[silk] Article in today's ET.

2007-03-08 Thread Deepa Mohan
This is specifically to Ingrid Srinath, whose email id I can't remember... I liked your article in today's Economic Times. I don't know where else and on what topics you have written; and I am not, in general, very keen on the tokenism of Women's Day; but I agreed with what you said, about

Re: [silk] Article in today's ET.

2007-03-08 Thread Gautam John
Would you have a link to this article handy? On 3/8/07, Deepa Mohan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is specifically to Ingrid Srinath, whose email id I can't remember... I liked your article in today's Economic Times. I don't know where else and on what topics you have written; and I am not, in

Re: [silk] Article in today's ET.

2007-03-08 Thread Deepa Mohan
On 3/8/07, Gautam John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would you have a link to this article handy? I think you have to go to Economic Times online (google and go to the link)...sign up and get an Indiatimes id and use that to see the e-paper! Sorry, I saw the physical newspaperhey...if one you

Re: [silk] Article in today's ET.

2007-03-08 Thread Vinayak Hegde
On 3/8/07, Gautam John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would you have a link to this article handy? Go to epaper.timesofindia.com pick the economic times - bangalore edition. You can probably try the free edition or you might have to register (for free ?) to get access. -- Vinayak

Re: [silk] Article in today's ET.

2007-03-08 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Vinayak Hegde wrote: On 3/8/07, Gautam John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would you have a link to this article handy? Go to epaper.timesofindia.com pick the economic times - bangalore edition. You can probably try the free edition or you might have to register (for free ?) to get access.

Re: [silk] Article in today's ET.

2007-03-08 Thread Gautam John
Thank you! Howevr, the trial version is only for the Bombay edition so I had to sign up. On 3/8/07, Suresh Ramasubramanian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Vinayak Hegde wrote: On 3/8/07, Gautam John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would you have a link to this article handy? Go to

Re: [silk] Article in today's ET.

2007-03-08 Thread Ingrid
Thank you, Deepa. Agree entirely on the Women's Day tokenism issue. I tried to address that in the piece which ET would have preferred to be slanted towards *why women are better suited to ngo careers than men are*. This misguided belief and the general perception of NGO-wallahs as either,

[silk] Ingrid Srinath's article, Does gender matter? Economic Times, 8th March 07.

2007-03-08 Thread Deepa Mohan
Does gender matter? THE MYTH that women are somehow more suited for careers in non government organisations (NGOs) is, I believe, just that — a myth. From grassroots activism to policy advocacy, the sector, in reality, employs far more men than it does women. Like nursing, teaching and

Re: [silk] Article in today's ET.

2007-03-08 Thread Deepa Mohan
I find another parallel to the point Ingrid makes,in the whole teaching is a career better suited to women mythi. And why? (Because they get summer holidays with the children was the most common answer, with other responses eveng going to a fairly canny their children can study in the same

Re: [silk] Article in today's ET.

2007-03-08 Thread Ingrid
on a lighter note, the most amusing response to the article thus far: --- The article of yours (in the E.T) engenders the de-gendering or deconstruction of the hegemony of patriarchy which has constructed specific norms of masculinity and femininity. This construction has confined people to

Re: [silk] Article in today's ET.

2007-03-08 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Ingrid wrote: [ on 06:55 PM 3/8/2007 ] This misguided belief and the general perception of NGO-wallahs as either, unkempt, khadi-clad revolutionaries OR silk-sheathed socialites is a real barrier to sane people considering jobs in the sector. I am not sure if this is cause, effect or faulty

Re: [silk] Article in today's ET.

2007-03-08 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Ingrid wrote: [ on 07:20 PM 3/8/2007 ] The article of yours (in the E.T) engenders the de-gendering or deconstruction of the hegemony of patriarchy which has constructed specific norms of masculinity and femininity. This construction has confined people to look not beyond the box but within the

Re: [silk] Article in today's ET.

2007-03-08 Thread Ingrid
On 3/8/07, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ingrid wrote: [ on 06:55 PM 3/8/2007 ] This misguided belief and the general perception of NGO-wallahs as either, unkempt, khadi-clad revolutionaries OR silk-sheathed socialites is a real barrier to sane people considering jobs in the sector.

Re: [silk] Article in today's ET.

2007-03-08 Thread Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ingrid wrote: The article of yours (in the E.T) engenders the de-gendering or deconstruction of the hegemony of patriarchy which has constructed specific norms of masculinity and femininity. This construction has confined people to look not

Re: [silk] Article in today's ET.

2007-03-08 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Ingrid wrote: [ on 07:39 PM 3/8/2007 ] 1. inadequate sample biased towards visible and/or urban NGOs This is quite possible. 2. dated i.e. prior to the emergence of the newer, venture philanthropic organisations There are still quite a few examples of both scruffy khadi-clad

Re: [silk] Article in today's ET.

2007-03-08 Thread Deepa Mohan
OOH Ingrid, loved that response. The best reply to this is the one Udhay made, further down the thread. Let the Polysyllabic War begin! Deepa. On 3/8/07, Ingrid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on a lighter note, the most amusing response to the article thus far: --- The article of yours (in the

[silk] Anyone read The End of Medicine

2007-03-08 Thread Anish Mohammed
Hi, I was wondering if anyone has come across The End of Medicine: How Silicon Valley (and Naked Mice) Will Reboot Your Doctor by Andy Kessler. regards Anish

[silk] expat in india...

2007-03-08 Thread ashok _
I imagine there are a few expats on this list living and working in india I have an italian friend who is considering moving to india for a change of environment, and to gain some alternate experience. The person has a background in economics and finance (not IT) and speaks 2 european

Re: [silk] expat in india...

2007-03-08 Thread Madhu Menon
ashok _ wrote: I imagine there are a few expats on this list living and working in india I have an italian friend who is considering moving to india for a change of environment, and to gain some alternate experience. Which part of India? -- * Madhu Menon Shiok Far-eastern

Re: [silk] expat in india...

2007-03-08 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
ashok _ [08/03/07 23:00 +0300]: I have an italian friend who is considering moving to india for a change of environment, and to gain some alternate experience. The person has a background in economics and finance (not IT) and speaks 2 european languages apart from English a bank or

Re: [silk] expat in india...

2007-03-08 Thread Divya Sampath
He or she could contact the Indo-Italian chamber of commerce - they might be able to help with information, as well as the more traditional recruitment channels. http://www.indiaitaly.com/main.asp cheers, Divya - Original Message From: ashok _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [silk] Anyone read The End of Medicine

2007-03-08 Thread Thaths
On 3/8/07, Anish Mohammed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was wondering if anyone has come across The End of Medicine: How Silicon Valley (and Naked Mice) Will Reboot Your Doctor by Andy Kessler. I have not read it. But I am highly vary of titles that go 'The end of X'. Fukuyama is just a crazy

Re: [silk] Anyone read The End of Medicine

2007-03-08 Thread Thaths
On 3/8/07, Thaths [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have not read it. But I am highly vary of titles that go 'The end of X'. Fukuyama is just a crazy neocon that created a crazy trend of naming. By 'vary', of course, I mean 'wary'. Thaths -- Homer: He has all the money in the world, but there's one

Re: [silk] Anyone read The End of Medicine

2007-03-08 Thread shiv sastry
On Friday 09 Mar 2007 1:02 am, Anish Mohammed wrote: Hi,  I was wondering if anyone has come across The End of Medicine: How Silicon Valley (and Naked Mice) Will Reboot Your Doctor by Andy Kessler. regards Anish I haven't actually read it but taking a cue from an earlier thread on how to

Re: [silk] Article in today's ET.

2007-03-08 Thread shiv sastry
On Thursday 08 Mar 2007 4:13 pm, Deepa Mohan wrote: I think you have to go to Economic Times online (google and go to the link)...sign up and get an Indiatimes id and use that to see the e-paper! Sorry, I saw the physical newspaperhey...if one you techies has a more elegant

Re: [silk] Article in today's ET.

2007-03-08 Thread shiv sastry
On Thursday 08 Mar 2007 6:55 pm, Ingrid wrote: I could mail the text or a scanned copy to anyone here who is interested. me shiv

Re: [silk] expat in india...

2007-03-08 Thread Sthitaprajna
ashok _ wrote: I have an italian friend who is considering moving to india for a change of environment, and to gain some alternate experience. The person has a background in economics and finance (not IT) and speaks 2 european languages apart from English No idea about the

Re: [silk] expat in india...

2007-03-08 Thread Biju Chacko
On 3/9/07, Sthitaprajna [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ashok _ wrote: I have an italian friend who is considering moving to india for a change of environment, and to gain some alternate experience. The person has a background in economics and finance (not IT) and speaks 2 european languages

Re: [silk] expat in india...

2007-03-08 Thread ashok _
South / Peninsular india most likely On 3/9/07, Madhu Menonwrote: ashok _ wrote: I imagine there are a few expats on this list living and working in india I have an italian friend who is considering moving to india for a change of environment, and to gain some alternate experience.

Re: [silk] expat in india...

2007-03-08 Thread Badri Natarajan
And just to be cynical -- it's amazing how in India a white person's skills will be more advanced than those of an Indian with exactly the same skills. Or at least, that's the impression I get from all the press that Infosys's foreign intern programme has been getting. Why, Biju, whatever

Re: [silk] expat in india...

2007-03-08 Thread ashok _
maybe they way you put it is incorrect... i was consulting for a kenyan owned and run IT firm sometime back. they used to target deals in government... but for all the dealings with government they used to use a front who was a white person not because the man had exceptional skills, but

Re: [silk] expat in india...

2007-03-08 Thread Biju Chacko
On 3/9/07, Badri Natarajan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And just to be cynical -- it's amazing how in India a white person's skills will be more advanced than those of an Indian with exactly the same skills. Or at least, that's the impression I get from all the press that Infosys's foreign

Re: [silk] expat in india...

2007-03-08 Thread Devdas Bhagat
On 09/03/07 11:49 +0530, Biju Chacko wrote: snip A lot of the press about the foreign intern program seemed to imply that Infosys had somehow become better because foreigners had chosen to work there as interns! My impression was more of Look, this is an Indian company which has grown so big

Re: [silk] expat in india...

2007-03-08 Thread Biju Chacko
On 3/9/07, Devdas Bhagat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 09/03/07 11:49 +0530, Biju Chacko wrote: snip A lot of the press about the foreign intern program seemed to imply that Infosys had somehow become better because foreigners had chosen to work there as interns! My impression was more of