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

ace my computer with the best specs > I can afford. > - Fragrance. I look at these as art and collect them for regular use. > - Good gin/vodka. Nuff said. > > Udhay > > -- > > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) > -- Dr. Nishant Shah (Ph.D.) P

Re: [silk] 'herd immunity strategy'

seen.in/> > Blog -- India Uncut <http://www.indiauncut.com> > Twitter -- @amitvarma <http://www.twitter.com/amitvarma> > -- Dr. Nishant Shah (Ph.D.) Vice-President Research, ArtEZ University of the Arts, The Netherlands. Knowledge Partner, Digital Earth Project, Hivos Mentor, Feminist Internet Research Network, APC https://nishantshah.online

Re: [silk] A considered opinion

ave an informed opinion. > > Thoughts? > > Udhay > > -- > > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) > -- Dr. Nishant Shah (Ph.D.) Vice-President Research, ArtEZ University of the Arts, The Netherlands. Visiting Professor, Leuphana University, Germany. https://nishantshah.online

Re: [silk] it may not be well-done; is it becoming rare?

parts of the world > > (and with many parallels to emails/mailing lists) seems to be WhatsApp > and > > similar messaging apps. > > > > It seems to me that none of those media support the kind of thing Dave was > asking about: "too long for social media comments

Re: [silk] Legal adulthood

a collection of silksters high, is tickling my funny bones. On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 7:34 AM Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Quick reminder, for those planning to bring edibles: Vinit/Surabhi run a > vegetarian household. > > See you folks tomorrow evening! > > Udhay > -- Dr. Nishant

Re: [silk] Legal adulthood

> Naresh Narasimhan > Jayadevan PK > Julian Philips > Zeenath Hassan > Bharat Shetty > Lahar Appaiah > Shrabonti Bagchi > Rashmi Vallabhajosyula > Sharat Satyanarayana > Jessica Prabhakar > > Maybe: > > Ashwin Kumar > Anjana Mohan > Kavita Choudary

Re: [silk] Being an ally

Thanks for sharing this Udhay. I have been a little overwhelmed at how much traction this small anecdote has had on different social media platforms. I had really thought that this was going to be just one of those moments where people who knew me would be as amazed as I was, at the violence which

Re: [silk] India Considers Banning Pornography as Reported Sexual Assault Rises - NYTimes.com

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Re: [silk] Any clue about cyber laws?

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Re: [silk] Why Are American Kids So Spoiled?

and one-dimensional without any space for expression, creativity or growth. I think the distinction is between the cultures of expectation and availability of resources in both the contexts. Or at least, this is what I am basing on the 8 months I spent in Shanghai. Cheers Nishant -- Nishant Shah

[silk] Immigration contacts, anyone?

are going to call the consulate first thing tomorrow morning, hopefully it will be open despite Muharram), do please write in to me. This is the time for all (wo)men to come to the aid of the party. Thanks a bunch Nishant -- Nishant Shah Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis

[silk] Invites for Quora?

Hello all, Just wondering if anybody is on Quora and if there are any invites available. Was recently hearing somebody rave about it in a conference, am now looking to see whats the fuss about. Thanks Nishant -- Nishant Shah Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis

Re: [silk] Invites for Quora?

there :) Nishant -- Nishant Shah Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 00-91-9740074884 http://www.facebook.com/nishant.shah http://cis-india.academia.edu/NishantShah

Re: [silk] some notes on frugality

. Goon. Sigh! Thanks for that lovely blast from the past. Now I want to, on a tangential free association, go and read Roger Mcgough's PC Plod poetry :) -- Nishant Shah Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 00-91-9740074884 http

Re: [silk] Mission: Bangalore silk meetup - Thu July 14

and garlic. ~ashwin +1 to Thulp. I am almost certainly going to be there :) -- Nishant Shah Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 00-91-9740074884 http://www.facebook.com/nishant.shah http://cis-india.academia.edu/NishantShah

Re: [silk] Talk by Radhika Gajjala - 8th July, 17:00 hrs, @ CIS

Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -- Nishant Shah Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 00-91-9740074884 http://www.facebook.com/nishant.shah http://cis-india.academia.edu/NishantShah

[silk] Talk by Radhika Gajjala - 8th July, 17:00 hrs, @ CIS

in Virtual Worlds and Social Media in relation to the ITization and NGOization of global socio-economic work and play environments and the other on Coding and Placement of Affect and Labour in Digital Diasporas. -- Nishant Shah Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org

Re: [silk] Plus by Google

People, I sent invites to all who pinged, but apparently the outgoing invitations are suspended for the time being. Sorry. I will send them out once they are resumed. Cheers Nishant -- Nishant Shah Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow

Re: [silk] Plus by Google

I just got myself an account last night... and it seems to allow me to invite people if people just ping me, I can send out an invite. It says in the warning, though, that just because I send the invite doesn't mean that you would get it immediately! Cheers Nishant

Re: [silk] Plus by Google

of the groups. Once you add them, it seems to give the option of inviting them. See if that works. Cheers Nishant -- Nishant Shah Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 00-91-9740074884 http://www.facebook.com/nishant.shah http://cis

Re: [silk] (no subject)

have it and I am nothing and to say that And that nothing is poetry I am saying and I have to say it Saying poetry is nothing and to that I say I am and have it -- Nishant Shah Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 00-91-9740074884

[silk] Internet Surveillance Policy: “…the second time as farce?” – A Public Lecture by Caspar Bowden

* *Caspar is speaking in his private capacity and his remarks do not necessarily reflect any official Microsoft position* Date: Jun 27, 2011 Venue: TERI Complex, Domlur 2nd Stage, Bangalore Time: 5.00 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre

Re: [silk] Internet Surveillance Policy: “…the second time as farce?” – A Public Lecture by Caspar Bowden

useful and interesting. Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 00-91-9740074884

[silk] Privacy, By Design

(with their consent, naturally) so that I can start a conversation with them? Thanks a lot Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 00-91-9740074884

Re: [silk] Savita

On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 10:00 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: Some of you knew that silklister Savita Rao had an ongoing battle with cancer (with associated complications) for the past several years - a battle that she finally gave up on today, while several of us waited outside

Re: [silk] Privacy, By Design

-- Cheers Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 00-91-9740074884

Re: [silk] Privacy, By Design

that the folks who come will throw up different questions around Design of Privacy Online. A few more details would help, a lot. I am scouting right now, but the invite and the event write-up will be ready by EoD and I will send in more details. Cheers Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral

Re: [silk] Privacy, By Design

a dissemination mode. Perhaps there's an interesting angle in the corporate (and not just governmental) effort to track conversations, and the fallouts thereof. Indeed. And we are hoping that this open space shall help us get a sense of these. Mahesh Cheers Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral

Re: [silk] Privacy, By Design

On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Venkat Mangudi s...@venkatmangudi.comwrote: On Wednesday 30 March 2011 09:56 AM, Nishant Shah wrote: a discussion. If somebody comes to your mind, can you please connect me with them, or give me their contact information (with their consent, naturally) so

Re: [silk] Anybody coming back from abroad

. Though, come to think of it, they could have gone in for Ten Toed... Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 00-91-9740074884

Re: [silk] How do I tell if I'm getting ripped off by the optician?

expensive. There might be other factors, but these are the ones that I have grown to identify with time. Cheers Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 00-91

Re: [silk] Kindle readers?

-- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 00-91-9740074884

Re: [silk] Can some kind soul traveling in from someplace with better electronic goods available

think either of the places (or indeed, duty free electronics goods shops) might have these, I'd be happy to cart them to Bangalore with me. But it is my first visit to both the cities, so I don't know how much better the availability is! Cheers Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS

[silk] Adoption laws for foreign nationals in India?

have asked her to get in touch with the adoption agencies in her country, but am also trawling for information here, just in case anybody has any knowledge on this. Cheers Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis

Re: [silk] Adoption laws for foreign nationals in India?

wanted some sort of 'human' assurance as she negotiates with the processes. HTH, Stephanie Das Gupta Thanks again, for taking the time out. Warmly Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia

Re: [silk] The Just William series

. It was at the Landmark in Forum. Hope you find them there. Good luck Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 00-91-9740074884

Re: [silk] Ten toughest books to read

) when Rand was discovered and have never liked her - everything has been a problem, from her style to her philosophy. I have remained eternally bewildered about why she has been so popular. -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society

Re: [silk] Ten toughest books to read

for much hilarity and bonding among friends :) Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 00-91-9740074884

Re: [silk] Presenting...A ray of light (but my folks named me Kiran)

On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Mohit (मॊिहत) mohitmo...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Nishant Shah itsnish...@gmail.com wrote: Welcome, welcome indeed... we need new blood (I really don't like using the word in a welcome post, but oh well!) to help us unlurk

Re: [silk] Presenting...A ray of light (but my folks named me Kiran)

-- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 00-86-21-66130376

Re: [silk] Shorelines

interesting books. Or read at all! Jokes apart, the book sounds very fascinating. Reminds me of the documentary 'Turtle People' by Bangalore based independent film maker Surabhi Sharma. Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet

Re: [silk] Determining gender from IP address.

I personally find it difficult to take the sex (noun) is a social construct, I am quite in wonder why you would resist the same argument around Gender. cheers Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org

[silk] Suggestions for digital documentation: form, rather than technology!

to online dissemination and reading. Thanks Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 0-9740074884

Re: [silk] Suggestions for digital documentation: form, rather than technology!

that are in the head, more clearly. I apologise if this sounded like a conversation with myself... Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 0-9740074884

Re: [silk] Suggestions for digital documentation: form, rather than technology!

are still vague about it and it will take time in trying to understand and concretise the idea. Apologies if this is a rehash. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) cheers Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research

Re: [silk] Suggestions for digital documentation: form, rather than technology!

think it was called, 'The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down'. -- Homer J. Simpson -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 0-9740074884

Re: [silk] Suggestions for digital documentation: form, rather than technology!

Varma http://www.indiauncut.com -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 0-9740074884

Re: [silk] Suggestions for digital documentation: form, rather than technology!

, Centering Women project, Sri Lanka International Center for Sustainable Cities 415 - 1788 W. 5th Avenue Vancouver BC Canada -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 0-9740074884

Re: [silk] ask a silly question...

. Thanks Giancarlo -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 0-9740074884

Re: [silk] ask a silly question...

be a part of the collection? As I promised, I will keep on piping in as new ideas keep on coming to head :) Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 0-9740074884

Re: [silk] Casual Hellos and Food

. Are there any 'natives' who have a more cultural explanation for why this happens? Is it at the level of the language, or hospitality, or cultural expression or what have you? Nishant (who writes long) -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet

Re: [silk] Casual Hellos and Food

phrase thrown at me apart from people who were directly responsible for my being there. srs Nishant Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 0-9740074884

Re: [silk] Casual Hellos and Food

On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 2:30 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Nishant Shah [29/08/08 14:26 +0530]: I am not very sure about the Chinese greeting. But only speaking from my experience in Taiwan, where I was for ten months. I did not find random people walking up to me

Re: [silk] Casual Hellos and Food

accompanied by a vigorous shaking of the head is adequate :) Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 0-9740074884

Re: [silk] Steve Jobs names God as successor

would think of God as sufficiently qualified. -- Perry E. Metzger[EMAIL PROTECTED] Because some sentiments never die : Nietzsche - God is dead, and I have killed him. Notice absence of exclamation mark at the end :) -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore

Re: [silk] And now blasts in Ahmedabad

, in the past, roamed around freely. Nishant On 7/26/08, Venkat Mangudi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's going on in this country? -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 0-9740074884

Re: [silk] Silk in evolution?

of rabid linguists, searching the phone directory for your name, even as I write, to throw exclaimation marks at you for that statement :) Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 0

Re: [silk] Silk in evolution?

that use vowel sounds. Most of them play with consonants (at least the ones I know in English) and I have been wondering if there would be vowel based tongue twisters as well. Any suggestions? If not in English, in any other languages? I can't even think of any in Gujarati! Nishant Nishant Shah

Re: [silk] Silk in evolution?

'mouth twister'... probably because it is the tongue that stutters over the overlapping sounds of 'b' and 't'. Maybe there is no such thing as a 'mouth twister' :) -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore Asia Awards

Re: [silk] Silk in evolution?

can't help quoting): Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director

Re: [silk] Crazy English in China

trying hard to keep practicing. Nishant -- Nishant Shah Ph.D. Student, CSCS, Bangalore. Research Development, COMAT, Bangalore. # 0-9740074884

Re: [silk] Crazy English in China

... if you are actually looking for a course in Bangalore, do let me know and I will give you the contact details for a fantastic instructor I have had the good fortune to know the last couple of years :) Nishant -- Nishant Shah Ph.D. Student, CSCS, Bangalore. Research Development, COMAT, Bangalore. # 0

Re: [silk] Got this from the IIM-A egroup

, Kiran Jonnalagadda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 19-Feb-08, at 5:06 PM, Deepa Mohan wrote: There was no info about who wrote this article though Umm, a certain Manu AB, whose name is mentioned in the text? Who is Manu AB? Nothing about him/her Deepa. -- Nishant Shah Ph.D

Re: [silk] FREE RICE ... an amazing concept to harness the power of Internet advertising ...for a great cause ...

at least one child! Thanks, will be visiting often. What an enjoyable way to do something nice! Deepa. -- Nishant Shah Ph.D. Student, CSCS, Bangalore. Project Manager, COMAT, Bangalore. # 0-9740074884

Re: [silk] Another n00b

? ;) Welcome aboard Nishant -- Nishant Shah Ph.D. Student, CSCS, Bangalore. Project Manager, COMAT, Bangalore. # 0-9341645206

Re: [silk] Introduction

love to get to know more people in India since I hope to visit very often. More info at my bio: http://blogs.sun.com/jimgris/page/bio Jim -- Jim Grisanzio http://blogs.sun.com/jimgris -- Nishant Shah Ph.D. Student, CSCS, Bangalore. Project Manager, COMAT, Bangalore. # 0

[silk] And now, presenting...ipod suits

-- Nishant Shah Ph.D. Student, CSCS, Bangalore. # +91-079-26405559

Re: [silk] not quite ready to eat

. Never again. -- ams -- Nishant Shah Ph.D. Student, CSCS, Bangalore. # +91-079-26405559

Re: [silk] Art, or what

representations becomes a soft target to vent out our frustration at lack of control and our own realisation that God might be dead and that bastid Nietzsche has indeed killed It. Nishant Deepa. On 5/16/07, Nishant Shah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Frankly, I'd find this pretty distasteful [1

Re: [silk] Art, or what

, for example, think that I have made it an art form to sexually assault my neighbor's wife - I should have some inkling about what is coming at me, apart from what may be coming out of me. How stupid can an artist get? That may well be his real ability in art, more than painting. shiv -- Nishant

Re: [silk] Art, or what

neighbor's wife - I should have some inkling about what is coming at me, apart from what may be coming out of me. How stupid can an artist get? That may well be his real ability in art, more than painting. shiv -- Nishant Shah Ph.D. Student, CSCS, Bangalore. # +91-079-26405559

Re: [silk] Art, or what

that sensationalises. Art should, per se, shock, inspire, inspire, leading you to different paradigms of the sublime. It is about seeking the most impossible, the improbable, and the disparate. -- Nishant Shah Ph.D. Student, CSCS, Bangalore. # +91-079-26405559

Re: [silk] Announcement: Barcamp Bangalore 3: SocialTech

be there with it. Thanks again, for the offer, warm regards Nishant On 3/12/07, Bruce Metcalf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nishant Shah wrote: Tread gently because you tread on my dreams? :) I would love it if somebody could sponsor tickets *looks suspiciously at you* Are you swindling government money? What

Re: [silk] Announcement: Barcamp Bangalore 3: SocialTech

Jonnalagadda http://jace.seacrow.com/ -- Nishant Shah Ph.D. Student, CSCS, Bangalore. # +91-079-26405559

Re: [silk] looking for hindi = english translators

: Completely non technical...! On 2/27/07, Deepa Mohan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would this be all technical stuff? Deepa. -- Nishant Shah Ph.D. Student, CSCS, Bangalore. Visiting Scholar, NCU, Taiwan. # 886-911-508346

Re: [silk] Koshy's not 'old Bangalore' just 'old'

- bodied cockroach in the sambar at the Rajajinagar outlet once, I want to have nothing to do with that place either. -- Kiran Jonnalagadda http://jace.seacrow.com/ -- Nishant Shah Ph.D. Student, CSCS, Bangalore. Visiting Scholar, NCU, Taiwan. # 886-911-508346

Re: [silk] Introducing myself

your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=41244/*http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index -- Nishant Shah Ph.D. Student, CSCS, Bangalore. Visiting Scholar, NCU, Taiwan. # 886-911-508346

Re: [silk] Karnataka shuts down 1416 english medium schools.

It suddenly struck me...does this affect your parents' school as well?NishantOn 9/28/06, Kiran Jonnalagadda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:On 28/Sep/2006, at 9:42 PM, Devdas Bhagat wrote: These schools were licensed to teach in Kannada as the primary medium of instruction. However, they were using

Re: [silk] Fwd: *Hit by headlines*

I went to my own old archives and just digged out, 'Mayor proposes ban on taking off clothes'. This was after the Pooja Bhatt on the Stardust cover issue. I had actually subbed for that article and had died a million deaths when I had to let it pass. For years afterwards, some friends with vicious

Re: [silk] Fwd: *Hit by headlines*

I can see you writing a sequel to Eats Shoots and Leaves. Awesome write up. Thanks a lot for that brilliant chuckle-a-line mail. As a stickler for grammar and spellings myself, I had the hardest time of my life working as a sub-ed for the TOI where headlines not only lack the correct meaning,

Re: [silk] Geographic spread

I'm in ahmedabad right now...will be in Taiwan starting September. nishantOn 8/2/06, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:This was intended as an admin-related post, but mutated along the way. The original intent: I wanted to post a gentle reminder to several ofthe newer members that silk is

Re: [silk] Introduction - new member

Hello sir, or should I say est tu Mekin? :) Welcome to the loony bin, where we sing loony tunes and hunt for bugs bunny in open season. Glad to see you here. One more space to keep in touch with you.As for the list of people, you will be surprised at how many you already know first hand and how

Re: [silk] What is retirement?

For me retirement would simply mean continuing what I am doing right now - researching, writing, studying, working; 'cuz that's what I like doing the best- without worrying about things like funding and grants. I am currently doing almost everything I want to do with life and don't see why that

Re: [silk] About the play

theatre club from Ahmedabad - Darpan, were in the ten finalists for the INT this season...I had scripted the production and here is the news: Best original script - Nishant Shah, One Night, No Stand. Best stage design - Devaki Dave, One Night, No Stand. Best ensemble cast - Darpan, One Night

[silk] About the play

and here is the news:Best original script - Nishant Shah, One Night, No Stand. Best stage design - Devaki Dave, One Night, No Stand.Best ensemble cast - Darpan, One Night, No Stand.Best play, second runner up - One Night, No Stand. Director - Arpita Sanghvi; Producer - Darpana Academy of performing

Re: [silk] About the play

that cloud number nine and five minutes of fame are inextricably linked together.nishantOn 5/3/06, Deepa Mohan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: congrats Nishant! Enjoy your time on cloud nine!On 5/3/06, Nishant Shah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi,I have been travelling and completely swamped with non-work

Re: [silk] About the play

Thanks a lot buddy. I'll send a copy of the script tonight. the bloody connection is too slow to attach a document right now.NishantOn 5/3/06, Amoghavarsha JS [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:dude, congrats and also send me the script Nishant Shah wrote: Thanks Deepa, right now it still feels a little

Re: [silk] Today's meetup

I too shall have to leave by 9:30 ish...have all the packing to do and now as the date of departure is on the head, it doesnt sound as simple in the head as it had two days ago. The restaurant area is fine...we will look forward to that. I am gonna be arriving with Jace I think...hope to be there

Re: [silk] Meet meet - Bangalore

No allergies...but a vegetarian by choice...at least for the time being, till I actually fly away to South East Asia for six months. NishantOn 4/25/06, Madhu Menon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nishant Shah wrote: Ha...you mean to suggest there are people who haven't yet been to the shiok at least

Re: [silk] Meet meet - Bangalore

darnit! Just when I had gathered enough courage to attend a silk meet - now that I have met some people in flesh and blood and realised that they wont off with my head if I turn up - it gets arranged on the very day I leave bangalore. sigh, maybe when I am back in June! NishantOn 4/24/06,

Re: [silk] Meet meet - Bangalore - change of date?

Hi Deepa, I had to bring it up because in the last two weeks, largely because of the barcamp I have been meeting up with various silk listers and it was a very pleasant surprise, to know that not only were the people 'nice' (without the horrible little lord fauntleroy connotations) but that they

Re: [silk] Meet meet - Bangalore - change of date?

hurrah...thursday it is then...if that is acceptable to everybody else :) NishantOn 4/24/06, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jessica Prabhakar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What if we met just for drinks (social!!) and broke off by 9ish? Would that work? Looks like there are 2 people heading

Re: [silk] 100 best first lines from novels

you mean there are people who havent read Love in the time of cholera??? NishantOn 2/20/06, Kiran Jonnalagadda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 20-Feb-06, at 7:31 PM, Venkatesh Hariharan wrote: Bingo! How on earth did they miss that?By not having read the book? It did seem like someone's listing ofhis

Re: [silk] 100 best first lines from novels

I wasn't sure about it, having read and suppressed Moby's Dick in my undergrad years, but I went and searched and now can say for sure that the first line in the novel is not Call me Ishmael. The first words in the novel say: The pale Usher—threadbare in coat, heart, body, and brain; I see him

Re: [silk] FirePIG-HOO-EY

There is, among the blandings castle narratives, the story of how Gally and his friends actually painted a pig in glow in the dark green to scare the shit out of Puffy Brofen. I don't recollect where exactly the reference comes but it has something to do with a statue and paint and pig. :)

Re: [silk] The lost dark teaspoon of the soul

Oh my good lordThat made me laugh so much I almost had tears in the eyes. Reminds me of the IIT experiment in Calcutta where they were working on the hypothesis that no matter how hard you try, there will always be one mosquito trapped inside the mosquito net when you are about to sleep. If

Re: [silk] Bangalore to be renamed Bengaluru

IMHO this has got nothing to do with either the progress or introjection of the city into the past. When shiv sena did it with Bombay, they too were playing the same politics. I think this is one of the last vestiges of the fact that Indian states were created on the basis of language...and now

Re: [silk] Bangalore to be renamed Bengaluru

the two names always existed.Jess--- Nishant Shah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IMHO this has got nothing to do with either the progress or introjection of the city into the past. When shiv sena did it with Bombay, they too were playing the same politics. I think this is one of the last vestiges of the fact

Re: [silk] Bangalore to be renamed Bengaluru

Nishant On 12/13/05, Nishant Shah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Point. I never thought of the infrastructural demands it would require. I do remember the amount spent in Mumbai though when they started changing it all. That not withstanding, the move was desired and favoured by many, wasnt it? I mean, from