Re: [silk] Open-Source Warfare

2007-11-25 Thread Charles Haynes
If the accuracy of the other 'facts' in that article are at the same level as this: A good example is last year's plot to smuggle common chemicals on board commercial flights using drink containers. The chemicals would then be mixed together to form explosives, which if detonated by a small

Re: [silk] Returning to India

2007-11-25 Thread shiv sastry
For a strange reason - I get an eerie feeling that I know the people in the story. Not in a metaphorical sense - I think have met them in person. Their names correspond with numbers that I have recorded in my phone book. I'm going to follow this up... shiv On Saturday 24 Nov 2007 9:58 pm,

Re: [silk] Returning to India

2007-11-25 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Excellent paper, though this little non sequitir caught my eye .. 2. Want kids to have Eastern values, like putting out for family and respect for elders. (Can we teach them these values while living in America?) My first thought was sure, move to arkansaw ps:

Re: [silk] Returning to India

2007-11-25 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
More seriously .. how do people from the _next_ generation who emigrate feel? Yet, within each of us lie contradictions. We tout American enterprise and capitalism yet engage in acts that are antithetical to free will: conducting an arranged marriage before a thousand guests in one's native

Re: [silk] Open-Source Warfare

2007-11-25 Thread Kiran Jonnalagadda
On 25-Nov-07, at 4:40 PM, Eugen Leitl wrote: I could however easily bring several kilograms of undetectable (no vapor pressure, no nitrogen, dogs not trained on) high explosive onboard, which is not recognizable as such on an contrasted x-ray. I'm deliberately not giving you more details,

Re: [silk] Open-Source Warfare

2007-11-25 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 05:14:49PM +0530, Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote: What about glass knives? Would they be visible at all on an X-Ray? Why glass knives, when you could just use ceramics kitchen knifes, worn on person? Why bring knives on a plane, if you could could easily pack a

Re: [silk] Returning to India

2007-11-25 Thread shiv sastry
Yup - it turns out that I do know the author (Shoba Narayan), her husband and her brother, mentioned in the article. I called Shyam (her brother) and confirmed that. They are related to a classmate and close friend of mine from medical college - whom Deepa will know - namely Krishnan aka

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2007-11-25 Thread Shoba Narayan
Hello: I am Shoba Narayan, a writer and newcomer to this list. Shiv brought me on board. Poked around the archives...very interesting group of people and topics. Hoping to participate but bear with me during the long stretches when I am on-the-road and away-from-computer. Shoba

Re: [silk] Shoba Narayan

2007-11-25 Thread Vinayak Hegde
On Nov 25, 2007 10:37 PM, Shoba Narayan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello: I am Shoba Narayan, a writer and newcomer to this list. Shiv brought me on board. Poked around the archives...very interesting group of people and topics. Hoping to participate but bear with me during the long

[silk] LinkedIn silklist group

2007-11-25 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
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Re: [silk] Returning to India

2007-11-25 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Nov 24, 2007 9:58 PM, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: An interesting (and well-written) example of something we've all seen a great deal of in the past few years - the story of one family's decision to move back to India. I seem to have seen Shoba Narayan on a blog somewhere -

[silk] Welcome

2007-11-25 Thread shiv sastry
On Sunday 25 Nov 2007 10:37 pm, Shoba Narayan wrote: Hello: I am Shoba Narayan, a writer and newcomer to this list. Shiv brought me on board. Poked around the archives...very interesting group of people and topics. Hoping to participate but bear with me during the long stretches when I am

Re: [silk] Welcome

2007-11-25 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
Welcome aboard Shoba Yeah. Welcome Shoba. For an India the yatra to the temple of the West is essential for self realization and the existence of an entity called self that is separate from mummy, daddy, aunt, uncle. grandfather and grandmother. Brilliant! :) C --

Re: [silk] Welcome

2007-11-25 Thread Deepa Mohan
Hi Shoba, welcome! I enjoyed your article and if you have the links to more, please send them on! Deepa. On Nov 26, 2007 11:09 AM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Welcome aboard Shoba Yeah. Welcome Shoba. For an India the yatra to the temple of the West is

Re: [silk] Welcome

2007-11-25 Thread Abhishek Hazra
Hi Shobha, welcome. interesting article. sorry to bring in a minor point in this thread on home and homecoming, but i am a bit intrigued by what you say below: I had studied modern art in America and gained an understanding and appreciation for it. Still, it seemed pseudo when I dropped names

Re: [silk] Welcome

2007-11-25 Thread Sriram Karra
On Nov 26, 2007 10:41 AM, shiv sastry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For an India the yatra to the temple of the West is essential for self realization and the existence of an entity called self that is separate from mummy, daddy, aunt, uncle. grandfather and grandmother. Well put; many people

Re: [silk] Welcome

2007-11-25 Thread Radhika, Y.
2007/11/25, Sriram Karra [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Nov 26, 2007 10:41 AM, shiv sastry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For an India the yatra to the temple of the West is essential for self realization and the existence of an entity called self that is separate from mummy, daddy, aunt, uncle.