Re: [BangPypers] Pyladies Bangalore in Times of India

2013-09-24 Thread Pratham Gadre
Please forgive me for replying to this thread. I would have written to her off-list, but she has a pretty reputation of slamming who sends her an email! On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 3:03 AM, Annapoornima Koppad a.kop...@gmail.comwrote: Morever, I was busy last night, sending this email thread to all

Re: [BangPypers] Pyladies Bangalore in Times of India

2013-09-24 Thread Anand B Pillai
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 24 September 2013 01:47 PM, Pratham Gadre wrote: Please forgive me for replying to this thread. I would have written to her off-list, but she has a pretty reputation of slamming who sends her an email! On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 3:03 AM,

Re: [BangPypers] Pyladies Bangalore in Times of India

2013-09-23 Thread Venkatraman S
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Annapoornima Koppad a.kop...@gmail.comwrote: [1]. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/personal-tech/computing/Women-programmers-learn-to-schmooze/articleshow/22877116.cms Does anyone know Chinmayi SK from RHOK. It looks like she is trying to do

Re: [BangPypers] Pyladies Bangalore in Times of India

2013-09-23 Thread svaksha ॥ स्वक्ष
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 5:54 AM, Annapoornima Koppad a.kop...@gmail.com wrote: Dear All, Pyladies Bangalore was recently featured in Times of India dated, 22nd sept and later on 23 sept as well. [1]. I am not able to find the link for the 23rd edition. Is it this?

Re: [BangPypers] Pyladies Bangalore in Times of India

2013-09-23 Thread Annapoornima Koppad
Hey Svaksha, Thanks for the link. Yes, thats the one that I was looking for. Thanks once again. All, please see Anand stating that there were 500 people. I am not sure if those 500 number was women, or the overall participation. @Venkatraman, One word can evoke different emotions in different

Re: [BangPypers] Pyladies Bangalore in Times of India

2013-09-23 Thread Noufal Ibrahim
Annapoornima Koppad a.kop...@gmail.com writes: [...] [1]. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/personal-tech/computing/Women-programmers-learn-to-schmooze/articleshow/22877116.cms [...] This article, at least some of the Python parts of it, are not accurate. Bangpypers didn't host PyCon

Re: [BangPypers] Pyladies Bangalore in Times of India

2013-09-23 Thread Anand Chitipothu
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 12:52 PM, Noufal Ibrahim nou...@nibrahim.net.inwrote: Annapoornima Koppad a.kop...@gmail.com writes: [...] [1]. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/personal-tech/computing/Women-programmers-learn-to-schmooze/articleshow/22877116.cms [...] This article, at

Re: [BangPypers] Pyladies Bangalore in Times of India

2013-09-23 Thread Noufal Ibrahim
Anand Chitipothu anandol...@gmail.com writes: [...] The response from women coders was overwhelming, said Anand Chitipothu All I said was it looked like there were more women participants this year compared previous years. Surprised to see what came out. I'm annoyed but not surprised.

Re: [BangPypers] Pyladies Bangalore in Times of India

2013-09-23 Thread Venkatraman S
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 12:48 PM, Annapoornima Koppad a.kop...@gmail.comwrote: @Venkatraman, One word can evoke different emotions in different people. Agreed. I will be interested in knowing your views. Can you please be more clear on why you find it weird? Bluntly put, it sounds

Re: [BangPypers] Pyladies Bangalore in Times of India

2013-09-23 Thread Anand Chitipothu
I thank Anand Chitipothu for making Pycon India 2013 women inclusive. Since he has already made a comment that there was enough participation from women, there are a few facts that I want get them straight. Not sure what you mean by women inclusive here. PyCon India was never women exclusive,

Re: [BangPypers] Pyladies Bangalore in Times of India

2013-09-23 Thread Annapoornima Koppad
@ Anand, please talk in numbers and not in words. How many women members were present, etc? @Venkat, I have been nice, cordial, and don't need a better choice of words. I dont want argue on this anymore. I would like to continue the original thread. @Noufal, I am on phone with Times of India

Re: [BangPypers] Pyladies Bangalore in Times of India

2013-09-23 Thread T S KAMATH
there it start.. flaming each other ... Guys Girls, Push back relax and Enjoy the show.. GM-II production on bangpypers Regards Srikanth On 23-Sep-2013, at 1:21 PM, Annapoornima Koppad a.kop...@gmail.com wrote: @ Anand, please talk in numbers and not in words. How many women members

Re: [BangPypers] Pyladies Bangalore in Times of India

2013-09-23 Thread Dhananjay Nene
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Annapoornima Koppad a.kop...@gmail.com wrote: Dear All, Pyladies Bangalore was recently featured in Times of India dated, 22nd sept and later on 23 sept as well. [1]. I am not able to find the link for the 23rd edition. I thank Anand Chitipothu for making

Re: [BangPypers] Pyladies Bangalore in Times of India

2013-09-23 Thread s|s
Learning thing or two about news flows, I would say its not diluted or distorted, it falls into a template. Like some respectable occidental reporter gets off on a port in Africa an announces I would like talk to a women who has been raped and can speak English. News has already been written and

Re: [BangPypers] Pyladies Bangalore in Times of India

2013-09-23 Thread Annapoornima Koppad
Dear All, I would like to provide an update. I had a word with Shilpa Patankar, the reporter of the article and she agreed to correct the wrong data. Also, she will be getting in touch with me directly or whoever is in my position to get an update with regard to Pyladies Bangalore activities.

Re: [BangPypers] Pyladies Bangalore in Times of India

2013-09-23 Thread Anand B Pillai
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 23 September 2013 05:06 PM, Dhananjay Nene wrote: On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Annapoornima Koppad a.kop...@gmail.com wrote: Dear All, Pyladies Bangalore was recently featured in Times of India dated, 22nd sept and later on 23

Re: [BangPypers] Pyladies Bangalore in Times of India

2013-09-23 Thread Noufal Ibrahim
Anand B Pillai anandpil...@letterboxes.org writes: [...] +1. Suggest to keep topics closer to the interpreter. There are other lists specifically devoted to discussion of diversity and related issues. This list has a lot of legacy in creating and nurturing the Python community by

[BangPypers] Pyladies Bangalore in Times of India

2013-09-22 Thread Annapoornima Koppad
Dear All, Pyladies Bangalore was recently featured in Times of India dated, 22nd sept and later on 23 sept as well. [1]. I am not able to find the link for the 23rd edition. I thank Anand Chitipothu for making Pycon India 2013 women inclusive. Since he has already made a comment that there was