Re: [silk] One witty guy in Bangalore....

2008-09-24 Thread surabhi tomar
> > What does "venustraphobian" mean? > It's the counterpart of "hunkophobian" :) -surabhi

Re: [silk] One witty guy in Bangalore....

2008-09-24 Thread Raj Shekhar
in infinite wisdom Deepa Mohan spoke thus On 09/24/2008 12:29 PM: http://s297.photobucket.com/albums/mm205/depontis/?action=view¤t=IMG_0153.jpg What does "venustraphobian" mean? Let's trot out all those lengthiterminophobias... That word too falls out of my dictionary. -- raj shekhar fa

[silk] Suzanne Vega on technology and copyright

2008-09-24 Thread Gautam John
http://measureformeasure.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/23/toms-essay/index.html Tom's Essay By Suzanne Vega This month's challenge for me is getting used to my "in-ear monitors." These are little monitors that go into your ear so you can hear yourself onstage. I used them a month ago in Sweden for t

Re: [silk] introduction...

2008-09-24 Thread Dave Long
I am reminded of a USian friend of mine who spent a year on the hippie trail in India. I asked her what her thoughts were as she was about to leave. "I am surprised it works," she said. Something I have found invaluable as an expat is to remember that whenever one is trying to accomplish some

Re: [silk] Food and Empire

2008-09-24 Thread Thaths
On 9/24/08, Sriram Karra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 9:03 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> An updated, glossy version of Meenkashi Ammal's "Cook and See," is >> avaiable. This new book > You mean, avialable? No. She probably meant Avial-able. I.e. A d

Re: [silk] Food and Empire

2008-09-24 Thread Perry E. Metzger
"Sriram Karra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 9:03 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> An updated, glossy version of Meenkashi Ammal's "Cook and See," is >> avaiable. This new book > > > You mean, avialable? You mean, a-vile-able? Perry

Re: [silk] Food and Empire

2008-09-24 Thread Sriram Karra
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 9:03 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > An updated, glossy version of Meenkashi Ammal's "Cook and See," is > avaiable. This new book You mean, avialable?

Re: [silk] Restaurant names Koyla

2008-09-24 Thread Perry E. Metzger
"Anil Kumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> And...what does the restaurant name mean? I cannot imagine that they named >> it after a lump of coal? > > There used to be (about 10 years ago) a restaurant called *Charcoal(s)* in > Prestige Meridien on MG Road in Bangalore that used to dish out de

Re: [silk] Food and the Empire

2008-09-24 Thread Perry E. Metzger
"Deepa Mohan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I knew there were numerous cultural differences I was unaware of, but >> I never even suspected that it was the habit in some countries to >> store written material by printing it on domestic servants. >> >> One learns new things every day! > > Note to

Re: [silk] financial crisis explained :-)

2008-09-24 Thread Perry E. Metzger
surabhi tomar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yes, most of people doing such speculations (even from within the > industry) do not have the entire picture. But then, if they did, > this mess would have been avoided. > > What would you say for this: > > http://logicalreligion.blogspot.com/2008/09/sub

Re: [silk] URGENT: Dinner tonight at 8:30, not 7PM!

2008-09-24 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 4:45 PM, Amit Varma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 2] Vinit told us about his fetish > > 3] Devdas confessed his fetish > > 4] Supriya told us about her fetish > > In view of the above, you should have written the sentence, "The photographs have been digitally altered, th

Re: [silk] URGENT: Dinner tonight at 8:30, not 7PM!

2008-09-24 Thread Amit Varma
The meeting was great fun, and I enjoyed meeting all the Silk-listers I hadn't met before enormously. The photographs have been digitally altered, though, to make people look fat. I shall summarise highlights for those who could not make it. 1] Cory explained how you get free heroin in England if

Re: [silk] financial crisis explained :-)

2008-09-24 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 12:42:46AM -0700, surabhi tomar wrote: > Yes, most of people doing such speculations (even from within the industry) > do not have the entire picture. But then, if they did, this mess would have > been avoided. That assumes you would want to avoid that mess. If you're m

Re: [silk] One witty guy in Bangalore....

2008-09-24 Thread Alok G. Singh
Judging by the registration, the witty guy is from Dharward. Makes sense. -- Alok Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious. -- Oscar Wilde

Re: [silk] One witty guy in Bangalore....

2008-09-24 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Deepa Mohan wrote, [on 9/24/2008 12:29 PM]: http://s297.photobucket.com/albums/mm205/depontis/?action=view¤t=IMG_0153.jpg Let's trot out all those lengthiterminophobias... My favourite is aibohphobia. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))

[silk] Restaurant names Koyla (was:Re: URGENT: Dinner tonight at 8:30, not 7PM!)

2008-09-24 Thread Anil Kumar
On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:47:44 +0530, "Deepa Mohan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > . > > And...what does the restaurant name mean? I cannot imagine that they named > it after a lump of coal? > > Deepa. > There used to be (about 10 years ago) a restaurant called *Charcoal(s)* in Prestige Meridi

Re: [silk] Food and Empire

2008-09-24 Thread Rishab Aiyer Ghosh
On Tue, 2008-09-23 at 13:03 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > An updated, glossy version of Meenkashi Ammal's "Cook and See," is > avaiable. This new book has none of the quirks of the origial 3-part > series. um, aren't the quirks essential? i don't recall what was in my mother's batte

Re: [silk] financial crisis explained :-)

2008-09-24 Thread surabhi tomar
> From reading so far, I'd suggest that the author of this probably > hasn't been directly enough involved with the industry to understand > the details, which is not surprising, but it does get a bit > irritating, the same way that hearing the guy on the radio railing > about how "taxpayers are b

Re: [silk] URGENT: Dinner tonight at 8:30, not 7PM!

2008-09-24 Thread Sumant Srivathsan
> > Who's the guy on the left who looks like a JNU professor? > Just some guy. Claims to be a writer or something. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

Re: [silk] URGENT: Dinner tonight at 8:30, not 7PM!

2008-09-24 Thread Madhu Menon
Devdas Bhagat wrote: On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:32:47AM +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote: So - how was it? Pictures, blogposts? http://dvb.homelinux.org/~devdas/photos/2008/silkmeet/ Who's the guy on the left who looks like a JNU professor? -- <<< * >>> Madhu Menon Shiok Far-eastern Cuisi