Re: [silk] Introducing ...

2014-08-23 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Good taste, Kurt tank design On 24 August 2014 11:17:50 am Jahnavi Phalkey wrote: Thank you, Deepa and Gabin On Sunday, August 24, 2014 8:22 AM, gabin kattukaran wrote: Hi Jahnavi, >    Welcome aboard! > > > >On 23 August 2014 13:06, Jahnavi Phalkey wrote: >> Heylo. > > >Which jet-fi

Re: [silk] Introducing ...

2014-08-23 Thread Jahnavi Phalkey
Thank you, Deepa and Gabin On Sunday, August 24, 2014 8:22 AM, gabin kattukaran wrote: Hi Jahnavi, >    Welcome aboard! > > > >On 23 August 2014 13:06, Jahnavi Phalkey wrote: >> Heylo. > > >Which jet-fighter would that be? > > >The  Hindustan Aeronautics HF-24 Marut! > > >- Jahnavi > > >-gabi

Re: [silk] Introducing ...

2014-08-23 Thread gabin kattukaran
Hi Jahnavi, Welcome aboard! On 23 August 2014 13:06, Jahnavi Phalkey wrote: > Heylo. > . . . > > On a good day, I go crazy about cyclotrons, sometimes about a very specific > jet-fighter, and occasionally about national income accounting. On other good > days, I lecture at King's College L

Re: [silk] Introducing ...

2014-08-23 Thread Deepa Mohan
Welcome to the list, Jahnaviall that you do, like the sky, is right over my head! Cheers, Deepa. On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 1:06 PM, Jahnavi Phalkey wrote: > Heylo. > > It is well known already that if I do not introduce myself properly, Udhay > will unceremoniously throw me off the list. > >

Re: [silk] Slacktivism

2014-08-23 Thread John Sundman
Shiv, No apology necessary. Nothing you said was in any way unkind or inappropriate. Many of us who have been personally affected by ALS are happy that it's been getting so much attention merely due to the ice bucket challenge. It is, as you say, only one among any number of relatively unknown

[silk] Introducing ...

2014-08-23 Thread Jahnavi Phalkey
Heylo. It is well known already that if I do not introduce myself properly, Udhay will unceremoniously throw me off the list. Otherwise, I am a historian of twentieth century science and technology - especially physical sciences and political economy. My first book was about the beginnings of