Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-02 Thread Deepa Mohan
> Re: various interesting names I had gone to a wildlife photography meet in Mysore and met a gentleman who is a camera fanatic; he knows cameras, literally, inside out. He said that he had named his two sons Canon and Nikon (no jokes, they are their middle names.). So we quickly rallied and ask

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-02 Thread Ravi Bellur
Re: various interesting names It would be hard to beat this one for irony, especially if you're cursed with puerile sensibilties like me: the director of the WHO's dept on HIV/AIDS is named Kevin De Cock. http://www.who.int/hiv/mediacentre/news59/en/index.html He actually looks like a pretty nic

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-02 Thread Bonobashi
--- On Thu, 2/4/09, ss wrote: > From: ss > Subject: Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella) > To: silklist@lists.hserus.net > Date: Thursday, 2 April, 2009, 2:37 PM > On Thursday 02 Apr 2009 12:28:30 am > Mohit (मॊिहत) wrote: > > And what do you think of

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-02 Thread ss
On Thursday 02 Apr 2009 12:28:30 am Mohit (मॊिहत) wrote: > And what do you think of Just Mohit? :) > - Mo I think Mohit means "full of charm" or "charming" shiv

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-02 Thread Bonobashi
--- On Thu, 2/4/09, Mahesh Murthy wrote: > From: Mahesh Murthy > Subject: Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella) > To: silklist@lists.hserus.net > Date: Thursday, 2 April, 2009, 12:45 PM > > > > > That reminds me of a friend who named his > c

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-02 Thread Mahesh Murthy
> > > That reminds me of a friend who named his company, Onus > > Consultants > > > It must have been a heavy burden on him, but other than that, what was > objectionable in this title? Did he have, as it were, a tendency to sit on > his tasks? At least his investors could clearly see an exit

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Bonobashi
--- On Thu, 2/4/09, Venkatesh Hariharan wrote: > From: Venkatesh Hariharan > Subject: Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella) > To: silklist@lists.hserus.net > Date: Thursday, 2 April, 2009, 12:03 PM > On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:21 AM, > Radhika, Y. > wrot

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Venkatesh Hariharan
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:21 AM, Radhika, Y. wrote: > there was also the woman in Montana who named her daugther Syphilis-it > seemed such a feminine, pretty word to her! That reminds me of a friend who named his company, Onus Consultants, despite my bets efforts to dissuade him. Of course, one h

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Radhika, Y.
well i should give the complete picture then to further confound:-) my full name is Yeddanapudi Lakshmi Arudra Rama Radhika (but I have abbreviated all of this dogma down to Y.R. Radhika for a long, long time). The Lakshmi is homage to a family practice of giving the eldest daughter a name synonymo

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Mahesh Murthy [02/04/09 00:14 +0530]: Talking of names, I used to work in Hong Kong with a Billboard Kwok - I kid not, in my media-buying department, and had a client - a Marketing Manager at American Express, I kid you not again, who was somewhat unfortunately named Vagina Lau (she pronounced it

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Mahesh Murthy
> > > > not really. my name is Yeddanapudi Radhika as in Radhika of Yeddanapudi > village with no father's name in between. Neither does my brother carry my > dad's name nor do any of my cousins on the Yeddanapudi side. I guess there is some variability here. My school principal in Hyderabad was

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Radhika, Y.
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Mahesh Murthy wrote: > > > > America Rao (NOT a joke!). > > > America Rao would be ethnologically correct in Telugu naming convention of > {Place of origin}+{Father's Name}+{Your Name} for a 2nd generation Gult. > > As in a certain gent Rama Rao was the son of Tara

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Mahesh Murthy
> > America Rao (NOT a joke!). America Rao would be ethnologically correct in Telugu naming convention of {Place of origin}+{Father's Name}+{Your Name} for a 2nd generation Gult. As in a certain gent Rama Rao was the son of Taraka, from Nandamuri village and hence became NTR

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Kiran K Karthikeyan
2009/4/2 Radhika, Y. > there was also the woman in Montana who named her daugther Syphilis-it > seemed such a feminine, pretty word to her! I always thought Montana as a state was where you could drive at 100mph and contained nothing but ranches owned by the well to do from Seattle, Portland, L

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread मॊिहत
And what do you think of Just Mohit? :) - Mo

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Dave Kumar
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Radhika, Y. wrote: > there was also the woman in Montana who named her daugther Syphilis-it > seemed such a feminine, pretty word to her! > > A friend of mine said she talked to a woman in Brazil who had named her daughter Menage A Trois. She (the mom) had no idea

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Radhika, Y.
well at least Symbiosis is better than Parasite Lee On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Mahesh Murthy wrote: > > > > > Talking of names, I used to work in Hong Kong with a Billboard Kwok - I > > kid > > > not, in my media-buying department, and had a client - a Marketing > > Manager > > > at America

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Mahesh Murthy
> > > Talking of names, I used to work in Hong Kong with a Billboard Kwok - I > kid > > not, in my media-buying department, and had a client - a Marketing > Manager > > at American Express, I kid you not again, who was somewhat unfortunately > > named Vagina Lau (she pronounced it Vuh-geena). In ad

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Radhika, Y.
there was also the woman in Montana who named her daugther Syphilis-it seemed such a feminine, pretty word to her! On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Kiran K Karthikeyan < kiran.karthike...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2009/4/2 Mahesh Murthy > > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:07 AM, Radhika, Y. > wrote: > >

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Kiran K Karthikeyan
2009/4/2 Mahesh Murthy > On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:07 AM, Radhika, Y. wrote: > > > how about Himadri for a man's name? > > > Quite common, actually. Have a film producer friend - whose next movie > releases in 2 months, by the way, called Sheetal Talwar. And it's a he. > > Talking of names, I us

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Radhika, Y.
my personal favorites are Appollo Singh (named because he was born on Jul 20, 1969 presumably shortly before Armstrong took his steps) and Russia and America Rao (NOT a joke!). On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Mahesh Murthy wrote: > On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:07 AM, Radhika, Y. wrote: > > > how a

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Bonobashi
--- On Thu, 2/4/09, Radhika, Y. wrote: From: Radhika, Y. Subject: Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella) To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Date: Thursday, 2 April, 2009, 12:07 AM how about Himadri for a man's name? //Yeah, how about it? Men commonly have names like

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Mahesh Murthy
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:07 AM, Radhika, Y. wrote: > how about Himadri for a man's name? Quite common, actually. Have a film producer friend - whose next movie releases in 2 months, by the way, called Sheetal Talwar. And it's a he. Talking of names, I used to work in Hong Kong with a Billboar

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Kiran K Karthikeyan
2009/4/1 gabin kattukaran > On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan > wrote: > > > Well, I am no Venkat. But try beating Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan for > > uniqueness. > > If you want to play that game - Gabin Eluvathingal Kattukaran > > -gabin And then you have the ma

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Radhika, Y.
how about Himadri for a man's name? On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Kiran K Karthikeyan < kiran.karthike...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Well, I am no Venkat. But try beating Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan for > > uniqueness. > > > > Not very unique I'm afraid. Chandrachoodan or "the one who wears the m

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Kiran K Karthikeyan
> Well, I am no Venkat. But try beating Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan for > uniqueness. > Not very unique I'm afraid. Chandrachoodan or "the one who wears the moon" aka Shiva is a fairly common name in Kerala. Given the fact that Gopalakrishnan is also a very common surname, I'll bet you could eas

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread gabin kattukaran
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan wrote: > Well, I am no Venkat. But try beating Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan for > uniqueness. If you want to play that game - Gabin Eluvathingal Kattukaran -gabin -- Samuel Goldwyn - "I don't think anyone should write their autob

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction

2009-04-01 Thread Venkat Inumella
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 5:43 PM, Venkatesh Hariharan wrote: > > > I enjoy running and swimming. I have run a 52km ultra-marathon > > Wow! I doubt if Silk-Listers have collectively run 54kms! You belong > to another planet :-) Thanks!:) Truly mindless (pointless, even) endeavours are my special nic

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Venkat Inumella wrote: > On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Venkatesh Hariharan > wrote: > > > > I used to work in a cubicle farm of a Citibank subsidiary (we lovingly > > called it the Dungeon) and every time someone shouted "Venky" or > > "Venkat" five heads would

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Venkat Inumella
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Venkatesh Hariharan wrote: > > I used to work in a cubicle farm of a Citibank subsidiary (we lovingly > called it the Dungeon) and every time someone shouted "Venky" or > "Venkat" five heads would pop up (including mine). Ditto for "Subbu" > or "Subramaniam." I kno

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction

2009-04-01 Thread Venkatesh Hariharan
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:46 PM, Venkat Inumella wrote: > I enjoy running and swimming. I have run a 52km ultra-marathon Wow! I doubt if Silk-Listers have collectively run 54kms! You belong to another planet :-) Venky

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction

2009-04-01 Thread Charles Haynes
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 10:11 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 6:31 AM, Kiran K Karthikeyan > wrote: >> 2009/3/31 Venkat Inumella >> Welcome. If you're shooting for finishing the IMDB top 250, I might be able >> to help you if you have a region code hacked dvd player and l

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction

2009-04-01 Thread Kiran K Karthikeyan
> I went through most of the IMDB top 250 over a period of a couple of > months - 3 movies a day on average. I must say it got depressing since > the movies that tend to get selected for artistic excellence are often > very sad and unhappy. > > OTOH, try anything once. > > Cheeni Your sentiment i

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction

2009-04-01 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 6:31 AM, Kiran K Karthikeyan wrote: > 2009/3/31 Venkat Inumella [...] > Welcome. If you're shooting for finishing the IMDB top 250, I might be able > to help you if you have a region code hacked dvd player and lots of time. I > can also help you if you are found of Kiarosta

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Mahesh Murthy
I thought I was condemned to a common name like Mahesh. Till I discovered there were 5 "Seenis" (Srinivases) in my B. Tech. class. in Hyderabad. "Seeni" is right up there with "Subbu" and "Venky". On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Venkatesh Hariharan wrote: > On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Dee

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Madhu Menon: > I think I'll call you all "Goldie" from now on, making you instant > Punjus. ;) Hawn jee .. srs

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Madhu Menon
Venkatesh Hariharan wrote: If there are many, we can change the name of the group from Silk to Goldthat's what Venkata means. I did not know that. Do explain more. I am all ears. Also, we have a critical mass of "venkatas" here so this should be of generic interest. I think I'll ca

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Venkatesh Hariharan
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Deepa Mohan wrote: > On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Anil Kumar > wrote: >> >> What number of the Venkats will he be on Silk? > If there are many, we can change the name of the group from Silk to > Goldthat's what Venkata means. I did not know that. Do expl

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Venkatesh Hariharan
> On Wed, 1 Apr 2009 00:08:15 +0530 Venkat Inumella wrote: > What number of the Venkats will he be on Silk? I used to work in a cubicle farm of a Citibank subsidiary (we lovingly called it the Dungeon) and every time someone shouted "Venky" or "Venkat" five heads would pop up (including mine). Di

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-03-31 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Anil Kumar wrote: > > > What number of the Venkats will he be on Silk? If there are many, we can change the name of the group from Silk to Goldthat's what Venkata means. Deepa

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-03-31 Thread Anil Kumar
On Wed, 1 Apr 2009 00:08:15 +0530 Venkat Inumella wrote: > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Venkat Inumella > To: silklist@lists.hserus.net > Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 00:08:15 +0530 > Subject: Re: [silk] Yet another introduction > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction

2009-03-31 Thread Kiran K Karthikeyan
2009/3/31 Venkat Inumella > Hello! > > Having lurked sufficiently, and recognizing, barely in time, that this > is (was?) introduction-month, here goes: > > Like every self-respecting engineer who graduated this century, I > served time at Infosys (for Finacle, the banking product) before > movin

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction

2009-03-31 Thread ss
On Tuesday 31 Mar 2009 11:46:35 pm Venkat Inumella wrote: > I have run a 52km ultra-marathon, Aha! Now that is something.. shiv

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction

2009-03-31 Thread Venkat Inumella
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:59 PM, Madhu Menon wrote: > Well, didn't expect to see you here, Venx. Who dragged you in here? :) > > Madhu > Why, hello! :) I came across the Linked-in group several months ago, much nosey-ness ensued, and I pretty much dragged myself here. Venkat

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction

2009-03-31 Thread Madhu Menon
Venkat Inumella wrote: Hello! Having lurked sufficiently, and recognizing, barely in time, that this is (was?) introduction-month, here goes: Well, didn't expect to see you here, Venx. Who dragged you in here? :) Madhu -- <<< * >>> Madhu Menon Shiok Far-eastern Cuisine | Moss Cock

[silk] Yet another introduction

2009-03-31 Thread Venkat Inumella
Hello! Having lurked sufficiently, and recognizing, barely in time, that this is (was?) introduction-month, here goes: Like every self-respecting engineer who graduated this century, I served time at Infosys (for Finacle, the banking product) before moving to eLitmus, the little start-up I'm with

Re: [silk] yet another introduction

2008-02-08 Thread va
On Feb 8, 2008 2:47 PM, Deepa Mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi VA, and welcome! But...being a non-geek and all, I must confess, > that I thought you were (like several others) a lurker who was > belatedly introducing..er..hesself...and"vid" or "va" don't give me a > clue to your name, eit

Re: [silk] yet another introduction

2008-02-08 Thread Deepa Mohan
Hi VA, I had a really bad experience with Bangalore Mirror and I stopped writing for them very soon after starting...and if my articles/reviews are not coming out in it, why would I want to buy it? :) Their practices are shoddy and unprofessinal. Deepa. On Feb 8, 2008 8:05 PM, va <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [silk] yet another introduction

2008-02-08 Thread Deepa Mohan
so yeah /me is yet another > woman joining silk. Hi VA, and welcome! But...being a non-geek and all, I must confess, that I thought you were (like several others) a lurker who was belatedly introducing..er..hesself...and"vid" or "va" don't give me a clue to your name, either...are you base

[silk] yet another introduction

2008-02-08 Thread va
Hi, Seems like my kurtz intro got lost in the excitement of discovering Hassath's gender/identity and address :-) so yeah /me is yet another woman joining silk. On Feb 7, 2008 6:48 AM, Hassath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Because I couldn't think of a better introduction. if '/me' implies 'p

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction

2006-04-27 Thread Devdas Bhagat
On 27/04/06 17:39 +0530, Madhu Menon wrote: > Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > >Deepa Mohan wrote: > >>oh my...I like introductions in plain English as I am very > >>code-challenged...the user-profile is also set to "private" > >> > >> > > > >Well - its nothing about his user profile.. just to

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction

2006-04-27 Thread Madhu Menon
Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: Deepa Mohan wrote: oh my...I like introductions in plain English as I am very code-challenged...the user-profile is also set to "private" Well - its nothing about his user profile.. just to show that devdas has been around on linux / assorted other tech an

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction

2006-04-27 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Manish Jethani wrote: Me too! :) http://www.google.com/search?q=%22manish+jethani%22 http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=%22manish+jethani%22 Of course, this works when your name is not very common and when you're the one writing most about yourself. I wouldn't judge someone entirely on what a maj

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction

2006-04-27 Thread Manish Jethani
On 4/27/06, Devdas Bhagat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.google.com/search?q=%22devdas+bhagat%22 Me too! :) http://www.google.com/search?q=%22manish+jethani%22 http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=%22manish+jethani%22 Of course, this works when your name is not very common and when you're t

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction

2006-04-27 Thread Amoghavarsha JS
It's called google ego search! ha ha ha http://www.google.com/search?q=amoghavarsha PS: And I don't even need "" Deepa Mohan wrote: oh my...I like introductions in plain English as I am very code-challenged...the user-profile is also set to "private" On 4/27/06, *Devdas Bhagat * <[EMA

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction

2006-04-27 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Deepa Mohan wrote: oh my...I like introductions in plain English as I am very code-challenged...the user-profile is also set to "private" Well - its nothing about his user profile.. just to show that devdas has been around on linux / assorted other tech and ICT mailing lists for quite

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction

2006-04-27 Thread Deepa Mohan
oh my...I like introductions in plain English as I am very code-challenged...the user-profile is also set to "private"On 4/27/06, Devdas Bhagat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://www.google.com/search?q=%22devdas+bhagat%22Devdas Bhagat

[silk] Yet another introduction

2006-04-27 Thread Devdas Bhagat
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