On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 2:58 AM, Vinay Rao v...@bangid.com wrote:
How do they send money home?
In our case, we would 'drop' a cheque at the local SBI bank branch in
Bangalore, with a teller, with written instructions. And then wait close to
20days to confirm with the maids' contacts, AND
On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 9:03 PM, Deepak Shenoy deepakshe...@gmail.comwrote:
appropriate comparisions. When I complained (and continue to complain)
of acquisition costs - not overhead, but just the costs of acquiring
donations - of around 50%, I am told this is the industry average. If
it is,
On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Ingrid Srinath
ingrid.srin...@gmail.comwrote:
On 22 Mar 2013, at 17:46, Pranesh Prakash the.solips...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 6:56 AM, Ingrid SrinathThanks, Pranesh.
Tax exemption aside, the expectation that an organisation can be viable
According to the Myanmar government website, Indian passport holders can
get a visa on arrival (upto 70 days for a business visa ) :
http://www.mip.gov.mm/visaonarrival/
But is this still valid ? Has anyone tried it ?
Ashok
?threadID=2290656
Thaths
Thank you all for the different suggestions. Just realized I am at least
3500 kms from the nearest Myanmar embassy ! Let me see what option I can
use ...
Ashok
and George Town that I
should not miss?
As he is an American, I presume he is a meat eater - you could take him to
Velu Military mess which used to be on a side street off Eldams Road
(perhaps combined with a visit to a Tasmac shop as suggested by Sriniram
:-) )
Ashok
On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 10:28 PM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote:
For the fourth year in a row, I am turning to silk listers for book
recommendation this holiday season.
What have you read over the last year that has left a mark on you?
What are you eagerly looking forward to reading over the
On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 10:15 AM, ashok _ listmans...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 10:28 PM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote:
For the fourth year in a row, I am turning to silk listers for book
recommendation this holiday season.
What have you read over the last year that has left
On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 9:16 AM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote:
Anyone know where I can buy a couple of bottles of wines from Indian
vineyards in Chennai? I prefer something other than the usual suspects (you
know, Grover, Sula). And without having to descend into the bowels of a
TASMAC store
On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 7:15 AM, Deepak Shenoy deepakshe...@gmail.comwrote:
Answer 2: Won't bet much. Tails is much more likely since it's not
come for a while, and it's supposed to. (This is the thought process
of many people in casino slot machines, and I've been a victim :))
Answer 3:
On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 1:52 AM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Bonobashi bonoba...@yahoo.co.in wrote:
Not fair to Noddy. This is a chestnut, which, considering its vintage,
may be considered fresh maal once again. It dates back to the Anglo-Indian
era in
On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/05/06/melinda-gates-new-crusade-investing-billions-in-women-s-health.html
Melinda Gates’ New Crusade: Investing Billions in Women's Health
May 7, 2012 1:00 AM EDT
They were
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 6:43 AM, Jon Cox j...@experiments.com wrote:
Shiv,
On Thursday 14 Apr 2011 8:43:57 pm Jon Cox wrote:
Early detection of gender-linked chromosomal disorders
is a sound medical reason for prenatal gender determination.
...
Imagine my amazement when I read
On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 3:34 AM, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote:
On Friday 27 Jul 2012 5:23:53 am Shoba Narayan wrote:
What will Indian culture (or any culture) be like without religion?
I am not sure that I should reply to this because it typically launches me off
on one of my rambles.
widespread are mobile smartphones (Android, specifically)
and cellular coverage in rural India? My guess is that Africa
would lead here.
You dont need smartphones to use MPesa it works over sms. Smartphone
penetration is quite low in Kenya.
ashok
On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 6:26 PM, Eugen Leitl eu...@leitl.org wrote:
http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2012/07/04/the-invisible-bank-how-kenya-has-beaten-the-world-in-mobile-money/
The Invisible Bank: How Kenya Has Beaten the World in Mobile Money
Posted by Ken Banks of National
and
follicular hygiene ...
During my time many of the anglo indian teachers (who were in the
majority among the faculty) began emigrating to Argentina and
Australia ...I wonder how many of them are left now in the faculty.
Ashok
1864 was in an eventful and tense era. The British crown had taken
On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 4:47 PM, ashok _ listmans...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 6:17 AM, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote:
My own Alma Mater (what a quaint olde Brit imposed Latin expressionne :) )
is The Bishop's School in Poona where my life was closer to the lifestlye
led by Billy
On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 7:00 AM, Sruthi Krishnan srukr...@gmail.com wrote:
What to me seemed like a sensible response to Roy's essay.
What a generous dharma adi [0] (charity beating) Ms. Roy is getting
:) No comments
On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 8:55 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote:
I would recommend reading this along with this 40 minute interview with
Sainath
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5xNyomuf6Y
http://dawn.com/2012/03/18/capitalism-a-ghost-story-2/
Capitalism: A Ghost Story
Arundhati
are incapable of making
any choices that may benefit them and will always make the wrong ones
(be they an indian farmer ...or someone living under apartheid ) .
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 12:34 PM, ashok _ listmans...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 8:55 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com
On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 12:46 PM, Giancarlo Livraghi g...@gandalf.it wrote:
The Ford Figo story is quite intriguing. Apparently the name was chosen
because Figo means 'cool' in Italian. Nobody in Detroit or Chennai appears
to be aware of the anatomical-sexual implications (though maybe someone
On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 1:05 AM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 7:03 PM, mark seiden m...@seiden.com wrote:
I love walking the streets of Manhattan (maybe I will pack a lunch and
don a backpack, pack the camera and hike around the city), maybe
window
to finish anything else of his.
His most recent one The Islanders is excellent. Though his most
weird book is the one called Inverted World .
ashok
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 7:15 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote:
People who desire choice in their career will also desire a choice in
their partner, in their beliefs, in their religion, in their social
circle, in every aspect of life primarily because there's no coercive
counter
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 3:57 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
sur...@hserus.net wrote:
We've kind of had to modify our habits a lot
Safe options like parks, the beach, temples etc. And movies if any, only of
the happy feet, alvin and the chipmunks etc variety
--
srs (blackberry)
This is not as
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 5:35 AM, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wednesday 28 Mar 2012 5:01:51 am Srini RamaKrishnan wrote:
On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 6:50 PM, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote:
http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/k566/bennedose/LRM-intro-ii-part.jpg
This one classified human races
On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 11:19 AM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote:
Saritha Rai's new fortnightly column in the New York Times online-
http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/27/when-daycare-slips-into-night-care
/
How do you all feel about it?
I dont get the night care part. can't
On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mar 27, 2012 10:21 AM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote:
Saritha Rai's new fortnightly column in the New York Times online-
http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/27/when-daycare-slips-into-night-care
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 5:42 AM, Sruthi Krishnan srukr...@gmail.com wrote:
2. Culture and such. Depends on the environment in your company or
work place. Sometimes you need support from others to finish tasks
asap. Any laxness on others part (for eg: late reviews, late
discussions etc) makes
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 7:51 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 5:03 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
sur...@hserus.net wrote:
Pizzarro's brother Gonzalo did try - and defeated and killed a viceroy that
the king sent to replace him.
Rebellion to form a feudal
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 1:17 PM, Deepak Shenoy deepakshe...@gmail.com wrote:
The data collection process for reported suicides would be fairly stable
and consistent. A suicide is a subset of all unnatural death (UD) cases.
These are difficult to manipulate, unlike some other crime statistics,
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote:
The deferring of debt repayments - it happens anyway, even without
loan waivers. Agri loan restructuring is given a wide berth by the
RBI. What happens is that these people go and borrow from moneylenders
who are not
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
sur...@hserus.net wrote:
So wanting to have a toilet in the house instead of crapping on the
riverbank, a tv / fan instead of village dappankoothu performances and palm
leaf hand fans, electric grinder rather than stone hand grinder is
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 8:49 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote:
UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation are giving the global food
market ‘critical’ status
Indian sugar cos. are hoarding sugar
http://video.ft.com/v/679555154001/What-s-driving-food-prices-
Sadly, the FAO and WFP
# Mukesh Ambani with a known personal wealth of $22.6 Billion could
run the NREGA for 3-4 years on savings
- i.e. he has 2-3 times more money than 42 million Indian households
put together earn in a year.
I'm not sure how this matters, but more power to him, and more power
to make people
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 7:03 AM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote:
In fact historically speaking money wasn't always the dominant
currency - in the times of the Ming Emperor, it was respect. In
ancient India, it was one's nobleness and profession.
Its interesting you mention the
On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 8:26 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
sur...@hserus.net wrote:
A labor guarantee what else. More people can be put to work for longer,
however inefficiently. Use machinery and less people do the job in less time
Like the old chola kings digging canals to provide employment
On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 1:13 AM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 9:50 PM, ashok _ listmans...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 8:09 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote:
Closer to home (for most in this list that is), Manmohan Singh
On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 8:09 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote:
Closer to home (for most in this list that is), Manmohan Singh and
Montek Singh Ahluwalia both receive pensions from the World Bank.
I have read this stated as a worrying thing before, but why is this
problematic ?
If
On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 6:44 AM, John Sundman j...@wetmachine.com wrote:
The most glaring recent example of this philosophy in action was the
Transitional Government Authority (or whatever it was called) put in place
in Iraq by the Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld cabal right after the 2003 invasion and
On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 3:33 AM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote:
Thomas Pogge makes a very good case for the ethical and moral burden
and undeniable culpability of the rich in keeping the poor poor, in
his GRD paper from 2001:
Another update (not recent) on the misconceived Life Straw :
http://www.ssireview.org/blog/entry/thirty_million_dollars_a_little_bit_of_carbon_and_a_lot_of_hot_air
Verstergaard Frandsen, maker of fine mosquito nets and the
mostly useless LifeStraw Personal, has announced plans to
give away a
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 7:15 PM, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote:
A fraught question, eh? :)
Man's greatest invention?
Agriculture
Agriculture led to settlements and leisure. Leisure led to writing and art
experiemnation and wheels.
I thought of agriculture too ... but I would go a step
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 7:39 AM, John Sundman j...@wetmachine.com wrote:
Under the terms of our new mortgage, we're paying 2% interest, and that's
locked in for the next several years. The highest it can go is 4.5%. If, a
few years from now it seems that we should sell, we'll find some way
On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 4:19 AM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote:
This Nightline summary of the latest State of the Union speech is
quite decent. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOSsO0xUHtA]
And then the news item from today that makes me write this -
On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 7:33 AM, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thursday 26 Jan 2012 7:53:02 pm ashok _ wrote:
The rumor going around these parts is that a ransom was paid and the
hostages freed (thats always the easiest way to get people
freed...especially when you own the printing presses
On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 7:42 AM, John Sundman j...@wetmachine.com wrote:
When I was living in a small village in Senegal, 1976, my friends there
explained to me patiently how the US could never have landed on the moon,
since the moon was in the 7th heaven, which meant that any space ship
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 9:45 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote:
My photos normally don't make reading material for this list, but this
one is possibly an exception.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cheeni/6715593627/in/photostream/
On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 3:33 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
sur...@hserus.net wrote:
ashok _ [14/01/12 00:16 +0300]:
the unsaid part of the story is that such plagiarist business
practices are quite common in Kenya ... there wouldnt be any hue and
cry if it was another Kenyan company doing
the unsaid part of the story is that such plagiarist business
practices are quite common in Kenya ... there wouldnt be any hue and
cry if it was another Kenyan company doing this to mocality. the
outrage is coming from -- big fish vs small fish. might be a lease of
life for these mocality people
On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 2:58 PM, . svaks...@gmail.com wrote:
The chennai beach still looked the same the last I saw (last month to
be precise). Maybe I missed this interesting apparition you
describe...
you must observe closely -- this is the exact type i saw all over
elliots beach :
On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 10:34 PM, ashok _ listmans...@gmail.com wrote:
The chennai beach still looked the same the last I saw (last month to
be precise). Maybe I missed this interesting apparition you
describe...
you must observe closely -- this is the exact type i saw all over
elliots beach
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
sur...@hserus.net wrote:
There's also buying clothes for a trip to singapore or the states etc
type purchases, where you can leave all the salwar kameez, saris etc behind
with a clear conscience.
perhaps that explains it, as they were
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 1:35 PM, ashok _ listmans...@gmail.com wrote:
perhaps that explains it, as they were also selling a lot of woolens
and heavy winter clothing.
That would be for the Madras mamas reeling under the Margazhi dew
On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 12:54 PM, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote:
4. If Indians were actually honest with themselves and did a proper survey of
what is happening in ths country you will find that a significant percentage
of
menfolk think that a woman should be covered up and at home serving her
On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 4:17 PM, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote:
On Friday 02 Dec 2011 1:57:18 am ashok _ wrote:
south asian cultural influence on mexico in the 17th century
What culture was found in South Asia in the 17th century that might have
influenced Mexico? Pakistani? Indian
On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShOsMw7Afy8
is an interview with the good author, where he's undoubtedly Hindu
leaning, but he's sort of balanced in his opinion. I lost all respect
for him after his op-ed in August [0].
On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 11:58 AM, Supriya Nair supriya.n...@gmail.com wrote:
Binyavanga Wainaina's
One Day I Will Write About This Place,
Teju Cole's Open City.
I can second both the above books ... I liked Teju Cole's book in
particular (his earlier work 'everyday is for the thief' is great
On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:
Interesting piece. I know a few people who decided to return to
(usually) the US after the Return To India didn't go as well as they
wanted, but this is an interesting way of putting it.
Udhay
On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 9:19 PM, Mahesh Murthy mahesh.mur...@gmail.com wrote:
Wrote it for Tehelka on how he potentially impacted Indian IT.
http://oh.pn/jobs2
From your article --
It’s the lack of a humanities outlook to technology.
There of course cannot be a humanities outlook when
They have a good marketing story -- i guess they will package it as a
different product and sell it to tourists travelling to 3rd world
countries after flogging it in a TED conference of some sort.
The problem with this lifestraw story is like that of any of the other
bazillion feel-good 'life
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 12:48 AM, Charles Haynes
charles.hay...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 2:56 AM, Eugen Leitl eu...@leitl.org wrote:
Apparently, not so much thread drift after all.
What to do with frequently recurring herpes labialis, multiple lesions
Rub chili juice on VERY
only a blind fool gloats with a us vs them comparison. lets not even
talk about all the violent reactions in kashmir, the north east,
andhra -- every tribal conflict going on since independence.
On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Xxxrum xxx...@yahoo.com wrote:
On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 5:09 PM, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote:
1. Slut-walk in which women demonstrate wearing as little clothing as possible
for the ostensibly good cause of changing attitudes/laws about womens safety
and modesty
I agree with the cause. Do I agree with the method? Women in
i dont know who this person is, but if this is what passes for nuance,
there must be a serious shortage of it.
Saying that some american shield law 'should' have jurisdiction over
what is published in the guardian or wikileaks is as stupid as
protesting about a prophet mohamed cartoon published
- traditional brew from central kenya made out of chewed (by
some old women, and then fermented) muratina
some kind of snake (in hongkong) - grilled, but the blood was put in
a shot glass with some kind of grain spirit and drunk in one shot.
Ashok
MS Software licensing payments are royalty and taxable
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/10/31/stories/2010103151760100.htm
The Delhi Income-Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has
held that payments received by Microsoft
Corporation from end users (in India) through
distributors for sale of
The best place to ask is probably on the ichild mailing list :
Http://www.ichild.org/lists.htm
On 9/20/10, Nishant Shah itsnish...@gmail.com wrote:
Dear all,
A friend of a friend (isn't how that always is?) is looking at adopting a
child in India in the coming future. She is also hoping to
On 02-Sep-2010, at 3:04 PM, Venkat Mangudi wrote:
Hi,
I am in Chennai from Sep 19 through Sep 21. Not sure where I am staying
as yet, but open to catching up dinner types on 20th. Anyone in town?
I will be in the US at that time, but I've been hearing good things about
Shiraz at
On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
sur...@hserus.net wrote:
There are some VERY badly produced ones - Pebbles and Apple Tree brand. VCDs
though.
Their English VCDs are even worse. Nobody I know of that produces DVDs.
You can pick this crap up at any landmark, odyssey,
On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBg6dU1aFSE
and go from link to link ; and even then, the puke factor suddenly
spikes
Yikes ... why are they all so bad ? isnt there a market for good quality stuff ?
ashok
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Kiran Jonnalagadda j...@pobox.com wrote:
But then, if you look at the 20 storey buildings coming up around Bangalore
with 80-100 apartments per building, and with apartments going for around 60
lakhs, your 100th fraction share of the land has significantly
Can anyone recommend a online store for buying laptops in India ? (of
course, they need to also deliver the laptop to an address ...)
ashok
I also strongly recommend Cafe Ashvita, run by a good friend of mine. Nice
ambience, great food (not sure about drinks though) and is located on Cathedral
road
On 12-May-2010, at 5:33 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
Lavanya Mohan wrote, [on 5/12/2010 3:27 PM]:
Zara has a great weekday lunch
Alright, after a brief discussion with Udhay, Zara's has been finalized as the
venue for the Chennai 23rd Silk meet.
On 12-May-2010, at 5:33 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
Lavanya Mohan wrote, [on 5/12/2010 3:27 PM]:
Zara has a great weekday lunch menu. There's a new thai place called
baan
On 30-Apr-2010, at 8:18 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
Can do one on a sunday, madras
+ 1
Ashok
In which case, I wonder if dogs living in a Hindu household automatically
become Hindu dogs
On 20-Apr-2010, at 12:01 PM, Vinayak Hegde wrote:
Since you have now invoked Godwin's law, This discussion is officially
going to the dogs.
-- Vinayak
On 17-Apr-2010, at 8:22 AM, ss wrote:
Why unregister?
shiv
Good point. I don't remember explicitly registering, and given the sheer
diversity of practices and beliefs, not to mention the lack of a single
organizing authority, why the need for an explicit unregister process? One
On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 9:27 AM, Kiran Jonnalagadda j...@pobox.com wrote:
Mahesh Shantaram did that many years ago. Here it is:
http://bbs.seacrow.com/cix/106/829
http://bbs.seacrow.com/cix/106/881
Thanks, I am sure
On 26-Mar-2010, at 2:19 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
Somewhere other than Azulia. There's this italian place called Tuscana on
Khader Nawaz Khan Road that I've heard great things about.
Tuscana is completely awesome. They have the best pesto in town
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Indrajit Gupta bonoba...@yahoo.co.in wrote:
@vajra
Spanish law has its roots in Islamic law brought by Moors
I think Ikram meant Spanish law is influenced by Islamic law brought to Spain
by Moors.
There is no doubt about the fact that prophet Muhammad was
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 6:19 PM, Divya Manian divya.man...@gmail.com wrote:
I especially hate photo journalists who show pictures of torture, babies
dying of hunger while vulture waits nearby, etc. They are meant to titillate
and blind us with excess anger and fury. After seeing those pictures,
I'm in the Bay area today and tomorrow (flight leaves at 3.45 pm) so if any of
you are up for a silkmeet let me know. Otherwise, I plan to do some walking in
Muir woods and go musical instruments shopping in San Francisco today.
Thanks
Ashok
On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 6:29 PM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Zeenath Hasan zeenath.ha...@gmail.com
wrote:
1hr 47min account at the supply end of another debilitating binge,
http://www.darwinsnightmare.com/reviews.htm
I was not actually that impressed with
On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Zeenath Hasan zeenath.ha...@gmail.com wrote:
The gaze of the docu-viewer maker need not be in alignment for the
documentary to be able state a position on a shared yet multi-vocal concern,
which is not to say that non-conflictual perspectives are requisite to
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 4:42 PM, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote:
4) An Olympus Pen half frame compact camera with a built in exposure meter
bought in 1977
These ones are getting pretty rare ... Since not too many used examples work.
A good example still fetches good money
5) A Box camera for
On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Eugen Leitl eu...@leitl.org wrote:
You relocated and during your childhood. You think thats the same as
relocating when you are an adult or when you have kids?
When you've relocated once or twice, it gets easier with time.
Kids have it easier, if anything.
I
On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Shoba Narayan narayan.sh...@gmail.com wrote:
mind-games. You start thinking of India as a hardship posting; you expect
Believe me it is a hard-ship posting ... I cannot find any decent
alcohol in madras... its even difficult to ask around (why do you
want to buy
On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
sur...@hserus.net wrote:
Your dad was in the army and you weren't a KV brat? That kind of situation
is just why every single armed forces base had a KV onsite, plus at least
one other school, quite often .. both of which would be quite
On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 10:49 PM, Charles Haynes
charles.hay...@gmail.com wrote:
Mass produced Australian or Chilean plonk is still better than even
high end Indian wine. To get decent wine in India I had to bring it
in myself, or implore visiting friends to bring me decent wine. Things
will
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote:
Returnees run into trouble when they “look Indian but think American,”
OMG, do I relate to this one.
I dont live in North America ... but I still feel the disconnect
everytime I fly from Nairobi into India.
The
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
sur...@hserus.net wrote:
hell no more than 4 or 5 people turn up for these
Ah ... so there are some sleepers who turn up ?
I am okay for a evening coffee / snack somewhere tomorrow (tuesday) if
its still on ... I am on holiday, but you
You relocated and during your childhood. You think thats the same as
relocating when you are an adult or when you have kids?
On 12/1/09, Kiran K Karthikeyan kiran.karthike...@gmail.com wrote:
2009/11/30 Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com
I am in Chennai till the 3rd of December -- if there is a meeting
being organized I would be glad to meet other participants on this
list ...
Ashok
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
sur...@hserus.net wrote:
ditto. and deepa mohan is here .. lets get something organized over the
weekend?
Saturday evening isnt good for me .. but Sunday evening is good.
Afternoon is fine for both days.
ashok
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
sur...@hserus.net wrote:
How about copper point at the GRT grand instead of the usual Azulia? T
Nagar isn't too far from Mylapore, right Deepa?
That place is fine for me.
Ashok
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 2:39 PM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote:
It's fine if I don't have to go round and round trying to find parking and
be told that I can't park, as happened to me recently:
http://deponti.livejournal.com/612230.html
They have valet parking at the place Suresh
.
nice country especially the western cape. johannesburg / pretoria all
the times i've been there -- i was happy to leave :-(
ashok
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 10:48 PM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 8:13 AM, Divya Manian divya.man...@gmail.com wrote:
I am just curious why it is so hard in cities to find professional labor
despite being willing to pay above market rates. Is it because the smart
ones
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