Re: [silk] How to Exercise an Open Mind

40. Work with animals. This activity offers at least two mind-opening doors: 1) Silklisters are undoubtedly used to using syntax and semantics to make sound, structured, arguments. Not only do animals not follow footnotes, they don't pay much attention to logical subtleties, reserving it ins

[silk] Easily avoidable food ?

Hi Silklisters, Since we are talking about unpalatable food on some other threads. I thought the following link might be interesting to those who have a adventurous heart and a strong stomach. http://men.style.com/gq/features/landing?id=content_4197 Don't say I didn't warn you :) --> Vinayak

Re: [silk] How to Exercise an Open Mind

> The balut - quite possibly the most disgusting thing I've ever > seen. I can't believe that's on the list of ways to exercise an > open mind. It's actually a great way to exercise an open > stomach. knows I don't puke enough nowadays. $;^D > My mind and stomach have to draw the line somewher

Re: [silk] How to Exercise an Open Mind

I love the way this thread has gone from Kadri Gopalnath to boiled eggs... (yes, I did wiki balut and it's actually not just simple boiled eggs, but do your own google or wiki BEFORE you have eaten) Anne Marie...I agree with you! I am not squeamish but I don't think I would try it. On 5/3/06, A. M.

Re: [silk] How to Exercise an Open Mind

On 5/2/06, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I suspect many of the folks here already practise several of the below. Udhay http://www.wikihow.com/Exercise-an-Open-Mind How to Exercise an Open Mind 16. Try foods you have never tried. Have you tried sushi? Have you tried Vietnamese

Re: [silk] The Silk Community Page

Deepa Mohan wrote: [ on 05:28 PM 5/3/2006 ] works fine now! Yup - the redirect to http://silk.arachnis.com/community.html seems to be working OK. I made some further modifications. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))

Re: [silk] About the play

Please send the script to me too and congratulations! your high-ness reminded me of one summer in 1993 when as a proper foreign student in the US i ought to have been interning during the summer. instead i acted in an experimental play and had a blast preparing for it for a couple of months! 2006

Re: [silk] About the play

looking forward to reading it...and hope you can perform it in Bangalore one dayOn 5/3/06, Nishant Shah <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:Thanks a lot buddy. I'll send a copy of the script tonight. the bloody connection is too slow to attach a document right now. NishantOn 5/3/06, Amoghavarsha JS <[

Re: [silk] About the play

Thanks a lot buddy. I'll send a copy of the script tonight. the bloody connection is too slow to attach a document right now.NishantOn 5/3/06, Amoghavarsha JS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:dude, congrats and also send me the script Nishant Shah wrote:> Thanks Deepa, right now it still feels a little s

Re: [silk] About the play

dude, congrats and also send me the script Nishant Shah wrote: Thanks Deepa, right now it still feels a little surreal. I guess it will all sink in a few days time because we have an offer from Prithvi theatres to put up the play in the next festival. It will be a huge kick and a career break

Re: [silk] About the play

Thanks Deepa, right now it still feels a little surreal. I guess it will all sink in a few days time because we have an offer from Prithvi theatres to put up the play in the next festival. It will be a huge kick and a career break for all those young kids if it does work out. it is a pity somehow t

Re: [silk] About the play

congrats Nishant! Enjoy your time on cloud nine!On 5/3/06, Nishant Shah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi,I have been travelling and completely swamped with non-work that piles up in travelling and so have been quiet for some time. Just wanted to say hi to a whole lot of people I met at that awesome me

[silk] About the play

Hi,I have been travelling and completely swamped with non-work that piles up in travelling and so have been quiet for some time. Just wanted to say hi to a whole lot of people I met at that awesome meet at the shiok about a week ago. And because a few of the people had shown interest in the INT (In

Re: [silk] Riding the slow train in Cambodia

Very evocative, both words and pictures..and somewhat similar to some of the train journeys we have here!On 5/3/06, Thaths < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/06/in_pictures_riding_the_slow_train_/html/1.stmI am sure there are a few trainspotters in Silk. Here

Re: [silk] How to Exercise an Open Mind

--- Deepa Mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I too have struggled to bring some "ghanam" ... > remarks do touch a sore point > with me! Oh, this isn't about pitch at all! Only about volume. I will admit, though, that Nityasree's swara sthanam is normally faultless. Sowmya I like, but like pe

Re: [silk] How to Exercise an Open Mind

udhay...should we continue this as a conversation between suraj, pavithra and me or can it be on the list?On 5/3/06, Deepa Mohan < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:well, high pitch is not necessarily harsh on my ears all the timeI do love the shehnai  and good nagaswaram. But the kind of high pitch tha

Re: [silk] How to Exercise an Open Mind

Suraj wrote: Deepa Mohan wrote: , |How do you all feel about Sowmya, then? ` I feel good. She sings at 1-Kattai. :) Yeah, being low-pitched makes it easy on the ears (the same reason why shehnai / nadaswaram / etc.,. sounds so painful for me. What about Kadri Gopalnath's Saxop

Re: [silk] How to Exercise an Open Mind

well, high pitch is not necessarily harsh on my ears all the timeI do love the shehnai  and good nagaswaram. But the kind of high pitch that you hear female vocalists in film music doingTHAT goes through my head. Kathri is OK...I am not into the kind of calisthenics that happens sometimes..

Re: [silk] How to Exercise an Open Mind

Deepa Mohan wrote: I too have struggled to bring some "ghanam" into a high-pitched voiceI was given excellent advice by Charumathi, to do a lot of manthra-sthaayi saadagam, I now sing at anju kattai...but your remarks do touch a sore point with me! I think I have even posted on my LJ about

Re: [silk] Riding the slow train in Cambodia

Deepa Mohan wrote: , |Hey silklistersanyone vanakkam for this? Sounds really nice, |and I would like to go. Hands up on the email. ` like I might have said a million times earlier (here and elsewhere), I'm Vanakkam for this. Prasanna! -Suraj -- ,

Re: [silk] How to Exercise an Open Mind

Deepa Mohan wrote: , |How do you all feel about Sowmya, then? ` I feel good. She sings at 1-Kattai. :) Yeah, being low-pitched makes it easy on the ears (the same reason why shehnai / nadaswaram / etc.,. sounds so painful for me. What about Kadri Gopalnath's Saxophone?). -- ,-

Re: [silk] The Silk Community Page

works fine now!On 5/3/06, Bharath Chari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sorry about that. I didn't do the redirect properly. Nowhttp://arachnis.com/silk-list has been redirected to silk.arachnis.com BharathAt 09:15 PM 5/2/2006, Udhay Shankar N wrote:>Biju Chacko wrote: [ on 08:51 PM 5/2/2006 ]>>>Looks t

Re: [silk] Riding the slow train in Cambodia

Hey silklistersanyone vanakkam for this? Sounds really nice, and I would like to go. Hands up on the email.On 5/3/06, Kiran Jonnalagadda < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:On 03-May-06, at 12:25 PM, Deepa Mohan wrote:> Btw Jace...I did root through my Deccan Herald and looked at your > photographs

Re: [silk] How to Exercise an Open Mind

I too have struggled to bring some "ghanam" into a  high-pitched voiceI was given excellent advice by Charumathi, to do a lot of manthra-sthaayi saadagam, I now sing at anju kattai...but your remarks do touch a sore point with me! I think I have even posted on my LJ about this How do you al

Re: [silk] How to Exercise an Open Mind

--- Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wonder if Nithyashree ... > [ouch. i dont want to know.. Me neither! She's never performed here, but no one I know laments the lack :-) P. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail

Re: [silk] How to Exercise an Open Mind

Pavithra Sankaran wrote: heard some stirring concerts by KVN, TVS, MSG and, recently, Sanjay Subrahmanyam at this humble venue. atmosphere of a private performance, and seems to have a what I can only call a *calming* effect on the performers. While MSG's music is almost beyond Good choice o

Re: [silk] How to Exercise an Open Mind

Might I gatecrash into this conversation? Here in Mysore we have some wonderful concerts around Ganesha Chathurti (mid-August normally), held in the middle of a small street, shaded by a small shamiana and amplified by large speakers from the 1960s. Organised by a small association of shopkeepers

Re: [silk] How to Exercise an Open Mind

Might I gatecrash into this conversation? Here in Mysore we have some wonderful concerts around Ganesha Chathurti (mid-August normally), held in the middle of a small street, shaded by a small shamiana and amplified by large speakers from the 1960s. Organised by a small association of shopkeepers

Re: [silk] How to Exercise an Open Mind

Deepa Mohan wrote: , |just spoke to Udhay and realized you are a Yahoo too! My first |contact at ` I was a Yahoo!. Now at Amazon. , |I will email you my tel no. and we can try and go to kacheris |together. Who are your favourites? ` Sure! I would b

Re: [silk] The Silk Community Page

Sorry about that. I didn't do the redirect properly. Now http://arachnis.com/silk-list has been redirected to silk.arachnis.com Bharath At 09:15 PM 5/2/2006, Udhay Shankar N wrote: Biju Chacko wrote: [ on 08:51 PM 5/2/2006 ] Looks the same to me. Hm. That was supposed to redirect to http

Re: [silk] Riding the slow train in Cambodia

On 03-May-06, at 12:25 PM, Deepa Mohan wrote: Btw Jace...I did root through my Deccan Herald and looked at your photographs of the Fireflies Event. Will sound corny to say they were good photographs...but I particularly liked the drummers one. Do you play any instrument yourself? BTW, the

Re: [silk] Riding the slow train in Cambodia

On 03-May-06, at 12:25 PM, Deepa Mohan wrote: You don't have permission to access /1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/06/ on this server. May I see the forbidden train Jace? The link got truncated. Try this again:

Re: [silk] How to Exercise an Open Mind

just spoke to Udhay and realized you are a Yahoo too! My first contact at Yahoo was Madhu Kurup, and then ex-Yahoos like Kalyan and Udhay...I will email you my tel no. and we can try and go to kacheris together. Who are your favourites? On 5/3/06, Suraj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Deepa Mohan wrote:

Re: [silk] How to Exercise an Open Mind

Deepa Mohan wrote: , |HEY! Nice to meet you! My day always includes Arangisai, which I |get with varying degrees of clarity on my ld 2 in 1, from |Madras A. I thought my species was heavily endangereddo you |live in Bangalore? I don't even get company to

Re: [silk] How to Exercise an Open Mind

HEY! Nice to meet you! My day always includes Arangisai, which I get with varying degrees of clarity on my ld 2 in 1, from Madras A. I thought my species was heavily endangereddo you live in Bangalore? I don't even get company to go to kacheris and often go alone...!  I have once written an

Re: [silk] How to Exercise an Open Mind

Deepa Mohan wrote: , |GOD, trying to listen to Heavy Metal should count for 10 things on |this list Udhay! ` I just am trying to do the same too! Listening to Heavy "Loud Music" Metal. I'm a person that wakes up to Kambhoji Alapanais and such. Udhay wrote: , |39.