On Wednesday 25 Jul 2012 3:43:06 pm Deepa Mohan wrote:
Sorry for top-posting, but it is Rahu Kalam ot the moon is looking at
Jupiter or something like that.
Not to mention the fact that Ashaada the inauspicious month is just over and
you still haven't recovered.
shiv
On Wednesday 25 Jul 2012 3:43:06 pm Deepa Mohan wrote:
Sorry for top-posting, but it is Rahu Kalam ot the moon is looking at
Jupiter or something like that.
Not to mention the fact that Ashaada the inauspicious month is just over and
you still haven't recovered.
I find a curious
On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Shoba Narayan sh...@shobanarayan.comwrote:
I find a curious disjointedness between my generation and my parents'.
The things that mean a lot to my mother's generation, for instance, like
Varalakshmi Puja, doesn't seem to resonate so much with mine. Indeed,
Things do change, and for continuity, there are two things, or make that three,
four or more things, that will ensure it where mere ritual fails to drive
enthusiasm
Food specific to each occasion (nombu adai with butter for example), dressing
up for the occasion and getting together, or for
On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 7:53 PM, Shoba Narayan sh...@shobanarayan.com wrote:
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I find a curious disjointedness between my generation and my parents'. The
things that mean a lot to my mother's generation, for instance, like
Varalakshmi Puja, doesn't seem to resonate so much with mine.
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 5:23 AM, Shoba Narayan sh...@shobanarayan.com wrote:
On Wednesday 25 Jul 2012 3:43:06 pm Deepa Mohan wrote:
What will Indian culture (or any culture) be like without religion?
I think there will always be a kind of transition, so there will be
enough people believing in
Saw his obituary in Deccan Herald today. He was a close friend and my
classmate at St Joseph's. He became reclusive after a kidney transplant. I
last met him in 2006 just before I returnned to India.
He was a lurker on Silk, in line with his reclusive behaviour. We called
Cobs - short for COBOL
On 27/07/12 27-Jul-2012;10:07 AM, Venkat Mangudi - Silk wrote:
Saw his obituary in Deccan Herald today.
RIP Sriram. Some of you might remember him from a silkmeet several years
ago in Jessie Prabhakar's place. He brought some Thai curry that he'd
made. I think Sonia Katyal was at that meet as
Venkat,
I think all obituary remembrances of friends of members on Silklist a
appropriate.
I don't know you, and obviously I never knew your friend Sriram Bala.
But I offer my condolences on the loss of your friend, and I thank you for
bringing this notice of his existence, however unequal
