Re: [silk] Renaming Aurangzeb Road

On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 10:25 AM, Salil61 wrote: > Interesting Ethiopian example! I lived in Singapore for eight years in the > 90s. Singapore and Malaysia were free the same time. If I recall correctly > Singapore changed no name - all British names renamed and are the same

Re: [silk] The Name of the Road

> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 09:33:45 +1000 > From: charles.hay...@gmail.com > To: silklist@lists.hserus.net > Subject: Re: [silk] The Name of the Road > Mostly though I do it to encourage discussion about the fact that this > place already had a name. I want cities to be renamed purely for fun. I

[silk] Rép : The Name of the Road

Surely one of these places can be called The Island of the Day Before? Si ... Eco fatto! -Dave the early days (Eliza is nearing 50) of cheap amusement online: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc439

Re: [silk] Renaming Aurangzeb Road

On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 8:54 AM, Bruce A. Metcalf wrote: > On 09/09/2015 11:07 PM, James Bonilla wrote: > >> P.P.S. I have answers for everything. > > > If this is so, then why do you trouble yourself in discussion with others, > who could, by definition, add nothing to

Re: [silk] Renaming Aurangzeb Road

On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 9:43 PM, Sriram Karra wrote: >> When I visit Long Island (part of New York State) I'm always amused when I >> see the road signs for "New Highway": >> >>

[silk] chips on our shoulders and bells on our toes (was: Renaming Aurangzeb Road)

Bruce A. Metcalf wrote: If you believe you have answers for everything When I was younger, I had answers for everything. I've come to believe, though, that questions are far more important than answers, especially if you want to have a discussion rather than giving a lecture. This and

Re: [silk] Renaming Aurangzeb Road

On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 12:57 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 12:14 PM, Vinayak Hegde wrote: >> I am unsure why Lee Kuan Yew is help up as a paragon of governance (He >> obviously got some things right no doubt) as there are a lot of big

Re: [silk] Renaming Aurangzeb Road

But, OTOH, I like... no, love... Bruce's writing. I don't mind reading more of it. Keep at it, Bruce. :) On Sep 11, 2015 10:48 PM, "Aditya Kapil" wrote: > Bruce, > Don't waste your energies man. > Strip away the words 'mexican', 'buddhist' and 'metta' and there'll be >

Re: [silk] [ADMIN] noise reduction

On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 9:21 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > ​[ADMIN] > > The "James Bonilla" account is now on moderation. I will have to approve > each post made by this account individually. > I fully expect to be informed soon that someone, say Shiv, ran a social experiment on

Re: [silk] Renaming Aurangzeb Road

On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 6:38 PM, Sean Doyle wrote: > > When I visit Long Island (part of New York State) I'm always amused when I > see the road signs for "New Highway": > >

Re: [silk] Beer and bites this Friday in Bombay

Hi Mahesh, Wishing you a very happy birthday... May you reach many more milestone birthdays and continue to celebrate life! Regards, Amitha On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 11:46 AM, Mahesh Murthy wrote: > Hey folks, I'm turning 50 this weekend. > > Given the rise in global

Re: [silk] Renaming Aurangzeb Road

And what was it called? On 11 Sep 2015 15:35, "Suresh Ramasubramanian" wrote: > Ha, there WAS in fact a yes minister hindi remake starring Rakesh Bedi in > the Jim Hacker role - as the CM of a state, though. > > > On 11-Sep-2015, at 3:26 PM, Shenoy N

Re: [silk] Renaming Aurangzeb Road

> I can imagine an indian Sir Humphrey telling an indian Jim Hacker, who is > raring to change things, that the best thing to change is the name of a > road. Jim hacker will protest and insist that he'd much rather improve mass > public transport, water supply, public health and education. Sir

Re: [silk] [ADMIN] noise reduction

On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 9:21 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > I took a chance and went against my usual policy of adding only people I > know or have been recommended by someone I know. I am wondering if I made > the right call in this case. I am not sure I made the right decision,

Re: [silk] Renaming Aurangzeb Road

Ha, there WAS in fact a yes minister hindi remake starring Rakesh Bedi in the Jim Hacker role - as the CM of a state, though. > On 11-Sep-2015, at 3:26 PM, Shenoy N wrote: > >> I can imagine an indian Sir Humphrey telling an indian Jim Hacker, who is >> raring to change

Re: [silk] The Name of the Road

I love Bendakalooru...names like Lakdikapul (although not a city name) really resonate. I remember arriving at Virginia Tech in 1992 and falling in love with Tom's Creek Road - seemed just right somehow that the road be named after the creek. Just like Dhaula Kuan in Delhi might refer to the

Re: [silk] Renaming Aurangzeb Road

On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 11:15 PM, Venkat Mangudi - Silk wrote: > But, OTOH, I like... no, love... Bruce's writing. I don't mind reading > more of it. Keep at it, Bruce. :) If at first we like your words, Alfred the Bruce...write, write, write again!

Re: [silk] [ADMIN] noise reduction

What's the metta with you? One does not go around punning about such a serious metta? On Saturday, September 12, 2015, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > > > On 12-Sep-2015, at 10:04 AM, gabin kattukaran > wrote: > > > > On 11 September

Re: [silk] Renaming Aurangzeb Road

BTW, James Bond has been writing to me directly. Did anyone else get emails from 007? On Saturday, September 12, 2015, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Ah, I am so glad silk list metta up with “Bonilla”, if it made Salil come > out of lurk mode here :) > > As someone else

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Yup. Me too. Remedies anyone? On 12 Sep 2015 10:41, "Venkat Mangudi - Silk" wrote: > BTW, James Bond has been writing to me directly. Did anyone else get emails > from 007? > > > On Saturday, September 12, 2015, Suresh Ramasubramanian > > wrote: > > >

Re: [silk] Renaming Aurangzeb Road

Ah, I am so glad silk list metta up with “Bonilla”, if it made Salil come out of lurk mode here :) As someone else said, we need a resident troll here - if only to keep conversation moving. Most of the infrequent threads on silk so far in the past several months have been about meeting up for

Re: [silk] [ADMIN] noise reduction

On 11 September 2015 at 21:53, Sriram Karra wrote: > I fully expect to be informed soon that someone, say Shiv, ran a social > experiment on the list and to expect the results soon. > Would that be meta metta? -gabin -- They pay me to think... As long as I keep my mouth

Re: [silk] [ADMIN] noise reduction

> On 12-Sep-2015, at 10:04 AM, gabin kattukaran wrote: > > On 11 September 2015 at 21:53, Sriram Karra wrote: >> I fully expect to be informed soon that someone, say Shiv, ran a social >> experiment on the list and to expect the results soon. >> >

Re: [silk] [ADMIN] noise reduction

On 12 September 2015 at 10:43, Venkat Mangudi - Silk wrote: > What's the metta with you? One does not go around punning about such a > serious metta? You can't talk to me like that! You think I'm some kind of mutt, huh? -gabin -- They pay me to think... As long as I

Re: [silk] Renaming Aurangzeb Road

On 12 September 2015 at 10:44, Aditya Kapil wrote: > Yup. Me too. Remedies anyone? > On 12 Sep 2015 10:41, "Venkat Mangudi - Silk" > wrote: > > > BTW, James Bond has been writing to me directly. Did anyone else get > emails > > from 007? > > > > > The

Re: [silk] [ADMIN] noise reduction

What if it's Udhay himself? Muhahahahaha.. On Saturday, 12 September 2015, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > > > On 12-Sep-2015, at 10:04 AM, gabin kattukaran > wrote: > > > > On 11 September 2015 at 21:53, Sriram Karra

Re: [silk] Renaming Aurangzeb Road

> On 11-Sep-2015, at 3:36 PM, Aditya Kapil wrote: > > And what was it called? > On 11 Sep 2015 15:35, "Suresh Ramasubramanian" wrote: > >> Ha, there WAS in fact a yes minister hindi remake starring Rakesh Bedi in >> the Jim Hacker role - as the CM of a

Re: [silk] Renaming Aurangzeb Road

Hey, I didn't join the Twitter mourners, as those who know my writing would know. . See these http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/tJmgofWYWCJmdQYzaNbAtO/Lee-kuan-yews-Singapore.html

Re: [silk] Renaming Aurangzeb Road

:-) thanks Udhay! Sent from my iPhone > On 11 Sep 2015, at 08:27, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 12:14 PM, Vinayak Hegde wrote: > > >> I am unsure why Lee Kuan Yew is help up as a paragon of governance (He >> obviously got some

Re: [silk] Renaming Aurangzeb Road

Vinayak I've been at the receiving end of Singapore government's dislike of free media. I worked at far eastern economic review. An issue where I wrote about temasek got into trouble as it had an interview with Chee soon Juan. So, yes, I know, and do look up my pieces on Singapore and the free

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I'd fail the physical fitness test. Notice how all PAP candidates look like they're coming out of the national reservists' drill? They're fitter than a club cricket side :-) Sent from my iPhone On 11 Sep 2015, at 09:06, Bhaskar Dasgupta wrote: >> >> >>> I am unsure

Re: [silk] Renaming Aurangzeb Road

Dear James, P.P.S. I have answers for everything. If this is so, then why do you trouble yourself in discussion with others, who could, by definition, add nothing to your understanding? Did you not see my earlier email that people tend to underestimate Hispanics? If you believe you have

Re: [silk] Renaming Aurangzeb Road

Bruce, Don't waste your energies man. Strip away the words 'mexican', 'buddhist' and 'metta' and there'll be nothing left. You're being pseudo-intellectually honey-trapped. Don't pander. The list owner has already speculated that this might be a fake email ID. Adit. On 11 Sep 2015 21:00, "Bruce A.