Re: [silk] Novels about Jews in India?

2017-09-12 Thread Jahnavi Phalkey
BAUMGARTNER'S BOMBAY By Anita Desai. New York: Alfred A. Knopf  (1988) THE MAN WHO DIDN'T BELONG | | | | | | | | | | | THE MAN WHO DIDN'T BELONG BAUMGARTNER'S BOMBAY By Anita Desai. 230 pp. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. $18.95. | | | On Tuesday, September 12, 2017, 2:26:52

Re: [silk] Bangalore: Time to meet up

2018-01-22 Thread Jahnavi Phalkey
Hi Udhay made sure that I remembered to say yes. If this is still on, I will be there. All ears. Jahnavi On Monday, January 22, 2018, 7:34:34 PM GMT+5:30, gabin kattukaran wrote: On 22 January 2018 at 16:06, Kavita ATD wrote: > I get back to Bangalore on Friday late night : ( Some

[silk] Open Call for Science Gallery Bengaluru is Live

2019-05-06 Thread Jahnavi Phalkey
Open Call, and tweet/ share over your chosen social media outlets, as you may see fit. https://opencall.sciencegallery.com/submerge   Warmly,   Jahnavi  -- Jahnavi Phalkey, PhDDirector Science Gallery Bengaluru

[silk] Science Gallery Bengaluru is recruiting: please apply/ share.

2019-08-14 Thread Jahnavi Phalkey
Dear all, We are recruiting for the following positions. Please apply/ share as may be relevant: Positionshttps://bengaluru.sciencegallery.com/jobs - Head of Infrastructure - Head of Administration - Media and Communications Manager - Season Producer - Developmen

[silk] On research and higher education in Indian universities.

2020-09-24 Thread Jahnavi Phalkey
Dear friends and colleagues, I am delighted to invite you to the *online launch * of my first film, Cyclotron! The film grew out of my research on the beginnings of experimental nuclear physics in India, part of which was published as a bo

[silk] On higher education and research in Indian universities.

2020-09-24 Thread Jahnavi Phalkey
able to watch the film and perhaps we might indulge in a discussion on ideas I have raised and missed raising on the topic!  Warmly,  Jahnavi Phalkey Director, Science Gallery BengaluruSir Asutosh Mukherjee Visiting Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies

Re: [silk] Starting a second career

2021-07-24 Thread Jahnavi Phalkey
You start out excited and then descend into feeling increasingly like an idiot. And then things likely change again. In about three and a half years. I don’t yet know what comes after that. 🤣 But this is much better done as an across the table conversation. Jahnavi Please excuse brevity or t

[silk] Introducing ...

2014-08-23 Thread Jahnavi Phalkey
Heylo. It is well known already that if I do not introduce myself properly, Udhay will unceremoniously throw me off the list. Otherwise, I am a historian of twentieth century science and technology - especially physical sciences and political economy. My first book was about the beginnings of

Re: [silk] Introducing ...

2014-08-23 Thread Jahnavi Phalkey
Thank you, Deepa and Gabin On Sunday, August 24, 2014 8:22 AM, gabin kattukaran wrote: Hi Jahnavi, >    Welcome aboard! > > > >On 23 August 2014 13:06, Jahnavi Phalkey wrote: >> Heylo. > > >Which jet-fighter would that be? > > >The  Hindustan

Re: [silk] Introducing ...

2014-08-24 Thread Jahnavi Phalkey
Indeed, Suresh. A Kurt Tank design but even more than that, the history of its making is incredibly interesting. On Sunday, August 24, 2014 11:32 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > > >Good taste, Kurt tank design > > > >On 24 August 2014 11:17:50 am Jahnavi Phalkey

Re: [silk] Introducing ...

2014-08-24 Thread Jahnavi Phalkey
0, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > >> On 24 August 2014 1:22:45 pm Jahnavi Phalkey >> wrote: >> >> > Indeed, Suresh. A Kurt Tank design but even more than that, the >> history of >> > its making is incredibly interesting. > >Is there a fellow military aviat

Re: [silk] Introducing ...

2014-08-25 Thread Jahnavi Phalkey
; > >Production delays I believe, caused by bungling at HAL. So the iaf imported >sukhoi su7s in a hurry. > >The aircraft was also tough as hell but underpowered, so rapidly became >obsolete without further development, especially as tank had moved on > > > > >On 25 Au

Re: [silk] Bangalore

2016-06-21 Thread Jahnavi Phalkey
August. I hope there will be another meeting... On Tuesday, June 21, 2016 11:35 AM, WordPsmith wrote: Works for me too! > On Jun 21, 2016, at 10:46, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 10:44 AM, Vinit Bhansali > wrote: > > I'm in - both for meeting and hosting - Vi

Re: [silk] Old Maps of Chennai

2016-12-30 Thread Jahnavi Phalkey
S Muthaiah is your one stop for everything Chennai!  Alternatively, get in touch with Vikram Raghavan (vikram1...@gmail.com). He will know where - even might have copies himself. - Jahnavi On Thursday, December 29, 2016 5:45 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: The madras archives http