Re: [silk] Lurking journo, belated hello

2013-03-10 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Hi there Quite a lot of silklisters who are journalists - and more than one expat who plopped down in an Indian city. Andy Deemer, and I think Scott Carney is here as well. Among the Indians - there's Samanth, and who else .. --srs (iPad) On 11-Mar-2013, at 8:51, Mark Bergen

Re: [silk] Stops on a DIY walking tour of Mylapore and/or George Town

2013-02-21 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
They have franchises all over the city such as murugan library near adyar signal --srs (htc one x) On 22 February 2013 11:38:51 AM Sumant Srivathsan suma...@gmail.com wrote: It was (and perhaps is) Easwari Lending Library. But Easwari Lending Library is in Gopalapuram! -- Sumant

Re: [silk] Stops on a DIY walking tour of Mylapore and/or George Town

2013-02-20 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Chandrachoodan does photowalks of both areas and I am sure he has better ideas. Along with Rasi Silks take him to rangachari on eldams road - a much more traditional establishment. Rasi's silk choice is rather poor - head to nalli in T Nagar (or just tour T Nagar for the heck of it, if he

Re: [silk] Stops on a DIY walking tour of Mylapore and/or George Town

2013-02-20 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
So the tony Iyer part of mylapore and the shady downmarket part of mylapore are two entirely different kinds of fun. And right next to each other. Velu military is still where it is. And the market near it .. or other vegetable, fruit and flower markets in the city are worth showing him. Do

Re: [silk] Having Dosas? Then Drink Champagne, of Course!

2013-02-15 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
I would probably pick a sweet sherry with gulab jamun --srs (htc one x) On 15 February 2013 4:38:08 PM Vinayak Hegde vinay...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Caitlin Marinelli caitlin.marine...@gmail.com wrote: Finally, a good guide to pairing Indian foods with wine.

Re: [silk] (no subject)

2013-02-15 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
As mahesh just got done pointing out on a panel he was on, he doesn't quite care about traditional media, and social media is the next big thing etc. That's where he means to continue this argument at least till he gets sued in some remote town in assam --srs (htc one x) On 15 February

[silk] Andy Deemer Does Bangalore Breakfast Joints

2013-01-29 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
You're making me hungry, man .. http://asiaobscura.com/2013/01/21-amazing-south-indian-breakfast-dishes.html?1 You mentioned asking the guy whether he does a chocolate dosa .. for something as disgustingly sweet as that, you have to go out west where they have a sweeter tooth thanks to gujarat

Re: [silk] Andy Deemer Does Bangalore Breakfast Joints

2013-01-29 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Andy Deemer [29/01/13 16:38 +0530]: @Suresh, I think a Garodia Nagar trip is now in order!!! (Thx for the post, btw.) go to shivajinagar in bangalore for some meaty, artery clogging goodness in your breakfast. say empire - though that's a bit of a late (or a very early) breakfast, open

Re: [silk] Andy Deemer Does Bangalore Breakfast Joints

2013-01-29 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Thale mamsa being head cheese and koli saru being chicken gravy Ohh yes with ragi mudde sounds like an idea. --srs (iPad) On 29-Jan-2013, at 17:16, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 4:52 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: Breakfast .. dosas

Re: [silk] Andy Deemer Does Bangalore Breakfast Joints

2013-01-29 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On 30-Jan-2013, at 12:05, Bonobashi bonoba...@yahoo.co.in wrote: On Jan 30, 2013, at 11:57 AM, Chew Lin Kay chewlin@gmail.com wrote: Tangetially related to starting the day right: http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/29/fighting-fat-at-india-inc-one-dosa-at-a-time/ 97 kilos, 6 feet

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk meet this week?

2013-01-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
It is a bit pretentious as restaurants go but faute de mieux,.. --srs (htc one x) - Reply message - From: Divya Sampath divyasamp...@yahoo.com To: silklist@lists.hserus.net silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: [silk] Chennai Silk meet this week? Date: Sat, Jan 19, 2013 10:04 AM So,

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk meet this week?

2013-01-16 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan [16/01/13 13:36 +0530]: On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 12:45 PM, Chew Lin Kay chewlin@gmail.comwrote: Let's do Mahamudra at one. If people can rsvp I can make reservations. Count me in. The reviews on burrp are getting steadily worse.

Re: [silk] Introduction - Andy Deemer

2013-01-15 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On 15-Jan-2013, at 23:52, Landon Hurley ljrhur...@gmail.com wrote: I always thought of it as an underdog movie, solely because of Fight Club. The movie profited something like 40 million, rather than being a commercial failure. I think the definitive objective standard may be underperformes

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk meet this week?

2013-01-14 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Not a very sit and talk friendly place (crowded) but the food is to die for Karpagambal Mess - been around for several decades at least. Or we could just go back to bayleaf, and see if there is a larger number of meat eaters this time around (the herbivores outnumbered us 3-2 last time so we

Re: [silk] Child counsellor references in Bangalore

2013-01-13 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Nimhans has several. And don't rule out parenting needing to be addressed. --srs (htc one x) - Reply message - From: Venkat Mangudi - Silk s...@venkatmangudi.com To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: [silk] Child counsellor references in Bangalore Date: Mon, Jan 14, 2013 12:30 PM A

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2012

2013-01-10 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
That book, red market, is by a wired mag reporter Scott Carney who spent several years in chennai. I am not sure but he could be lurking here too --srs (htc one x) - Reply message - From: ashok _ listmans...@gmail.com To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: [silk] Recommended Reading

Re: [silk] Why don't women write or reply more on Silk?

2013-01-10 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On 10-Jan-2013, at 23:07, Indrajit Gupta bonoba...@yahoo.co.in wrote: Ah! With this, the mystery thins. Our resident linguist has been reading Perez-Reverte in Spanish: just the sneaky sort of thing she would do. Unfortunately, I have been reading the English translations, and there are

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk meet this week?

2013-01-09 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Thaths [09/01/13 14:19 +0530]: I vote for Bay Leaf too. Earlier the better for me as I will need to go to the office after and Bayleaf is reasonably convenient for that. Perhaps 12.30? I think we have quorum for the Bay Leaf at 12:30. here's a homesick bong reviewing it

Re: [silk] Why don't women write or reply more on Silk?

2013-01-09 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
As it happens, I picked up one of those being sold well below market price at a landmark sale. In english of course .. he's done for the thirty years war what Patrick O'Brian did for the napoleonic wars. Literate, superbly detailed. And even better because the only fiction I'd ever read set

Re: [silk] Why don't women write or reply more on Silk?

2013-01-08 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On 08-Jan-2013, at 16:21, Caitlin Marinelli caitlin.marine...@gmail.com wrote: For me, I guess, it's because I can't always meaningfully contribute. Also the two or three times I have posted something - I've gotten no response. I sent an article about strong women this morning for example -

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk meet this week?

2013-01-08 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
bonoba...@yahoo.co.in wrote: You should explain that Khader Nawaz Road is due west from Mylapore, whereas Adyar is due south. Indrajit Gupta On Jan 1, 2013, at 12:15 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: Well, khader nawaz khan road is within half an hour of mylapore. And so

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk meet this week?

2013-01-08 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
-nasi-kandar-t-nagar - Malaysian/Singaporean Thaths On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Bonobashi bonoba...@yahoo.co.in wrote: You should explain that Khader Nawaz Road is due west from Mylapore, whereas Adyar is due south. Indrajit Gupta On Jan 1, 2013, at 12:15 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk meet this week?

2013-01-08 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
, 2013 11:20 AM On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.netwrote: Pelita is garbage. Especially realize that after several trips to kl and penang. You would hate it after all that south east Asia travel Thaths. I am not exactly looking for authentic food

Re: [silk] Why don't women write or reply more on Silk?

2013-01-08 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Comes down to the conquistador who asked an Indian what his llamas llama was.. --srs (htc one x) - Reply message - From: Sumant Srivathsan suma...@gmail.com To: silklist silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: [silk] Why don't women write or reply more on Silk? Date: Wed, Jan 9, 2013 11:02

Re: [silk] Where do I buy wines from Indian vineyards in Chennai?

2013-01-06 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Tasmac will be happy to sell you lukewarm cheap beer and dodgy rum - brands you've never ever heard of . such as a british empire beer for rs. 90 a bottle that tastes .. well, I'd rather not say. Bangalore should have better options. From: silklist-bounces+suresh=hserus@lists.hserus.net

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk meet this week?

2012-12-31 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Not particularly good or authentic --srs (htc one x) - Reply message - From: Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: [silk] Chennai Silk meet this week? Date: Mon, Dec 31, 2012 7:21 PM On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 5:27 PM, Divya

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk meet this week?

2012-12-31 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
12 and 19 --srs (iPad) On 31-Dec-2012, at 23:43, Badri Natarajan asi...@vsnl.com wrote: On 31 Dec 2012, at 14:12, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: Not particularly good or authentic --srs (htc one x) So what's the date again? One on the 19th and one on either

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk meet this week?

2012-12-31 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Well, khader nawaz khan road is within half an hour of mylapore. And so am I, in Adyar. By taxi of course, I wouldn't recommend walking. --srs (iPad) On 01-Jan-2013, at 11:59, Chew Lin Kay chewlin@gmail.com wrote: Wait confused now. Which location for the 12 and which for the 19? Am

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk meet this week?

2012-12-31 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
I am not sure if it is back, it was closed for a long time for renovation. The last reviews I see for it online are like 2010. There's quite a few korean restaurants though. Including a new one I saw the other day that seems to serve chinese and japanese cuisine as well, Jageumseong. And not

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk meet this week?

2012-12-30 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
are the Chennai silk list meetup plans again? How about lunch on Saturday, Jan 12? Thaths On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Divya divyasamp...@yahoo.com wrote: Count me in, too. Cheers Divya Sent from my iPad On 14 Dec 2012, at 06:35, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: Badri, sths

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk meet this week?

2012-12-30 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Well ok, 12th. Somewhere centrally located please. --srs (iPad) On 31-Dec-2012, at 9:34, Divya divyasamp...@yahoo.com wrote: Sounds good to me. Cheers Divya Sent from my iPad

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk meet this week?

2012-12-30 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
-Chennai_Madras_Tamil_Nadu.html --srs (iPad) On 31-Dec-2012, at 11:48, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday, December 31, 2012, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: Well ok, 12th. Somewhere centrally located please. Somewhere on Nungambakkam high road? Any suggestions? Thaths

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk meet this week?

2012-12-30 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
you can hardly talk there. and I am not sure chewlin's stomach will be used to our local bugs if we expose her to street food --srs (iPad) On 31-Dec-2012, at 12:45, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur

Re: [silk] Chinese martial arts movies

2012-12-23 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Anything tsui hark is going to be a visual spectacle if nothing else. Park your brain at home though. Chinese movies tend to have a comedy track which leaves senthil / goundamani far far behind in the crudity and slapstick department. --srs (iPad) On 24-Dec-2012, at 11:20, Shoba Narayan

Re: [silk] Fifteen (Udhay Shankar N)

2012-12-17 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Neither does your nasal tissue if you snort alcohol. Probably the only way you can get alcohol to come into contact with cold germs :) --srs (htc one x) - Reply message - From: Venkat Mangudi - Silk s...@venkatmangudi.com To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: [silk] Fifteen (Udhay

Re: [silk] Chocolate in India

2012-12-16 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Umm. There was some decent genuinely dark chocolate there when I visited it a few months back My rather heavy weight makes me steer clear of chocolatiers --srs (iPad) On 16-Dec-2012, at 21:22, Chew Lin Kay chewlin@gmail.com wrote: Will put both chocolate shops on my list--what do you

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk meet this week?

2012-12-13 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
15 minutes from me (adyar) --srs (iPad) On 13-Dec-2012, at 14:04, Caitlin Marinelli caitlin.marine...@gmail.com wrote: Weekend lunch: agreed Tentatively lunch, Saturday 19 Jan? I'll be doing Storytrails' Peacock Trail (http://www.storytrails.in/services_to_peaco.html) in the morning, do

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk meet this week?

2012-12-13 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
shall we say jan 15 then --srs (iPad) On 13-Dec-2012, at 17:25, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote: Before Jan 16 works for me. Lunch or dinner both work. Thaths

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk meet this week?

2012-12-13 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Badri, sths and whoever else earlier. Caitlin, chewlin and others on the 19th --srs (iPad) On 13-Dec-2012, at 23:14, Badri Natarajan asi...@vsnl.com wrote: Let's say 19th for sure as both Caitlin and Chew Lin will be there (and it will be easier for me too). Nothing stopping us from

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk meet this week?

2012-12-12 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Aw hell. Count me out, guys. I just got myself a call scheduled from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm. --srs (iPad) On 11-Dec-2012, at 22:29, Badri Natarajan asi...@vsnl.com wrote: On 11 Dec 2012, at 20:48, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah. Thursday, 8 onwards

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk meet this week?

2012-12-12 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
not bad but lunch on a weekend works far better than dinner for me. --srs (iPad) On 13-Dec-2012, at 12:17, Chew Lin Kay chewlin@gmail.com wrote: I'll be in Chennai 14-21 Jan--what does everyone's dates look like? Chew Lin On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Venkat Mangudi - Silk

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk meet this week?

2012-12-11 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Earlier the better for me with two young kids at home --srs (htc one x) - Reply message - From: Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: [silk] Chennai Silk meet this week? Date: Tue, Dec 11, 2012 8:48 PM Yeah. Thursday, 8 onwards

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2012

2012-12-06 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
the rdb one is actually quite good, by anirudha bhattacharjee he is a walking encyclopedia of rdb, and an amateur musician himself. --srs (iPad) On 07-Dec-2012, at 9:10, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 7:14 PM, Divya divyasamp...@yahoo.com wrote: In no particular order,

Re: [silk] Fifteen

2012-12-04 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Sumant Srivathsan [05/12/12 13:01 +0530]: That sounds like a plan! Can we do it before the 17th though? Indeed. like I am in town on the 9th for mindsweep. 8th is a saturday. While I am arriving very late on the 8th night I might try to arrive earlier in the day.

Re: [silk] Intro to a tech-driven social worker

2012-11-19 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
that reminds me, anybody coming to chennai who can pick up a couple of dozen paperbacks off amazon for me? Small paperbacks (out of print westerns ..) --srs (iPad) On 19-Nov-2012, at 13:30, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote: If you wait till around Christmas/New Years, I will be able to join

Re: [silk] Intro to a tech-driven social worker

2012-11-19 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On 19-Nov-2012, at 14:04, Venkat Mangudi - Silk s...@venkatmangudi.com wrote: And that's how we drift from language processing to J T Edson. :-) Quite lovely! Tabor Evans actually - the Longarm series of adult westerns, with several spur award winning novelists (Lou Cameron, James Reasoner

Re: [silk] Intro to a tech-driven social worker

2012-11-19 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
the thirteenth works for me too chew lin, pongal is mid january - i guess something can be done then. the reason there aren't too many silkmeets in chennai has nothing to do with reactivating anything, it is just that there's hardly four or five silklisters that live here, so any visiting

Re: [silk] Intro to a tech-driven social worker

2012-11-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
I am still in chennai, for my sins. Let us meet up. --srs (iPad) On 18-Nov-2012, at 22:09, Badri Natarajan asi...@vsnl.com wrote: About a year and a half ago, I decided to move to India in order to run the marketing for a company called Uniphore, an enterprise mobility company that

Re: [silk] great piece on Bal Thackeray after all the other crap that's out there

2012-11-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Shoba Narayan [19/11/12 07:29 +0530]: First time I am reading this writer. Hope he writes more. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/fear-and-loathing-in-mumbai/1032891/0 clearly, he's a hunter s thompson fan, so he probably belongs on silklist assuming someone knows him

Re: [silk] Intro to a tech-driven social worker

2012-11-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Badri Natarajan [19/11/12 12:17 +0530]: Mumbai's great fun - there's a lot more happening so you'll really enjoy it. I think the quality of life overall is better in Chennai though, ^ yeah, like two million people, including a largish goon squad, on the streets and keeping the place locked

Re: [silk] quiz help

2012-10-15 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
that's a thought. next long weekend silkmeet in a jungle lodge type place like kabini --srs (iPad) On 15-Oct-2012, at 11:59, Bonobashi bonoba...@yahoo.co.in wrote: Sent from my iPad On Oct 15, 2012, at 9:19 AM, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 11:59

Re: [silk] autoresponse weirdness

2012-10-12 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Headers? --srs (htc one x) - Reply message - From: Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com To: Silk List Silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: [silk] autoresponse weirdness Date: Fri, Oct 12, 2012 4:40 PM One member of the list appears to be getting an autoresponse from the ID

Re: [silk] autoresponse weirdness

2012-10-12 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
not tge brightest of ideas. see how well you can complain based on spam headers quite probably leadgen spammers selling insirance, loans etc --srs (iPad) On 12-Oct-2012, at 20:22, Deepak Misra yahoogro...@deepakmisra.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 6:35 PM, Udhay Shankar N

Re: [silk] quiz help

2012-10-12 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
bonobashis should know all about foresters --srs (iPad) On 13-Oct-2012, at 7:10, Bonobashi bonoba...@yahoo.co.in wrote: Sent from my iPad On Oct 13, 2012, at 6:37 AM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 5:45 PM, Bonobashi bonoba...@yahoo.co.in wrote: And I suppose

Re: [silk] Internet access advice

2012-09-28 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Thaths [28/09/12 06:57 -0700]: 1. His passport and a photo copy of the key pages (including the Indian visa) from it 2. His passport-sized photo 3. A local address and phone number. If he has friends in-country, he should ask them if he could use them as a reference Completely unnecessary.

Re: [silk] Chinese martial arts movies

2012-09-28 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
flipkart.com if nowhere else --srs (iPad) On 28-Sep-2012, at 20:10, Shoba Narayan sh...@shobanarayan.com wrote: Does anyone know where to get Chinese martial arts movies in Bangalore? Specifically, the House of Flying Daggers, Reign of Assassins, Curse of the Golden Flower, and Sliver

Re: [silk] Books of 2012

2012-09-21 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Flipkart is good for new stuff. Depending on where you are, there's also places like blossoms in bangalore, best book centre in hyderabad etc for second hand stuff. --srs (iPad) On 22-Sep-2012, at 5:59, SK sk.l...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I am visiting India now and would like to go back

Re: [silk] Toxic Flag

2012-09-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Printed on plastic sheets? Or silkscreened using some ink that doesn't burn too well? That'd probably have killed a lot more of the protestors. [and probably led to the flag manufacturer getting branded a cia spy] :) --srs (iPad) On 18-Sep-2012, at 16:51, SS cybers...@gmail.com wrote: I

Re: [silk] Any clue about cyber laws?

2012-09-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
You don't need a court order or order from any competent authority which includes the police etc As far as I can see there's an obligation to take the content down no matter who notifies you about it, if it contravenes any of the provisions of sub rule 2 n the IT intermediaries guidelines

Re: [silk] Any clue about cyber laws?

2012-09-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
of every joe on the street with a chip on his shoulder that bothers me. It also bothers me that the kids on the abuse desk should have to decide what constitutes offensive speech. -- b On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 6:20 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: Technically they lose

Re: [silk] A new revolution in birth control

2012-09-17 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Married for 10+ years and using birth control here. The new baby this February was sort of an accident. What effect other than reducing the number of unplanned pregnancies? -Original Message- From: silklist-bounces+suresh=hserus@lists.hserus.net [mailto:silklist-

Re: [silk] The mosquito’s reign of terror: The high price of ‘aspirational’ India

2012-09-02 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On 03-Sep-2012, at 7:46, SS cybers...@gmail.com wrote: Having said that a partial solution to the rat problem would be to get a carpet and furniture problem called a dog. A cat surely? You might get a terrier or something of the sort that was used for ratting earlier, but a family dog

Re: [silk] The mosquito’s reign of terror: The high price of ‘aspirational’ India

2012-09-02 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Oh well. There are dogs and there are dogs, obviously. --srs (iPad) On 03-Sep-2012, at 9:59, SS cybers...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, 2012-09-03 at 07:49 +0530, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: A cat surely? You might get a terrier or something of the sort that was used for ratting earlier

Re: [silk] musings on identity and culture.

2012-09-01 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: shiok served authentic south east asian food mcrennett serves nothing you cant get from an iyengar bakery usual saccharine tasting garishly colored cakes etc Yes, but I do hope you noticed that the goalposts have now shifted from what the origin of McRennett's

Re: [silk] musings on identity and culture.

2012-09-01 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
the mcrennett end i must say --srs (iPad) On 01-Sep-2012, at 12:46, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: shiok serves thai and malay food but i would hardly describe madman as a malay Neither would I, I said

Re: [silk] musings on identity and culture.

2012-08-31 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
eh. founded by a guy called mudaliar, with a faux-scottish name to show that it was one of the better class of establishments in the city, that would supply anglo indians, brits, visiting royalty etc no more english than that old favorite of sabha canteen connoiseurs, mountbatten mani is (got

Re: [silk] musings on identity and culture.

2012-08-31 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
shiok served authentic south east asian food mcrennett serves nothing you cant get from an iyengar bakery usual saccharine tasting garishly colored cakes etc --srs (iPad) On 01-Sep-2012, at 10:31, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian

Re: [silk] Reverse migration, and book launches

2012-08-28 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Not to mention the classic mallu fantasy, chechi with husbend in gelf --srs (HTC One X) - Reply message - From: Shoba Narayan sh...@shobanarayan.com To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: [silk] Reverse migration, and book launches Date: Wed, Aug 29, 2012 5:08 AM Thanks, Udhay.

Re: [silk] Fwd: Role of the US Tech Companies in G overnment Surveillance: A Lecture by Christopher Sogho ian — Centre for Internet and Society

2012-08-26 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
There is another side to these. One that the blurb for this lecture explicitly seeks to avoid or cast in a negative perspective. The basic premise seems to be that cooperation with law enforcement by ISPs is a violation of its users' privacy and free speech. I have had my share of arguments

Re: [silk] Fwd: Role of the US Tech Companies in G overnment Surveillance: A Lecture by Christoph er Sogho ian — Centre for Internet and Society

2012-08-26 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
in G overnment Surveillance: A Lecture by Christoph er Sogho ian — Centre for Internet and Society Date: Sun, Aug 26, 2012 2:23 PM On Aug 26, 2012 9:06 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: The basic premise seems to be that cooperation with law enforcement by ISPs is a violation

[silk] Pterry's Hex seems like it has the potential to actually get built :)

2012-08-26 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Fresh from nanog. Harvester ants using their own equivalent of tcp-ip. Anthill inside? http://engineering.stanford.edu/news/stanford-biologist-computer-scientist-discover-anternet -- Suresh Ramasubramanian (ops.li...@gmail.com)

Re: [silk] Anyone done an apostille stamping of birth cert in India?

2012-08-09 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
You have to get this endorsed in the local office of the MEA (ministry of external affairs) available in every state capital. No need to run around - perfectly straightforward procedure. http://www.mea.gov.in/mystart.php?id=8801 -Original Message- From:

Re: [silk] Anyone done an apostille stamping of birth cert in India?

2012-08-09 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
in India, not in every state capital. I had to go to Chennai for mine. Here's the list: http://www.mea.gov.in/mystart.php?id=8801     On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 8:43 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: You have to get this endorsed in the local office of the MEA (ministry of external

Re: [silk] Anyone done an apostille stamping of birth cert in India?

2012-08-09 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
I would suggest that you approach Chennai for any kerala stamping. -Original Message- From: silklist-bounces+suresh=hserus@lists.hserus.net [mailto:silklist- bounces+suresh=hserus@lists.hserus.net] On Behalf Of SK Sent: 09 August 2012 13:32 To: silklist@lists.hserus.net

Re: [silk] LOTR and Ayn Rand

2012-08-08 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Bonobashi [08/08/12 13:33 +0530]: I think we are reading too much into these works in politically correct hindsight. There is no getting away from the fact that Sanders of the River (and Major Hamilton, and Lt. Bones), Biggles, Bulldog Drummond - for that matter, even Billy Bunter - were racist

Re: [silk] Can you separate tradition and culture from religion?

2012-07-26 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Things do change, and for continuity, there are two things, or make that three, four or more things, that will ensure it where mere ritual fails to drive enthusiasm Food specific to each occasion (nombu adai with butter for example), dressing up for the occasion and getting together, or for

Re: [silk] Chennaimadras silkmeet Jul 28?

2012-07-25 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Exactly the same water and air you pay for at saravana bhavan as you do at azulia. --srs (HTC One X) - Reply message - From: Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: [silk] Chennaimadras silkmeet Jul 28? Date: Wed, Jul 25, 2012 5:55 PM On Jul 25,

Re: [silk] Chennaimadras silkmeet Jul 28?

2012-07-23 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Well, let us do lunch in cornucopia on Friday --srs (HTC One X) - Reply message - From: J. Alfred Prufrock another.prufr...@gmail.com To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: [silk] Chennaimadras silkmeet Jul 28? Date: Mon, Jul 23, 2012 12:11 PM Day-umm. I'll be there for a while next

Re: [silk] Old Readers Digest

2012-07-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Throw out the rest of the RD - just keep the I am john's / jane's [whatever] and the book section. Superb stuff, Cornelius Ryan's The Longest Day, Betty Smith's A tree grows in brooklyn etc. Especially throw out the stale old jokes in Laughter, the best medicine. From:

Re: [silk] Old Readers Digest

2012-07-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
OCR them! From: silklist-bounces+suresh=hserus@lists.hserus.net [mailto:silklist-bounces+suresh=hserus@lists.hserus.net] On Behalf Of J. Alfred Prufrock Sent: 19 July 2012 10:06 To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] Old Readers Digest Oh, I have about a dozen of the

Re: [silk] Old Readers Digest

2012-07-17 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
That might have to do with V Gangadhar leaving RD? He was there for several years till the early 90s I think. suresh -Original Message- From: silklist-bounces+suresh=hserus@lists.hserus.net [mailto:silklist- bounces+suresh=hserus@lists.hserus.net] On Behalf Of ss

Re: [silk] Just So Stories

2012-07-14 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
the codeword for forget the critique and enjoy it is those books were a product of their times John Sundman [14/07/12 02:05 -0400]: I wonder what you-all think of Kipling's Just So Stories? I myself find them delightful -- especially when read in facsimile of the original printing, with

Re: [silk] Just So Stories

2012-07-14 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Yes. And there's ashok wanker, who recently converted the ramayana into a series of sword and sorcery novels .. -- srs (blackberry) -Original Message- From: Thejaswi Udupa thejaswi.ud...@gmail.com Sender: silklist-bounces+suresh=hserus@lists.hserus.net Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012

Re: [silk] outdated words in Indian English

2012-07-13 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Oh no. Kipling had just as thorough a knowledge of english, and was fluent enough to write urdu puns into his dialogue --Original Message-- From: Srini RamaKrishnan Sender: silklist-bounces+suresh=hserus@lists.hserus.net To: silklist@lists.hserus.net ReplyTo:

Re: [silk] outdated words in Indian English

2012-07-13 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 2:10 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: Oh no. Kipling had just as thorough a knowledge of english, and was fluent enough to write urdu puns into his dialogue Yes, but he was no believer of race equality, he

Re: [silk] outdated words in Indian English

2012-07-13 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
is Gandhi's contemporary, funny how they came to rather different conclusions about the fate of the races. Not an imperialist you say? On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 3:04 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: ha. with kipling, you need to scratch under the surface a bit to get at his love

Re: [silk] Who has your email address?

2012-07-06 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] Who has your email address? On Monday, July 2, 2012, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: Hit send too soon There are (and were) several services that would serve as sort of a directory that would help you maintain your address book(s), notify your

Re: [silk] The Invisible Bank: How Kenya Has Beaten the World in Mobile Money

2012-07-05 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Rural india prefers phones that double as music players - better still if they have a torch built into the phone The nokia N series was a huge hit - as are tons of no name chinese etc knockoffs of varioous smartphones --Original Message-- From: Udhay Shankar N Sender:

Re: [silk] Who has your email address?

2012-07-02 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Speaking from plenty of experience - a service going titsup usually means that one of two things occurs 1. A company buys up the defunct domain and provides service to its userbase (one particular set of freemail domains I know of has had eight or nine different users since the mid 90s) 2. Or

Re: [silk] Who has your email address?

2012-07-02 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
with decades old email addresses is a vanishing minority, funnily enough -- srs (blackberry) -Original Message- From: Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net Sender: silklist-bounces+suresh=hserus@lists.hserus.net Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 09:31:30 To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Reply

Re: [silk] Interesting Bangalore bookstore: Goobe

2012-07-01 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Does this place stock old pulps and westerns? Nick carter, jt Edson etc goobe - blossoms - bookworm

Re: [silk] Why Are American Kids So Spoiled?

2012-06-28 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
They do have the legitimate complaint that boomers had it easier - a growing economy, far less complex everything (no or fewer computers so no scope for all the fancier stuff that goes on) etc. And so, the when I was your age we used to do stuff much better gets old really fast

Re: [silk] Intro

2012-06-12 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
A student where, that's working on malware and scada? UAB? UOregon? -- srs (blackberry) -Original Message- From: Landon Hurley ljrhur...@gmail.com Sender: silklist-bounces+suresh=hserus@lists.hserus.net Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 01:25:37 To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Reply-To:

[silk] Fw: [IP] RIP Ray Bradbury

2012-06-06 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Oh shit -- srs (blackberry) -Original Message- From: Dave Farber d...@farber.net Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 10:49:24 To: ipi...@listbox.com Reply-To: d...@farber.net Subject: [IP] RIP Ray Bradbury -- Forwarded message -- From: Richard Forno rfo...@infowarrior.org Date: Jun

Re: [silk] How the Woosters captured Delhi

2012-06-02 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
We ought to have some modern day professor henry higgins on silk .. -- srs (blackberry) -Original Message- From: Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com Sender: silklist-bounces+suresh=hserus@lists.hserus.net Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2012 14:03:36 To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Reply-To:

Re: [silk] Help!--linguistic brain-tapping needed, please

2012-05-25 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
John Sundman [25/05/12 07:17 -0400]: I forgot to say, that from now on I propose to use this term (below). Thanks, Uhday! On May 25, 2012, at 3:04 AM, Eugen Leitl wrote: USAnian autochthones, chthonic, of course. Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

Re: [silk] Help!--linguistic brain-tapping needed, please

2012-05-25 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
needed, please Sent: May 25, 2012 20:12 On Friday 25 May 2012 4:50:19 pm Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn Blocked nose? I know the feeling. Try a good shot of brandy. shiv -- srs (blackberry)

Re: [silk] Help!--linguistic brain-tapping needed, please

2012-05-24 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Srini RamaKrishnan [24/05/12 08:30 +0200]: On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 6:57 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: And even a madras tamil type will say loude ka baal when he wants to insult someone, and crowd in to watch hindi movies, so I am not sure karunanidhi's efforts paid off

Re: [silk] Help!--linguistic brain-tapping needed, please

2012-05-23 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
ss [24/05/12 09:48 +0530]: I am not at all sure how different the Hindi of the 1950s was from Urdu. Hindi movies in the 50s and 60s had titles in Hindi (Devnagri/Sanskrit script), Urdu (in a right to left script adapted from Persian) and English. the 1950s and 60s hindi was heavily flavored

Re: [silk] Help!--linguistic brain-tapping needed, please

2012-05-23 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
ss [24/05/12 10:01 +0530]: It is ironic that a list populated by many TamBrams should have someone heap blame on the BJP scapegoat for replacing Urdu words in Hindi with Sanskrit words. I grew up in hyderabad studying hindi and speaking deccani urdu with my classmates regardless of their

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