[silk] Psychoceramic of the week

2007-05-28 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Not touching the great heights of danwinter.com (as it once was) but mildly amusing nevertheless: http://pages.total.net/~fishnet/ Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))

[silk] Ian McDonald's River of Gods

2007-05-28 Thread Thaths
I came across Ian McDonald's _River of Gods_ [1] at a remote Northern California bookstore yesterday. Judging this book by its cover, it is supposed to be a near future sci-fi book set in India. It had a quote from Cory Doctorow in the back cover. Has anyone here read this book? What do you

Re: [silk] Ian McDonald's River of Gods

2007-05-28 Thread Kiran Jonnalagadda
On 29-May-07, at 7:36 AM, Thaths wrote: I came across Ian McDonald's _River of Gods_ [1] at a remote Northern California bookstore yesterday. Judging this book by its cover, it is supposed to be a near future sci-fi book set in India. It had a quote from Cory Doctorow in the back cover. It's

[silk] Indian Economy's list of best Indian books.

2007-05-28 Thread Bharat Shetty
Hello all, I came across this post in The Indian Economy Blog. http://indianeconomy.org/2006/06/18/ten-best-books-on-india/ Being ignorant on these books so far, I intend to actually buy and read over some of them, thereby improving my knowledge on our fabulous country. Before I invest my

Re: [silk] Indian Economy's list of best Indian books.

2007-05-28 Thread Zainab Bawa
I have not read Pavan Verma's book 'the great indian middle class', but I have heard many good reviews about it from friends. Also picked up a copy of Bimal Jalan's 'India's Politics' yesterday. Looks good, have to start reading it! Cheers, Z --- Bharat Shetty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all,

Re: [silk] Ian McDonald's River of Gods

2007-05-28 Thread Alok G. Singh
On 29 May 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I came across Ian McDonald's _River of Gods_ [1] at a remote Northern California bookstore yesterday. Judging this book by its cover, it is supposed to be a near future sci-fi book set in India. There's also _Wetware_ [1] by Rudy Rucker, a part of