Re: [silk] BJP pulling wool over our eyes?

2009-06-26 Thread lukhman_khan
you should become a member of the party started by an online friend of mine in Gujarat. He lost the election recently but his party and ideas survive. He has radical views - but I tend to agree with many of tem and am almost tempted to join the party True, there must be some way to give the govt

Re: [silk] BJP pulling wool over our eyes?

2009-06-26 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 08:10:52AM +0530, ss wrote: I don't care much for European views on islam. They are confused. Europe is Europe is diverse, not confused. A small (and, apparently dwindling) minority is in general for evidence-based methods and against belief-based, and for a strictly

Re: [silk] BJP pulling wool over our eyes?

2009-06-26 Thread lukhman_khan
You're missing the point completely. It is not that it is wonderful or not. The point is that the laws are against human rights, and if Muslim majority countries have realised this and replacing it with more modern laws, Please be more specific. Which particular laws? (now dont tell me -

Re: [silk] Udhay's going to be arrested on weapons charges :)

2009-06-26 Thread Venkatesh Hariharan
On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Mahesh Murthymahesh.mur...@gmail.com wrote: Being a bit of a spice monster, I've looked for a while to find sauces etc based on the Bhut Jolokia in India - not the least because it's cultivated in Tezpur, Assam, where I spent 3 years growing up. I didn't find

Re: [silk] Udhay's going to be arrested on weapons charges :)

2009-06-26 Thread Kiran Jonnalagadda
2009/6/26 Venkatesh Hariharan ven...@gmail.com If we don't hear from you next week, we will assume the worst :-) If you do survive this gastronomic adventure, do share your experiences. I had one earlier this year and streamed tears of joy for the next hour. It was all I could do, for my

Re: [silk] Introducing myself: Tom Rielly, Fellowship/Community Director from TED Conferences in New York City

2009-06-26 Thread Kiran Jonnalagadda
2009/6/25 Venkat Mangudi s...@venkatmangudi.com PS: Why is TED India so darn expensive? Being one who can't afford the ticket, failed to apply for a fellowship, and wouldn't have qualified anyway, I will cheerfully camp in Mysore and expect (a) someone will see me waving like an idiot from the

[silk] War and Relatedness

2009-06-26 Thread Deepak Jois
This could be an interesting basis for interpreting the Indo-Pak conflict. http://www.nber.org/papers/w15095 War and Relatedness Enrico Spolaore, Romain Wacziarg NBER Working Paper No. 15095 Issued in June 2009 Abstract - We develop a theory of interstate conflict in which the

Re: [silk] BJP pulling wool over our eyes?

2009-06-26 Thread lukhman_khan
survive. He has radical views - but I tend to agree with many of them and am almost tempted to join the party http://www.rahulmehta.com/about_mrcm_party.htm The second EN we have proposed is : Collect land rent from all GoI plots such as Management Vastrapur plot, Nehru University plot,