Re: [silk] Talk by Radhika Gajjala - 8th July, 17:00 hrs, @ CIS

2011-07-07 Thread Anish
Nishant, Quick question, do ask about her views on success of microloans. Would be keen on some numbers to back it up, whatever she says :). There has been a debate that has been started by researchers, from my limited personal experience (in Kerala) the effect has been positive (disclaimer :-

Re: [silk] Talk by Radhika Gajjala - 8th July, 17:00 hrs, @ CIS

2011-07-07 Thread Nishant Shah
Anish, Will do :) I think she is beginning research in the area, but I am sure she has the numbers. If you are around in Bangalore, do drop in yourself and start a discussion :) Cheers Nishant On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 12:04 PM, Anish anish.moham...@gmail.com wrote: Nishant, Quick question, do

[silk] Scaling PHP in the Cloud

2011-07-07 Thread Kiran Jonnalagadda
Hello Silk, Briefly delurking to make a little announcement: I'm running a developer event on cloud computing this weekend and some of you may be interested. Scaling PHP in the Cloud, July 9, Bangalore http://phpcloud.hasgeek.in/ We'll have videos of all the sessions posted shortly. I also

Re: [silk] You are welcome, India

2011-07-07 Thread Sirtaj Singh Kang
On 07-Jul-11, at 7:26 AM, Deepa Mohan wrote: [snip] I didn't expect, on a thread about Indian civil servants, the naked, shining truth! I know! Ironic, don't you think? -Taj.

Re: [silk] Fwd: Srivatsa Krishna: Babu is not always a four-letter word

2011-07-07 Thread ss
On Wednesday 06 Jul 2011 6:38:39 pm Badri Natarajan wrote: As for medical facilities in India I am reminded of a chapter in one of Atul Gawande's books where he talks about spending a couple months in some rural hospital in Maharashtra, straight from his teaching hospital in Boston. He was

Re: [silk] Fwd: Srivatsa Krishna: Babu is not always a four-letter word

2011-07-07 Thread Indrajit Gupta
--- On Thu, 7/7/11, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote: From: ss cybers...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [silk] Fwd: Srivatsa Krishna: Babu is not always a four-letter word To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Date: Thursday, 7 July, 2011, 20:12 On Wednesday 06 Jul 2011 6:38:39 pm Badri Natarajan

Re: [silk] Fwd: Srivatsa Krishna: Babu is not always a four-letter word

2011-07-07 Thread Sirtaj Singh Kang
On 07-Jul-11, at 8:12 PM, ss wrote: [snip] That is the most laughable bullshit being foisted on Indians. You train a guy to do high tech medicine and ask him to treat people in a primary health center where te budget is Rs 50 per patient per year (or some such silly figure) it's not going

Re: [silk] Fwd: Srivatsa Krishna: Babu is not always a four-letter word

2011-07-07 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 10:45 PM, Sirtaj Singh Kang sir...@sirtaj.netwrote: Isn't this happening in western countries too? There is a serious shortage of GPs in most western countries (particularly in rural areas, just like India) and it is getting worse for the same reason - medical education

Re: [silk] Fwd: Srivatsa Krishna: Babu is not always a four-letter word

2011-07-07 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 4:42 PM, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote: That is the most laughable bullshit being foisted on Indians. You train a guy to do high tech medicine and ask him to treat people in a primary health center where te budget is Rs 50 per patient per year (or some such silly figure)

[silk] My Summer at an Indian Call Center

2011-07-07 Thread Thaths
(Via Samanth Subramanian's blog) http://m.motherjones.com/politics/2011/05/indian-call-center-americanization My Summer at an Indian Call Center Lessons learned: Americans are hotheads, Australians are drunks—and never say where you're calling from. By Andrew Marantz on Tue. July 5, 2011 3:00 AM

Re: [silk] Fwd: Srivatsa Krishna: Babu is not always a four-letter word

2011-07-07 Thread Charles Haynes
On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 3:39 AM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: So...what would be the situation where this model would actually work? Stop thinking that all medicine must be provided by someone with an MD. Trained practitioners to provide basic local medical services and to recognise

[silk] People you admire

2011-07-07 Thread Lakshmi Pratury
Dear Silklist, I am writing this note to get your feedback on who you admire (who is alive and who can travel to India). I co-hosted TEDIndia in 2009 and am hosting INK conference in association with TED (www.INKtalks.com) that is continuing on the momentum generated by TED conference. We are

Re: [silk] Fwd: Srivatsa Krishna: Babu is not always a four-letter word

2011-07-07 Thread ss
On Friday 08 Jul 2011 3:34:45 am Charles Haynes wrote: Stop thinking that all medicine must be provided by someone with an MD. Trained practitioners to provide basic local medical services and to recognise when something needs more specialised care. +1 Precisely. shiv

Re: [silk] People you admire

2011-07-07 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On 08-Jul-11 3:48 AM, Lakshmi Pratury wrote: I had a great chat with Udhay and he suggested that I ask all of you for your inputs on potential speakers for this year as well as next year. In addition to some of the names I came up with during our chat, let me also recommend an old

Re: [silk] Fwd: Srivatsa Krishna: Babu is not always a four-letter word

2011-07-07 Thread ss
On Thursday 07 Jul 2011 10:27:59 pm you wrote: Are there no points at which this foreign model will suit us? Deepa I would like to put my reply on silk as well and will do that. No No Deepa. The foreign model is extremely good in a lot of ways. But we need to be honest and pragmatic - which

Re: [silk] You are welcome, India

2011-07-07 Thread Anand Manikutty
What do these two comments mean/imply? *scratching head* Anand :+: Linkback : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indo-euro-americo-asian_list/message/510 --- On Thu, 7/7/11, Sirtaj Singh Kang sir...@sirtaj.net wrote: From: Sirtaj Singh Kang sir...@sirtaj.net Subject: Re: [silk] You are welcome,

Re: [silk] (no subject)

2011-07-07 Thread Anand Manikutty
To settle the questions of the point of the List once and for all, I took some time out to write what turned out (given all the questions) to be a mini-essay on the matter. Linked here : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indo-euro-americo-asian_list/message/505 Enjoy! Or not ): Anand P.S. I have

Re: [silk] (no subject)

2011-07-07 Thread Anand Manikutty
I was saying that, in general, one is obliged to reply to emails within business organizations. There was no subtle implication/complaint about this particular list. In general, when a question is asked, you are expected to reply.  Sometimes, however, many of the discussions that I am involved