Thanks Sumanth. I read about your 250 km (!) Atacama crossing! Deep respect!
Hi Madhu! Prostrations :) Thanks Anish! Great to meet you Thanks Venkat! The lad has been getting me to listen to Queen (Bohemian Rhapsody, to be precise) but I found that song too random, which opinion made me drop several points in his opinion. He keeps playing Clapton's Layla, which I've grown to like. Queen's going to take a while though :) On 26 January 2014 18:56, Venkat Mangudi - Silk <[email protected]>wrote: > Welcome... > > Nice combination that... Hindustani classical and rock. Try Queen. You > might like the music. And Eric Clapton. > On Jan 26, 2014 6:31 PM, "Anish Mohammed" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Welcome to the "interesting" bunch of folks whose connecting factor being > > Udhay ;) > > > > Anish Mohammed > > Twitter: anishmohammed > > http://uk.linkedin.com/in/anishmohammed > > Skype: thecryptic > > > > On 26 Jan 2014, at 05:01, Shenoy N <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I'm happy and honored to be part of this list (thanks Udhay!) and while > > I'm > > > acutely aware that I'm probably, as my wife Sheela leaves no > opportunity > > > unutilized to remind me of this, a pretty useless and boring person, > > here's > > > a brief intro > > > > > > I'm Narendra Shenoy. I run a factory manufacturing components and > > > sub-assemblies which go into various engineering applications. > Currently, > > > for instance, we make hinge assemblies for the Coke and Pepsi > > visi-coolers > > > that you see in restaurants and cafes. > > > > > > We occasionally get to make interesting stuff too. We partnered with > > > Berkeley University to develop the Berkeley Darfur Stove ( > > > http://cookstoves.lbl.gov/darfur.php) and the prototypes for a very > > > promising groundwater arsenic remediation technique called ECAR > > > http://gadgillab.berkeley.edu/research/water/arsenic_removal/ > > > (ours processes 600 liters every 2 hours) > > > > > > For most of my time, however, I'm found pottering around Malad West in > > > Mumbai, where I live, trying to persuade my wife to cook me some Coorg > > > style pork or Mysore style mutton pulao. I read as much as I can, > almost > > > entirely non-fiction, though in times of depression, I will pick up a > P G > > > Wodehouse to make the blues go away. > > > > > > I listen almost exclusively to Hindustani Classical Music. My younger > son > > > however has been working on me for the last year and has got me to like > > > Pink Floyd, Led Zep and Metallica. He teaches himself to play the > > electric > > > guitar and I'm often his main audience. I chronicle some of this in my > > > blog, narendrashenoy.blogspot.in > > > > > > Cheers! > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Narendra Shenoy > > > http://narendrashenoy.blogspot.com > > > > > -- Narendra Shenoy http://narendrashenoy.blogspot.com
