Re: [silk] Meet meet - Bangalore

2006-04-24 Thread Jessica Prabhakar
--- Srini RamaKrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jessica Prabhakar wrote: [...] There's a nice bug hint here :). How about Friday, 28th April, 7pm, Shiok lounge. Sounds like a plan, I expect to be there :-) Cheeni s/bug/big :/

Re: [silk] Meet meet - Bangalore

2006-04-24 Thread Nishant Shah
darnit! Just when I had gathered enough courage to attend a silk meet - now that I have met some people in flesh and blood and realised that they wont off with my head if I turn up - it gets arranged on the very day I leave bangalore. sigh, maybe when I am back in June! NishantOn 4/24/06,

Re: [silk] Meet meet - Bangalore - change of date?

2006-04-24 Thread Jessica Prabhakar
the day you leave?? what about the day before then - thursday, april 27th? would that work for everyone else? and easier on Madhu on a weekday rather than weekend? --- Nishant Shah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: darnit! Just when I had gathered enough courage to attend a silk meet - now that I have

Re: [silk] Meet meet - Bangalore - change of date?

2006-04-24 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Jessica Prabhakar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the day you leave?? what about the day before then - thursday, april 27th? would that work for everyone else? and easier on Madhu on a weekday rather than weekend? Won't work for me - I have a early meeting Friday morning. Udhay -- ((Udhay

Re: [silk] Meet meet - Bangalore - change of date?

2006-04-24 Thread Deepa Mohan
My two bits.I immediately empathised with the words that Nishant wroteI too am totally new to the silklist and have been in the usual dilemma...I am pretty keen on meeting some of the people on the list, and yet feel a certain reluctance too. The mere housewife tag is something I don't

Re: [silk] Meet meet - Bangalore - change of date?

2006-04-24 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Deepa Mohan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I too am leaving for Swamimalai on Friday nightand right now, because of a flare-up of a condition that I have, driving myself to Indira Nagar from J P Nagar is not a good idea, especially through evening traffic. So unless there is someone going

Re: [silk] Meet meet - Bangalore - change of date?

2006-04-24 Thread Madhu Menon
Deepa Mohan wrote: My two bits. I immediately empathised with the words that Nishant wroteI too am totally new to the silklist and have been in the usual dilemma...I am pretty keen on meeting some of the people on the list, and yet feel a certain reluctance too. The mere housewife

Re: [silk] Cops assault innocent pedestrian, claim they are protecting him

2006-04-24 Thread Deepa Mohan
I am, alas, not surprised, by this incident. Several years ago...maybe more than a decade backmy husband and I were driving, late one night, through Cubbon Park. We were involved in some intense discussion, and my husband was driving very slowly as his concentration was on the argument.

Re: [silk] Meet meet - Bangalore - change of date?

2006-04-24 Thread Deepa Mohan
Hah! you are just a cook! and Michelin is just another list! EVERYONE raves about your restaurant themadman! Deepa. On 4/24/06, Madhu Menon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Deepa Mohan wrote:My two bits.I immediately empathised withthe words that Nishant wroteI too am totally new to the

Re: [silk] Meet meet - Bangalore - change of date?

2006-04-24 Thread Jessica Prabhakar
Udhay What if we met just for drinks (social!!) and broke off by 9ish? Would that work? Looks like there are 2 people heading out of town.. and I know Nishant doesn't know when he'll be back. Jess __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has

Re: [silk] Meet meet - Bangalore - change of date?

2006-04-24 Thread Nishant Shah
Hi Deepa, I had to bring it up because in the last two weeks, largely because of the barcamp I have been meeting up with various silk listers and it was a very pleasant surprise, to know that not only were the people 'nice' (without the horrible little lord fauntleroy connotations) but that they

Re: [silk] Cops assault innocent pedestrian, claim they are protecting him

2006-04-24 Thread Kiran Jonnalagadda
On 24-Apr-06, at 2:25 PM, Deepa Mohan wrote: To me, all such perversion of the power vested in the police is a manifestation of what I call the British Raj syndrome. We have learnt how to behave when we are in power, from the British, and try to harass and trouble those whom we have power

Re: [silk] Meet meet - Bangalore - change of date?

2006-04-24 Thread Nishant Shah
hurrah...thursday it is then...if that is acceptable to everybody else :) NishantOn 4/24/06, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jessica Prabhakar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What if we met just for drinks (social!!) and broke off by 9ish? Would that work? Looks like there are 2 people heading

Re: [silk] Cops assault innocent pedestrian, claim they are protecting him

2006-04-24 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Kiran Jonnalagadda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recall another older friend telling me Bangalore cops used to be far more abusive, but have sobered down given the number of people now aware of and willing to assert their rights. Standing up to a cop, however, is not adequate substitute

Re: [silk] Meet meet - Bangalore - change of date?

2006-04-24 Thread Madhu Menon
Nishant Shah wrote: hurrah...thursday it is then...if that is acceptable to everybody else :) I'm the only one who is guaranteed to be there. ;) You can squeeze in three rounds of drinks and snacks between 7 and 10 PM. grin (Standard silklist discount applies, of course.) -- * Madhu

Re: [silk] Cops assault innocent pedestrian, claim they are protecting him

2006-04-24 Thread Deepa Mohan
I hope that this will happen...but at the time of my own incident, I was contributing articles to the Times of India, and I wrote about what happened...and it never got any attention. Neither did I get any reply from the Commissioner's Office (well...I didn't have the heart or the time to go in

Re: [silk] Cops assault innocent pedestrian, claim they are protecting him

2006-04-24 Thread Madhu Menon
Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote: On 24-Apr-06, at 2:25 PM, Deepa Mohan wrote: To me, all such perversion of the power vested in the police is a manifestation of what I call the British Raj syndrome. We have learnt how to behave when we are in power, from the British, and try to harass and trouble

Re: [silk] Cops assault innocent pedestrian, claim they are protecting him

2006-04-24 Thread Abhijit Menon-Sen
At 2006-04-24 14:25:00 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am, alas, not surprised, by this incident. Me neither. A friend and I had just completed an evening walk (albeit a bit late), and were resting in the car in the parking lot at Nehru Park prior to driving off, when two of the city's

Re: [silk] Belated introduction

2006-04-24 Thread Madhu Menon
Abhijit Menon-Sen wrote: Lurker? Me? Au contraire, I post to silk regularly. In the bad old days, one could get away with posting without a prior introduction; there wasn't even any public ridiculing or anything. You *still* haven't introduced yourself, mate. -- * Madhu Menon

Re: [silk] Belated introduction

2006-04-24 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 4/24/06, Biju Chacko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- b (who just checked whether he introduced himself)How exactly did you check? I tried the yahoo groups search, that sucked big time. Then Google, and it gave me a list of posts by me, but I can't seem to sort it by date. I've been adding and

Re: [silk] Belated introduction

2006-04-24 Thread Madhu Menon
Savita Rao wrote: What exactly happens to people who show up on Thursday without having introduced themselves?? apart from public ridicule, that is. You will be forced to eat my food. ;) -- * Madhu Menon Shiok Far-eastern Cuisine Indiranagar, Bangalore http://www.shiokfood.com

Re: [silk] Meet meet - Bangalore

2006-04-24 Thread Madhu Menon
Biju Chacko wrote: Hi, A small suggestion: it might be a good idea to have separate bills for booze and food. There are a fair number of non-tipplers (me included), and it kinda skews things when a combined bill is split ... True, true. The division must be equitable. But I give separate

Re: [silk] Cops assault innocent pedestrian, claim they are protecting him

2006-04-24 Thread Badri Natarajan
On 24-Apr-06, at 3:06 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: Write to the Commissioner of Police, with prominent CC marked to the City Desk at the Times of India (they love muckraking) and you should see action fairly quickly. Manish is concerned that should the cop decide to retaliate with a bogus

Re: [silk] Meet meet - Bangalore

2006-04-24 Thread Savita Rao
Depends on what you mean by 'hurt'. Dr Gautam Kodiakal - at Mallaya, and a clinic. Dunno the address of the clinic,sorry! Dr Srinivas at Chaya Nursing Home, 8th cross, Malleshwaram. He has a clinic as well. Dr Thomas Chandy and his assistants (who vary) at HOSMAT are very good. (tho

Re: [silk] Belated introduction

2006-04-24 Thread Savita Rao
perfect. No more incentives needed. savita Madhu Menon wrote: Savita Rao wrote: What exactly happens to people who show up on Thursday without having introduced themselves?? apart from public ridicule, that is. You will be forced to eat my food. ;)

Re: [silk] Meet meet - Bangalore

2006-04-24 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 4/24/06, Savita Rao [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] Dr Srinivas at Chaya Nursing Home, 8th cross, Malleshwaram. He has a clinic as well. I don't remember the name, but I was treated by the consulting orthopaedician at Chayya at his clinic (also in Malleswaram - Sampige road) when I broke my

Re: [silk] Belated introduction

2006-04-24 Thread Deepa Mohan
ah, this solid exchange, while I was meeting Udhay, has made me feel QUITE comfortableabout Thursday. And since I have not seen the intros of any of you...I will stock up well on my public ridicule Public Ridicule Preferred are now doing well, ahead of the Sensex. Er...you mean the food and

Re: [silk] Belated introduction

2006-04-24 Thread Dave Long
Took me about half an hour to find my first post (would have been quicker, but I kept getting sidetracked by old silk threads) Being sidetracked by old threads is one of the good things about email. Instead of an introduction from ams, how about a best

Re: [silk] YouTube - India Driving

2006-04-24 Thread Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Biju Chacko wrote: But seriously, this was the funniest thing I ever saw written on a vehicle: http://www.nixcartel.org/~botsie/autorickshaw.jpg Gives you good warning about how he drives! Travel down Dehradun - Delhi sector in a bus and

Re: [silk] Meet meet - Bangalore

2006-04-24 Thread Deepa Mohan
On theplus side, my computer chair is the most comfortable spot in the house, so sitting in front of the computer has been officiallysanctioned as part of the rest I am supposed to take. :-)When I was learning to swim the first time (it took me three attempts over two decades,and I still cannot

Re: [silk] Cops assault innocent pedestrian, claim they are protecting him

2006-04-24 Thread Nandkumar Saravade
Being the lonely cop on this list, I feel I am entitled to make some points. Complaining about this kind behaviour should be seriously considered. Without a complaint, it is likely that the offending policeman will repeat his behaviour with another person. Fears of a false case being

Re: [silk] Cops assault innocent pedestrian, claim they are protecting him

2006-04-24 Thread Badri Natarajan
Being the lonely cop on this list, I feel I am entitled to make some points. 1. Complaining about this kind behaviour should be seriously considered. Without a complaint, it is likely that the offending policeman will repeat his behaviour with another person. Nandkumar -

Re: [silk] Cops assault innocent pedestrian, claim they are protecting him

2006-04-24 Thread Ravi Rao
[Added Cc: manish] Badri == Badri Natarajan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Badri If he's concerned about getting his passport confiscated Badri and/or being told not to leave the country - that needs to be Badri done by a court if memory serves correctly - I don't think a Badri

Re: [silk] Cops assault innocent pedestrian, claim they are protecting him

2006-04-24 Thread Badri Natarajan
Back in the 2000-2002 period, in Madras, the night patrol folks were among the most *senior* in the police force. Those guys had really fancy SUVs equipped with breathalyzers and fog lamps and sirens and gas masks and other stuff, and were easily the *obviously* non-corrupt folks complete

Re: [silk] Cops assault innocent pedestrian, claim they are protecting him

2006-04-24 Thread Kiran Jonnalagadda
On 24-Apr-06, at 11:16 PM, Nandkumar Saravade wrote: Complaining about this kind behaviour should be seriously considered. Without a complaint, it is likely that the offending policeman will repeat his behaviour with another person. FWIW, Manish managed to track down the cop -- he was the

Re: [silk] Cops assault innocent pedestrian, claim they are protecting him

2006-04-24 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote: [ on 07:13 AM 4/25/2006 ] FWIW, Manish managed to track down the cop -- he was the main inspector at a different police station than the one he claimed to be attached to -- and got him to apologise. The cop admitted what he had done was illegal and that the police

Re: [silk] Intro...

2006-04-24 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Deepa Mohan wrote: [ on 10:26 PM 4/24/2006 ] why do developers use footnotes(1) so much? (1) their head notes are possibly undeveloped? It may be worth noting that this is a convention followed, inter alia, by some tools that translate HTML markup into plain text. Udhay -- ((Udhay

Re: [silk] Intro...

2006-04-24 Thread Abhijit Menon-Sen
At 2006-04-24 22:23:38 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the weekends I'm a naturalist/wildlife photographer. I like your Crested Serpent Eagle: http://amoghavarsha.net/photography/nagarahole_20-01-06/tn/IMG_6993.jpg.html (I have a ghastly photograph somewhere of a half-eaten rat that I

Re: [silk] Belated introduction

2006-04-24 Thread Abhijit Menon-Sen
At 2006-04-24 15:35:16 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Being sidetracked by old threads is one of the good things about email. Yes. That's why I want a complete-ish copy of the list archives. I was thinking about using http://www.archiveopteryx.org to provide a nice IMAP/webmail archive. Silk

Re: [silk] Cops assault innocent pedestrian, claim they are protecting him

2006-04-24 Thread A. M. Merritt
On 4/24/06, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote: [ on 07:13 AM 4/25/2006 ] FWIW, Manish managed to track down the cop -- he was the main inspector at a different police station than the one he claimed to be attached to -- and got him to apologise. The cop

Re: [silk] Intro...

2006-04-24 Thread Biju Chacko
On 25/04/06, Abhijit Menon-Sen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 2006-04-24 22:23:38 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the weekends I'm a naturalist/wildlife photographer. I like your Crested Serpent Eagle: http://amoghavarsha.net/photography/nagarahole_20-01-06/tn/IMG_6993.jpg.html (I have

Re: [silk] Intro...

2006-04-24 Thread Abhijit Menon-Sen
At 2006-04-25 07:44:51 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It may be worth noting that this is a convention followed, inter alia, by some tools that translate HTML markup into plain text. What, like lynx -dump? Non solum pro URLibus? Or how else do they decide what to put in the footnotes? --

Re: [silk] Cops assault innocent pedestrian, claim they are protecting him

2006-04-24 Thread Nandkumar Saravade
Badri Natarajan wrote: If not, what is the point of a complaint? First of all, though it sounds a bit theoretical, it is the right thing to do. Secondly, if you know the layout of the organisation, you can route your complaint to the topmost bosses (which, if nothing, ensures that