[silk] Chennaimadras silkmeet Jul 28?

2012-07-22 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Madras folks, will be passing through next weekend. How about lunch someplace congenial on Saturday? Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))

[silk] Introduction

2012-07-22 Thread Subodh Sankar
After a couple (or more) years of lurking I've been prodded by Udhay to introduce myself to the group. My name is Subodh, and after a few years working in the technology business, my wife and I decided to open a bookstore. We now spend our time at Atta Galatta, our little bookstore in

Re: [silk] Introduction

2012-07-22 Thread Deepak Jois
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 9:00 PM, Subodh Sankar subodh.san...@gmail.com wrote: My name is Subodh, and after a few years working in the technology business, my wife and I decided to open a bookstore. We now spend our time at Atta Galatta, our little bookstore in Koramangala that is focused

[silk] Requests, invitation for collaboration, support etc.

2012-07-22 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
Righto. As some of you know, I moved to Bristol, UK early this year to work on film and TV and help promote archaeology. The UK economy apparently is still in recession, and some of the shows that were to be commissioned (and two of which I was supposed to work on) haven't gotten their sign on

Re: [silk] Introduction

2012-07-22 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 9:52 PM, Deepak Jois deepak.j...@gmail.com wrote: What an interesting co-incidence. I was at the documentary film screening at Atta Galatta just yesterday and had a great time. We spoke for a few moments before the screening started. Is this the film by Vinoo

Re: [silk] Introduction

2012-07-22 Thread Deepak Jois
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote: Is this the film by Vinoo Krishnan? He's an old friend and former colleague. Yes, thats the one: Where The Gods Give Up Caste. Here is a clip for those interested: http://vimeo.com/14203358 Deepak

Re: [silk] Introduction

2012-07-22 Thread Subodh Sankar
On 22-07-2012 21:58, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan wrote: On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 9:52 PM, Deepak Jois deepak.j...@gmail.com mailto:deepak.j...@gmail.com wrote: What an interesting co-incidence. I was at the documentary film screening at Atta Galatta just yesterday and had a great

Re: [silk] Requests, invitation for collaboration, support etc.

2012-07-22 Thread John Sundman
On Jul 22, 2012, at 12:27 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan wrote: I have also been meeting a few production houses/commissioners who tell me that some of my ideas have potential, and therefore I should produce a taster tape. This is a long shot, but I have a friend with a long history of

Re: [silk] Chennaimadras silkmeet Jul 28?

2012-07-22 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: Madras folks, will be passing through next weekend. How about lunch someplace congenial on Saturday? Sounds good, I will be there. Cheeni

Re: [silk] Requests, invitation for collaboration, support etc.

2012-07-22 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 10:32 PM, John Sundman j...@wetmachine.com wrote: Recently he's had success as a producer of shows for The History Channel on cable TV. I have no idea whether this channel is available in India or UK, but it's very popular here in the States. Their mainstay is to do

Re: [silk] Requests, invitation for collaboration, support etc.

2012-07-22 Thread ss
On Sunday 22 Jul 2012 9:57:21 pm Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan wrote: Even discounting that, Indian rivers are pretty strong archaeological sites, and it will be a shame not to explore that angle. Now, I know enough of ASI and other similar state bodies to know that such a thing is impossible

Re: [silk] Chennaimadras silkmeet Jul 28?

2012-07-22 Thread Shivakumar Narayanan
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 10:38 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.comwrote: On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: Madras folks, will be passing through next weekend. How about lunch someplace congenial on Saturday? Sounds good, I will be there. Cheeni

Re: [silk] Requests, invitation for collaboration, support etc.

2012-07-22 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 6:56 AM, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote: The state of archaeology in India is below pathetic. An example is the following image of an 800-1000 year old (my estimate) bas relief in Lalbagh, Bangalore that is right there out in thhe open, ignored and unnoticed by most