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

2017-01-20 Thread Namitha Jagadeesh
Bit late to the chat, but would also recommend the Indian Institute of World Culture in Basavanagudi. As Bharath said, not run by government but not expensive. It also has a children's library in a separate wing next to the main building, where I spent many, many happy hours as a child. On Fri,

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

2017-01-06 Thread Thaths
My information is a little old. But the best private lending libraries in and Mylapore used to be: 1. Rajeshwari on Kutcheri road: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Rajeswari+Lending+Library/@13.0355406,80.2692849,14.81z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x3183b43b7a1ad203!8m2!3d13.0357184!4d80.2696769!6m1!1e1

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

2016-12-30 Thread Preetha Chari-Srinivas
Suresh, Could you give me a link to Murugan or a contact number, and the possible name of the store in Gokul Arcade? My residences are at Mylapore and Velachery currently. Much thanks, Preetha. On Dec 30, 2016 6:26 PM, "Suresh Ramasubramanian" wrote: > Murugan in gopalapuram

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

2016-12-30 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Murugan in gopalapuram Another one in Adyar (Gokul arcade) Let me know where you are there should be something nearby --srs > On 30-Dec-2016, at 11:16 AM, Preetha Chari-Srinivas > wrote: > > Suresh, > > I am currently based in Madras. Looking forward to hearing back from

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

2016-12-29 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 11:03 AM, Charles Haynes wrote: > Yeah, that's the one we found - we lived across the street from it. Are > there others? Any that are public (i.e. paid for by the government?) > ​There's the State Central Library in the heart of Cubbon Park

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

2016-12-29 Thread Deepa Mohan
Yeuggh. Bookleaze sounds too close to Booksleaze! What is the process by which people come up with names for their entrepreneurial efforts? I had a similar query in the old days of Live Journal (a blogging site which barely exists now) and the answers were varied and very...Interesting! I don't

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

2016-12-29 Thread Bharath M Palavalli
Yes, there are two I used to go to. One is World Culture in Basavanagudi (not govt. but they run on a very fair fee), it has a collection that can keep a kid busy for a couple of summers. The collection in the reading section of the Govt. library in Malleshwaram was good (a good two decades

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

2016-12-29 Thread Charles Haynes
Oh that's much better than my search. For some reason "lending library" only returned Eloor and Bookleaze for me. Thanks! -- Charles On Fri, 30 Dec 2016 at 16:39 Deepa Mohan wrote: > Google amma gave me this: > > >

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

2016-12-29 Thread Preetha Chari-Srinivas
Suresh, I am currently based in Madras. Looking forward to hearing back from you. Cheers, Preetha. On Dec 29, 2016 11:34 PM, "Suresh Ramasubramanian" wrote: Which city are you in? Plenty I know of in Chennai. Bangalore has its fair share + second hand book stores like

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

2016-12-29 Thread Deepa Mohan
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] Request - Recommended reading list / songs for a 5-month old baby girl

2016-12-29 Thread Charles Haynes
Yeah, that's the one we found - we lived across the street from it. Are there others? Any that are public (i.e. paid for by the government?) -- Charles On Fri, 30 Dec 2016 at 15:51 Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Eloor behind Safina plaza on Infantry Road has been around for

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

2016-12-29 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Eloor behind Safina plaza on Infantry Road has been around for 30+ years unless they closed down, I haven't borrowed anything from them recently so I hope they're still there Google + a website says yes they are --srs > On 30-Dec-2016, at 9:59 AM, Charles Haynes

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

2016-12-29 Thread Charles Haynes
Suresh, For future reference, could you please share the lending libraries of Bangalore? That was one of the things we (especially Debbie) missed the most about our time there - we were used to easily findable and accessible public libraries, and couldn't find such in Bangalore. -- Charles On

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

2016-12-29 Thread Preetha Chari-Srinivas
Howdy folks, I would like to seek your suggestions on the recommended reading list/songs/nursery rhymes etc. for a 5-month old baby girl. Is there a lending library where we can get children's books from - just wondering for I haven't seen one in India, so far. Could be mistaken, though. Cheers,