Re: [silk] Fwd: Moral Policing - This happened in Bangalore

2009-02-23 Thread Bharath Chari
The gentleman who wrote the note, is a friend of mine. Mail me offlist. I am sure he would like to be a part of what you are suggesting. Bharath - original message - Udhay Shankar N wrote, [on Friday 20 February 2009 10:57 PM]: Will anybody else join me in setting up a Legal Fund for pursuing

Re: [silk] Fwd: Moral Policing - This happened in Bangalore

2009-02-23 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Bharath Chari ch...@arachnis.com wrote: The gentleman who wrote the note, is a friend of mine. Mail me offlist. I am sure he would like to be a part of what you are suggesting. I am also trying to co-ordinate something - will keep the list posted once things

[silk] Is food the new sex?

2009-02-23 Thread Udhay Shankar N
http://www.hoover.org/publications/policyreview/38245724.html FEATURES: Is Food the New Sex? By Mary Eberstadt A curious reversal in moralizing Of all the truly seismic shifts transforming daily life today — deeper than our financial fissures, wider even than our most obvious political and

Re: [silk] Is food the new sex?

2009-02-23 Thread Aadisht Khanna
One more critical link between the appetites for sex and food is this: Both, if pursued without regard to consequence, can prove ruinous not only to oneself, but also to other people, and even to society itself. No doubt for that reason, both appetites have historically been subject in all

[silk] Karnataka certainly wont have a water shortage ..

2009-02-23 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
A holy water shortage at least .. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Bangalore/Gangajal-tankers-delayed/articleshow/4171583.cms Next step - ramp up hepatitis b vaccination etc etc, I guess, from drinking that stuff. .. if any of it is left in the tanker after trucking it across the country..

Re: [silk] Karnataka certainly wont have a water shortage ..

2009-02-23 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.netwrote: A holy water shortage at least .. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Bangalore/Gangajal-tankers-delayed/articleshow/4171583.cms Next step - ramp up hepatitis b vaccination etc etc, I guess, from drinking that