Re: [silk] Failure of Sociology in India?

2007-12-12 Thread Aditya Kapil
I would certainly not find this boring. Can I buy it in India? Or do I have to Amazon it. An ethnomethodologist friend is visiting, I'd like to buy him a copy too. Adit. On Dec 12, 2007 1:16 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: May I recommend a recently published book -- Anthropology in the East

Re: [silk] You farted - was Wikipedia

2007-12-12 Thread Kiran Jonnalagadda
On 11-Dec-07, at 7:13 PM, shiv sastry wrote: Too late. You're hopping mad now :D and I am not playing your game. Once again, thanks but no thanks. You may have heard of this new game. It's called bait the skeptic. Here's how it works: Person A, our hero, makes an exaggerated claim.

Re: [silk] Failure of Sociology in India?

2007-12-12 Thread Abhishek Hazra
thanks carol for the post. yes, i have been waiting to get my hands on this volume. and of late, Permanent Black has been coming out with so many interesting titles... i just wish they update their website to include more of the past volumes. http://permanent-black.blogspot.com/ i thought that

Re: [silk] Failure of Sociology in India?

2007-12-12 Thread Abhijit Menon-Sen
At 2007-12-12 13:32:06 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can I buy it in India? Permanent Black is an Indian publisher. See https://www.orientlongman.com/permanentblack.asp -- ams

Re: [silk] Failure of Sociology in India?

2007-12-12 Thread cupadhya
Aditya -- This book can be easily purchased in India, it's published here -- any good bookseller. If you're in Bangalore, try Premier. Carol - Original Message - From: Aditya Kapil [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 1:33 pm Subject: Re: [silk] Failure of Sociology

Re: [silk] Failure of Sociology in India?

2007-12-12 Thread cupadhya
Hi -- I'll forward your message about the website to Rukun Advani, I'm sure he'll appreciate the feedback. Yes, Permanent Black has been cornering many of the best social science / history publications recently. I have also sent them my book proposal, on none other than IT Bangalore! Carol

Re: [silk] Failure of Sociology in India?

2007-12-12 Thread shiv sastry
On Wednesday 12 Dec 2007 1:16 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, from the resident sociologist on silklist. Thanks for the reply Carol. I have dozens of unanswered questions and nobody is even thinking about asking them, leave alone finding answers. I have mentioned dome things on this list

Re: [silk] Failure of Sociology in India?

2007-12-12 Thread Aditya Kapil
Thanks Carol, Abhijit. I just ordered it. Should have it by tomorrow. Adit. On Dec 12, 2007 2:11 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Aditya -- This book can be easily purchased in India, it's published here -- any good bookseller. If you're in Bangalore, try Premier. Carol - Original

Re: [silk] Failure of Sociology in India?

2007-12-12 Thread shiv sastry
On Wednesday 12 Dec 2007 1:16 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A perennial conundrum for Indian sociology has been figuring out the correct frame of analysis; if all the theories and categories of sociology are imported from the West, how can they help us to undestand India? On the other hand, it

Re: [silk] Failure of Sociology in India?

2007-12-12 Thread shiv sastry
On Wednesday 12 Dec 2007 1:16 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With the unbridled faith in science, technology and economic growth that seems to have gripped the middle classes, some critical reflection on India's current development trajectory is in order -- which is precisely what sociologists

Re: [silk] Failure of Sociology in India?

2007-12-12 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Dec 12, 2007 8:45 PM, shiv sastry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 12 Dec 2007 1:16 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With the unbridled faith in science, technology and economic growth that seems to have gripped the middle classes, some critical reflection on India's current development

Re: [silk] Failure of Sociology in India?

2007-12-12 Thread Thaths
On Dec 12, 2007 7:15 AM, shiv sastry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But a question that has always puzzled me is whether anyone has ever done a caste distribution study of Indian immigrants in the US. I suspect, without proof, that they are likely to be predominantly Indians of forward caste

[silk] sanctions and online services

2007-12-12 Thread ashok _
I have the following scenario, with no clear answer : Lets say a Govt. department in Country-X purchases online services from an American company (for e.g. Web hosting...). Country-X subsequently, for various reasons, falls under a US govt. black-list (for e.g. economic sanctions...). Will the

Re: [silk] sanctions and online services

2007-12-12 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
ashok _ [13/12/07 01:31 +0300]: Will the American company providing the online services be obligated to shut down services immediately ? Google has previously done this in the case of Iran

Re: [silk] sanctions and online services

2007-12-12 Thread ashok _
On Dec 13, 2007 2:02 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: Google has previously done this in the case of Iran Is this something that just Google does or do other service providers also actively shut down services ? What options could be there for safer online service provision ... a

Re: [silk] sanctions and online services

2007-12-12 Thread Dave Kumar
On 12/12/07, ashok _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have the following scenario, with no clear answer : Lets say a Govt. department in Country-X purchases online services from an American company (for e.g. Web hosting...). Country-X subsequently, for various reasons, falls under a US govt.

Re: [silk] sanctions and online services

2007-12-12 Thread ashok _
On Dec 13, 2007 2:16 AM, Dave Kumar wrote: http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/ The extent of economic sanctions varies from country to country, and there are numerous exemptions that may or may not apply. (In general, I'm guessing the exemptions would be less likely to apply to

[silk] Terry Pratchet

2007-12-12 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
Ouch! http://www.paulkidby.com/news/index.html AN EMBUGGERANCE Folks, I would have liked to keep this one quiet for a little while, but because of upcoming conventions and of course the need to keep my publishers informed, it seems to me unfair to withhold the news. I have been diagnosed with

[silk] Explaining the urban housing market in India

2007-12-12 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
While this paper is really not aimed at India, the phenomenon described seems to be an acceptable explanation for the real estate prices in urban India. Interestingly, it also sets forth an estimate of the bubble's longevity. http://www.efficientfrontier.com/ef/405/housing.htm

Re: [silk] sanctions and online services

2007-12-12 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 02:16:21AM +0300, ashok _ wrote: What options could be there for safer online service provision ... a scandinavian country ? Have you tried http://www.metacolo.com/ ? In general you could just rent servers in several jurisdictions, and hook them up via UltraMonkey, or