Re: [silk] Requests, invitation for collaboration, support etc.

2012-07-23 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 06:56:14AM +0530, ss wrote: I have emailed you offlist. The state of archaeology in India is below pathetic. An example is the following image of an 800-1000 year old (my estimate) bas relief in Lalbagh, Bangalore that is right there out in thhe open, ignored and

Re: [silk] Requests, invitation for collaboration, support etc.

2012-07-23 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 6:21 PM, Eugen Leitl eu...@leitl.org wrote: On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 06:56:14AM +0530, ss wrote: What is the exact rock type? Did you estimate from the weathering or the scene? The rock seems like regular granite, which the Hoysalas rarely (if never never) used.

Re: [silk] Requests, invitation for collaboration, support etc.

2012-07-23 Thread ss
On Monday 23 Jul 2012 6:21:23 pm Eugen Leitl wrote: What is the exact rock type? Did you estimate from the weathering or the scene? Looks like granite to me. The scene is from 2012. The carving itself has clearly been lifted from elsewhere and placed there along with 3 or 4 others in the

[silk] Requests, invitation for collaboration, support etc.

2012-07-22 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
Righto. As some of you know, I moved to Bristol, UK early this year to work on film and TV and help promote archaeology. The UK economy apparently is still in recession, and some of the shows that were to be commissioned (and two of which I was supposed to work on) haven't gotten their sign on

Re: [silk] Requests, invitation for collaboration, support etc.

2012-07-22 Thread John Sundman
On Jul 22, 2012, at 12:27 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan wrote: I have also been meeting a few production houses/commissioners who tell me that some of my ideas have potential, and therefore I should produce a taster tape. This is a long shot, but I have a friend with a long history of

Re: [silk] Requests, invitation for collaboration, support etc.

2012-07-22 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 10:32 PM, John Sundman j...@wetmachine.com wrote: Recently he's had success as a producer of shows for The History Channel on cable TV. I have no idea whether this channel is available in India or UK, but it's very popular here in the States. Their mainstay is to do

Re: [silk] Requests, invitation for collaboration, support etc.

2012-07-22 Thread ss
On Sunday 22 Jul 2012 9:57:21 pm Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan wrote: Even discounting that, Indian rivers are pretty strong archaeological sites, and it will be a shame not to explore that angle. Now, I know enough of ASI and other similar state bodies to know that such a thing is impossible

Re: [silk] Requests, invitation for collaboration, support etc.

2012-07-22 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 6:56 AM, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote: The state of archaeology in India is below pathetic. An example is the following image of an 800-1000 year old (my estimate) bas relief in Lalbagh, Bangalore that is right there out in thhe open, ignored and unnoticed by most