Re: [silk] Failure of Sociology in India?

2007-12-12 Thread cupadhya
Aditya -- This book can be easily purchased in India, it's published here -- any good bookseller. If you're in Bangalore, try Premier. Carol - Original Message - From: Aditya Kapil [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 1:33 pm Subject: Re: [silk] Failure of Sociology

Re: [silk] Failure of Sociology in India?

2007-12-12 Thread cupadhya
Hi -- I'll forward your message about the website to Rukun Advani, I'm sure he'll appreciate the feedback. Yes, Permanent Black has been cornering many of the best social science / history publications recently. I have also sent them my book proposal, on none other than IT Bangalore! Carol

Re: [silk] Failure of Sociology in India?

2007-12-11 Thread cupadhya
Hello, from the resident sociologist on silklist. Shiv is quite correct -- sociology is a tired, underdeveloped, nelected, and largely irrelevant discipline in India, despite the fact that (I think) it produces more PhDs than any other. There are many reasons for this, and I would not like to

Re: [silk] Contacts

2006-09-25 Thread cupadhya
Hi Rasmus, sorry I didn't get around to doing this earlier, altho had sent two intro's to you, hope you got them. I am out of India this week, will do this as soon as I get back to office on Tuesday, yrs Carol - Original Message - From: Rasmus Lema [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday,

Re: [silk] Fwd: NIAS-IDPAD study report

2006-09-24 Thread cupadhya
Hi Sastry, yes do feel free to post it wherever. Needless to say we have already gotten backlash from some in the IT industry for some of our conclusions, but they tend to misinterpret our intent. It is not even an argument for reservations, but certainly one for thinking creatively about

Re: [silk] Fwd: NIAS-IDPAD study report

2006-09-24 Thread cupadhya
sorry this mail was meant for Sastry and not the whole list, carol - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, September 25, 2006 9:25 am Subject: Re: [silk] Fwd: NIAS-IDPAD study report To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Hi Sastry, yes do feel free to post it wherever.