Re: [silk] 1 lakh car spurs environment worries

2007-10-13 Thread ashok _
On 10/13/07, Sriram Karra wrote: http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/12/business/12cars.php 1. more cars and fewer motorcycles/scooters/cycles means more homogeneity in road traffic. I feel that's a good thing. Cars are less maneuverable than two wheelers, which is a good thing to keep

Re: [silk] 1 lakh car spurs environment worries

2007-10-13 Thread Tarun Dua
On 10/13/07, Deepa Mohan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In Bengaluru for example, I have started using public transport regularly. I would love to use public transport in Bengaluru, if they could just add route labels in english. Mostly I have learnt to curtail my local travel by just getting most

[silk] A matter of humanity

2007-10-13 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
Fort Hunt's Quiet Men Break Silence on WWII Interrogators Fought 'Battle of Wits' By Petula Dvorak Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, October 6, 2007; Page A01 For six decades, they held their silence. The group of World War II veterans kept a military code and the decorum of their

Re: [silk] A matter of humanity

2007-10-13 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 10/13/07, Srini Ramakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fort Hunt's Quiet Men Break Silence on WWII Interrogators Fought 'Battle of Wits' Missed the URL - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/05/AR2007100502492.html

Re: [silk] 1 lakh car spurs environment worries

2007-10-13 Thread shiv sastry
On Saturday 13 Oct 2007 12:36 pm, Deepa Mohan wrote: I cycle quite a lot, Some years ago, when I enthusiastically mooted getting a cycle each for my kids Shashi (my wife, for those who don't know) pointed out that in Bangalore the only people who seriously use bicycles for transport are

Re: [silk] Nobel Peace Prize - 2007

2007-10-13 Thread Vinayak Hegde
On 10/13/07, ashok _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/13/07, shiv sastry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Surprised me. Well he did create the Internet didn't he? That sure changed the environment a lot. I demand a re-count of the votes, and the nobel prize handed over to Bush !!! Bush