Re: [silk] Silklist anniversary party this weekend?

2005-12-12 Thread Jessica Prabhakar
--- Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What we used to do in KCircle was meet at a guy's > house and take > > potluck .. either order the stuff from a place > that does good > > takeaway, or bring food and drinks of your choice

Re: [silk] Silklist anniversary party this weekend?

2005-12-12 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What we used to do in KCircle was meet at a guy's house and take > potluck .. either order the stuff from a place that does good > takeaway, or bring food and drinks of your choice in from your home / > > your favorite restaurant, and see what

Re: [silk] Silklist anniversary party this weekend?

2005-12-12 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
At 07:04 AM 12/13/2005, Udhay Shankar N wrote: Also, it is looking like the sweet spot might be Saturday, which means that we absolutely need to find a quiet place - some restaurant, perhaps? What we used to do in KCircle was meet at a guy's house and take potluck .. either order the stuff fro

Re: [silk] Silklist anniversary party this weekend?

2005-12-12 Thread Udhay Shankar N
sriram bala wrote: [ on 09:37 PM 12/12/2005 ] count me in. (i will have to leave early if it is on sunday, though. Flying out of the country) So, it sounds like we have so far: Biju Kalyan Sriram Bala Udhay Sonia and a couple of lurkers, Suraj and Chetan. Anybody else? Also, it is looking l

Re: [silk] Why vote for Dubya?

2005-12-12 Thread Dave Long
in a lighter vein, cf. http://www.milk.com/true-stories/unix_for_the_masses.html -Dave

Re: [silk] Silklist anniversary party this weekend?

2005-12-12 Thread Sriram Karra
On 12/12/05, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > madras silklisters around? and if so do we go eat boiled beans with > udhay & co, or meet up in madras itself? I'd be in Madras from 17th till new year's. Not too keen about travelling to Bangalore, though... -Karra

Re: [silk] Silklist anniversary party this weekend?

2005-12-12 Thread sriram bala
count me in. (i will have to leave early if it is on sunday, though. Flying out of the country)sriram

Re: [silk] Silklist anniversary party this weekend?

2005-12-12 Thread Kalyan Varma
On Mon, 12 Dec 2005, Madhu Menon wrote: Since the original question has received just one reply, perhaps a show of hands of how many people are interested should take place first, and *then* you can decide where to go. Let me start: I'm not available because my manager is on leave this weeken

Re: [silk] Silklist anniversary party this weekend?

2005-12-12 Thread Madhu Menon
Biju Chacko wrote: I'm game. Where though? Udhay asked me to add a few cents to this thread. 1) No matter where you decide to go, don't pick a Saturday. This is holiday season, and most places will be too packed and noisy. 2) It might be a good idea to work out an equitable payment system fo

Re: [silk] Silklist anniversary party this weekend?

2005-12-12 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Biju Chacko wrote: > I'm game. Where though? > madras silklisters around? and if so do we go eat boiled beans with udhay & co, or meet up in madras itself?

Re: [silk] Bangalore to be renamed Bengaluru

2005-12-12 Thread Jessica Prabhakar
--- Biju Chacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/12/05, Jessica Prabhakar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > He seems determined to drag Bangalore back into > the > > 70s or earlier. A pot of beans? > > Bangalore was called Bengaluru in the '70s ??? Or do > you mean something else? > > -- b >

Re: [silk] Bangalore to be renamed Bengaluru

2005-12-12 Thread Biju Chacko
On 12/12/05, Jessica Prabhakar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > He seems determined to drag Bangalore back into the > 70s or earlier. A pot of beans? Bangalore was called Bengaluru in the '70s ??? Or do you mean something else? -- b PS: I didn't know you were on this list. Welcome!

Re: [silk] Silklist anniversary party this weekend?

2005-12-12 Thread Biju Chacko
I'm game. Where though? On 12/12/05, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Folks -- > > Silklist will be 8 years old in one week (on 19th December). > > Why don't we have a meeting this weekend? ISTR that we were planning > one anyway, to meet up with Sonia Katyal, the law professor who's >

[silk] Silklist anniversary party this weekend?

2005-12-12 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Folks -- Silklist will be 8 years old in one week (on 19th December). Why don't we have a meeting this weekend? ISTR that we were planning one anyway, to meet up with Sonia Katyal, the law professor who's touring India. Let's make it an even more merry occasion, what say? Suggestions for place /

Re: [silk] Bangalore to be renamed Bengaluru

2005-12-12 Thread Jessica Prabhakar
--- Venkatesh Hariharan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 12/12/05, Anil KUMAR > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I saw this Report on NDTV a short while ago. > Chief Minister of Karnataka > > > Dharam Singh has asked the State Chief Secretary > to take steps for renaming > > > the city Bengalu