Re: [silk] Introducing myself. Raja Venkataraman

2009-03-09 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Raja vtr...@gmail.com wrote: [...] Almost all are married *some even divorced* with children (unlike myself) who don't have time anymore for a nice conversation or traveling. They all seem consumed by their jobs and family committments. So far I have found it

Re: [silk] Introducing myself. Raja Venkataraman

2009-03-09 Thread Venkat Mangudi
Srini Ramakrishnan wrote: On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Raja vtr...@gmail.com wrote Almost all are married *some even divorced* with children (unlike myself) who don't have time *Some even divorced* Does this seem very unlike India to you? I want to understand why. IMO, we've just

Re: [silk] Introducing myself. Raja Venkataraman

2009-03-09 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Raja vtr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Everyone, Feels great to join Silklist. Looking at the kind of conversations happening here I seem to be in the midst of intellectually very sharp people with a wide range of interests. I will strive to live up to that.

Re: [silk] Introducing myself. Raja Venkataraman

2009-03-09 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Venkat Mangudi [09/03/09 16:48 +0530]: Raja, maybe we should catch up for a coffee or a beer or your poison of choice when I am in Chennai later this week. Message me offlist if you that reminds me. you asked for a meetup right?

Re: [silk] Introducing myself. Raja Venkataraman

2009-03-09 Thread Raja
hi Cheeni, Venkat and Deepa, Thanks for your responses. I knew I had forgotten to mention something! Thanks for pointing it out Deepa. I am based currently in Bangalore actually but I keep going to Chennai periodically (which means about once a month for a few days). Initially my shutting rates

Re: [silk] Introducing myself. Raja Venkataraman

2009-03-09 Thread Aditya Kapil
On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Raja vtr...@gmail.com wrote: So far I have found it hard to find myself and maintain an intellectual mileu of peers and complete the settling down process in India. Welcome Raja, I don't know if this is a function of being back or that you've been in an

Re: [silk] Introducing myself. Raja Venkataraman

2009-03-09 Thread Venkat Mangudi
Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: that reminds me. you asked for a meetup right? Yes, if anyone is interested. Thu evening, perhaps? Wed Fri I will be in the train. Venkat

Re: [silk] Introducing myself. Raja Venkataraman

2009-03-09 Thread sur...@hserus.net
Yup sure -- srs / nokia e71 -original message- Subject: Re: [silk] Introducing myself. Raja Venkataraman From: Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com Date: 09-03-2009 18:09 On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Venkat Mangudi s...@venkatmangudi.comwrote: Suresh Ramasubramanian

Re: [silk] Introducing myself. Raja Venkataraman

2009-03-09 Thread Venkat Mangudi
Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan wrote: I am. Thursday works for me as well. Okay to bring a few other folks along? I don't see why not. I will probably be staying around the Chennai Trade Center. I know very little of the city. I will know about the hotel by morning, hopefully. Somewhere close

Re: [silk] Introducing myself. Raja Venkataraman

2009-03-09 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Figure out where you are staying first. Chennai Trade Center is beside a busy highway with nothing much near it except an IT park (LT, IBM etc) and some not too good restaurants. You will probably get housed somewhere in the vadapalani / guindy etc areas .. 6..10 km away from the trade center.

Re: [silk] Introducing myself. Raja Venkataraman

2009-03-09 Thread .
On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Raja vtr...@gmail.com wrote: game of life before I even managed to complete one. So a lot of gap has built up. Its a gap if one measures ones life by others yardstick and want to play catch-up. YMMV and welcome !! -- .

Re: [silk] Introducing myself. Raja Venkataraman

2009-03-09 Thread Raja
Thanks for the welcome. Appreciate it.. However, your statement presumes a lot about me and my remark about my old friends here and was taken a little out of context. I was just trying to point out that since most of my friends and I were in different places in our lives it was hard to find common