Ah yes, haven't heard those names in a long time. Ramesh later wrote a few pieces on Sulekha too. That whole scene was the equivalent of the Well for desis.
On Fri, Jun 7, 2024 at 8:34 AM Thaths <[email protected]> wrote: > Welcome to Silklist, Venkatesh. I used to hang around soc.culture.india > (and soc.culture.tamil (baiting keyboard Tamil Tigers posting from > carleton.ca) and a few other usenet groups) around that time as well. If > you were reading those groups you may remember Rajan Parrikar (who > continues to post some amazing photos in his blog > <https://blog.parrikar.com/>) and Ramesh Mahadevan (who sadly passed away > <https://nanopolitan.blogspot.com/2016/03/rip-ramesh-mahadevan.html> a > few years ago). > > Thaths > > On Thu, Jun 6, 2024 at 6:41 PM Venkatesh Rao via Silklist < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks Udhay for adding me to this list. >> >> To introduce myself briefly, I’m Venkatesh Rao, blogger at >> ribbonfarm.com since 2007, and indie consultant. More about me at >> venkateshrao.com. Based in Seattle. Since this is an old desi list… I >> used to lurk on soc.culture.indian back in Usenet days (94-97 via the >> limited internet access at IIT-B) and was an early regular contributor to >> Sulekha when it was still a writing site. >> >> Looking forward to the conversations here. >> -- >> Silklist mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist >> > > > -- > Homer: Hey, what does this job pay? > Carl: Nuthin'. > Homer: D'oh! > Carl: Unless you're crooked. > Homer: Woo-hoo! >
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