[silk] Anyone going from Chennai/Bangalore to the US?

2011-11-28 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
Hello, Going against the grain here. I don't want to ship things from the US to India, but send stuff from home to the US. Food. More specifically, the rather brilliant Sri Krishna Sweet's Mysore Pa, to a friend in San Diego. The couriers/commercial carriers refused to ship perishable goods, and

Re: [silk] Anyone going from Chennai/Bangalore to the US?

2011-11-28 Thread Ashwin Kumar
On 29 November 2011 00:10, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, Going against the grain here. I don't want to ship things from the US to India, but send stuff from home to the US. Food. More specifically, the rather brilliant Sri Krishna Sweet's Mysore Pa,

Re: [silk] Anyone going from Chennai/Bangalore to the US?

2011-11-28 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
-To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] Anyone going from Chennai/Bangalore to the US? On 29 November 2011 00:10, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, Going against the grain here. I don't want to ship things from the US to India, but send stuff from home

Re: [silk] Anyone going from Chennai/Bangalore to the US?

2011-11-28 Thread Danese Cooper
Be careful of US customs regulations. We're encouraged to report any foodstuffs we're carrying and they sometimes get seized when we do :-(. D On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, Going against the grain here. I don't want

Re: [silk] Anyone going from Chennai/Bangalore to the US?

2011-11-28 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Danese Cooper [28/11/11 17:42 -0800]: Be careful of US customs regulations. We're encouraged to report any foodstuffs we're carrying and they sometimes get seized when we do :-(. seized and thrown into a dustbin, to the chagrin of quite a few people who turn up carrying sweets, pickles,