[silk] Alternative careers

2009-09-30 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Sudhakar Chandra wrote: [ on 09:50 AM 11/14/2003 ] On 11/11/03 16:49, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh wrote: as an immigrant there are two relatively low-barrier enterprises available to you: a corner shop, and a restaurant. I am seriously thinking of starting an international / fusion cuisine

Re: [silk] Alternative careers

2009-09-30 Thread Lahar Appaiah
Cricket journalist. On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: Resurrecting an old thread: I am curious whether the above sentiment is still held by Thaths and others - and, in general, *what* alternative careers people are planning / fantasizing about.

Re: [silk] Alternative careers

2009-09-30 Thread Supriya Nair
City blogger. On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Lahar Appaiah thew...@gmail.com wrote: Cricket journalist. On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: Resurrecting an old thread: I am curious whether the above sentiment is still held by Thaths and others -

Re: [silk] Alternative careers

2009-09-30 Thread Supriya Nair
And habitual bottom-poster. Apologies. -- roswitha.tumblr.com

Re: [silk] Alternative careers

2009-09-30 Thread Charles Haynes
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: Resurrecting an old thread: I am curious whether the above sentiment is still held by Thaths and others - and, in general, *what* alternative careers people are planning / fantasizing about. Food photographer. Travel

Re: [silk] Alternative careers

2009-09-30 Thread Venkat Mangudi
Udhay Shankar N wrote: in general, *what* alternative careers people are planning / fantasizing about. Farmer in Southeastern Tamilnadu or in Kerala.

Re: [silk] Alternative careers

2009-09-30 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Charles Haynes wrote, [on 9/30/2009 12:14 PM]: I particularly like the idea of pornographer monk. Why should warrior monks get all the cool stories? I might be able to combine them. Travelling food porn writer. I would appreciate a link to a portfolio of your work when it becomes available.

[silk] Etiquette here

2009-09-30 Thread Rajesh Kumar
Hi, Other than the way CiX handled messages, I am familiar mainly with web based egroups and my usual way is to read and write on the web page itself. This group is the first where I am communicating through the email method. Moreover I have not had the time to go through the archives and so am

Re: [silk] Etiquette here

2009-09-30 Thread Venkat Mangudi
Rajesh Kumar wrote: This group is the first where I am communicating through the email method. Moreover I have not had the time to go through the archives and so am not fully familiar with the routine here. There is no crazy rules here... except some basic rules that Udhay has pointed out in

Re: [silk] Somebody from the past (at least for people who love / hatewhen they hear CiX) - Introduction

2009-09-30 Thread Rajesh Kumar
Hi Badri, Welcome to silk - there are a lot of ex-CiXers lurking around here (me being one of them). Thanks. That was what I was told by Venkat. Let us see who all are there gradually. Wow. TRRK - a real blast from the past. I remember talking to you on the phone once when you visited Madras

Re: [silk] Somebody from the past (at least for people who love / hate when they hear CiX) - Introduction

2009-09-30 Thread Rajesh Kumar
Hi Deepa, Hi Rajesh and welcomerather apt that your post on TBHP was on the..er...Silk Founder's Day! :) Thanks. Must have been a coincidence. What a refreshingly factual introduction! The old me would have been factual and a lot more rambling! Thanks again. How come you call it

Re: [silk] Somebody from the past (at least for people who love / hate when they hear CiX) - Introduction

2009-09-30 Thread Rajesh Kumar
Hi Venkat, Good to see you online again. Welcome to Silk, I think you will like it here. Some of us are (still) crazy about top posting and such. :-) Thanks for pulling me in here. I hope people here like my stay here. Good to be involved! -- Regards, trrk (Rajesh, Alleppey, Kerala

Re: [silk] Somebody from the past (at least for people who love / hate when they hear CiX) - Introduction

2009-09-30 Thread Rajesh Kumar
Hi, welcome to silk, from another fellow doc who doesnt practice :-). Did MBBSfrom gov medical college Trivandrum Thanks. That makes you number 4 that I know of. My own classmate left the profession after almost 8 years, An immediate senior of mine (from Cochin) also is not doing medical

Re: [silk] Somebody from the past (at least for people who love / hate when they hear CiX) - Introduction

2009-09-30 Thread Rajesh Kumar
Hi Cheeni, You are in for trouble! Given an MBBS is 5 years of non trivial labour, I'd be interesting in hearing what made either of you give it up? I was among the few kids who never knew what to do with myself in the pursuit of knowledge. But my father who was running the shop (which I run

Re: [silk] Somebody from the past (at least for people who love / hate when they hear CiX) - Introduction

2009-09-30 Thread Rajesh Kumar
Hi, I don't go on Team-BHP much now because of lack of time. Are you saying you have just got onto Silk? I had the impression you had made the transition along with many of us lemmings. That does take a lot of your time if you are at it regularly. Then usually I do have time. Apparently I did

Re: [silk] Somebody from the past (at least for people who love / hate when they hear CiX) - Introduction

2009-09-30 Thread Rajesh Kumar
Hi Luckman, Not much freedom of speech/thought there. Was it? So mean of you! Trying to drag me into a controversy? There I was part of the 'restrictors' of freedom! A little control never hurt anybody, that's my opinion. -- Regards, trrk (Rajesh, Alleppey, Kerala

Re: [silk] Somebody from the past (at least for people who love / hate when they hear CiX) - Introduction

2009-09-30 Thread Venkat Mangudi
Rajesh Kumar wrote: Good to see you online again. Welcome to Silk, I think you will like it here. Some of us are (still) crazy about top posting and such. :-) Thanks for pulling me in here. I hope people here like my stay here. Good to be involved! I like you already... What an example of a

Re: [silk] Etiquette here

2009-09-30 Thread Venkat Mangudi
Indrajit Gupta wrote: Shiv is NOT a round. Shiv is a cube. Just because Shiv's not around, you cannot call him a cube. You could call him cool, though, when he is not talking anatomy or religious politics. :)

Re: [silk] Somebody from the past (at least for peop le who love / hatewhen they hear CiX) - Introdu ction

2009-09-30 Thread ss
On Tuesday 29 Sep 2009 9:28:15 pm Anish Mohammed wrote: Hi, I am T R Rajesh Kumar, a resident of Alleppey, a coastal town in the central part of Kerala. I am 52, married to Asha and have a 15 year old daughter, Prarthana Vigneshwari who is doing her 10th in a local school. My

Re: [silk] Alternative careers

2009-09-30 Thread ss
On Wednesday 30 Sep 2009 11:45:51 am Supriya Nair wrote: And habitual bottom-poster. hmm. sounds kinky and interesting. How is it done? shiv

Re: [silk] Somebody from the past (at least for people who love / hatewhen they hear CiX) - Introduction

2009-09-30 Thread Rajesh Kumar
Hi Shiv, Hi TRRK shiv That was short and to the point. Thanks. -- Regards, trrk (Rajesh, Alleppey, Kerala

Re: [silk] Etiquette here

2009-09-30 Thread Rajesh Kumar
Hi, Anything for an old friend. Thanks. There are only three 'r's in errors. Thanks again. 'Vadi koduthu adi medikkuka', they say in Malayalam. Essentially it means give ammunition to the person who would be hitting / harming you. -- Regards, trrk (Rajesh, Alleppey, Kerala

Re: [silk] Somebody from the past (at least for people who love / hate when they hear CiX) - Introduction

2009-09-30 Thread Luqmaan
Not much freedom of speech/thought there. Was it? So mean of you! Trying to drag me into a controversy? I think people should not hesitate to call a spade a spade. Although calling a moron - a moron - is Ad Hominem. The problem with you is - you try to be politically correct all the time.

Re: [silk] Etiquette here

2009-09-30 Thread Indrajit Gupta
--- On Wed, 30/9/09, Rajesh Kumar trrk.s...@gmail.com wrote: From: Rajesh Kumar trrk.s...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [silk] Etiquette here To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Date: Wednesday, 30 September, 2009, 4:16 PM Hi, Anything for an old friend. Thanks. There are only three 'r's in

Re: [silk] Somebody from the past (at least for people who love / hate when they hear CiX) - Introduction

2009-09-30 Thread Dr T R Rajesh Kumar
Hi, I think people should not hesitate to call a spade a spade. You see, there should be all kinds of people in a group. It won't be fun if everybody calls a spade a spade as perceptions would be different. Although calling a moron - a moron - is Ad Hominem. I had to look in the web to

Re: [silk] Somebody from the past (at least for people who love / hate when they hear CiX) - Introduction

2009-09-30 Thread Venkat Mangudi
Luqmaan wrote: It hurts and hurts bad. In fact it hurt the BBS itself. How?

Re: [silk] Has the time come to move away from google?

2009-09-30 Thread Giancarlo Livraghi
I am grateful for the helpful answers. Quick replies to two questions. Thaths wrote: They are beginning to be corrupted Do you have any specific examples that makes you reach this conclusion? No. And this is why I am *not* dropping Google, though I am beginning to break the habit and to

Re: [silk] Somebody from the past (at least for people who love /hate when they hear CiX) - Introduction

2009-09-30 Thread anish . mohammed
Apologies for top post, blame it on hand held, Lukman, I suspect we using generalistion and inductions , which doesn't work well with humans :) Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -Original Message- From: Luqmaan lukhman_k...@yahoo.com Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:49:16 To:

[silk] Silk-meet in BLR (Oct 17-21)

2009-09-30 Thread Divya Manian
Hellow all Udhay asked me to ³scream² about a SILK MEET here, so here I am trying to politely SCREAM. I will be in Bangalore from Oct 17th to Oct 21st. Would love to meet whoever will be around at that time. I will be located in HSR Layout, but can travel to whatever Bangalore deems

Re: [silk] Has the time come to move away from google?

2009-09-30 Thread ss
On Wednesday 30 Sep 2009 5:22:31 pm Giancarlo Livraghi wrote: No. And this is why I am *not* dropping Google, though I am beginning to break the habit and to try with other search engines. Out of a fit of irritation against Google - I tried to shift to Yahoo. But I couldn't stand it. Bing -

Re: [silk] Silk-meet in BLR (Oct 17-21)

2009-09-30 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Divya Manian wrote, [on 9/30/2009 6:14 PM]: I will be in Bangalore from Oct 17th to Oct 21st. Would love to meet whoever will be around at that time. Since you said you have a prior engagement on 18th, 17th Oct works fine for me. Am open as to place. Suggestions, folks? Udhay -- ((Udhay

Re: [silk] Alternative careers

2009-09-30 Thread Thaths
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 10:15 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: Sudhakar Chandra wrote: [ on 09:50 AM 11/14/2003 ] I am seriously thinking of starting an international / fusion cuisine restaurant in the next couple of years.  I am crunching the numbers and it looks to me like it will

Re: [silk] Etiquette here

2009-09-30 Thread Deepa Mohan
There are only three 'r's in errors. No, if you hesitate and make a mistake it's errror or as many ..errr...r's (don't spell it any other way) as you hesitate. And who knows, a numerologist or a nameologist may ask Rajesh to become Rajesh Rajesh, another important rule

Re: [silk] Etiquette here

2009-09-30 Thread .
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 20:45, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: There are only three 'r's in errors. medicine, given that it is at least five years of  rigorous training? as it has only 2 r's -- .

Re: [silk] Alternative careers

2009-09-30 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Charles Haynes charles.hay...@gmail.comwrote: I might be able to combine them. Travelling food porn writer. -- Charles Charles...may be you aren't doing it professionally...but you do fit the bill already, between you and Debbie! Also reminds me of the

Re: [silk] Etiquette here

2009-09-30 Thread Salil Tripathi
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: There are only three 'r's in errors. No, if you hesitate and make a mistake it's errror or as many ..errr...r's (don't spell it any other way) as you hesitate. To err is human, to er-er is unforgivable. Salil

Re: [silk] Somebody from the past (at least for people who love / hate when they hear CiX) - Introduction

2009-09-30 Thread Luqmaan
--- In silk-l...@yahoogroups.com, Venkat Mangudi s...@... wrote: There I was part of the 'restrictors' of freedom! A little control never hurt anybody, that's my opinion. It hurts and hurts bad. In fact it hurt the BBS itself. How? The BBS was run by a private party. This guy worked for a

Re: [silk] Alternative careers

2009-09-30 Thread Chris Kantarjiev
I've recently come across a third example in as many months of someone who has left a longish high-tech computing career to become a marriage/family therapist...

Re: [silk] Somebody from the past (at least for people who love / hate when they hear CiX) - Introduction

2009-09-30 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Luqmaan lukhman_k...@yahoo.com wrote: [...] Another strange thing happened around that time (and cannot be told here) after which a few of the active people decided to call it quits. Small town intrigue is often the juiciest, so too it seems is the case with

Re: [silk] Etiquette here

2009-09-30 Thread Abhijit Menon-Sen
At 2009-09-30 20:30:37 +0530, mohande...@gmail.com wrote: Rajesh, another important rule here (sometimes breached!) is..no ad hominem. Ridicule an opinion but not the person expressing it. I wish everyone understood that rule as well as you do. It always annoys me when someone uses it

Re: [silk] Alternative careers

2009-09-30 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 9:54 PM, Chris Kantarjiev c...@dimebank.com wrote: I've recently come across a third example in as many months of someone who has left a longish high-tech computing career to become a marriage/family therapist... I suppose many people on this list might know/ know of

Re: [silk] Alternative careers

2009-09-30 Thread Kiran K Karthikeyan
2009/9/30 Chris Kantarjiev c...@dimebank.com I've recently come across a third example in as many months of someone who has left a longish high-tech computing career to become a marriage/family therapist... Very interesting. Bangalore is the city with the highest divorce rates in India

Re: [silk] Alternative careers

2009-09-30 Thread Pranesh Prakash
On Thursday 01 October 2009 01:18 AM, Kiran K Karthikeyan wrote: 2009/9/30 Chris Kantarjiev c...@dimebank.com I've recently come across a third example in as many months of someone who has left a longish high-tech computing career to become a marriage/family therapist... Very

Re: [silk] Alternative careers

2009-09-30 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Deepa Mohan wrote, [on 10/1/2009 12:44 AM]: I suppose many people on this list might know/ know of Tarique Sani he is a close friend of Atul Chitnis) who turned from medicine to run a successful software company in Nagpur, India. There are also a couple of folks with medical degrees who

Re: [silk] Alternative careers

2009-09-30 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Udhay Shankar N [01/10/09 07:10 +0530]: Deepa Mohan wrote, [on 10/1/2009 12:44 AM]: I suppose many people on this list might know/ know of Tarique Sani he is a close friend of Atul Chitnis) who turned from medicine to run a successful software company in Nagpur, India. There are also a

Re: [silk] Silk-meet in BLR (Oct 17-21)

2009-09-30 Thread Biju Chacko
I'm available except on weekdays when I work for my employer and weekends when I work for my wife. -- b On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 6:59 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: Divya Manian wrote, [on 9/30/2009 6:14 PM]: I will be in Bangalore from Oct 17th to Oct 21st. Would love to meet

Re: [silk] Silk-meet in BLR (Oct 17-21)

2009-09-30 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 9:25 AM, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote: I'm available except on weekdays when I work for my employer and weekends when I work for my wife. Twilight on Friday evening? Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))

Re: [silk] Silk-meet in BLR (Oct 17-21)

2009-09-30 Thread Divya Manian
On 9/30/09 8:58 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 9:25 AM, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote: I'm available except on weekdays when I work for my employer and weekends when I work for my wife. Twilight on Friday evening? Are we talking of

Re: [silk] Silk-meet in BLR (Oct 17-21)

2009-09-30 Thread Vinayak Hegde
On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Divya Manian divya.man...@gmail.com wrote: On 9/30/09 8:58 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 9:25 AM, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote: I'm available except on weekdays when I work for my employer and weekends when I work

Re: [silk] Silk-meet in BLR (Oct 17-21)

2009-09-30 Thread Abhishek Hazra
For Amar Chitra Katha fans (or for anyone interested in Indian Mythology and History) and for a different take on the entire Amar Chitra Katha legacy (and other things): http://www.chitraganesh.com/dc7.html Abhishek On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 10:10 PM, Vinayak Hegde vinay...@gmail.com wrote: On

Re: [silk] Silk-meet in BLR (Oct 17-21)

2009-09-30 Thread freeman murray
hey everyone, We're welcome to meet at Jaaga (http://jaaga.wikidot.com) if people would like. Its pretty central and there's food and beer near by. freeman On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 8:55 PM, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote: I'm available except on weekdays when I work for my employer

Re: [silk] Silk-meet in BLR (Oct 17-21)

2009-09-30 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Abhishek Hazra [30/09/09 22:27 -0700]: For Amar Chitra Katha fans (or for anyone interested in Indian Mythology and History) and for a different take on the entire Amar Chitra Katha legacy (and other things): http://www.chitraganesh.com/dc7.html A wonderful perversion of the ACK classic

Re: [silk] Silk-meet in BLR (Oct 17-21)

2009-09-30 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 11:15 AM, freeman murray fcmur...@gmail.com wrote: hey everyone, We're welcome to meet at Jaaga (http://jaaga.wikidot.com) if people would like. Its pretty central and there's food and beer near by. Sounds like fun - and there are lots of restaurants etc close by so we