Re: [silk] In Chennai

2009-11-30 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
hell no more than 4 or 5 people turn up for these --Original Message-- From: ashok _ Sender: silklist-bounces+suresh=hserus@lists.hserus.net To: silklist@lists.hserus.net ReplyTo: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] In Chennai Sent: Nov 30, 2009 18:26 Sorry . I got

Re: [silk] In Chennai

2009-11-30 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.netwrote: hell no more than 4 or 5 people turn up for these There was quite a crowd of people (about 15) and I found a lot of them (er, there were two who wouldn't speak to me) ...to use Udhay's favourite

Re: [silk] In Chennai

2009-11-30 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 10:13 PM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.netwrote: hell no more than 4 or 5 people turn up for these There was quite a crowd of people (about 15) and I found a lot of them (er,

Re: [silk] In Chennai

2009-11-30 Thread ashok _
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: hell no more than 4 or 5 people turn up for these Ah ... so there are some sleepers who turn up ? I am okay for a evening coffee / snack somewhere tomorrow (tuesday) if its still on ... I am on holiday, but you

Re: [silk] In Chennai

2009-11-29 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 5:54 PM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: I'm planning to go the Chennai Photo Walk tomorrow...it's between Fort and Beach stations, an area I've not walked around in before. Does anyone know any of the people likely to be there? Does anyone know the Vatsan who

Re: [silk] In Chennai

2009-11-28 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Guys, is this putative madras silkmeet taking place at all? -- srs (blackberry)

Re: [silk] In Chennai

2009-11-28 Thread Deepa Mohan
Since I am always forgetting that Cheeni is arriving in DECEMBER not NOVEMBER I am forever confusing everyone as well. I'm planning to go the Chennai Photo Walk tomorrow...it's between Fort and Beach stations, an area I've not walked around in before. Does anyone know any of the people likely to

Re: [silk] In Chennai

2009-11-26 Thread Rajesh Kumar
Hi, Off topic. I hope you found a reliable driver. Thank you! Thank you! May your idlis always be soft and have enough salt! I loved the above. I would not mind idlis for all three meals of mine and even if they are not soft will do. I will use it, with your permission. -- Regards, trrk

Re: [silk] In Chennai

2009-11-26 Thread Deepa Mohan
Hey Rajesh! On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 6:41 PM, Rajesh Kumar trrk.s...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Off topic. I hope you found a reliable driver. No..I *am* the reliable driver as of now. My sis in law is going through chemo treatments...the aunt and uncle who came to help, are both down with fever

Re: [silk] In Chennai

2009-11-26 Thread Rajesh Kumar
Hi, buying etc is killing me, as I am doing the housework and cooking, too! Thank God, I don't have to do housework and cooking! I am scared of the day when my wife would insist on exchanging our work - she looking after the business and me looking after the household. Please, please, use it

[silk] In Chennai

2009-11-25 Thread ashok _
I am in Chennai till the 3rd of December -- if there is a meeting being organized I would be glad to meet other participants on this list ... Ashok

Re: [silk] In Chennai

2009-11-25 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 9:00 AM, ashok _ listmans...@gmail.com wrote: I am in Chennai till the 3rd of December  -- if there is a meeting being organized I would be glad to meet other participants on this list ... Ditto! Cheeni

Re: [silk] In Chennai

2009-11-25 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Srini RamaKrishnan [25/11/09 09:22 +0100]: On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 9:00 AM, ashok _ listmans...@gmail.com wrote: I am in Chennai till the 3rd of December  -- if there is a meeting being organized I would be glad to meet other participants on this list ... Ditto! ditto. and deepa mohan is

Re: [silk] In Chennai

2009-11-25 Thread Deepa Mohan
Sounds good to me! -I was just thinking of meeting Suresh over the weekend, now Twill Begud to meet a few more people. Cheeni...where are you staying? As I told Suresh, I am at Mylapore right behind Nilgiris. Deepa. On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian

Re: [silk] In Chennai

2009-11-25 Thread ashok _
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: ditto. and deepa mohan is here .. lets get something organized over the weekend? Saturday evening isnt good for me .. but Sunday evening is good. Afternoon is fine for both days. ashok

Re: [silk] In Chennai

2009-11-25 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Sat lunch? --Original Message-- From: ashok _ Sender: silklist-bounces+suresh=hserus@lists.hserus.net To: silklist@lists.hserus.net ReplyTo: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] In Chennai Sent: Nov 25, 2009 18:56 On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur

Re: [silk] In Chennai

2009-11-25 Thread Deepa Mohan
Sat afternoon, or evening...Sun afternoon, or evening...all are OK for me, too, though I'd prefer Sunday a BIT. Er, no ECR or places like that...don't want to have to drive too far! I leave it to the Chennai-vAsis to decide the venue as long as it's in the centre of town... Deepa. On Wed, Nov

Re: [silk] In Chennai

2009-11-25 Thread Deepa Mohan
Depends on whereWould the traffic be better on a Sunday? Deepa. On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 7:04 PM, ashok _ listmans...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: Sat lunch? Saturday lunch is good for me ... Ashok

Re: [silk] In Chennai

2009-11-25 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Deepa Mohan [25/11/09 19:03 +0530]: Sat afternoon, or evening...Sun afternoon, or evening...all are OK for me, too, though I'd prefer Sunday a BIT. Er, no ECR or places like that...don't want to have to drive too far! I leave it to the Chennai-vAsis to decide the venue as long as it's in the

Re: [silk] In Chennai

2009-11-25 Thread ashok _
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: How about copper point at the GRT grand instead of the usual Azulia? T Nagar isn't too far from Mylapore, right Deepa? That place is fine for me. Ashok

Re: [silk] In Chennai

2009-11-25 Thread Deepa Mohan
It's fine if I don't have to go round and round trying to find parking and be told that I can't park, as happened to me recently: http://deponti.livejournal.com/612230.html Deepa. On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 7:28 PM, ashok _ listmans...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Suresh

Re: [silk] In Chennai

2009-11-25 Thread ashok _
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 2:39 PM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: It's fine if I don't have to go round and round trying to find parking and be told that I can't park, as happened to me recently: http://deponti.livejournal.com/612230.html They have valet parking at the place Suresh

Re: [silk] In Chennai

2009-11-25 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 8:20 PM, ashok _ listmans...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 2:39 PM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: It's fine if I don't have to go round and round trying to find parking and be told that I can't park, as happened to me recently:

Re: [silk] In Chennai

2009-11-25 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 9:00 AM, ashok _ listmans...@gmail.com wrote: I am in Chennai till the 3rd of December  -- if there is a meeting being organized I would be glad to meet other participants on this list ...

Re: [silk] In Chennai

2009-11-25 Thread Deepa Mohan
Sorry, sorry, sorryall meetings etc are OFF right now...the aunt from Delhi who came to help with my sis in law has been diagnosed( last night) with typhoid, so I will be shunting between home care and hospital care for a while now. Chennai-people...if any of you knows of a decent

Re: [silk] In Chennai

2009-11-25 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Deepa Mohan [26/11/09 07:45 +0530]: Chennai-people...if any of you knows of a decent drivercan you email me, please, I am willing to come with a procession of ivory and apes and get the driver to come and work for us.we've had a couple of nondi kuthurais (lame horses) and I need someone

Re: [silk] In Chennai

2009-11-25 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 8:28 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.netwrote: Deepa Mohan [26/11/09 07:45 +0530]:There's a reliable call driver service .. where you get a driver come to your place, and use your car. Lots of them probably but the one I use is in thiruvanmiyur - 94440 83992

[silk] Another Chennai meet next week?

2009-03-06 Thread Venkat Mangudi
I will be moderating/participating in the panel discussions in OSI Days, formerly OSI Week, formerly LinuxAsia :-) next week. Meetup on the 12th evening? Don't know where I will be staying yet, probably close to the Chennai Trade Center. Hopefully, the LFY chaps put me up in a decent place.

Re: [silk] Another Chennai meet next week?

2009-03-06 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
@lists.hserus.net] On Behalf Of Venkat Mangudi Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 5:07 PM To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: [silk] Another Chennai meet next week? I will be moderating/participating in the panel discussions in OSI Days, formerly OSI Week, formerly LinuxAsia :-) next week

Re: [silk] Another Chennai meet next week?

2009-03-06 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Mangudi Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 5:35 PM To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] Another Chennai meet next week? Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: Chennai Trade Center - guindy. There's plenty there .. mostly four and five stars on the way to the airport. And some very shady two

Re: [silk] Silk list chennai meetup?

2008-01-17 Thread Thaths
On Jan 16, 2008 10:56 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 17, 2008 12:24 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For a really good no-frills Tamil lunch I'd recommend the restaurant in Hotel Maris (next to the Chola Sheraton). Seconded. And

Re: [silk] Silk list chennai meetup?

2008-01-17 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Thaths [17/01/08 15:45 -0800]: I am in the HK airport as I write this. I miss the old HK airport. The landing at the new one is not nearly as spectacular as it used to be landing at the old one. yeah, always fascinating to be close enough to apartment buildings to actually see people inside,

Re: [silk] Silk list chennai meetup?

2008-01-16 Thread Sriram Karra
Saturday Sunday I have a dozen weddings to grace with my presence. Lunch on 25th is cool. Lunch on 25th sounds good.

Re: [silk] Silk list chennai meetup?

2008-01-16 Thread Thaths
On Jan 16, 2008 9:07 AM, Sriram Karra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Saturday Sunday I have a dozen weddings to grace with my presence. Lunch on 25th is cool. Lunch on 25th sounds good. Lunch on 25th sounds good to me too. Next question: where? I prefer some place on Nungambakkam High Road (I

Re: [silk] Silk list chennai meetup?

2008-01-16 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Jan 16, 2008 11:00 PM, Thaths [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 16, 2008 9:07 AM, Sriram Karra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Saturday Sunday I have a dozen weddings to grace with my presence. Lunch on 25th is cool. Lunch on 25th sounds good. Lunch on 25th sounds good to me too. Next

Re: [silk] Silk list chennai meetup?

2008-01-16 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Thaths [16/01/08 09:30 -0800]: Lunch on 25th sounds good to me too. Next question: where? I prefer some place on Nungambakkam High Road (I guess it is called MG Road these days). Rangis? Small chinese joint near the Indian Oil building (just down the road between the American Consulate and

Re: [silk] Silk list chennai meetup?

2008-01-16 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
On Jan 16, 2008 11:41 PM, Deepa Mohan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nungambakkam High Road is called M G Road??? New one to me...for whom it will always be known by the old nameat least Cathedral Road is now Radhakrishnan Salai and is called that...but this one will take time. It's called

Re: [silk] Silk list chennai meetup?

2008-01-16 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan [17/01/08 09:12 +0530]: Palimar, in Parsn's Manor (on Mount Road, near the fly-over. Entrance is from NH Road, near Park) is a great place for lunch. They went through a renovation 2 years ago, and looking very chic. But it's a veg place. Well, let's try

Re: [silk] Silk list chennai meetup?

2008-01-16 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On Jan 17, 2008 9:12 AM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] Rangis is, according to people who went there not too long ago, going down the dumps. Palimar, in Parsn's Manor (on Mount Road, near the fly-over. Entrance is from NH Road, near Park) is a great place for

Re: [silk] Silk list chennai meetup?

2008-01-16 Thread Gautam John
On Jan 17, 2008 10:41 AM, Srini Ramakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the drive-in Woodlands, the Narada Ghana Sabha Woodlands, Benjarong, Liu's Waldorf - to name a few. Are there any worth adding to that list? I prefer the non-drive in version of Woodlands a little further down the road.

Re: [silk] Silk list chennai meetup?

2008-01-16 Thread Gautam John
On Jan 17, 2008 10:41 AM, Srini Ramakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Liu's Waldorf - to name a few. Are there any worth adding to that list? Whatever became of Buharis? Still worth a visit?

Re: [silk] Silk list chennai meetup?

2008-01-16 Thread Madhu Kurup
Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan wrote: It's called Uttamar Gandhi Road, but that's just official. It still is NH road. Asking for info: Uttamar == Thamizh version of Mahatma? I'll never get to understand the chauvinists I guess Cheerio, M -- Madhu M Kurup /* Nemo Me Impune Lacessit */

Re: [silk] Silk list chennai meetup?

2008-01-16 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Where and what is Liu's Waldorf? Adyar, near the IIT campus. Obviously, a Chinese restaurant (and rather a good one) At least 3 silk meets so far there, not that there's more than two or three a year anyway in Madras Blue Diamond (Poonamallee High Road) for Kothu/Madras/Ceylon Stuffed

Re: [silk] Silk list chennai meetup?

2008-01-16 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Jan 17, 2008 11:04 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Blue Diamond (Poonamallee High Road) for Kothu/Madras/Ceylon Stuffed Parota, Mutton Korma et. al. Hotel Topsee near the Adyar telephone exchange is not bad at all for that kind of stuff What about Runs (I always

Re: [silk] Silk list chennai meetup?

2008-01-16 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On Jan 17, 2008 11:09 AM, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] What about Runs (I always thought that's a strange name for a restaurant, but still) and Traffic Jam? Are we discussing the D-list of Madras restaurants that you reminisce hanging out as a college kid? Or are you bringing

Re: [silk] Silk list chennai meetup?

2008-01-16 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Jan 17, 2008 11:12 AM, Srini Ramakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What about Runs (I always thought that's a strange name for a restaurant, but still) and Traffic Jam? Are we discussing the D-list of Madras restaurants that you reminisce hanging out as a college kid? Or are you

Re: [silk] Silk list chennai meetup?

2008-01-16 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
No, I'm bringing them up because that's where I used to go for KP/CP/biryani (essentially, the impys kind of food) I bloody hate Traffic Jam and Coronet. Runs has excellent biryani - closer to the true Hyderabadi biryani than I would dare to ever expect in this benighted city Topsee is the

Re: [silk] Silk list chennai meetup?

2008-01-16 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
On Jan 17, 2008 11:23 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, I'm bringing them up because that's where I used to go for KP/CP/biryani (essentially, the impys kind of food) I bloody hate Traffic Jam and Coronet. Runs has excellent biryani - closer to the true Hyderabadi

Re: [silk] Silk list chennai meetup?

2008-01-16 Thread Gautam John
On Jan 17, 2008 11:23 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, I'm bringing them up because that's where I used to go for KP/CP/biryani (essentially, the impys kind of food) There's this small place in Anna Nagar run by a chap called Hashim Khan. Super biryani. Forget the

Re: [silk] Silk list chennai meetup?

2008-01-16 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Isnt that the one near / opposite to Blue Star? There's this small place in Anna Nagar run by a chap called Hashim Khan. Super biryani. Forget the name of the restaurant though...

Re: [silk] Silk list chennai meetup?

2008-01-16 Thread Gautam John
On Jan 17, 2008 12:06 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Isnt that the one near / opposite to Blue Star? Dunno. It's near the telephone exchange, if that's of any help...

Re: [silk] Silk list chennai meetup?

2008-01-16 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On Jan 17, 2008 10:50 AM, Gautam John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 17, 2008 10:41 AM, Srini Ramakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the drive-in Woodlands, the Narada Ghana Sabha Woodlands, Benjarong, Liu's Waldorf - to name a few. Are there any worth adding to that list? I prefer the

Re: [silk] Silk list chennai meetup?

2008-01-16 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
On Jan 17, 2008 12:09 PM, Srini Ramakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For a really good no-frills Tamil lunch I'd recommend the restaurant in Hotel Maris (next to the Chola Sheraton). Cheeni Seconded. And third-ed too. To bring the thread back to topic, where are we lunching? C --

Re: [silk] Silk list chennai meetup?

2008-01-16 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
For a really good no-frills Tamil lunch I'd recommend the restaurant in Hotel Maris (next to the Chola Sheraton). Cheeni Seconded. And third-ed too. To bring the thread back to topic, where are we lunching? Umm.. there seems to be broad consensus for Maris. And it is close enough

Re: [silk] Silk list chennai meetup?

2008-01-16 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
On Jan 17, 2008 12:24 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For a really good no-frills Tamil lunch I'd recommend the restaurant in Hotel Maris (next to the Chola Sheraton). Cheeni Seconded. And third-ed too. Chandrachoodan at [whatever his mobile # is].

[silk] Silk list chennai meetup?

2008-01-15 Thread Thaths
Hi, I will be in Chennai for almost 2 weeks starting this weekend. Is anyone up for a meetup on Friday, Jan 25 or Saturday, Jan 26? I prefer meeting up in Central Madras (near Gemini flyover) or Anna Nagar. Thaths -- Bart: We were just planning the father-son river rafting trip. Homer: Hehe.

Re: [silk] Silk list chennai meetup?

2008-01-15 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Thaths wrote: I will be in Chennai for almost 2 weeks starting this weekend. Is anyone up for a meetup on Friday, Jan 25 or Saturday, Jan 26? I prefer meeting up in Central Madras (near Gemini flyover) or Anna Nagar. There's me, there's Chandrachoodan, there's Karra .. and Subhash Jeyan if he

Re: [silk] Silk list chennai meetup?

2008-01-15 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
On Jan 16, 2008 12:04 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's me, there's Chandrachoodan, there's Karra .. and Subhash Jeyan if he is free Saturday Sunday I have a dozen weddings to grace with my presence. Lunch on 25th is cool. C --