Re: [silk] Grief during a pandemic

> > As I have said elsewhere, when straight Indian men start saying (I have > multiple data points over the last year) that they miss hugging people, you > know something serious is going on. > > Udhay > > Let me start the thread drift too, by saying that the word "straight" tends to make me

Re: [silk] Grief during a pandemic

Thank you Udhay. One of the things about this list that I felt (this is subjective) has been the lack of emotion. Topics were coolly and clinically observed and commented upon. Feelings were almost never referred to. However much I admired the intelligence, I did miss the emotion. So this post

Re: [silk] Fwd: "World Turtle Day" - Mon, May 24 at 7:00 pm ET

Thank you, this is interesting for me as well! Cheers, Deepa. On Sat, May 22, 2021 at 9:54 AM Venkat Mangudi - Silk < s...@venkatmangudi.com> wrote: > Thank you, Mark. Interesting to me, for sure. > > On Sat, 22 May, 2021, 9:53 am Mark Seiden, wrote: > > > might interest some of you... > > > >

Re: [silk] Silkmeet on Friday? (21st May, Zoom)

Dear Sri Sri Sri Sri Pai, You reminded me of my all-time favourite cheerer-up (I think the author is on this list) https://krishashok.me/2007/12/10/guide-to-designing-indian-political-posters/ Thanks.After a fairly chaotic morning, amongst the oxygen concentrators, I find that I can smile

[silk] Silkmeet on Friday (21st May, Zoom, 7pm)

To make it nice and alphabetical (as you can see, I have nothing much to do right now) So far Deepa Kiran Jayadevan Peter Surabhi Uday Venkat Vinit

Re: [silk] Silkmeet on Friday? (21st May, Zoom)

And with a glass of wine in hand would it be Zoom barabar Zoom sharabi? On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 2:47 PM Kiran K Karthikeyan < kiran.karthike...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, 18 May 2021 at 11:28 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > > So we have so far > > > > Vinit > > Surabhi > > Udhay > > Peter > > >

[silk] Silkmeet on Friday? (21st May, Zoom)

> Vinit > Surabhi > Udhay > Peter > Deepa > Is it still at 7pm?

Re: [silk] Hello

ng on to the old stuff bleeds energy. The energy savings is enough > to pay back for a new fan in less than two years, typically - shows the > quantum of waste with the old stuff. Even more so in air conditioners. > > Ram > > > -----Original Message- > From: silk

Re: [silk] Hello

Good steps, which many of us could follow..what do you do with the old (less energy-efficient) refrigerators and air-conditioners? Googling for BLDC fans now, to understand what they are. OK, read this:

Re: [silk] Your most memorable concerts?

My most memorable concerts (yes, I am a true TamBram Mami) are either Carnatic or north Indian classical ones. Ajay Chakrobotri, and Malavika Kanan (an unforgettable performance when I was very young, that is deeply embedded in my psyche.) Parveen Sulatana's rendition of "Bhavani Dayani" in

Re: [silk] What are the things you splurge on that are worth the money?

To begin the thread drift... Why name perfumes after colours? Is there any real association? Deepa. On Tue, 8 Dec, 2020, 10:21 Kiran K Karthikeyan, wrote: > On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 at 7:45 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > > > > I assume you mean the version marketed for men. I recommend the original

Re: [silk] Founder's Day!

Indeed it is, thank you Suresh, and I hope you are recovering steadily! On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 10:54 AM Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > FB seems to tell me it is your birthday as well Deepa .. happy birthday! > > On 23/10/20, 10:46 AM, "silklist on behalf of Deepa Moh

[silk] Founder's Day!

Whether Udhay founded it or foundered on it, this list and his Interesting Friends have given me quite a lot of great conversation too! Happy birthday, Vod ka Raja, and may your friends increase. Cheers, Deepa.

Re: [silk] Valuing and selling inherited trinkets

The reputed auctioneers in Bangalore (Pacheco or some similar spelling was one, in Langford Town) downed shutters in the early 90's.I wonder if the famous Chennai auctioneers, Murray and Co, are still working or have closed too? What wonderful stuff used to pass through their portals! Raghavan

Re: [silk] The anti-bucket list

It would be ironic if one of the things on my bucket list was making an anti-bucket list. Deepa. On Fri, 3 Jan, 2020, 03:31 Heather Madrone, wrote: > +1 > > Charles Haynes wrote on 1/2/20 9:47 AM January 2, 2020: > > The idea of an “anti-bucket list” is antithetical to my approach to > life. I

[silk] Founder's Day!

Here's wishing Udhay the very best for the years ahead! Deepa.

[silk] Archiving Entire E-group Posts...

On another egroup I belong to, the following was suggested/ followed ( I don't pretend to understand a thing about it). > > So, is this legal and within the terms of reference? .. That's what a > member of the egroup has asked, and what I am asking, too. > > "Apologies for cross-posting - I think

Re: [silk] Random thought of the day

If not every post of Vod ka Raja, at least every alternate post has me reaching for Google.And why is the dilemma named after Warnock, who was he? On Sat, May 25, 2019 at 7:00 PM Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Inspired by one of the random discussions in the F2F meet yesterday. > > Silklist is a

Re: [silk] Flamebait of the week

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

[silk] Affordable Housing

https://youtu.be/hLrFyjGZ9NU I suddenly find my little apartment quite huge and luxurious! Deepa.

Re: [silk] New member Intro: Jitendra (Jiten) Vaidya

Welcome, many-faceted Jiten! On Sun, Feb 24, 2019 at 1:30 AM Jitendra Vaidya wrote: > Hello all, > > Geetanjali's intro email reminded me that I have not sent mine, and so here > is a quick email about me. > > I grew up in Aurangabad (Maharashtra), went to college in Bombay and moved > to the

Re: [silk] Hi, I’m Geetanjali

Welcome! As per your behest, I am indeed having a great Saturday! Deepa. On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 12:27 PM Geetanjali Chitnis < g...@geetanjalichitnis.com> wrote: > Hello! > > Udhay, thank you for inviting me to the last Silklist meet-up and for > adding me to the list! I’m excited to be here.

Re: [silk] What do you do when you get to know that you have been pwned?

I must say that "use 'forgot password'!" is advice I get very often from my bank. I think it is an absurd solution that works! On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 8:53 PM Ra Jesh wrote: > Hahaha. Neat!!! > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2019, 20:51 Ashim D'Silva > wrote: > > > For sites I don’t use too often, I was

Re: [silk] Huda Masood

Welcome, O many-hatted Huda! On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 10:09 PM Huda Masood wrote: > Hi ! > > I'm Huda and I'm honoured to be part of the Silklist group. Udhay mentioned > that I need to introduce myself so here's a little bit about myself. > > I live in Bangalore but I'm Hyderabadi. Here, in

Re: [silk] Silkmeet in Bangalore 18 Feb 2019

Does this mean you will be standing in the doorway with your talking and hearing parts (that sounds better than saying "head") inside the room? On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 5:04 PM Amitha Singh wrote: > I'm mostly in. +1 >

Re: [silk] Legal adulthood

Hmm. Wonder why my name doesn't figure after I'd said I was on? It's true that after 8.30pm or so my Intelligent Conversation level dips to near-zero... On Sat, Dec 15, 2018 at 5:46 PM Udhay Shankar N wrote: > On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 10:13 AM Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > Next week, silklist will

Re: [silk] Legal adulthood

On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 9:50 PM Radhika, Y. wrote: > Johnny-come -lately, Deepa? > Janaki-come-lately. I could add the appropriate Rajanikanth dialogue here...

Re: [silk] Legal adulthood

Er, until now we were all illegal adults? Also would like to know the "original crew members" who are "still around". Also...how many people have left the list over the years?

Re: [silk] Legal adulthood

Is there a word for a Late Joiner ( opp of Early Adapter)? I have no idea when I joined (or was joined, if there is a passive voice like that.) I am in too. Can't miss too many meets and have admin kick me outnot to mention having Surabhi and Vinit going "katti" on me... Deepa. On Fri, Dec

Re: [silk] My thoughts on old age

I think I will savour this message, read it several times, and then respond. Happy Deepavali to you, too, my very dearyou are right, why hang labels on you? I count myself very fortunate to know you and I do learn a lot from you. On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 10:39 AM Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: >

Re: [silk] My thoughts on old age

Enjoyed every word of your response. No need to apologize! On Sat, Oct 27, 2018 at 9:23 PM > > > -- Charles > > On November 17, assuming I make it 'til then, I'll turn 66. > So that was > how I became a firefighter at age 55 With apologies for the length of this ramble, > > jrs > >

Re: [silk] My thoughts on old age

Good wishes have no time-bound expiry and birthday wishes are for the future! Thank you, Ingrid. On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 9:27 AM Ingrid Srinath wrote: > > > > On 25 Oct 2018, at 07:15, Deepa Mohan wrote: > > > > Obviously, the musing went on longer than the

[silk] A question for bloggers

Which blog do you use, and why? I was a complete tech ignoramus when I began blogging in 2005 or 2006; and since most of my friends, and my daughter (Anjana, also on this list) were on LiveJournal ( LJ), and it was a fairly vibrant community in Bangalore then, I too joined it. The DDOS attacks,

[silk] My thoughts on old age

Obviously, the musing went on longer than the blogpost: https://deponti.livejournal.com/1215542.html I wonder how many people on this list are in their sixties? Deepa.

[silk] My thoughts on old age...what it is, and when it begins

https://deponti.livejournal.com/1215542.html I would like to know others' thoughts, too. Deepa.

Re: [silk] Organizing files/ folders on one's laptop

Tickled to see that housekeeping is housekeeping, with sustained work, no matter what it is for! On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 8:28 AM Udhay Shankar N wrote: > On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 8:14 AM Prashant P Kothari > wrote: > > A question for the hive mind: do you have any tips for how to organize > >

Re: [silk] The Mother [was: Capitalism and Climate Change]

Enjoyed this account very much! I find that I unconsciously judge people on the basis of things like prominent streaks of vibhuti or sandal paste, astrologically significant rings, flowing matted locks, and other external accoutrements. I find that this is my mental conditioning due to the

Re: [silk] Hi there!

Welcome, Jose! That was an interesting comment of yours about mailing lists... would like to hear a little more. Deepa On Thu, Sep 6, 2018, 04:05 José María Mateos wrote: > Hi everybody, > > I'm José María (Chema) Mateos, a Spaniard that emigrated to Montreal a > few years ago to pursue a

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

What is this "thickened black sauce" you are talking about? Sounds like my cooking when I've forgotten things... On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 10:59 AM Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > And depends on what you cook. Meat generally takes a lot more preparation > time as well as cooking time than

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

Ah.As my mother said, "Cooking is the time from a clean kitchen to a clean kitchen again." Perceptive post, Rajesh, thank you! On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 10:50 AM Ra Jesh wrote: > I would expand the question to "How much time do you spend managing the > food ecosystem in your household?" I guess

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

I cook in both my home and my daughter's...it averages to about 40 min a day...more when I have forgotten what I left on the stove and carbonized it On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 9:03 AM Udhay Shankar N wrote: > On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 8:52 AM Deepa Mohan wrote: > > > > One would

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

One would think that when starting a thread like this, you would share your own data, Udhay! I work both "outside the home, on my outings, and from home when I am posting photographs and writing about them. I tend to cook most of the cooked food that I eat, except my post-nature-walks

Re: [silk] Slow thinking

Until now I felt that my ability to come up with a cogent (and sometimes extremely witty) response several hours later was an example of my being "slow on the uptake" (in the derogatory sense that this phrase is used).Glad that it is being validated now...as is my general inability to "multitask"

Re: [silk] Hello

Or, "on seeing the enemy drawing their swords, the warriors druthers." On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 2:47 PM, Lahar Appaiah <thew...@gmail.com> wrote: > Like, "Gun Fanatics are Druthers in Arms". > >1. >2. On Wed, May 23, 2018, 2:37 PM Deepa

Re: [silk] Hello

Welcome to all the Interesting People Udhay has added. Googling for "druthers" now. Deepa. On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 2:23 PM, Hariharan Rahul wrote: > Hello all, > > This is Rahul. Thanks, Udhay, for inviting me to this list. I know Udhay > from the online world, through

Re: [silk] Bangladesh, Nepal, and the UN

Profound and wise words from Cheeni, as always. I enjoy every conversation I have with him. Deepa. On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 9:50 AM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > On Thu, Apr 26, 2018, 3:38 AM Vani Murarka wrote: > > > > > ---2--- > > > > The media

Re: [silk] Mental Illness, Relationships, and Awareness

> > > > Yes, this was essentially a reaching out. Feel like writing about some > things related to all this on my blog but refrain from doing so because my > brother and other family members will likely not like it. > > Some of the reasons people do not like to share the news of illness, physical

Re: [silk] Filter bubbles as weapons

Woohoo..the wordsmiths are coming out of the woodwork! I have no clue about the publication of written workhow is it done these days? Cheers, Amitha. It can't be an easy route. Deepa. On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 10:05 AM, Amitha Singh wrote: > Hi Radhika, > > Could you

Re: [silk] Poetry

Yes please. I am the only Deepa Mohan on FB who's 103 years old. On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 7:30 AM, Vani Murarka <vani.mura...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 11-Jan-2018 11:38 pm, "Radhika, Y." <radhik...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Deepa and Vani, > You might be intereste

Re: [silk] Filter bubbles as weapons

Found your response very interesting. Ironically, both of us, if we were to meet, might be so comfortable in our bubbles that our minds might not reach out to each other! Looking at your links. Haven't read contemporary Hindi poetry in a long while. Not all the totrure of Hindi as a "subject" up

Re: [silk] Introduction about myself

w, Udhay and Vinit - the pictures of the Silk party? :) > Have a great week ahead, folks. > Regards, > -pcs. > > > > On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 7:40 PM, Deepa Mohan <mohande...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Very impressive, PCS! I hope to meet you face-to-face sometime... >

Re: [silk] Introduction about myself

Very impressive, PCS! I hope to meet you face-to-face sometime... I too am unable to make it for the silken birthdayhere's wishing all of you a great evening! Vinit and Surabhi, I feel even sorrier because you are hosting it. No excuses, as I was very much looking forward to it...but I was

Re: [silk] Introducing myself

Hi, Hari! I have no clue about many of the things you talk about ...but it will be nice to meet you! Deepa. On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 2:58 PM, Hari Selvarajan wrote: > Hello Silklist, > > I've lurked on here for a while and finally, after several gentle prods > from a

Re: [silk] The end of the teens

I am onetative, too, depending on the final date. I have not met many of you and would like to do so. The Inveterate Top-poster. On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 6:41 PM, Amitha Singh wrote: > I'm in tentative + 1 > > > > On 23 Nov 2017 6:32 pm, "Rajesh Mehar"

Re: [silk] Bangalore Help Needed

The Alternative Law Forum on Infantry Road http://altlawforum.org and my friend Vinay Baindur, (yaniv...@gmail.com) who works there, and whom I know as a fellow (and very active) volunteer on the citizen's group, Hasiru Usiru, is one name that occurs to me; you could ask him for any leads he

Re: [silk] The end of the teens

The only (strangely )opaque thing about the list is not being able to know how many we are, and where, across the globe (or the solar system) we are scattered. On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 5:50 PM, John Sundman wrote: > Only 20? And yet already world-famous ten years ago. > >

Re: [silk] The end of the teens

20 million what? On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 12:39 PM, Mohit wrote: > On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 12:35 PM, Peter Griffin > wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 12:22 PM, Udhay Shankar N > wrote: > > > > > Folks: > > > > > > Silklist

Re: [silk] When was the last time you changed your opinion on something?

On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 12:05 PM, Venkatesh Hariharan wrote: > For me a big shift has been on defocusing from external markers of success > to focusing on what makes me happy. I used to think that name and fame > would make me happy, but I find that I can be quite content and

Re: [silk] When was the last time you changed your opinion on something?

I am finding, as I age, that I have few hard-and-fast opinions. One opinion I firmly have is that I cannot apply blanket rules for holding an opinion, Situations, and their causes and effects, change so much. Morality changes. What I read, and how it is presented, has changed so much. I have a

Re: [silk] What are you optimising for?

Being 63 helps a lot! My main "tasks" are done, and I am lucky in being in good,health. Very satisfactory (and lucky)state of affairs. On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 3:42 PM, Cory Doctorow wrote: > I think there's an obvious but not very useful way to address this, > which is to

Re: [silk] What are you optimising for?

Having suffered from "time tension" (I am sure the experts have a better term for it), I tend to build some slack into my activities. Perhaps this has resulted in my achieving far less, but it's helped me retain my sanity. But...different solutions work for different people, I suppose. On Wed,

Re: [silk] Firefighting/Twitter story

i belong to a generation when children were routinely sent sor shorthand and typing classes (it was,indeed, as Salman Rushdie would have put it, called shorthandtyping). I am still not comfortable typing on a mobile phone. We had tests to rate our speed in both. I don't think I stuck at the

Re: [silk] On Lit fests

I loved "Trying to Grow" by Firdaus Kanga, a semi-autobiographical novel, when I read it. Haven't re-read it lately, but it was the first account I'd read of how a 'physically challenged' person feels...with a lot of humour. Deepa. On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 11:56 PM, Shrabonti Bagchi

Re: [silk] Happy Founder's Day

*Biju*, any particular reason to use the word 'staggering'? On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 3:18 PM, Biju Chacko wrote: > On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 2:19 PM, Venkatesh H R > wrote: > > Happy Birthday Udhay! > > 20 years is staggering. > > Gee, you don't 20.

Re: [silk] Happy Founder's Day

Wishing Vod ka Raja the best of health and happiness in the years ahead! Cheers, Deepa. On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 1:36 PM, Rajesh Mehar wrote: > It's Udhay's birthday today! Happy birthday Udhay. I think this is an > appropriate forum to demand a Speech! Speech! Speech! >

Re: [silk] Hello silklist

er, yes, I don't know Peter Griffin, so he did need an introduction. I am a defnite ignorantosaurus. Deepa. On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 5:07 PM, Mohit wrote: > some people, i tell you... > > as if Peter Griffin needs an introduction! > > Regards, > ​(Just) ​ > Mohit > > > On

Re: [silk] Hello silklist

Welcome, Peter. You definitely fit Udhay's criterion of being an Interestng Person! Could we have some photos of your chalk and clay work? Chalk is such a difficult medium (I think)! And...what is TGP? I used to visit St.Louis, Mo., for many years, and there it stood for Tower Grove Park :D

Re: [silk] Introduction

Whoops, sorry "Soumya"got changed to "Sowmya" ...Sorry about that! On Sep 24, 2017 12:17, "Deepa Mohan" <mohande...@gmail.com> wrote: Welcome, Sowmya! On Sep 23, 2017 20:19, "Soumya Kanti Datta" <soumya-kanti.da...@eurecom.fr> wrote: >

Re: [silk] Introduction

Welcome, Sowmya! On Sep 23, 2017 20:19, "Soumya Kanti Datta" wrote: > Dear all, > > My name is Soumya Kanti Datta, I am a new subscriber to this list. I work > as a research engineer in EURECOM, France and recently I kicked start a > company "Future Tech Lab" to

Re: [silk] An introduction

Welcome, Harnidh. Are there any young fogies on this list? Deepa. On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 11:24 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Welcome to the mostly old fogies club > > It is rather quiet here these days, I’m sure you’ll change that > > --srs > > > On 04-Aug-2017, at

Re: [silk] When to quit

On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 8:30 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > I occasionally listen to the Tim Ferris podcast, and I found last week's > episode [1] particularly fascinating. It's a panel of people giving their > take on the question "how does one decide when to quit and when to >

Re: [silk] Silkmeet on June 28 - bangalore

Sorry to say that Derek just got home after a very rough day at work...and I feel that a late night is not what he is looking for right now! Sorry, Vinit, I tried to call you...I guess you are busy with the others...the RoY...Rest of You...have fun on our behalf! I was looking forward to meeting

Re: [silk] Silkmeet on June 28 - bangalore

On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 5:56 PM, Venkat wrote: > THere's drinking involved? :-o > > --Venkat But Venkat, you have the option not to eat...or talk. And Vinit, after a few of the aforementioned drinks, no explanations are needed.

Re: [silk] Silkmeet on June 28 - bangalore

It's Vinit and Surabhi's daughter Sara's birthday, too, on Wednesday...if my memory serves me right (it doesn't, always). Hoping to make it there with Derek Shaffer. Deepa. On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 9:13 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 7:24 PM, Udhay Shankar

Re: [silk] Silkmeet on June 28 - bangalore

Probably Derek Shaffer and I will be coming along, too. Attending a silk meet after approximately 400 years. Deepa. On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 7:31 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Here's the show of hands thus far (not counting maybes and +1s) > > Vinit Bhansali > Surabhi Tomar >

Re: [silk] Books about the Bhakti movement?

How beautifully written, Cheeni. Thank you. I am still pondering over division and unison as seemingly-irreconcilable concepts, with regard to taxonomy...You often crystallize my amorphous, hard-to-pen thoughts. Only, I am not sure I agree with "division is violence"let me think about that.

Re: [silk] Introducing myself

Welcome Cindy! Going through your links, including the lungi dance one. I'd always assumed that all sex videos are (with the exception of sex education ones) porn, so this is something new to me. Even on the net, any searching for topics relating to sex results in viruses (virii?) or worse, so I

Re: [silk] SilkList

Welcome to the "new admissions"! I am amazed at how many facets each person has. It suddenly occurred to mehow many professional sportspersons do we have on this list? Deepa. On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 1:20 AM, Nani wrote: > Thanks Udhay, for adding me to this group. > >

Re: [silk] Travels with the fish

Reading this thread, it struck me...what better immortality than to be remembered so affectionately! Deepa. On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 10:16 AM, Shyam Sunder wrote: > ... and magazines! Including some (Ahem!) gentlemen's magazines, that were a > voyage of discovery for

Re: [silk] Intro

Well, Nagi, you certainly have a name famous in Indian movie circles...welcome :D Deepa. On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 8:27 PM, Venkatesh H R wrote: > Hi Nagi, > Welcome! > I'm a Bangalorean in Delhi. Sort of like the Englishman in New York...a > legal alien in my own country

Re: [silk] Request - Recommended reading list / songs for a 5-month old baby girl

of our income tax! Deepa. On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 11:40 AM, Charles Haynes <charles.hay...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oh that's much better than my search. For some reason "lending library" > only returned Eloor and Bookleaze for me. > > Thanks! > -- Charles > > On

Re: [silk] Request - Recommended reading list / songs for a 5-month old baby girl

Google amma gave me this: https://www.google.co.in/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant=1=2=UTF-8#q=lending%20libraries%20in%20bangalore=ls:-1,lf_od:-1,lf_oh:-1,lf:1,lf_ui:3,lf_pqs:EAE=1=0=12950140,77638673,5288=lcl=7502844426495328141 Deepa. On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 11:03 AM, Charles Haynes

Re: [silk] Nineteen!

You mean Udhay added you on without ever meeting you, Preetha? On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 6:29 PM, Preetha Chari-Srinivas wrote: > Yahoo! Hippee hooray.haven't met a Silk member to date, but hope to do > so, one day :-) > Looking forward to the silver jubilee of this amazing

Re: [silk] What are the books you've gifted?

Funny how we give children books to implant some ideas in their heads, and they come away from the reading with something completely different. I gave my daughter some reading to introduce her to the fact that two of her great-grandfathers had been given the Order of the British Empire...and she

Re: [silk] What are the books you've gifted?

I suppose it would not be cool to say that I simply love the William books by Richmal Crompton...and lke Kate Fenton says about Georgette Heyer (another of my favourites) "have read (the books) to tattered shreds". (I have the set given to my aunt as a school prize to prove this statement. To let

Re: [silk] Things that are worth the money

Charles and Debbie...you are, to my mind...extremely unusual people. I am slowly coming to realize just how attached I am to material goods. It's time,for example, for me to give my collection of Asterix and Tintin to my grandchildren. But I have dilly-dallied on this for a month! And...regarding

Re: [silk] Things that are worth the money

e the expression of utter dismay on the customer's face." On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 9:13 AM, Deepa Mohan <mohande...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 8:26 AM, Udhay Shankar N <ud...@pobox.com> wrote: > >> >> Shoes, computers, fragrance. > -that-are-w

Re: [silk] Things that are worth the money

t;buy the best that one can afford". The line between buying the best, and overpaying for something, seems thin. How often do we say, "It was a little expensive, but" On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 9:13 AM, Deepa Mohan <mohande...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at

Re: [silk] Things that are worth the money

On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 8:26 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > Shoes, computers, fragrance. -that-are-worth- > [1] http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/5-thingsthe-money Carefully bottom-posting (yeugh!) this time. Of the three above...fragrance seems, to me, the most

Re: [silk] ... Chennai, Silk, Satin, Top Posting

This list always gives me words I didn't know before, Thank you Dave. Intercalated" is now (by me) properly considered and accepted. On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 2:10 PM, Dave Long wrote: >> Bangalore, Delhi, Chennai, Silk, Satin, Top Posting. > > > (with apologies to Stan

Re: [silk] Delhi meetup?

How about "unBaching", "unBeethovening" etc? Lahar, caught me in just the right silly mood! On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 2:03 PM, Lahar Appaiah wrote: > Since it's Silk, perhaps we should call it "unraveling"? > > Or, Un-Bolero-ing. > > Or, De-XUV-ing. > > Like, "Stop DeXuving the

Re: [silk] Delhi meetup?

I think we have got *above* the where-the-response-email-should-be-situated controversy. Gmail has decided it for me, at least. By the way...I've been hearing "Namma Bengalooru" for quite a while now. Deepa. On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 2:00 PM, Venkat Mangudi - Silk wrote: >

Re: [silk] Intro - Aanjhan

Ah. Now I know what GPS spoofing is! Thanks Cheeni. On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 8:09 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > Welcome Aanjhan :-) > > Happy to see you delurk. I recently read about a scam that some Ola cab > drivers pulled on Ola to the tune of several lakhs per month for

Re: [silk] Intro - Aanjhan

Welcome Aanjhanmy first question being, what does your name mean? I suppose the GPS spoofing video would be perfectly clear to many others in this list, but I didn't understand it. I suppose I need it explained in monosyllabic words. But yes, I do like board games too, but prefer ones that

Re: [silk] Safe in Bangalore?

On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 7:27 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > My prayers for everyone in Bangalore to stay safe and well. Well, except for any freak involvement in nearby violence, I guess we (the privileged class) have had enough warning to keep to our homes. That said...I felt

Re: [silk] Fantastic to get onboard

Welcome Sreejith.! On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 10:15 AM, Sreejith sivanandan wrote: > Fantastic to get onboard this esteem group. Whether Esteem or Alto, it's just as possible to be underwhelmed by this group (eg Tech-ignorantosaurii like me) as overwhelmed. The intellectual

Re: [silk] What Should I Do With My Life, Redux

On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 3:39 PM, Udhay Shankar N <ud...@pobox.com> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 3:13 PM, Deepa Mohan <mohande...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Reading this instead of writing the theatre review I am supposed to be >> writing. But I decided that I sho

Re: [silk] What Should I Do With My Life, Redux

Reading this instead of writing the theatre review I am supposed to be writing. But I decided that I shouldn't say, "I'll get round to clicking on this link later"...so tell me, am I procrastinating or not? Deepa. On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 3:00 PM, Mohit wrote: > On Tue, Aug

Re: [silk] An organic model of knowledge

I've been exposed to what I call quiz snobbery quite a lot (a form of I-can-answer-quiz-questions-so-I-am-very-intelligent.) . A quiz may reveal someone's knowledge. More often, it reveals that person's store of information. And all too often I get into what I call the DKDC questions...Don't Know,

Re: [silk] Indian authors in english for 8-10 year olds

You can also try the work of a friend of mine: https://in.pinterest.com/lakshmimitter/ On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 5:08 PM, Ashwin Kumar wrote: > Why isn't anyone recommending Satyajit Ray? Feluda, and his Short Stories - >

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