I totally agree with Rishab; there's absolutely no sense of belonging in most of the people here in Delhi, especially with the 'semi-literate / illiterate' migrant class; it is seen as a place to work, make your money and go back / or send it back home.
I have also felt this is probably one of the major reasons for the brutal murders that happen across the city frequently; the rape incidents and the consequences of road-rage. Yes, definitely jolly to go places in the Metro. Anil KUMAR On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:42:38 +0200, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 11:49 +0530, Biju Chacko wrote: > > Delhi is a nice place -- lotsa history and great architecture. Too many > Delhites, though. :-) > > i think the problem is too _few_ delhi-ites, actually. everyone is from > somewhere else and doesn't really have a sense of place, and lots of the > somewhere elses bring their own cultures that are not very nice, all > combining to create india's rape capital. > > awesome kababs and the metro's amazing, though. > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Rishab Aiyer Ghosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:45:32 +0200 > Subject: Re: [silk] romance and reading > sounds fascinating! sounds a bit jim crace-ish. > > On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 15:09 +0530, Abhishek Hazra wrote: > > a book that i am waiting to re-read > > City of Saints and Madmen > > by Jeff VanderMeer > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Rishab Aiyer Ghosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:51:26 +0200 > Subject: Re: [silk] Supercharge Your Camera with Open-Source CHDK Firmware > > On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 12:47 +0530, Biju Chacko wrote: > > Digital cameras have powers beyond what is immediately available to > > the user. On a standard Canon, for example, the fastest shutter speed > > option offered is 1/1,600 second, but the hardware can handle much > > more than that -- up to 1/60,000 of a second. > > you can't actually do that (1/60000 second!) on a regular camera that > has a decent sized hardware shutter. the examples seem to be with > cheaper cameras which use software to control the CCD and don't have > mechanical shutters at all. > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Rishab Aiyer Ghosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:59:46 +0200 > Subject: Re: [silk] The US is in recession or equity markets are > manipulating the equity market. > that's where the conspiracy theory looks wild-eyed. bear sterns senior > managers made enormous personal losses, so they certainly couldn't have > been behind their own collapse. but they were pretty much among the best > in the business at playing the markets, and very well connected, so the > suggestion that some _other_ financial whizzes "beat them to the ground" > is absurd. > > On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 20:03 +0530, Vinayak Hegde wrote: > > Just think of what the short sellers did to Bear Stearns. It's true > > that Bear Stearns's fabled risk management was not up to par in its > > portfolio. But it's also true that without the hedge fund heavies of > > great wealth and great gossip beating them to the ground, Bear would > > surely have "shlepped it through," as we say. > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Ramakrishnan Sundaram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 16:30:19 +0530 > Subject: Re: [silk] How did this guy wind up here? > On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Biju Chacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Or comments from people like Udhay, who do not seem significantly less > > coherent when drunk. > > Umm. I take it you haven't seen Udhay _really_ drunk. > > I'm talking hold-me-back-someone-or-I'm-going-to-beat-up-random-stranger > drunk. > > OTOH, he's getting on in years and age (and marriage) have mellowed him. > > Ram > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Thaths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 06:18:34 -0700 > Subject: Re: [silk] Ugadi > On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 11:18 PM, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'd like to plug a book here: > > > > _Ethnicity and Populist Mobilization: political parties, citizens and > > democracy in South India_ > > by Narendra Subramanian (disclosure: the author is a first cousin) > > I picked up a copy of _ Brahmin and Non - Brahmin - Genealogies of the > Tamil Political Present_ the last time I was in India. Have not read > it yet. It is published by Sarai (IIRC). > > http://www.indiaclub.com/shop/SearchResults.asp?ProdStock=19418 > > Thaths > -- > Bart: We were just planning the father-son river rafting trip. > Homer: Hehe. You don't have a son. > Sudhakar Chandra Slacker Without Borders > > > > _______________________________________________ > silklist mailing list > [email protected] > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/silklist > >
