agreement on
that.

(On that note, that that right to be repulsed being used as a proxy
is repulsive goes without saying.  Or goes with being said in the last
sentence.)

Re: [silk] Need some help

[sur...@hserus.net]

It is almost like gujarat is, for muslims, the equivalent of the deep south for 
negroes back in the 60s.  Ask a goan catholic friend of mine, who tried to rent 
there and was told 'they dont rent to muslims'.  Went through a different 
broker to the same landlord but giving him his 'old' hindu name mohan prabhu 
(lots of goan rcs were saraswat brahmins back in portuguese times) and he got 
just that house

In other words, no, not unfair
-- 
srs/nokia e71

-original message-
Subject: Re: [silk] Need some help
From: . svaks...@gmail.com
Date: 21-04-2009 08:59

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 9:54 AM, sur...@hserus.net sur...@hserus.net wrote:
 Owners right?  If today, in birmingham AL, some redneck refused to rent a 
 flat because the prospective tenant is a 'nigger', he'd be arrested

If the redneck is bent on discriminating on the basis of skin color he
could circumvent a future arrest with a tactical reason to not rent.
People may not openly discriminate because of fear of being sued but
that does nothing to change their internal real selves, which is what
needs to change even though that is slow change, harder to achieve and
probably impossible and crazy to expect 6 billion perfect people.

Whether discrimination is based on religion, skin colour, one's
singular status, gender, nationality, or any other criteria, its still
discrimination. Degrees and hurt levels do vary but there is nothing
nice about being on the receiving end.  Its equally unfair to label an
entire Gujarati community as evil for the actions of a few when
language is still the link between a Gujarati Hindu and a Gujarati
Bohra. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohra

-- 
.

Re: [silk] Need some help

[sur...@hserus.net]

Owners right?  If today, in birmingham AL, some redneck refused to rent a flat 
because the prospective tenant is a 'nigger', he'd be arrested

-- 
srs/nokia e71

-original message-
Subject: Re: [silk] Need some help
From: . svaks...@gmail.com
Date: 20-04-2009 09:30

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
sur...@hserus.net wrote:
 Not trolling as such. Merely taking one exaggerated attitude and combating
 it with another.  That article is accurate enough about gujjus and 'veg
 only buildings'.  And any state with bjp in power for long enough has them
 survive only because bigotry is actively encouraged and indoctrinated.

Arent all politicians being their dis-honest hypocritical selves, not
to forget that some common folks are equally (if not more)
politically diplomatic and equally repulsive for the same reasons that
politicians are disliked.

 That's a fact that has to be faced.  Arresting some of those 'building
 society presidents' if they try to enforce a 'no meat' type policy might
 prove interesting.

As someone had earlier mentioned in this thread, its an owners right
to decide who he/she rents to.  If the 'no meat' policy should not be
enforced its equally unfair and discriminatory to say eat meat to be
considered one of us.

-- 
.

Re: [silk] Postal voting in India

[sur...@hserus.net]

Same experience here

-- 
srs / nokia e71

-original message-
Subject: Re: [silk] Postal voting in India
From: Ashwin Nanjappa ashwi...@gmail.com
Date: 25-03-2009 20:01

I got my Voter ID card around 2004 when they were issuing it areawise
in Bengaluru. I was given a date and location (a government school) to
get the card. They took a grainy mugshot using a webcam/low-res
digicam (don't remember which), filled out the details, asked me if
it's correct, printed out the card, laminated it and gave it to me
right there. I have no idea if the card format has changed since then
though.

~ash

Re: [silk] Fwd: Favourite books read in 2008

[sur...@hserus.net]

Obrian hat tips eh, this i gotta see

-- 
srs / nokia e71

-original message-
Subject: Re: [silk] Fwd: Favourite books read in 2008
From: Supriya Nair supriya.n...@gmail.com
Date: 12-03-2009 19:00

I'm re-reading *Treason's Harbour* right now, as a matter of fact.*g*

I read Temeraire after I read [most of the] O'Brians, and loved both series
for different reasons. There's some nice O'Brian hat-tipping going on in
Novik's books, too.


On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 6:41 PM, Bonobashi bonoba...@yahoo.co.in wrote:




 --- On Thu, 12/3/09, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote:

  From: Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net
  Subject: Re: [silk] Fwd: Favourite books read in 2008
  To: silklist@lists.hserus.net
  Date: Thursday, 12 March, 2009, 6:30 PM
 
  -Inline Attachment Follows-
 
  Supriya Nair [13/01/09 19:27
  +0530]:
  I also enjoyed the five books so far in Naomi Novik's
  *Temeraire* series, a
  fantasy in which the Napoleonic Wars are fought with
  dragons. The style is
  bracing, the action exquisite, and the moral and
  emotional weight of the
  books deepens with each successive volume.
 
  After reading the aubrey maturin novels of patrick o'brian
  .. fought with
  real ships, not dragons like this one or in deep space like
  the honor
  harrington novels ..
 
  I didnt like the harringtons too much. Loved the obrians.


 Keep hearing about them, never got around to reading them, especially as my
 kid brother gave me a copy of Robert Jordan's Vol. 4. Got tied up for seven
 months there.

 So O'Brian it is, I guess.

 What's it like vis-a-vis Hornblower?


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Re: [silk] Fwd: Favourite books read in 2008

[sur...@hserus.net]

Obrian is a lot more literate. Hornblower is kinda boys own type fiction.  
Obrian is more like dickens.  I will send you these when am back home.

-- 
srs / nokia e71

-original message-
Subject: Re: [silk] Fwd: Favourite books read in 2008
From: Bonobashi bonoba...@yahoo.co.in
Date: 12-03-2009 18:41




--- On Thu, 12/3/09, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote:

 From: Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net
 Subject: Re: [silk] Fwd: Favourite books read in 2008
 To: silklist@lists.hserus.net
 Date: Thursday, 12 March, 2009, 6:30 PM
 
 -Inline Attachment Follows-
 
 Supriya Nair [13/01/09 19:27
 +0530]:
 I also enjoyed the five books so far in Naomi Novik's
 *Temeraire* series, a
 fantasy in which the Napoleonic Wars are fought with
 dragons. The style is
 bracing, the action exquisite, and the moral and
 emotional weight of the
 books deepens with each successive volume.
 
 After reading the aubrey maturin novels of patrick o'brian
 .. fought with
 real ships, not dragons like this one or in deep space like
 the honor
 harrington novels ..
 
 I didnt like the harringtons too much. Loved the obrians.


Keep hearing about them, never got around to reading them, especially as my kid 
brother gave me a copy of Robert Jordan's Vol. 4. Got tied up for seven months 
there.

So O'Brian it is, I guess.

What's it like vis-a-vis Hornblower?


  Check out the all-new Messenger 9.0! Go to http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/

Re: [silk] Post locations too .. RE: Chennai Meet - was Re:

[sur...@hserus.net]

Introducing myself. Raja Venkataraman
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Its decent. And quite a haul to the trade center, 1 hr ++

-- 
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Subject: Re: [silk] Post locations too .. RE: Chennai Meet - was Re:
Introducing myself. Raja Venkataraman
From: Venkat Mangudi's Silk Account s...@venkatmangudi.com
Date: 10-03-2009 18:02

Posting from my blackberry.

Am staying at Ramada Raj Park, alwarpet.

Folks, is that a reasonably good place to stay?

Venkat

On 3/10/09, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
 sur...@hserus.netwrote:

  gabin kattukaran wrote:
   On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Suresh Ramasubramania
   i'm 98840 64791
  
   me: 99670 43010 -gabin
  
  99001 80761 not sure where I will be, will know shortly.

 Gabin - Nungambakkam
 Suresh - Adyar / Indira Nagar
 Venkat - tbd
 Who else?


 Chandrachoodan - Kelly's  T. Nagar (the office)

 C

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[silk] venue Re: Post locations too .. RE: Chennai Meet - was Re:

[sur...@hserus.net]

Close to downtown.. I think my earlier recos would mostly suit.  Savera on ttk 
road has a rather good restaurant but damn crowded.. 

Could try benjarong, though. Thai, rather expensive and got to book in advance

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-original message-
Subject: Re: [silk] Post locations too .. RE: Chennai Meet - was Re:
From: sur...@hserus.net sur...@hserus.net
Date: 10-03-2009 18:04

Introducing myself. Raja Venkataraman
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Its decent. And quite a haul to the trade center, 1 hr ++

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Subject: Re: [silk] Post locations too .. RE: Chennai Meet - was Re:
Introducing myself. Raja Venkataraman
From: Venkat Mangudi's Silk Account s...@venkatmangudi.com
Date: 10-03-2009 18:02

Posting from my blackberry.

Am staying at Ramada Raj Park, alwarpet.

Folks, is that a reasonably good place to stay?

Venkat

On 3/10/09, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
 sur...@hserus.netwrote:

  gabin kattukaran wrote:
   On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Suresh Ramasubramania
   i'm 98840 64791
  
   me: 99670 43010 -gabin
  
  99001 80761 not sure where I will be, will know shortly.

 Gabin - Nungambakkam
 Suresh - Adyar / Indira Nagar
 Venkat - tbd
 Who else?


 Chandrachoodan - Kelly's  T. Nagar (the office)

 C

 --
 http://www.flickr.com/photos/ravages
 http://www.linkedin.com/in/ravages
 http://www.selectiveamnesia.org/

 +91-9884467463


-- 
Sent from my mobile device

Re: [silk] Need help

[sur...@hserus.net]

Connect to me on linkedin.. user hserus
See if you find any open positions that suit you

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Subject: [silk] Need help
From: Kiran K Karthikeyan kiran.karthike...@gmail.com
Date: 10-03-2009 18:20

Hi,

I am looking out for a job since the startup in Hyderabad where I was
working had funding woes and had to downsize.

Please have a look at my LinkedIn profile (
http://www.linkedin.com/in/kirankk) and if anybody can help, do send me an
email and I can send across my resume.

Thanks,
Kiran

Udhay and everybody else, apologies for using silk for this purpose but I
got the standard hiring freeze answer yesterday from a co I was dead sure of
cracking and moved back to Bangalore for. And the overall economic scene has
been driving up my paranoia.

Re: [silk] Post locations too .. RE: Chennai Meet - was Re:

[sur...@hserus.net]

Introducing myself. Raja Venkataraman
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Cedars is crap. Grt has always been known for good food.  You prefer grt to 
bejnarong' then grt it is.  Just decide so we can book a table..

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-original message-
Subject: Re: [silk] Post locations too .. RE: Chennai Meet - was Re:
Introducing myself. Raja Venkataraman
From: Krish Ashok krishas...@gmail.com
Date: 11-03-2009 10:04

On 11-Mar-09, at 6:12 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:

 Dinner at say 7:45, Benjarong?  Or would you prefer some other  
 location?

There's also this new Mediterranean place at the GRT Grand (T Nagar)

http://chennai.burrp.com/listing/restaurant/117936792_azulia

And Cedars in Kotturpuram

http://chennai.burrp.com/listing/restaurant/118405891_cedars

Re: [silk] Introducing myself. Raja Venkataraman

[sur...@hserus.net]

Yup sure

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-original message-
Subject: Re: [silk] Introducing myself. Raja Venkataraman
From: Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com
Date: 09-03-2009 18:09

On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Venkat Mangudi s...@venkatmangudi.comwrote:

 Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
  that reminds me. you asked for a meetup right?
 Yes, if anyone is interested. Thu evening, perhaps?


I am. Thursday works for me as well. Okay to bring a few other folks along?

C

Re: [silk] BW: How Risky Is India?

[sur...@hserus.net]

... And i can tell you stories about similar nonsense in textbooks from bjp 
governed states, or even the cbse when the bjp was in power and loaded ncert 
with people of a similar ideology. Not sure if the comrades have pulled the 
same stupid trick in kerala and west bengal but given their general divorce 
from reality..

-- 
srs / nokia e71

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Subject: Re: [silk] BW: How Risky Is India?
From: ss cybers...@gmail.com
Date: 27-12-2008 07:37

On Saturday 27 Dec 2008 2:35:37 am ashok _ wrote:
  just pointing out that the writer is most
 probably not a pakistani, and from a minority who are routinely
 persecuted in many islamic countries. So the writer has probably begun
 from a point of view clouded by an element of bias rather than
 objectivity

If you found my choice of biased author interesting the last time around, here 
is someting that you will find compelling. There are so many ways in which 
you should be able to trash the source and author without bothering to look 
at the content.