Re: [silk] Introducing ...

2014-08-24 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Good taste, Kurt tank design On 24 August 2014 11:17:50 am Jahnavi Phalkey jahnavi_phal...@yahoo.com wrote: Thank you, Deepa and Gabin On Sunday, August 24, 2014 8:22 AM, gabin kattukaran gkattuka...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jahnavi,     Welcome aboard! On 23 August 2014 13:06, Jahnavi

Re: [silk] Introducing ...

2014-08-24 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Just Google Kurt tank hf24 lots of good stuff there On 24 August 2014 6:17:16 pm Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote: On 24 Aug 2014 13:22, Jahnavi Phalkey jahnavi_phal...@yahoo.com wrote: Indeed, Suresh. A Kurt Tank design but even more than that, the history of its making is

Re: [silk] Bangalore silkmeet

2014-08-12 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
There should be more than one silklister in your city, if so worth setting up a local silkmeet. --srs (iPad) On 13-Aug-2014, at 9:33, Preetha Chari-Srinivas bling...@gmail.com wrote: Don't reside in the garden city, unfortunately, Would love to attend it, but will have to save it for

Re: [silk] The Arranged Marriage That Ended Happily Ever After, 30 Years Later

2014-07-03 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
My marriage was arranged. And went from both sets of parents deciding, to the marriage, within one short week - during most of which I was in Hong Kong. Turns out that I like dogs and books, and am mostly an agnostic (or at least careless about my religion) she is scared of animals and tends

Re: [silk] Help! Anyone familiar with aging initiatives on Kolkata?

2014-06-08 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Addas :) Though Joy Bhattacharjya's dad would be a good person to talk to on this - he does a lot of work for the Alzheimers society, and he's 84. Udhay, isn't he on silk yte? Chew Lin Kay [09/06/14 00:14 +0800]: Hello Silklisters, I'm doing some research on initiatives to make cities more

Re: [silk] A new PGW short story

2014-05-22 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Udhay Shankar N [22/05/14 12:18 +0530]: http://www.madameulalie.org/novelmag/Rule_SixtyThree.html woohoo

Re: [silk] Madras 19th?

2014-04-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
in Taj Coromandel? On Apr 18, 2014 1:35 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: Which very succinctly answers his questions, I guess. Lunch would be preferable, somewhere central, with good bar service .. Copper Point at the GRT? -suresh -Original Message- From: Caitlin

Re: [silk] Madras 19th?

2014-04-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Dinner is unfortunately tough, I have other plans. I can do coffee though. On Behalf Of Venkat Mangudi - Silk Ok, Ok... Suggest a place, please. If many of you can't make it for lunch, will you be able to do dinner? Suresh, what about you?

Re: [silk] Madras 19th?

2014-04-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2014 8:08 PM To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] Madras 19th? Ok... Will come there and get directions or address. My better half will also be there. Say 5 pm? Need non beer though. :-) On Apr 18, 2014 7:38 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur

Re: [silk] Madras 19th?

2014-04-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
is out for me these days. On Apr 18, 2014 8:14 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: Ranjith should have been named Rum-jith. The other booze is mostly hard liquor. No wine list to speak of .. gin and vodka maybe, for softer drinks. --srs

Re: [silk] Madras 19th?

2014-04-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
So 5 pm for a meeting with that fine old partner of messers Allen and Hamilton at Ranjith?

Re: [silk] Madras 19th?

2014-04-16 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Yes On 16 April 2014 12:16:32 pm Venkat Mangudi - Silk s...@venkatmangudi.com wrote: I'll be in Madras on the 19th. A silk meet perhaps? --Venkat

Re: [silk] What should I do with my money?

2014-04-08 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Depends. Real estate by itself tends to appreciate significantly for the first few years of a property's life after which the value plateaus and then starts to tank till it is only worth the price of the land (where the house is demolished and rebuilt) There are certain tax breaks for self

Re: [silk] Fwd: [IP] Re The internet is fucked

2014-03-15 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Prakash the.solips...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 8:43 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: The Crawford and Wu model of public utility doesn't provide any sensible basis for regulation that I can see, and the model has shifted significantly from the old sense of net

Re: [silk] Bangalore - 27th April

2014-03-14 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Theratti Paul? On 14 March 2014 11:45:11 am Neha Viswanathan nehav...@gmail.com wrote: This would make you, at least nominally, part of the group of Tamil actresses...Silku Smitha, Nylon Nalini, and so onSatin Nehaaccompanied by Velvet Viswanathan we don't know the name of the

Re: [silk] Bangalore - 27th April

2014-03-13 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Pity :). --srs (iPad) On 13-Mar-2014, at 22:38, Sumant Srivathsan suma...@gmail.com wrote: This would make you, at least nominally, part of the group of Tamilactresses...Silku Smitha, Nylon Nalini, and so onSatin Nehaaccompanied by Velvet Viswanathan we don't know the name of

Re: [silk] Fwd: [IP] Re The internet is fucked

2014-03-05 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Having, in India, started off with an internet which was exclusively a government monopoly and only turned over to private enterprise some years down the line, I would say that making it a utility is something that most people here, given the local conditions, would resent, Innovations were

Re: [silk] Fwd: [IP] Re The internet is fucked

2014-03-05 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
wrote: Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: Having, in India, started off with an internet which was exclusively a government monopoly and only turned over to private enterprise some years down the line, I would say that making it a utility is something that most people here, given the local

[silk] Car rear view cams in India

2014-03-04 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
I was shopping for car rear view cams and proximity sensors - but all the rear view cams + dashboard mounted screens on the market, at least in India, still seem to use RCA jacks for connectivity. Is there any more modern gear in the Indian market that I've missed out on? --srs (iPad)

Re: [silk] Fwd: [IP] Re The internet is fucked

2014-03-04 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
That is probably the most, to use the same language, bs point of them all. Mostly parroted by a school of net neutrality people (Susan Crawford, Tim Wu etc) that really should know better, but that doesn't quite stop them. Come to think of it, they too like to use overblown and soundbite laden

Re: [silk] Fwd: [IP] Re The internet is fucked

2014-03-04 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
This one too http://bennett.com/blog/2008/11/just-another-utility/ --srs (iPad) On 05-Mar-2014, at 8:55, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: That is probably the most, to use the same language, bs point of them all. Mostly parroted by a school of net neutrality people (Susan

Re: [silk] Fwd: [IP] Re The internet is fucked

2014-03-04 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Issues with reporting bugs is something that is a kind of side effect of the DMCA - but the vuln report community has already split into trusted / vetted groups where a lot more takes place than in public groups like full disclosure. For that part I have no dispute with you at all. Neither

Re: [silk] Easily forgotten phrases

2014-02-22 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
The reverse for cars and bikes, mileage in kmpl (kilometers per liter) is the usual answer to kitna deti hai?. Curiously enough no one says kilometrage. --srs (iPad) On 23-Feb-2014, at 11:18, SS cybers...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, 2014-02-22 at 10:45 +0530, gabin kattukaran wrote: While it

Re: [silk] Lunch with Adrianna Tan tomorrow at the madras race club (eom)

2014-02-09 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
pm. Not sure if that is lunch. C On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 1:26 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.netwrote: --srs (htc one x) -- http://about.me/chandrachoodan +919884467463

[silk] Lunch with Adrianna Tan tomorrow at the madras race club (eom)

2014-02-08 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
--srs (htc one x)

Re: [silk] Chennai meet

2014-02-07 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Adrianna Tan [07/02/14 13:47 +0530]: Monday or Tuesday evening works for me in Chennai. Would love to meet the Chennai silklisters. +1 Can we do Monday evening? Anyone has a place in mind? Depends on where you are staying in Chennai.

Re: [silk] Chennai meet

2014-02-04 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On Tue, February 4, 2014 5:26 pm, Adrianna Tan wrote: Hi all, In Chennai 9 - 12 Feb. Happy to meet one and all on 10 or 11 Feb. Takers? Sunday afternoon should work for me. -srs

Re: [silk] Why Hindutva is Like Dog Breeding

2014-02-01 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
It is only two easy to indeed, or to introduce undesirable traits like a neurotic temperament along with the good looks you're aiming for. I have seen one too many puppy mills as you can probably tell. --srs (htc one x) - Reply message - From: Surabhi Tomar surabhi.to...@gmail.com

[silk] If this place is still open it looks ideal for a silkmeet

2014-01-03 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowUserReviews-g297628-d1157595-r184383003-Geese_Haven_Homestay_And_Farm-Bangalore_Karnataka.html 45 minutes from banashankari - so rather a haul out of town but quite driveable Farmhouse with ducks, geese, turkeys and a friendly dog Fully equipped kitchen where

Re: [silk] have your reading habits changed?

2013-12-29 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
I have always been a voracious reader - but a lot of my reading is pulp, classic and out of print pulp when and where I can get it. This gettability varies between second hand bookstores (hole in the wall real ones as well as amazon sellers) and ebooks of one type or the other. So I won't say

Re: [silk] Deracinating the Evidence, in the Language of the Courts

2013-12-23 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
A judge with a hazy grasp of the law, and also not particularly comfortable with english, and faced with multiple examples of brilliantly worded judgements from jurists over centuries, might be the explanation here. He would quite likely have a compulsive wish to try and emulate his illustrious

Re: [silk] Fwd: Wine tasting is bullshit. Here's why.

2013-12-19 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
1000 mg - sheesh, at that does you're skating very near liver damage The fda reduced the maximum to 650 mg a while back that I can remember Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay [19/12/13 22:49 +0530]: On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 9:29 PM, Alaric Snell-Pym ala...@snell-pym.org.uk wrote: which contained 1000mg

[silk] Nandaja Varma - debian contributor / linux foundation awardee

2013-09-24 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=604839069560049set=a.202747536435873.50382.189968437713783type=1 http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/announcements/2013/09/linux-foundation-announces-linux-training-scholarship-winners Says in the article that she's got herself a GSoC working on

Re: [silk] Nandaja Varma - debian contributor / linux foundation awardee

2013-09-24 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Thaths wrote: I was one of the reviewers of her GSoC application. :-) Figures. The only female debian contributor in India, so that is impressive by itself Please do keep mentoring her. --srs

[silk] In Palo Alto nov 3-7

2013-09-24 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Hi, as the subject says. I will land in SFO at like 2:20 pm on nov 3, couldn't get a reasonable enough ticket to fly directly into SJC so caltrain I guess. In any case, open for dinner on the 3rd. 4th, 5th and 6th - I have meetings but should mostly again be free for dinner on at least one

[silk] Delhi sep 19-21

2013-09-17 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
As the subject says. 21st busy at a quiz most of the day. Anybody up for a silkmeet on the 19th or 20th? preferably the 19th Yes sorry, it is a weekday so being stone cold sober seems indicated :) --srs

[silk] At last, a fw:fw: that is actually worth forwarding

2013-09-10 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
He's a riot, good fun to read even after reading him for decades. --srs (iPad) Begin forwarded message: KHUSHWANT SINGH AT 98 Time tested tips on how to stay healthy live longer – by Khushwant Singh Coming on to 98 and still earning more than I did in my younger days, people ask

Re: [silk] [intro] Hello people of silklist!

2013-09-03 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On 03-Sep-2013, at 18:37, Vinayak Hegde vinay...@gmail.com wrote: PS: There is always a danger, when sending this intro email to a new group, akin to merging into a freeway, of swerving right into the middle of a 14-wheeler of a conversation with no context. Here's hoping that doesn't happen.

Re: [silk] Chennai meet up

2013-09-02 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On 02-Sep-2013, at 15:25, Badri Natarajan asi...@vsnl.com wrote: But if Amethyst is on, I can make it anytime after 6 - my office is nearby. Shall we say 630pm Amethyst? Is this on for this evening? Around 630pm? As far as I am concerned, it is on. See you there.

Re: [silk] Duck! Incoming! :) - Animals in war

2013-09-01 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On 01-Sep-2013, at 19:26, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: I remember a piece I saw many years ago about Castro authorising a crocodile breeding program, for use against any future Bay of Pigs episodes, but can't find the link now. Not particularly original, that man. Crocs were every

Re: [silk] Chennai meet up

2013-08-30 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On 31-Aug-2013, at 0:40, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote: Suresh do you have a preference? Chandroo, will you be able to make it? Amethyst is actually fine but as I said I need to leave early I have evening calls that I need to attend and some have a nasty way of coming in

Re: [silk] Chennai meet up

2013-08-29 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On 29-Aug-2013, at 11:52, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 11:32 AM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.comwrote: Does Monday night, 2nd Sep work for everyone? I'm in. ok but early

Re: [silk] Chennai meet up

2013-08-29 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On 29-Aug-2013, at 13:34, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote: 6 pm somewhere in South/Central Madras? I'm not current on places, so can someone help? liu's waldorf = cheap indian chinese, near the IIT campus you don't need to be current on places, its been around for donkey's years

Re: [silk] Chennai meet up

2013-08-26 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On 27-Aug-2013, at 4:06, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote: Because it's been a while, and I feel like meeting Silk people. Any interest? When, this weekend? Anyone else in town now?

Re: [silk] Valerie Wagoner: Tapping the missed-call trade

2013-08-20 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
I think the answer to that is too late, he's already here Now, intro, please? Nice to see you here and you're not the first Mint columnist to turn up here so welcome, and whatever you do beyond writing that very enjoyable article :) --srs (iPad) On 20-Aug-2013, at 15:08, Mark Bergen

Re: [silk] Collateral damage

2013-08-20 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
The US bill of rights - which is the bedrock of all these constitutional protections, applies to US citizens. So .. I am not sure if this discussion isn't entirely moot. --srs (iPad) On 21-Aug-2013, at 9:22, SS cybers...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, 2013-08-21 at 07:47 +0530, Udhay Shankar N

Re: [silk] On self-improvement

2013-08-19 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
In seven habits' defense it is actually quite good in a corporate coaching environment if you find a trainer who knows his job. Anyway it is simply a method by which you can become more systematic in whatever you do, if you aren't already. Life hacker is strictly on a caveat emptor basis,

[silk] comic art style portraits of spammers - reconstructed from spam

2013-08-16 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Here's a few examples. Good fun. http://benwalkerart.com/news-blog/2013/7/27/portrait-of-a-spammer At the Draw Show - 53 Bluxome St Gallery in SF, from 8/3 to 8/29. --srs

Re: [silk] Meet up.

2013-08-09 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
As it happens I am in town tomorrow morning and free for lunch but not dinner as i have a family function tomorrow and the day after. A silkmeet and beer sounds like a much better idea than elai sapaadu. --srs (htc one x) - Reply message - From: rashmi v rashm...@gmail.com To:

Re: [silk] Meet up.

2013-08-09 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On 10-Aug-2013, at 11:25, Vinayak Hegde vinay...@gmail.com wrote: I am free tomorrow. We can meet somewhere in Koramangala for Lunch / Beer. On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: As it happens I am in town tomorrow morning and free for lunch

Re: [silk] running Tor exits in India

2013-07-26 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On 26-Jul-2013, at 16:27, Eugen Leitl eu...@leitl.org wrote: What's the official attitude towards Tor exits in India? Are they outright illegal, will land you in trouble, or no problem at all? Nobody at all cares. Until someone does something bad and then the cops come looking for the IP

Re: [silk] running Tor exits in India

2013-07-26 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On 26-Jul-2013, at 16:34, Eugen Leitl eu...@leitl.org wrote: Even if you're a network operator? Network operator with good connections to law enforcement? What about furriners renting servers, or renting colo space for own servers? ISP licenses in India tend to ask you to log everything.

Re: [silk] Intro!

2013-07-01 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Speaking of the goa project, do we have annie (aniruddha sengupta) here yet? And welcome Rashmi --srs Original message From: Rashmi Dhanwani rashmi.dhanw...@gmail.com Date: 07/01/2013 2:34 PM (GMT+05:30) To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: [silk] Intro! Dear All,

Re: [silk] Intro!

2013-07-01 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On 02-Jul-2013, at 7:16, Shoba Narayan sh...@shobanarayan.com wrote: On another note, I hate this bottom posting business. I open my Silklist digest every morning. I find that the same message is repeated endless times in order for people to give a one-line response. In order to follow

Re: [silk] Intro!

2013-07-01 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On 02-Jul-2013, at 7:35, Ashwin Kumar ashw...@live.in wrote: Having just one channel, DD, life was much simpler. You had Byomkesh Bakshi, Indradhanush, Mungerilal, Mister Yogi (remember that? much before Hyderabad Blues)... *sigh* Nostalgia for 1980s quality programming - you should get

Re: [silk] Intro!

2013-07-01 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On 02-Jul-2013, at 7:43, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: Duryodhana...though he is so reviled, I think that some of the things that the angelic Pandavas did were much worse than any of his actions. And he recognized Karna and honoured him for his qualities,not for his birth, when Much

Re: [silk] Intro!

2013-07-01 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On 02-Jul-2013, at 7:56, Ashwin Kumar ashw...@live.in wrote: Yup. That was the first time I saw Ganesha and his wives. My recent trip to Gujarat (6 holy-shmoly days) was a revelation in terms of cashing in on the God factor. Key takeaway: If you are a brahman, your path to moksha is

Re: [silk] Intro!

2013-07-01 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On 02-Jul-2013, at 8:17, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: temple in North India. They are after your money. :) That makes me wonder...why is the payment called a dakshina, which is the word for south as well? No, I am not googling...just waiting to be spoon-fed. A guru dakshina - the

Re: [silk] Any pet-hate subjects? ...why is Mathematics so frequently hated?

2013-06-21 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
I have always found maths disgusting during school (where i scored well enough in it) and college (where I didn't), and today I find myself using maths to a larger and more practical extent than before - balancing a mutual fund portfolio and at work, pulling data and running numbers on it to

Re: [silk] Any pet-hate subjects? ...why is Mathematics so frequently hated?

2013-06-21 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On 22-Jun-2013, at 8:19, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote: Maths is hated because it is like running, it uses ridiculous amounts of energy. The other factor is an opportunity cost in just where you want to spend those ridiculous amounts of energy. Like a nobel prize winning author

Re: [silk] introduction...

2013-06-20 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Something about frro registration and an apostilled marriage certificate, as I remember it.  --srs Original message From: Badri Natarajan asi...@vsnl.com Date: 06/20/2013 2:37 PM (GMT+05:30) To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] introduction... On 20 Jun

Re: [silk] Old book smell

2013-06-19 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On 19-Jun-2013, at 10:44, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: Interesting. We've had conceptually similar discussions in the past [1], too. A combination of grassy notes with a tang of acids and a hint of vanilla over an underlying mustiness, this unmistakable smell is as much a part

Re: [silk] introduction...

2013-06-19 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Sounds like a plan. I think the visa issue did sort itself out after a great deal of effort :)  --srs Original message From: Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com Date: 06/20/2013 7:44 AM (GMT+05:30) To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] introduction... Happy 4th

Re: [silk] PFRDA and Security

2013-06-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Don't confuse the garbage pension + annuity plans offered by various insurers with the NPS, which is what is provided by organizations regulated by the PFRDA. And do note the tax implications of redemption --srs (iPad) On 18-Jun-2013, at 14:45, thew...@gmail.com wrote: I'd have signed up for

Re: [silk] PFRDA and Security

2013-06-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On 18-Jun-2013, at 15:42, thew...@gmail.com wrote: I suspect they'll impose stringent rules on withdrawal. This is not a loophole that will stay open for long. Even in the EPF and in older established pension annuities, there's already stringent rules for withdrawal, and rules for how such

Re: [silk] PFRDA and Security

2013-06-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On 18-Jun-2013, at 15:55, thew...@gmail.com wrote: But, PF withdrawals are tax free after some reasonable conditions are fulfilled- 5 years service, etc. The only annuity there is the EPS- given that you contribute barely 541/- a month, it would still grow to 12 lakhs after 35 years-

Re: [silk] PFRDA and Security

2013-06-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
thew...@gmail.com [18/06/13 10:25 +]: But, PF withdrawals are tax free after some reasonable conditions are fulfilled- 5 years service, etc. Note - moneylife - while pointing out what I did - has a contrarian view on NPS -

Re: [silk] PFRDA and Security

2013-06-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On 18-Jun-2013, at 16:20, thew...@gmail.com wrote: I'd stick with my PF (I hope they never annuitize *that*!), and handle my market-linked investments on my own. PF + NPS is too skewed, somehow. NPS might make sense if you don't have a PF account (though I still wouldn't have taken it).

Re: [silk] cohabitation rights in india

2013-06-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
There are other signs of a longer term relationship. Co-signing on bank accounts, house paperwork .. with alimony the other factor beyond just child support. --srs (iPad) On 18-Jun-2013, at 19:05, Nikhil Mehra nikhil.mehra...@gmail.com wrote: Don't like the sexual gratification language.

Re: [silk] Atul Chitnis

2013-06-14 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Oh lord, when was this? Very sad.  --srs Original message From: Kiran Jonnalagadda j...@pobox.com Date: 06/15/2013 12:55 AM (GMT+05:30) To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] Atul Chitnis On Monday, June 3, 2013, Thaths wrote: First it was Raju Mathur and

Re: [silk] Atul Chitnis RIP

2013-06-14 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Date: 06/14/2013 11:51 PM (GMT+05:30) To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] Atul Chitnis RIP Wasn't that the point?   bonobashi - Original Message - From: Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net To: mail=silklist@lists. hserus. net silklist@lists.hserus.net Cc

Re: [silk] Atul Chitnis RIP

2013-06-13 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
It is amazing how a lot of people get to resemble their fathers even if they face conflicts with them during their lifetime.  That last paragraph could actually describe Atul himself to a T --srs Original message From: Shoba Narayan sh...@shobanarayan.com Date: 06/14/2013

Re: [silk] Atul Chitnis

2013-06-09 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Eh at least in Hyderabad the DoT run ISP (hd2.dot.net.in) had a menu option that took you straight to a korn shell --srs (iPad) On 09-Jun-2013, at 12:51, Badri Natarajan asi...@vsnl.com wrote: On 9 Jun 2013, at 06:01, Indrajit Gupta bonoba...@yahoo.co.in wrote: But there was an entirely

Re: [silk] Atul Chitnis

2013-06-03 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
I agree. RIP In memory of an epic flamewar that started out as linux on the desktop, about a decade or more back --srs (htc one x) On 3 June 2013 9:29:30 AM Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote: He was not

Re: [silk] In Mumbai

2013-05-28 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Vikram Joshi has probably eaten his way through the best fish places in south Bombay, so you might ask him for recos, Sumanth ,, --srs (iPad) On 28-May-2013, at 21:49, Sumant Srivathsan suma...@gmail.com wrote: Mahesh (the restaurant) is one of my favourite places in Mumbai. I'm game.

Re: [silk] literacy in schools

2013-05-13 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Writing is very early on - fag end of kindergarten is when they start getting taught to write the alphabet. Initially standing line (|), sleeping line (_) etc that they can use to form E, I etc - and then the alphabets are taught as combinations of standing, sleeping etc lines .. based on how

[silk] Testing. Please delete.

2013-05-05 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian

Re: [silk] Chennai and Bangalore Beer-ups

2013-05-03 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Adrianna Tan [03/05/13 19:01 +0700]: Am in Chennai 6-10 May, and Bangalore 13-15 May. With the exception of the night of 10 May in Chennai, all other nights are good. Anyone wants a beer? Late evening calls all week :(

Re: [silk] instructional / educational dvds for toddlers in indian languages

2013-05-01 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Surabhi Tomar [02/05/13 06:23 +0530]: Do you think there is a demand for this in Indian languages ...or is it just me ? There is a demand. Unfortunately, it seems that the only animated DVDs available in regional languages are religious. There are very crudely produced (poor animation, even

Re: [silk] Migrant workers and bank accounts

2013-04-23 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
There are plenty of pure term products available and sold online Most of the worst insurance products - the heavily missold ones - have been banned or significantly modified by pressure from the insurance regulator, IRDA While sophisticated investors might not want to mix insurance and

Re: [silk] Migrant workers and bank accounts

2013-04-23 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: While sophisticated investors might not want to mix insurance and investment, it still remains an option - in several cases - for less sophisticated investors, as long as they find a honest advisor who doesn't missell to them. It isn't just

Re: [silk] Migrant workers and bank accounts

2013-04-23 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
che...@gmail.com Sender: silklist-bounces+thewall=gmail@lists.hserus.net Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:40:43 To: silklist@lists.hserus.netsilklist@lists.hserus.net Reply-To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] Migrant workers and bank accounts On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Suresh

Re: [silk] Migrant workers and bank accounts

2013-04-22 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
I do believe that kiva tied up with a local micro lender some months or maybe a year back ,, --srs (iPad) On 23-Apr-2013, at 5:28, Vinay Rao v...@bangid.com wrote: Do they have bank accounts? Between the extensions in my family, I've had two maids from Punjab (not the same pair all along)

Re: [silk] Help!!help!!

2013-04-20 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Check booking.com .. I see two rooms at the citizen m London bank side for 1048 quid for 7 nights so that's 150 odd quid. And other properties too. Select southwark as the area and sort by price --srs (iPad) On 20-Apr-2013, at 21:16, Naresh nar...@vagroup.com wrote: I and a (male) friend are

Re: [silk] coming calamity in Bangalore

2013-04-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Srini RamaKrishnan [18/04/13 19:49 +0530]: If there's any innovation in Jugaad, it is in talking a tall tale. Jugaad is precisely what gives us characters like Harshad Mehta and Ramalinga Raju. It simply means zero lack of ethics and bare or zero adherence to standards.

Re: [silk] Migrant workers and bank accounts

2013-04-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Not very many do. it is a strictly cash economy - often facilitated by informal banking channels - shops or contractors or local goons they are in debt to, people they trust heading back to their village (usually, they graviate towards people originally from the same community and same neck of

Re: [silk] coming calamity in Bangalore

2013-04-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
The mrts does help people get around without traffic jams. Yes it could be better - those stations are all poorly sited and poorly constructed over-large, in the vague hope that people would turn those structures into shopping malls and the footfall would be far more than it currently is on

Re: [silk] coming calamity in Bangalore

2013-04-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Eugen Leitl [18/04/13 17:22 +0200]: I think the farmer suicides are a canary in the coal mine though. Precipitation shift + fossil water depletion are not a good combination. India isn't immune from what's creaming Pakistan. Farmer suicides have also been due to a debt trap they've got into.

Re: [silk] Migrant workers and bank accounts

2013-04-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Thaths [18/04/13 19:50 -0700]: Can you provide more insight as to why the bank employees/managers do not want to deal with the low value accounts? Are they worried that lines would be longer in their branches if these low value accounts were opened? Do they think that dealing with the additional

Re: [silk] Dan Pallotta: The way we think about charity is dead wrong | Video on TED.com

2013-04-10 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
: On 10 Apr 2013, at 10:12, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: Oh, it depends. There is a tipping point beyond which a charity does need to focus on grassroots work rather than on management and logistics. And before that tipping point is reached, just ramping up staff, processes

Re: [silk] Dan Pallotta: The way we think about charity is dead wrong | Video on TED.com

2013-04-09 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Oh, it depends. There is a tipping point beyond which a charity does need to focus on grassroots work rather than on management and logistics. And before that tipping point is reached, just ramping up staff, processes etc to the level where they need sophisticated management and marketing in

Re: [silk] Dan Pallotta: The way we think about charity is dead wrong | Video on TED.com

2013-04-09 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
The corporate social responsibility heads at various corporations .. well, a lot of them just like being on the boards of dozens of charities, and spray and pray - gives them lots more publicity, seems like a lot of time well spent. And very similar with a certain breed of professional charity

Re: [silk] Fwd: Invites you to a talk on Fundamental and Applied: Religious Practices in U.S. and Indian Technology; Wednesday 10th April 2013; 4:00 pm

2013-04-07 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
There is a problem here in that revivalist pseudoscience is used to prove that say the dinosaurs evolved after man did, to prove the genesis creation myth, or that the ancient Indians had nukes, lasers and aircraft. Denying it all and debunking any connection between religion and science, and

Re: [silk] Fwd: Invites you to a talk on Fundamental and Applied: Religious Practices in U.S. and Indian Technology; Wednesday 10th April 2013; 4:00 pm

2013-04-07 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
If the argument being presented is nuanced and does not descend to pure charlatanry, it is quite easy, and entirely appropriate, to respond in kind and find common ground. --srs (iPad) On 08-Apr-2013, at 6:24, Sriram Karra karra@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 9:25 PM, Suresh

Re: [silk] why me?

2013-04-03 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Add silklist@lists.hserus.net to your address book and see if that helps --srs (htc one x) On 3 April 2013 10:02:32 PM Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 10:00 PM, SS cybers...@gmail.com wrote: My messages to Silk list never arrive in my Inbox. Is this normal? No

Re: [silk] Introduction

2013-04-02 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Till it starts to get exchanged for hard currency bitcoin is merely a token of barter - you barter X bitcoins for say legal services. Or a dime (or is it 10 bitcoin) bag of weed. Or whatever. Once it starts getting exchanged for hard currency - the point where this exchange takes place WILL

Re: [silk] Introduction

2013-04-02 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On 02-Apr-2013, at 18:35, Alaric Snell-Pym ala...@snell-pym.org.uk wrote: Hard currency is merely a token of barter, just one that's gained widespread trust. That's a quantitative matter rather than a qualitative matter! Except that it has a sovereign guarantee backing it. Which may not

Re: [silk] bangalore treats

2013-03-31 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Some highlights: - See Chowdiah when it's closed, just because it's shaped like a violin. - Eat Parsi food, hamburgers, and Mexican. - Go bowling at a chain. - Visit Cafe Coffee Day (in Bangalore, isn't this akin to sending someone to a Parisian or Roman Starbucks?) I wouldn't wish ccd

Re: [silk] bangalore treats

2013-03-29 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Sounded like something Andy deemer would be happy to follow up on. Maybe a bike or auto painted with THE poultrygeist? --srs (htc one x) On 29 March 2013 6:14:08 PM Jai Iyer iyer@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 5:26 PM, Shrabonti Bagchi shrabont...@gmail.com wrote: Just

Re: [silk] myanmar - visa on arrival for indians ?

2013-03-20 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
The second reason for that is that visa on arrival requirements keep changing For example malaysia had visa on arrival for indians, then all of a sudden withdrew VoA for people coming from chennai I'm kind of lucky I read this somewhere on google news BEFORE I flew out of chennai to KL some

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