[silk] Open Call for Science Gallery Bengaluru is Live

2019-05-06 Thread Jahnavi Phalkey
Dear all,   I am reaching out to you as friends, and future supporters, partners and collaborators of Science Gallery Bengaluru.   We are delighted to share with you the Open Call for submissions to our first season SUBMERGE that has gone live towards a season on ‘water,’ including an exhibi

Re: [silk] Flamebait of the week

2019-05-06 Thread Deepa Mohan
I think you should get the reaction to this from the owners of an erstwhile hertiage building (eg, Cash Pharmacy on St Mark's/Residency Road in Bangalore). My daughter, an architect now, was 10 when, after a visit to Delhi, she remarked that in that city, the dead had far better accommodation than

Re: [silk] Flamebait of the week

2019-05-06 Thread Thejaswi Udupa
On Mon, May 6, 2019 at 1:43 PM Alok Prasanna Kumar wrote: > Here's some flame-bait that's been rattling around in my head for a while > now: > > Laws that protect "heritage buildings" owned by non-public entities (any > form of private property) in cities are a bane on equitable urban > developme

Re: [silk] Flamebait of the week

2019-05-06 Thread Alok Prasanna Kumar
Here's some flame-bait that's been rattling around in my head for a while now: Laws that protect "heritage buildings" owned by non-public entities (any form of private property) in cities are a bane on equitable urban development, entrench privilege and prevent social-mobility. They are a form of

Re: [silk] Flamebait of the week

2019-05-06 Thread Biju Chacko
On Mon, 6 May 2019 at 12:06, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > So. What are you suggestions for potential "flamebait of the week" topics? > > Random example (be kind, I'm out of practise): What's a "GoT"? How about: "Don't you mean 'practice'?" -- b