Re: [silk] Intro

Welcome Simmi! On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 10:02 PM, Venkat Mangudi - Silk < s...@venkatmangudi.com> wrote: > Punny, I meant. Herr otto korrect made it a penny. > > On Tuesday 2 August 2016, Venkat Mangudi - Silk > wrote: > > > Welcome to Silk. And it's quite a penny list.

Re: [silk] On Silk, by Silk

On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 10:41 PM, Bruce A. Metcalf wrote: Not to paint you as a father-figure, but that's exactly what my dad did for >> over three decades! Substitute railroad conductor with running the cash >> register at Hotel Pai Vihar near Bangalore's Corporation

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The challenge is to find ways to translate this talent for civil discourse into civil society. I was a little reassured by http://olduse.net/ to discover that no, it isn't just that my memories have potemkined up a golden age, but online discourse (although one can see some early starts to

Re: [silk] On Silk, by Silk

Bruce, your point about civil discourse is interesting in view of the fact that until I joined, entry to the group was not moderated. (I don't know if the two were related!) And yes, in today's "uncivil" world, where offence is taken so much more easily than the path to assuming goodwill...our

Re: [silk] Tom Athanasiou's TedX talk on the climate crisis

Hello John I know you sent across the text of your talk on Biohacking recently. I'm unable to trace it though. Could I request you to resend it, please? Sorry for the inconvenience. Regards Rajeev > On Aug 2, 2016, at 21:13, John Sundman wrote: > > Tom is the author

Re: [silk] On Silk, by Silk

Thejaswi Udupa wrote: Bruce A. Metcalf wrote: mostly I've worked as a reference librarian and technical writer Not to paint you as a father-figure, but that's exactly what my dad did for over three decades! Substitute railroad conductor with running the cash register at Hotel Pai Vihar

Re: [silk] On Silk, by Silk

On 02-Aug-2016 10:28 PM, "Bruce A. Metcalf" wrote: > > mostly I've worked as a reference librarian and technical writer Not to paint you as a father-figure, but that's exactly what my dad did for over three decades! Substitute railroad conductor with running the cash

Re: [silk] Intro

Punny, I meant. Herr otto korrect made it a penny. On Tuesday 2 August 2016, Venkat Mangudi - Silk wrote: > Welcome to Silk. And it's quite a penny list. Beware. > > Venkat > > >>

Re: [silk] Intro

Welcome to Silk. And it's quite a penny list. Beware. Venkat On Tuesday 2 August 2016, Simmi Sareen wrote: > Hello Silklisters > I just got here, and Udhay mentioned it's good form to start with an intro > so here goes... > I grew up in small town Punjab, knocked about

Re: [silk] Intro

Thanks! And no twin Deepa. I'm a precocious elder sister to an only brother. > On 2 Aug 2016, at 21:53, Deepa Mohan wrote: > > Welcome Simmi...and cannot resist asking if you have a twin, with a > Simmilar name... > > Deepa. > >> On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 9:51 PM, Mahesh

Re: [silk] Intro

Thanks a ton! And yes, I checked spam and it isn't there. But the mail finally got through and that's what matters. Glad to be connected. Simmi > On 2 Aug 2016, at 21:41, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > > Hi Simmi – welcome to silk. > > You told Udhay your email isn’t

Re: [silk] Intro

Welcome Simmi...and cannot resist asking if you have a twin, with a Simmilar name... Deepa. On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 9:51 PM, Mahesh Murthy wrote: > Welcome, Simmi! > > On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 9:41 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian > wrote: > >> Hi Simmi –

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Welcome, Simmi! On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 9:41 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Hi Simmi – welcome to silk. > > You told Udhay your email isn’t coming through – did you check your spam > folder? > > --srs > > On 02/08/16, 7:54 PM, "silklist on behalf of Simmi Sareen" >

Re: [silk] Intro

Hi Simmi – welcome to silk. You told Udhay your email isn’t coming through – did you check your spam folder? --srs On 02/08/16, 7:54 PM, "silklist on behalf of Simmi Sareen" wrote: Hello Silklisters

[silk] Tom Athanasiou's TedX talk on the climate crisis

Tom is the author of several books on the climate crisis and social justice and is the co-founder and main person at EcoEquity, a climate-change think tank. He’s been a full-time climate-change policy person since 1995 or so. I really like the talk he gave at a San Francisco TedX event last

[silk] Intro

Hello Silklisters I just got here, and Udhay mentioned it's good form to start with an intro so here goes... I grew up in small town Punjab, knocked about Delhi, New York and London for a bit. Now call Mumbai my home. After 18 years of working up the ladder in large companies, I've ditched

Re: [silk] On Silk, by Silk

Geeks Rule ,OK !. Nice one,Shrabonti! Naresh Narasimhan Sent from my Phone > On 02-Aug-2016, at 12:36 PM, Shrabonti Bagchi wrote: > > FYI, good people... > > http://factordaily.com/silk-indias-oldest-mailing-list-history-geek-culture/

Re: [silk] On Silk, by Silk

Ah. The Surgical Steel Kniveswallah. I only see cutting remarks from him on FB (which I enjoy) ...don't see him here much. Romba tanks SRS! On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 6:31 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Chugli is hindi for carrying tales / koL sollaradhu > > The knifeman is a

Re: [silk] On Silk, by Silk

Chugli is hindi for carrying tales / koL sollaradhu The knifeman is a certain bald, tubby and bearded guy who uses a lot of chef knives very effectively if I don’t miss my guess. On 02/08/16, 6:23 PM, "silklist on behalf of Deepa Mohan"

Re: [silk] On Silk, by Silk

Vot is "chugli" and who is the knifeman? Obviously I am out of touch with Intelligent Conversation! So much of "what is under one's nose"...Shrabonti, I never realized that I could write about this listserv. I enjoyed the write-up. Sorry...Gmail makes it too much pain to scroll to the end of the

Re: [silk] On Silk, by Silk

I'm going to do chugli on you guys to the knifeman > On 2 Aug 2016, at 12:30, Shrabonti Bagchi wrote: > >> On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 4:41 PM, Amit Varma wrote: >> >> On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Shrabonti Bagchi >> wrote: >>

Re: [silk] On Silk, by Silk

On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 4:41 PM, Amit Varma wrote: > On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Shrabonti Bagchi > wrote: > > > FYI, good people... > > > > > > > http://factordaily.com/silk-indias-oldest-mailing-list-history-geek-culture/ > > > > Great piece,

Re: [silk] On Silk, by Silk

On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Shrabonti Bagchi wrote: > FYI, good people... > > > http://factordaily.com/silk-indias-oldest-mailing-list-history-geek-culture/ > Great piece, Shrabonti! (Btw, it's an urban legend born out of playful banter that you'll get thrown out of

Re: [silk] On Silk, by Silk

This was an incredible read to wake up to! Reminded me of my very first conversation with Udhay over a cup of 'not beer'. On 2 August 2016 at 13:02, Mahesh Murthy wrote: > Nice, shrabonti! > > On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Shrabonti Bagchi >

Re: [silk] On Silk, by Silk

Nice, shrabonti! On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Shrabonti Bagchi wrote: > FYI, good people... > > > http://factordaily.com/silk-indias-oldest-mailing-list-history-geek-culture/ >

[silk] Intro

Hello Silklisters I just got here, and Udhay mentioned it's good form to start with an intro so here goes... I grew up in small town Punjab, knocked about Delhi, New York and London for a bit. Now call Mumbai my home. After 18 years of working up the ladder in large companies, I've ditched

[silk] On Silk, by Silk

FYI, good people... http://factordaily.com/silk-indias-oldest-mailing-list-history-geek-culture/