Re: [silk] Article in today's ET.

2007-03-11 Thread ashok _
Not unusual at all i have had conversation on such subject matter with a whole cross section of women from different backgrounds : secretaries, waitresses, nuns, colleagues, prostitutues, entrepeneurs, teachers...from different age groups, from both african and (slightly less so) european cou

Re: [silk] Announcement: Barcamp Bangalore 3: SocialTech

2007-03-11 Thread Kiran Jonnalagadda
On 12-Mar-07, at 9:39 AM, Nishant Shah wrote: The good news is that they are now planning to make Bangalore Barcamp a quarterly affair... which means that hopefully, the next time it happens I shall be there with it. I really think you should come this time. I'm trying to get folks from

Re: [silk] Article in today's ET.

2007-03-11 Thread Kiran Jonnalagadda
On 12-Mar-07, at 11:55 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: a _little_ honest? refreshingly candid, actually. The kiruba crowd doesnt like her or nilu at all, especially after stuff like this - http://themaanga.blogspot.com/2007/01/photographing-urinals-kings- way.html This post inspired a lon

Re: [silk] Article in today's ET.

2007-03-11 Thread Madhu Menon
Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: 2. Has this periodic weird habit of pretending to be a woman and writing about sex from a woman's viewpoint. Unless he really has a girlfriend sharing his blog Nope, real woman. ;) -- <<< * >>> Madhu Menon Shiok Far-eastern Cuisine Indiranagar, Bangalore Vi

Re: [silk] Article in today's ET.

2007-03-11 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Neha Viswanathan wrote: > interesting - the "I think kiruba sucks" tagline is no longer the USP of > the > maanga - in fact, a lot of bloggers now openly ridicule him. > > It's become almost acceptable! heh yes. I only had to read one or two of his posts, a couple of years back, before I came to

Re: [silk] Article in today's ET.

2007-03-11 Thread Neha Viswanathan
a _little_ honest? refreshingly candid, actually. The kiruba crowd doesnt like her or nilu at all, especially after stuff like this - http://themaanga.blogspot.com/2007/01/photographing-urinals-kings-way.html She's a charming woman. You wouldn't know she was the one capable of such dazzling r

Re: [silk] Article in today's ET.

2007-03-11 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Neha Viswanathan wrote: > > TON (TheOtherNilu) is very real and a dear friend. She's just keen on > maintaining her anonymity. You should see the hate mail she gets. All > because she's a little honest about sex and suchlike. > > Yes, I believe the fact that they both exist is a matter of much r

Re: [silk] Article in today's ET.

2007-03-11 Thread Neha Viswanathan
Ah they BOTH exist? Well then, that's a relief. TON (TheOtherNilu) is very real and a dear friend. She's just keen on maintaining her anonymity. You should see the hate mail she gets. All because she's a little honest about sex and suchlike. Yes, I believe the fact that they both exist is a

Re: [silk] Article in today's ET.

2007-03-11 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Neha Viswanathan wrote: >> http://themaanga.blogspot.com/ >> >> There's a dropdown box there with "TheOtherNilu writes" - all those are >> from his "woman" persona, and they're all about sex with a uniquely >> madras flavor. > > > Note: Both are friends of mine. Both Nilu and TheOtherNilu are ver

Re: [silk] Article in today's ET.

2007-03-11 Thread Neha Viswanathan
http://themaanga.blogspot.com/ There's a dropdown box there with "TheOtherNilu writes" - all those are from his "woman" persona, and they're all about sex with a uniquely madras flavor. Note: Both are friends of mine. Both Nilu and TheOtherNilu are very real. :) -- Neha Viswanathan +44(0

Re: [silk] Article in today's ET.

2007-03-11 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Biju Chacko wrote: > > In Botswana, at least, this *could* have been a pretty casual > conversation -- possibly because sex itself was pretty casual. > > Odd, really. You'd think that, with the population we have, there'd be > a lot of sex going on and Indians would be less repressed about it out

Re: [silk] Article in today's ET.

2007-03-11 Thread Biju Chacko
On 3/10/07, shiv sastry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Saturday 10 Mar 2007 5:09 pm, ashok _ wrote: > Now mind you, this was a purely casual conversation, it did not imply > anything at all, neither from me, nor from her. There were no implicit > or explicit messages here. It was clearly understoo

Re: [silk] Announcement: Barcamp Bangalore 3: SocialTech

2007-03-11 Thread Nishant Shah
I never thought getting sponsorships would be this easy. Thanks a lot for the offer Bruce. But as Jace was telling me just the other day in personal chat, the whole point of the unconference structure is to not worry about the infrastructure and travelling costs of the participants. Also, there ar

Re: [silk] Announcement: Barcamp Bangalore 3: SocialTech

2007-03-11 Thread Bruce Metcalf
Nishant Shah wrote: Tread gently because you tread on my dreams? :) I would love it if somebody could sponsor tickets *looks suspiciously at you* Are you swindling government money? What is the price of tickets? I couldn't find any reference to cost on the web site. And there just *migh

Re: [silk] Article in today's ET.

2007-03-11 Thread Charles Haynes
user: toi.silk password: toi -- Charles On 3/8/07, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Vinayak Hegde wrote: > On 3/8/07, Gautam John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Would you have a link to this article handy? > > Go to epaper.timesofindia.com > pick the economic times -> bangalore