Re: [silk] Recommended Reading for 2020

2020-11-24 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 6:32 PM Venkatesh H R  wrote:

> Books I have read over the past few months
>
> Ohh!! How is Ornit Shani's book? It's on my list to read.
>

It is an easy read. Insightful story of a colossal bureaucratic endeavor,
at a time when they implemented an universal adult franchise.
There are so many things I learned about participatory democracy and
refugee, homeless inclusion into the voter lists.

regards
Ramky


Re: [silk] Recommended Reading for 2020

2020-11-22 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 12:43 AM Thaths  wrote:

> Silk listers, I used to turn to you for book recommendations around this
> time of the year. But stopped this practice when I stopped seeing
> engagement. But last year a handful of you said that you missed this annual
> tradition. So here we go again!
>

Books I have read over the past few months
1. Churchill's Secret War by Madhusree Mukerjee
2. How India became Democratic by Ornit Shani
3. India's War: The Making of Modern South Asia by  Srinath Raghavan

Looking forward to reading.
Caste: The Origins of our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
The Biggest Bluff by Maria Konnikova

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Re: [silk] Silkmeet in Bangalore 18 Feb 2019

2019-02-13 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 4:01 PM Udhay Shankar N  wrote:

> Silklister Danese Cooper will be in town, possibly with Zaheda Bhorat and
> Alolita Sharma. Let's use this as an opportunity to meet up.
>
> Show of hands?
>

I'm in.

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Re: [silk] Disposing off film SLRs in Bangalore / Bay Area

2017-06-28 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 10:15 PM, Venkat  wrote:

> I gave away my old N65 here in Bangalore to a photography student. But, to
> avoid fraud, I would recommend that you sell it for about INR 1500 or so.
> Otherwise unscrupulous chaps will take it from you pretending to be a
> student and sell it. I sold it using the facebook page Bangalore Camera/Buy
> and Sell.


Another virtual place I have sucessfully bought and sold used equipment in
India, is on the JJmehta Forum.
http://www.jjmehta.com/forum/index.php?board=8.0 . I do use keh.com to
figure out
the condition for purchasing and selling.

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Re: [silk] Silkmeet on June 28 - bangalore

2017-06-27 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 7:24 PM, Udhay Shankar N  wrote:

> On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 12:21 AM, Deepak Shenoy <
> deepakshe...@capitalmind.in
> > wrote:
>
> Cool stuff - I will try and make it so I'm a maybe, will confirm on Tue.
> >
>
> ​See you all tomorrow!​
>


+1 I'll drop by too. But maybe a bit late.


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Re: [silk] Gaurav Vaz - Introduction

2017-01-22 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Gaurav Vaz  wrote:

> Hi Everyone!
>
> I finally managed to join this amazing group after years of hearing and
> reading about it. Thanks a lot Udhay for the invitation :)
>

Welcome to Silk, Unlurking myself. Proud to have known you buddy,
right from the chaddi days in vyalikaval.



>
> I am a proper jack of all trades and I might have interacted with a few of
> you in different capacities. I play the bass guitar and am the artist
> manager for The Raghu Dixit Project, a contemporary folk band from
> Bangalore and am quite active in the Indian indie music scene in different
> capacities.
>
> I work as a web consultant with my start-up, The Random Lines, and am also
> a very small scale angel investor who loves working with small businesses
> and start-ups in various capacities.
>
> I am really looking forward to catching up with all of you at some point
> and being part of some great conversations here.
>
> Thanks,
> Gaurav
>
> --
> If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice!
>
> http://gauravvaz.com
>



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Re: [silk] Introducing myself

2016-04-18 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 12:11 AM, Hari Shenoy  wrote:
> Hello everyone!
>
> I'm Hari and I was introduced to this list by Mohit (the Just one). Thanks
> Udhay for having me on here!
>
> I'm originally from Mysore and I live in Hyderabad, but in the past twelve
> years I've also lived in Bangalore and Gurgaon. I've worked in a bunch of
> places, having done a few things such as writing code and selling chai in
> an F&B start-up for a living. Currently, I sell ads online.
>
> When I grow up, I want to be a polymath. Seeing as I turned 33 last week it
> seems like it will remain a distant dream. However, I'm interested in and
> enjoy quizzing, music, books and travel.

Been to your quizzes and borrowed your books back in the day :)

> I'm happy to be part of Silk and I'm sure there's plenty of familiar people
> on here already! I look forward to getting to know the rest of you.

I always though you were a part of Silk.

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Re: [silk] Danese in Bangalore...time for a Meetup?

2016-03-04 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
I'm in . I just relocated back to Bangalore


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[silk] The Moral Character of Cryptographic Work

2015-12-04 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
Rogway tries to describe the moral responsibilities of the
cryptographic community — responsibilities that, he believes, that
community has failed to live up to. Worth a read. "We need to erect a
much expanded commons on the Internet. We need to realize popular
services in a secure, distributed, and decentralized way, powered by
free software and free/open hardware. We need to build systems beyond
the reach of super-sized companies and spy agencies. Such services
must be based on strong cryptography. Emphasizing that prerequisite,
we need to expand our cryptographic commons."

http://web.cs.ucdavis.edu/~rogaway/papers/moral.html

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Re: [silk] Legal adulthood

2015-12-01 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 3:39 PM, Venkat Mangudi - Silk
 wrote:
> I'll be there.
> On Dec 1, 2015 11:08 AM, "Suresh Ramasubramanian"  wrote:
>
>> Date?  I’ll travel over.

+1. I'll travel over too.




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Re: [silk] Beer and bites this Friday in Bombay

2015-09-08 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
Congratulations on the half century and  wish you Happy Birthday Dear Mahesh.
Also coincidentally. I'm in Bombay, to attend a friends kids first
birthday on the
same day. Will drop by for a while.


Ramky

On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 1:43 PM, Rajesh Mehar  wrote:
> Happy birthday Mahesh! Congratulations on 50. With the aid of scientific
> advances and good sense, here's to another 75 maybe?
>
> On Tue, 8 Sep 2015 at 12:27 Venkatesh Hariharan  wrote:
>
>> Dear Mahesh,
>>
>> I will drop in for a while. It's been a long while since we last met.
>> Congrats on the half-century :-)
>>
>> Venky
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 11:46 AM Mahesh Murthy 
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Hey folks, I'm turning 50 this weekend.
>> >
>> > Given the rise in global warming, onion prices and pollution and my
>> general
>> > disregard for the RSS, Taliban and common decency, I'm told reaching this
>> > far is a feat worth celebrating.
>> >
>> > So please join me at Doolally Taproom, Candies Lane, opposite Lilavati
>> > Hospital, Bombay for beer and bites. Friday Sep 11 from 7pm till late.
>> >
>> > No gifts please - though if you're feeling generous there will be a
>> couple
>> > of charities around.
>> >
>> > Thanks, hope to see you! Sorry for a group invite, but there's no one
>> here
>> > I would not like to have around :-)
>> >
>> > Please email my assistant Aarti, copied here if you can make it!
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> >
>> > Mahesh
>> >
>>



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Re: [silk] best indian whisky and rum ?

2014-12-08 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
- Amrut Single Malt
- Old Monk
- Desmondji Agave spirits http://www.desmondji.com/home.php

On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 3:28 PM, Nikhil Mehra  wrote:
> And there is no rum quite like Old Monk anywhere else in the world.
> On 8 Dec 2014 14:57, "Lahar Appaiah"  wrote:
>
>> Amrut Fusion Single Malt.
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 2:32 PM, harry  wrote:
>>
>> > Any recommendations on good indian whisky and rum (I don't want the
>> scotch
>> > blended stuff) ? I want to give it as a gift to some wine drinkers, but
>> > since Indian wine is so terrible I would rather give alcohol.
>> > Unfortunately, I am a bit out of date with whats current ...
>> >
>>



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Re: [silk] Linguistics query

2014-06-03 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 7:21 AM, Udhay Shankar N  wrote:
> Idly wondering, and I thought the folks here might have some insight:
> Does the alphabet used by any Indian language have the concept of
> upper and lower case? (for the purposes of this query, let us
> explicitly exclude the Roman alphabet)

Indic Scripts does not make a distinction of Upper and Lower Case. I.e
Writing systems which have its roots in Brahmic script. CJKV languages
do not make this
distinction too




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Re: [silk] Anyone who works 40-hour weeks?

2012-03-20 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 7:39 AM, Bharat Shetty  wrote:

>
> 2. Culture and such. Depends on the environment in your company or
> work place. Sometimes you need support from others to finish tasks
> asap. Any laxness on others part (for eg: late reviews, late
> discussions etc) makes it only tougher for you etc.

Company Culture can be very misleading, I used to put in more than 70+
hours/ Week.
Spend Weekends at work, a place I admired a lot for its hackers.
Culture so misleading,
at one given point of time had taken a  health club membership just a
few buildings away
from my work, just to take a shower and save time. There were way too
many rockstars Hackers
in the company and work environment encouraged one to be. I though I
need be one or I would perish. It more had a chained reaction.
Just about the first 3 years I could feel the burn out, series of
rejections by bosses and peers
in just about anything I did or proposed. No social life except for
the dinners at various open source conferences
around the world or the occasional FoU camp/ meet ups.

Even worse no friends outside work. It took me quite a while and hard
work to change these habits.
I remember seeing a poster at a former colleagues cubicle at Yahoo!
guess its from Futurama
"You're not paid to think. A mindless worker is a happy worker. Shut
Up and Do your Job".
I could see he was going through the same. Intra company work cultures
drastically differ from its American
Counterparts. Here are my observations on it.

0. When a company is making profits and is successful, no one within
gives a damn about its culture. Or the ratio of its
rockstars to employees feeling like second grade citizens. Its
only when they have have a bad year, quarter they would do some soul
searching.

1. Just following orders worked well for me. This one drastically cut
my work hours, it was like an epiphany.

2. Hanging out with people within your age group.  I was in for a
reality check when I did this. Does change your social life.


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Re: [silk] Prank paper of the day

2011-12-16 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 6:40 PM, Udhay Shankar N  wrote:
> I like the abstract. Bonus points for the first response to link it to
> Stephen King. :)

Quitters Inc ? Blood and Smoke ?

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Re: [silk] Diaspora

2010-12-14 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 9:12 AM, Udhay Shankar N  wrote:
> I have a few invites, for those of you who want to play with this. First
> come, first served.

Sure. I would love to try it

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Re: [silk] Silk meet in Bangalore

2010-12-12 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Vinit Bhansali  wrote:

> [ ...]
>
> Just called, spoke with Hari at the pub (080-22258847) and confirmed for
> about 15 people starting at 7:30pm
> Reservation in the name of Silk List

Make it +1, I will drop by too.


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Re: [silk] India Govt to develop own operating system

2010-05-11 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Valsa Williams
 wrote:
> If all this is true I shudder to think of the enormity of such a project.

 GoI does not realise that security can always be bypassed, and that
is something they have to live with. Considering sending emails to
chief minister, Member of Parliament as a security breach, Perhaps
some one has been watching too much of Jason Bourne / James Bond in
the Ministry play the blame on the Internet. Of all the Internet
security research taking place in CDAC , W3C India office and most of
these organizations have their own downstream versions of GNU
distributions none of them provide any responsible disclosure of any
vulnerability issues to the vendor-sec list. The other problem is that
most of these downstream distributions fork some of the upstream ones
at some point of time and forget to pull in the security updates for
the subsequent releases  and then release gem of a project like the
$40/ $10 laptop which leads to nothing but mockery on slashdot and
rediff forums .


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Re: [silk] How does one unregister from Hinduism?

2010-04-09 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan  wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 9:27 AM, Kiran Jonnalagadda  wrote:
>> Mahesh Shantaram did that many years ago. Here it is:
>> http://bbs.seacrow.com/cix/106/829
>> http://bbs.seacrow.com/cix/106/881
>
> Thanks, I am sure that this is the most practical solution, even if I
> have to repeat some variant of it in every country I reside in.

Yes, Mahesh Shantaram did that many years ago, it costed him Rs 25/- .
But it also got me curious, If one does not have a religion, does it
automatically qualify him for a religious minority or any minority
status  in India.

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Re: [silk] Writing with the pack

2010-01-30 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 10:48 PM, Thaths  wrote:

> Why do reporters report in a pack? And this is not specific to India.
They can always see a trending topic very fast, localized to a region,
to know the sensation of a story. Reporting in pack is pretty vibrant
among celebrity gossip columns.   With celebrities tweeting , there is
no need for new agencies to hire those elite page 3 reporters for
gossip any more :P

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Re: [silk] For Googlers

2009-10-31 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 10:32 AM, Dr. John Marshall Johnson
 wrote:
> Udhay, and anyone else out here who still have an extra invite,
> please pass it on to me.

I have got my second set of wave invites.I have about  10 invitations.
Please send me a mail off list

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Re: [silk] Sibal on Education

2009-06-25 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Gautam John wrote:

> While scrapping the 10th Standard exams is all well and fine, in the
> Govt. school system it is the only public examination that children
> face. Without this, there really is no way to figure out how the
> school system is doing. So I'm a little unsure of this.

The decision is getting mixed reactions. Good to see a thought of
education reforms coming up from the ministry.  Are we heading towards
a Credit  Score Based Education system? The reasoning is quite true
that it puts a lot of pressure on the students. Though we need to have
exams at some point. It has cultural aspect too. I grewup in contrast
of two cultures, I was a Josephite in Bangalore. As a student I used
to think If I could get a seat into St Joseph Arts and Science College
or College Of Commerce. Well my cousins in Andhra used to worry about
getting into coaching centers entrances for IIT/JEE or AIIMS . I used
think if I get into to the school cricket A team. That would be a
ticket to college of commerce.  During my 10th, my dad got transferred
to Mysore, I joined a school called Sadvidya, got a total culture
shock, from a Jesuit catholic school to a brahmin School, where a
select group of students  are put in something called the "cream
section" and they are grilled from morning 8 to night 8 with special
notes and special exams. You would surely feel left out of the crowd ,
if you did not belong cream section.



> As for the rest, I'm all for private schools both primary and
> secondary. The market does a far a better job than the Govt. ever
> could.

Privatization of schools has lead to competition among schools.
Earlier this year I took a trip to uttarkhand, at least every village
seemed to have a government primary school. I 'm impressed with the
effort government has put into primary education. Thought, not open
many private schools in Andhra and Jharkand  have mass copying system
in place,for state ranks. Now the ranking system has been abolished in
Karnataka . It would be great if college accept  students who are home
schooled or have been through open schooling. If the government can
standardise on a nationwide SAT kinda examination. It will be tough to
crack to get a competitive exam without ranking system at the school
level. Privatization has its advantages of getting reforms in
education reservation system.

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Re: [silk] Why do we have sex?

2009-06-18 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
> Udhay Shankar N wrote, [on 6/18/2009 1:59 PM]:
>> http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227121.600-has-the-mystery-of-sex-been-explained-at-last.html?full=true&print=true
> Hm. Did anyone else see two copies of this message?

No, Just a single copy.

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Re: [silk] Archie proposes to Veronica next month ..

2009-06-01 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 9:07 AM, lukhman_khan  wrote:
>> Can anyone tell me where i can find the whole TINTIN and Asterix set?
>> (on the net)
>
> http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/3691369/Tintin_Comic_(Complete_25_Issues_in_.JPG_High_Quality)

lol!!! this could further justify "King Kong" defense in the pirate
bay trial . 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_kong_defense#.22King_Kong.22_defense
. [OT]  There is this deal in bsbazaar that if you buy all the asterix
collection you get all the tintin editions for free. They claim it to
be individual editions.So all you TinTin fans  who want the
collection.  Im not a  great fan of TinTin anyway , so Iam willing to
breakup 50-50 % for the asterix collection. Contact me offlist.
http://www.bsbazaar.com/books/all/ASTERIXTIN/ipcollections/the-asterix-and-tintin-collection.htm


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Re: [silk] Oracle Agrees to Acquire Sun

2009-04-20 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Biju Chacko  wrote:
> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/technology/companies/21sun.html?ref=business
>
> Well ... what to the Sun and ex-Sun folks on the list think of this?

Oracle hasn't done bad in the past few years on Linux. Their
contributions to the kernel have been pretty active. I'm more
concerned on the vast patent portfolio Sun has. Hopefully they do not
see anything capitalistic out of it and open it up ;-). But how much
of the patent portfolio does matter in this kinda acquisition ?

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Re: [silk] Daring trains..

2009-03-24 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Gautam John  wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
>  wrote:
>
>> Gautam asked what'd happen if this were to take place in India.
>
> That apart, any train buffs on the list? Do Indian locos and
> compartments have sufficient clearance to attempt this?


But I did come across one incident where a person slipped between the
tracks, one of days during monsoon in Bombay.  while changing
platforms desi way, i.e instead of using the pedestrian bridge. The
local train just passes over him. Most of them at the station freaked
out. As soon as the train passes by this person gets up and starts
running. A bunch of cops catch this guy and start hitting him. Felt
sorry for him.

Somedays later I wished I had a camera then or a mobile phone with
video recording facility and Internet. Must have got good ratings on
youtube. could also have tweeted the incident :P

Speaking about trains, train buffs.  http://www.seat61.com/ gives you
options of doing London to  New Delhi via trains. Also, gives you the
option of around the world by land and sea. One on my to-do list.



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[silk] Facebook's New Terms Of Service: "We Can Do Anything We Want With Your Content. Forever."

2009-02-16 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
Facebook's New Terms Of Service: "We Can Do Anything We Want With Your
Content. Forever." By Chris Walters, 6:14 PM on Sun Feb 15 2009,

Source ::  
http://consumerist.com/5150175/facebooks-new-terms-of-service-we-can-do-anything-we-want-with-your-content-forever

Facebook's terms of service (TOS) used to say that when you closed an
account on their network, any rights they claimed to the original
content you uploaded would expire. Not anymore.

Now, anything you upload to Facebook can be used by Facebook in any
way they deem fit, forever, no matter what you do later. Want to close
your account? Good for you, but Facebook still has the right to do
whatever it wants with your old content. They can even sublicense it
if they want.

You hereby grant Facebook an irrevocable, perpetual,
non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license (with the
right to sublicense) to (a) use, copy, publish, stream, store, retain,
publicly perform or display, transmit, scan, reformat, modify, edit,
frame, translate, excerpt, adapt, create derivative works and
distribute (through multiple tiers), any User Content you (i) Post on
or in connection with the Facebook Service or the promotion thereof
subject only to your privacy settings or (ii) enable a user to Post,
including by offering a Share Link on your website and (b) to use your
name, likeness and image for any purpose, including commercial or
advertising, each of (a) and (b) on or in connection with the Facebook
Service or the promotion thereof.

That language is the same as in the old TOS, but there was an
important couple of lines at the end of that section that have been
removed:

You may remove your User Content from the Site at any time. If you
choose to remove your User Content, the license granted above will
automatically expire, however you acknowledge that the Company may
retain archived copies of your User Content.

Furthermore, the "Termination" section near the end of the TOs states:

The following sections will survive any termination of your use of
the Facebook Service: Prohibited Conduct, User Content, Your Privacy
Practices, Gift Credits, Ownership; Proprietary Rights, Licenses,
Submissions, User Disputes; Complaints, Indemnity, General
Disclaimers, Limitation on Liability, Termination and Changes to the
Facebook Service, Arbitration, Governing Law; Venue and Jurisdiction
and Other.

Make sure you never upload anything you don't feel comfortable giving
away forever, because it's Facebook's now.

Oh, you also agree to arbitration, naturally. Have fun with that.

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Re: [silk] Silk HYD meet - Thursday evening 7pm

2008-12-02 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 6:02 AM, Srini Ramakrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I gather that there are a whole bunch of you in town this week. I was
> hoping that we could meet on Thursday evening, 4th Dec for drinks &
> dinner. The best places as I mentioned are around Road #1, Banjara
> Hills. We could hang out at Firangi Pani and head to dinner next door
> at Aromas of China / Sahib Sindh Sultan.

I'm in Hyderabad for the IGF and also attending a cousins wedding on
the 5th. Will try to make it to the meet.

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Re: [silk] Bangalore meetup?

2008-11-26 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Devdas Bhagat wrote, [on 10/14/2008 8:41 PM]:
>
>> In which case, I am in Bangalore from the 24th evening to early morning
>> on the 1st. I suggest the weekend of the 29th/30th.
>
> When/where is this meetup, I say?

I'm fine with 27th,28th.  Might go to mysore over the weekend.  Place
I'm not sure, but anyplace is fine. Koshys, Coffee House..


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[silk] [Silk-List] Meetup in Bangalore next week

2008-11-18 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
Hey Folks

$Subject. Anybody for a silk-list meetup in Bangalore next week.  In
Bangalore for FSCK.IN. (Err.. I mean Foss.in).  Devdas, Jace, Venky
and Biju might be the usual silkers at the conference.


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Re: [silk] Redhat intrusion

2008-08-27 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 2:48 AM, Eugen Leitl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> How is that remarkable? Compromises of diverse distro depositories happen
> quite regularly. Now if this was OpenBSD...


Folks  who keep their systems updated using Red Hat Network are not at
risk. Atleast Red Hat confirms that.  To use the GPG signature key to
verify the integrity and authenticity of the scripts please follow the
instructions below:

* Download the Red Hat Security Response Team public key:

  wget -c https://www.redhat.com/security/650d5882.txt

* Import the Red Hat Security Response Team public key:

  gpg --import 650d5882.txt

* Verify the script signature matches that of the Security Response Team:

  gpg --verify openssh-blacklist-1.0.sh.asc


P.S :: Not speaking for my employer :-)


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Re: [silk] Having solved hunger, Maharashtra plans to build a Statue of Liberty equivalent

2008-06-05 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 5:01 PM, ss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 > And guess the name of the world's tallest tower that they will build in
> Bangalore?

mmm Let me guess.
o The Kempe State
o The Kempe Capitol
o Kempefeller towers


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Re: [silk] Bay area silkmeet?

2008-02-21 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 4:50 AM, Thaths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 >  If either of you are up for a lunch at and tour of the Googleplex
>  tomorrow, let me know.

Does that include a complimentary Lava lamp too ?! ;-)

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[silk] Finger Lengths Predict musical and athletic ability

2008-01-24 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
, "we're just one study."

Although finger ratio is easily measured, says Michael Peters, a
psychology professor at Ontario's University of Guelph, "I don't see
it becoming a powerful diagnostic predictor anytime soon."

But, Manning says, one country hopes the tool will help identify
future athletes. He is working with Qatar's Aspire Sports Academy,
whose vision, according to its website, "is to discover the best young
sporting talent … and transform them into world-renowned champions."

Manning's goal: to prove that finger ratio at age 10 predicts athletic
ability at age 18.

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Re: [silk] WiMax in Bangalore?

2008-01-16 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On Jan 16, 2008 1:53 PM, Gautam John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> http://reliance.wimax.googlepages.com/
>
> Anyone used this?

I use this connection here in Pune. Its pretty reliable and speed is
decent enough. Need to take care of the antenna, sight change in the
position can give you nightmares. Esp. when the children next door ,
use the antenna as an extra 8 runs :D
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Re: [silk] FoU Camp V3 Pictures

2007-12-13 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On Dec 13, 2007 11:03 PM, Deepa Mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Dec 13, 2007 10:05 PM, Danese Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Uhm...I don't have permission to view the page.  Do you need to
> > friend me on Flickr or something? I'm DivaDanese.
> >
>
> Me too...what do you/ I have to do?

/Me too.can't view the pics. I guess ,  vinit has made it a
private set. BTW is there a Silklist group on flickr, all the tagged
pics can be grouped there.


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Re: [silk] 10th Anniversary silkmeet

2007-12-10 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On Dec 10, 2007 9:12 PM, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Bharath Chari wrote:
>
> > Shiv,
> >
> > Come on - I am sure we will let you go back home before the 18th or
> > thereabouts. This was planned at my place on the 17th :-)
>
> OK, I give. Let's do it on the 17th at your place. Who else is in?

I'm In, if its on the 17th, I'll be leaving to Pune on the 18th
morning. So 17th is confirmed right ?


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[silk] FoU Camp V3 Pictures

2007-12-10 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
Hey Silkers


Moods and Dudes at the FoUCamp V3. These are a few pictures through my lens

http://flickr.com/photos/ramkrsna/sets/72157603413659484/

My favorite picture is the Coconut and the Vodka.

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Re: [silk] FoU camp - logistics

2007-11-27 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On Nov 26, 2007 6:33 PM, Biju Chacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Nov 26, 2007 5:43 PM, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Udhay Shankar N wrote: [ on 10:29 AM 11/23/2007 ]
> >
> > >This would be a good time to finalise ride-sharing arrangements. I
> > >can offer a ride for up to 3 people who are willing to hop on at my
> > >apartment in JP Nagar. Send me private mail for phone number etc.
> >
> > So, who else wants a ride? I think I have one place left in my car at
> > this point.
>
> I have two seats in mine -- Gabin is my only confirmed passenger at this 
> point.

I would need a ride too. I can come down to MG Road or any other
specified location.

> > Also, I think we need to finalise logistics - those of you who want
> > to ride in convoy are welcome to show up at my place (just off
> > Kanakapura road) and we can leave together on Saturday morning.
>
> What time? And while I have a rough idea of how to get to Fireflies, I
> don't know where you stay.
>
> -- b
>
>



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Re: [silk] To FOU or not to FOU

2007-11-18 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On Nov 19, 2007 11:39 AM, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Nov 17, 2007 9:57 AM, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > And we're awaiting confirmation from Fireflies on the availability.
>
> This is what I received from Fireflies:
>
> 
> Dear Mr. Udhay,
>
> Sorry for the delay. I am happy to block the dates required by you on
> 1st and 2nd of December'07.  I have sent mail to Jessica regarding
> your booking.  I think if you go on twin sharing basis accomodation it
> will help us, because we have another workshop at the same time but
> that is yet to  confirm.  If that workshop postphone we will be able
> to give you single accomodation.
>
> Kindly confirm immediately
>
> With Best Regards
> Manjula
> 
>
> So, I think it should be all right to go with twin-sharing, yes?

No Problem with me.

> Show of hands of who's staying overnight?

+1
 :: Ramky
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Re: [silk] To FOU or not to FOU

2007-11-11 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On Nov 11, 2007 11:14 AM, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Danese Cooper wrote: [ on 01:07 AM 11/11/2007 ]
>
> >Okay, so now I must book my airline tix for trip to India.  I still
> >haven't seen consensus on FOU (when, where, to what extent???).
>
> Well - I've been meaning to post about this for a while now. Thanks
> to Danese for prodding.
>
> Dates: Dec 1-2 (Saturday and Sunday, in other words)
> Venue: 2 venues are frontrunners so far, we need to pick one.
>
> possibility 1: do it in Fireflies once again.
>
> pro: easy to reach (~1hr from Bangalore), easy to book, low cost (~
> Rs 500/head/day)
> con: been there, done that
>
> possibility 2: BR Hills
> pro: forest surroundings, safari included in price, Kallu can get us
> a 10% discount
> con: will need to drive 3.5 hours to get there each way, need to book
> in advance (which means we need to know exactly how many people are
> coming, IN ADVANCE), costs (Rs 1500/head/day)
>
> A show of hands, please? Who's coming, and which location do you prefer?

I'm in. Open to both locations , BR hills seems more interesting. but
will be helluva travel  over the weekend.


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Re: [silk] Apple Repair/Upgrade in Bangalore

2007-11-05 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On Nov 5, 2007 12:35 PM, Gautam John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Would anyone from Bangalore know of a good place to upgrade a PowerBook?
>
> I'm hesitant to take it to the official service center simply because
> they are exorbitantly expensive. I'm looking to add some RAM to my
> system.

If all you are looking to Upgrade RAM , its pretty easy. I suggest buy
them from Crucial.
http://crucial.com/ . They even ship it to India. All you have to do
slide them 45 degrees once you open the memory casing.


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Re: [silk] Spirit of the Land

2007-10-30 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On 10/23/07, Biju Chacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Warning: wanderlust inducer.
>
> -- b
>
> http://www.spirit-of-the-land.com/

Gives me an 509  error

Bandwidth Limit Exceeded
The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the
site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit. Please try again later.
Apache/1.3.37 Server at www.spirit-of-the-land.com Port 80

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Re: [silk] Techie released by police

2007-10-25 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On 10/25/07, ashok _ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 10/25/07, Udhay Shankar N  wrote:>
> > >That an IT professional gets arrested for posting "obscene" pictures of
> > >Shivaji on Orkut?
> > >
>
> I wonder what constitutes an obscene picture of Shivaji.

heh!  that would imply FoU camp3 in the prison.  :P


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Re: [silk] Techie released by police

2007-10-25 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On 10/25/07, Gautam John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 10/25/07, Badri Natarajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Not worth it. Amount of money he's likely to get at court will be tiny.
> >
>
> An EFF for India anyone?

Not sure but isn't there an Alternative Law Forum in Bangalore. Which
deals with stuff like these?


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Re: [silk] Road Trip Advice

2007-10-18 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On 10/19/07, Binand Sethumadhavan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am planning to drive my brand new car from Chennai to Hyderabad,
> anyone has any suggestions about the route to take? I have bought the
> Eicher India Road Atlas, and from a first look I feel I should take
> the NH-5 to Vijayawada and NH-9 from there to Hyderabad. It looks
> rather circuitous but on the plus side, it is NH all the way through
> (NH-5 is part of the golden quadrilateral and apparently is an
> extremely well-maintained road).

NH-5 is great road. At least one of the few roads in south India which
is well maintained. "Well Maintained" == "Too many Toll Plaza's" ,
which is kinda annyoing after every 100 - 150 Kms. I have done this
route, till vijayawada. Not sure about Vijayawada to Hyderabad




> Another option seems to be NH-4 to Chittoor, 18 to Kurnool and finally
> 7 (which is the Bangalore-Hyderabad road) to Hyderabad.

Chittoor - Kurnool is a bad idea. No good restrooms all along the
stretch and the climate is usually hot all around the year.

Rather from chittoor go down to bangalore, enjoy some freshly brewed
filter coffee  and drive down Bangalore to Hyderabad. :D

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Re: [silk] Indian grooms for Russian brides

2007-09-12 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On 9/12/07, Gautam John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 9/12/07, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > So someone is trying to start a Russian mail order brides business in India?
> > It is already a notorious scam in the USA ..
>
> Looks like someone in Russia is trying to start an Indian mail order
> grooms. Which will, undoubtedly, gain notoriety.

. that calls for
shaadi.ru
simplymarry.ru
bharatmatrimony.ru

:D

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Re: [silk] Seeking man-sized wheels

2007-08-28 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
 > Well my heart is really set on this thing called a Tempo Cruiser
Classic made by Force motors - they tell me its very popular in rural
/ farm areas. Great sheet metal - I heard it was a Merc design. Anyone
had experience driving one? Or any other like driving suggestions?
(fyi... The wife said ok on this one!)
>

Oh! Yeah, Tempo Cruiser is one helluva SUV, though causes traffic jams
in lesser known towns.  One of the Cruisers from force is definitely
for the country roads, its called the Judo,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL10yf5x_V8 .and it kinda fits in the
Indian Army bill.  I heard it has an Merc's Diesel engine too.

P.S :: Welcome to Bangalore, make yourself familiar with the famous
potholes of the city, for safer driving


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Re: [silk] Illustrated Coffee Guide

2007-08-28 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On 8/27/07, shiv sastry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 >
> I currently use Kalmane's "Mysore nuggets" which is delivered home when I call
> and ask.
 +1 , I kinda found it pretty strong . I used to like Kothas Coffee,
not sure if you are getting the kinda beans they used to supply a few
years back

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Re: [silk] FoU v3

2007-08-22 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On 8/8/07, Ramakrishnan Sundaram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> Hash: SHA256
>
> Udhay Shankar N said the following on 08/08/2007 14:53:
>
> > So, what time suits everyone else? In the next few months? End of the
> > year? January 2008?
>
> The earlier the better for me. How's September? When are all these
> international shindigs happening?

So whens the foUv3, going to be ? foss.in is in early december ( 4 - 8 th dec).


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Re: [silk] Google Uses Crowdsourcing To Create Maps In India

2007-08-03 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On 8/3/07, Biju Chacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 8/3/07, Gautam John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/08/google_uses_cro.html
> >
> > Google has been sending GPS kits to India that enable locals to make
> > more detailed maps of their area.
>
> Is that legal? One of the reasons that there are very few good maps
> available in India is because there are a whole bunch of legal
> impediments to private mapping and map publishing, IIRC.

The last thing I read was Google will not allow Indian law to
influence the way it delivers maps.
http://www.asmmag.com/ASM/content/2007/ASM_041/main_news_6.html


> -- b
>
>


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Re: [silk] FoU v3

2007-08-03 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On 8/3/07, Thaths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 8/2/07, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Thaths wrote: [ on 09:26 PM 8/2/2007 ]
> > >2. When should it be held? A three day weekend is usually good (except
> > >for Biju if the three day weekend happens to be Easter).
> > One of the constraints would be the India schedules of various
> > non-resident folks - such as yourself, Danese, Nat, etc. When are you
> > people all here, and for how long?
>
> I suspect sometime around foss.in would be good for Danese, Nat,
> Bernhard, etc. Jan 2008 would be good for me personally.
>
+1


> S.
> --
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> Marge: What's that?
> Homer: (pause) A dinosaur.
> -- Homer J. Simpson
> Sudhakar ChandraSlacker Without Borders
>
>


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Re: [silk] FoU v3

2007-08-02 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On 8/2/07, Thaths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It is time to kick off a discussion about a IRL silklist meet. For
> lack of imagination, we began calling these things FoU (Friends of
> Udhay; also means crazy in French). We started with a really small
> meet in Coonoor in 2005 and followed it up with a slightly larger meet
> in Bangalore last year. It is now time for us to start thinking about
> a FoU this year.
>
> 1. Where should it be held? Close to a metropolis is usually good.

Lonavala , Near to both Mumbai / Pune .
Mysore , 2-3Hrs from B'lore


> 2. When should it be held? A three day weekend is usually good (except
> for Biju if the three day weekend happens to be Easter).

mmm... not sure, in sync with foss.in, like last year

> Thaths
> --
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> Marge: What's that?
> Homer: (pause) A dinosaur.
> -- Homer J. Simpson
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>
>


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Re: [silk] Silkmeet in Mumbai on Sunday 24th June?

2007-06-21 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy

Hi all

So where's it finally decided in Mumbai?  Mahesh Lunch home ?!
/me wld love to come down from Pune.

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Re: [silk] Booze lovers unite in Kerala

2007-03-22 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy

LOL!!! I saw this on TV.  with the Spokesperson standing in front of a
country liquor shop. Talking something like this "The plight of an
average malayali."." Booze contributes 2nd highest income after
tourism in kerala"

On 3/22/07, Biju Chacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?category=National&id=102373

Booze lovers unite in Kerala

Nandagopal

Tuesday, March 20, 2007 (Thiruvananthpuram):

Alcohol consumers from across Kerala have come together to form the
All Kerala Liquor Consumers' Welfare Association.

The association has acquired over 68,000 members from across the state
within just two months of its formation and the numbers are growing.

With a per capita alcohol consumption of 8.3 litres, Kerala has the
dubious distinction of being India's liquor capital.

The association has a list of 15 demands for the state government.

Its a tall order on most counts asking for liquor through ration
shops, bar homes where people can have a drink without police
harassment, pension for the liquor consumer's family, no dry days and
a crackdown on adulteration of liquor.

"Earlier we used to get country liquor for Rs 10. We would get
intoxicated and be happy. Now even if we pay Rs 200, we don't get a
kick. What sort of liquor is that? It is not good at all," said Adinad
Sashi, President, All Kerala Liquor Consumers' Welfare Associaion.

Source of revenue

The response to the association has been overwhelming with over 68,000
members in just two months. It now plans to go international for the
benefit of expat Malayalis.

"People are calling us from Dubai, Bahrain and Kuwait to set up units
of our association there. They are willing to meet all our expenses,"
said Vauvakavu Basheer, Convenor, All Kerala Liquor Consumers' Welfare
Association.

After tourism, alcohol is the second biggest source of revenue for the
state government and for a state with debts to the tune of Rs 50,0000
crore, it is difficult to do away with the drinking habit.





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Re: [silk] congrats Biju...

2007-01-04 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy

> [1] Yes, that's his full name. The reason why he doesn't have the same

last name as me is lost somewhere in the mists of bizarre family
tradition.


Wld that be PhilipOase KariLaAl Joseph Jr. in family tradition :D

P.S :: PhilipOase KariLaAl Joseph is Biju's real name.

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Re: [silk] congrats Biju...

2007-01-04 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy

Congratualtions Biju!



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Re: [silk] Google can't find enough people in India

2006-10-11 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy

> And other companies are willing to pay a lot more for the same people.

Google is trying to get the "I work for google" thing working, but stock
options don't look good at the moment and they pay significantly below
market rates for talent.


:-O, I thought they paid out-of-the world pay packages...nywayz its
not only google, every company faces shortage of skilled guys. Google
is one company with many celebrities of the computer world joining
them in the recent times, so the rule are simple
o. Either be a Rob Pike, Andew Morton, Guido, Vinton cerf get invited
o. Build a youTube alike, web 2.0..oops a 2.1 and be acquired by google
o. Or do math :D

:: Ramky



Re: [silk] bank suggestion.....?

2006-08-16 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy

On 8/16/06, ashok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


I have been bashing my head in frustration at the appalling service I have
been
getting at the hands of HDFC bank.  I don't deal with them in person, but
via email
or via their website.

But sometimes, I need to interact with a human being, to find out whats
happened
to a certain electronic transfer ...or for certain specialized services.
Now getting
a human being to respond from HDFC bank is like trying to milk a stone.  I
am
finally at the point where I am about to give up - and change banks

can anyone suggest a bank based in india who provide good remote service,
and will not disappear tomorrow?


Not sure about Banking, But the Postal department has good service
now-a-days, They are more customer friendly than the Nationlised
Banks. They even offer you tea/snacks when ya go down. :-)



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Re: [silk] Choosing where to die

2006-08-07 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy

On 8/7/06, Yazad Jal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

From: "Manish Jethani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> Want to die in: Bombay (Bandra, to be specific, preferably in the
> Linking Road-Hill Road-Pali Hill area)


I have Grand plans , I wanna die in Hawai, during Sunset :D



I know a friend who has a "family burial plot" in the St. Andrew's
churchyard (end of Hill Road, just before bandstand). You can see the sea
from there. But it's a bit creepy when a 20 something shows you her final
resting place!

On another note, JRD Tata always wanted to die abroad (all the Chairmen of
Tata Sons had died abroad) so that there would be less hassle in India. He
got his wish when he was in Switzerland in 1993. (Source: Beyond the Last
Blue Mountain, R. M. Lala)

-yazad






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Re: [silk] motorcycles

2006-08-02 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy

On 8/2/06, Biju Chacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I can't believe that I used to enjoy driving once.

Hehe.. Nice statement, I could perhaps share with my childern...
Long Long time ago...I used to enjoy driving.

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