Re: [silk] Daring trains..

2009-03-25 Thread Bonobashi
--- On Wed, 25/3/09, Venkat Mangudi wrote: > From: Venkat Mangudi > Subject: Re: [silk] Daring trains.. > To: silklist@lists.hserus.net > Date: Wednesday, 25 March, 2009, 12:12 PM > Deepa Mohan wrote: > > the Railways? Come to it, what is the system on > aircraft? Not even the > > all-detail

Re: [silk] Daring trains..

2009-03-25 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Arthur Hailey did, if you read Airport. Search the text for what he calls a 'honey wagon' ps: Just got myself a VCD of airport starring burt Lancaster as mel Bakersfield, dean martin as vern demerest, jacqueline bisset (lovely!) as gwen meighen etc. > When will we find enough money to design

[silk] Postal voting in India

2009-03-25 Thread Ashwin Nanjappa
Hi, A friend who has relocated from Bengaluru to Mumbai for a few years asked about this. He had his name on the voter list in Bengaluru, but won't be in that place on this election day. What's the best option for him? Register again at Mumbai or vote through post? Is the latter option even availa

Re: [silk] Postal voting in India

2009-03-25 Thread Amitha Singh
On 3/25/09, Ashwin Nanjappa wrote: > > Hi, > > A friend who has relocated from Bengaluru to Mumbai for a few years > asked about this. He had his name on the voter list in Bengaluru, but > won't be in that place on this election day. > What's the best option for him? Register again at Mumbai or vo

Re: [silk] Postal voting in India

2009-03-25 Thread Ashwin Nanjappa
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 15:38, Amitha Singh wrote: > jaagore.com is the best resource available online as on date.  afaik, postal > voting is not available in india. he has one of 2 options, come in to blr to > vote for that one day or register again in mumbai.  if he is sure that he > may not be

Re: [silk] Postal voting in India

2009-03-25 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Ashwin Nanjappa wrote: > On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 15:38, Amitha Singh wrote: > > jaagore.com is the best resource available online as on date. afaik, > postal > > voting is not available in india. he has one of 2 options, come in to blr > to > > vote for that one

Re: [silk] Postal voting in India

2009-03-25 Thread Ashwin Nanjappa
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 16:57, Deepa Mohan wrote: > > this is NOT as simple as it sounds. His voter id will be deleted in > Bangalore, and then he will have to delete his id in Mumbai again next time > and re-register in Bangalore so let him decide if he wants to do this! What if the person d

Re: [silk] Is there something I should know?

2009-03-25 Thread Ashwin Nanjappa
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 12:33, Deepa Mohan wrote: > For more than a week now, Yahoo has stopped sending me reminders from my > calendar; I have sent three emails to the helpdesk, and for one I got their > standard automated response...but nothing has happened... [...] > Is there something I am mis

Re: [silk] Postal voting in India

2009-03-25 Thread Alok G. Singh
Amitha Singh wrote: >> Register again at Mumbai or vote through post? Is the latter option >> even available for non-armed-services folks in India? AFAIK (I did try this when I was in college), postal ballots are only allowed for the armed forces or people of 'official duty'. Say an official is s

Re: [silk] Postal voting in India

2009-03-25 Thread Venkat Mangudi
Ashwin Nanjappa wrote: > What if the person doesn't inform the Mumbai registration office about > his entry in the Bengaluru records? I remember seeing lots of folks > This gives an opportunity for him to vote in Bangalore and Mumbai everytime. :-) IOW, someone will vote for him if he is not aro

Re: [silk] Postal voting in India

2009-03-25 Thread Ashwin Nanjappa
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 17:28, Venkat Mangudi wrote: > This gives an opportunity for him to vote in Bangalore and Mumbai > everytime. :-) IOW, someone will vote for him if he is not around. Does > he want this to happen? Not if he can prevent it. But, if the erase-and-create option is harder than

Re: [silk] Postal voting in India

2009-03-25 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Ashwin Nanjappa wrote: [...] > Thanks, so he will reregister at Mumbai to vote. Heh, this sounds so simple. It took me 12 years to get my voter ID card. Finally arrived this year with a photo from the early 90s. Cheeni

Re: [silk] Daring trains..

2009-03-25 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 6:47 AM, Gautam John wrote: > On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian > wrote: > >> Gautam asked what'd happen if this were to take place in India. > > That apart, any train buffs on the list? Do Indian locos and > compartments have sufficient clearance to

[silk] Saying "no" to moral policing in Bangalore

2009-03-25 Thread Ravi Bellur
I was heartened to read this piece: http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20090325/818/tnl-no-votes-for-moral-cops-say-bangalor.html Even though I do find sleeveless t-shirts a bit lowbrow, with the usual intent of showing off the "guns" to the relatively unmuscled public. Unless it was a Def

Re: [silk] Postal voting in India

2009-03-25 Thread gabin kattukaran
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 4:25 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Ashwin Nanjappa wrote: > [...] >> Thanks, so he will reregister at Mumbai to vote. > > Heh, this sounds so simple. It took me 12 years to get my voter ID > card. Finally arrived this year with a photo fr

Re: [silk] Postal voting in India

2009-03-25 Thread Ashwin Nanjappa
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 18:55, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > > Heh, this sounds so simple. It took me 12 years to get my voter ID > card. Finally arrived this year with a photo from the early 90s. I got my Voter ID card around 2004 when they were issuing it areawise in Bengaluru. I was given a date

Re: [silk] Postal voting in India

2009-03-25 Thread sur...@hserus.net
Same experience here -- srs / nokia e71 -original message- Subject: Re: [silk] Postal voting in India From: "Ashwin Nanjappa" Date: 25-03-2009 20:01 I got my Voter ID card around 2004 when they were issuing it areawise in Bengaluru. I was given a date and location (a government school) to get

Re: [silk] Introduction - New Member

2009-03-25 Thread Ravi Bellur
If there's one thing I've learned from Keanu Reeves, it's that there is no spoon... :-) On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 8:56 AM, lukhman_khan wrote: > > Thanks Kiran. Udai is helping me as well -- but the more > > help the better,especially at this beginning phase which > > is about taking in the larger

Re: [silk] Postal voting in India

2009-03-25 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 8:01 PM, Ashwin Nanjappa wrote: > On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 18:55, Srini RamaKrishnan > wrote: > > > > Heh, this sounds so simple. It took me 12 years to get my voter ID > > card. Finally arrived this year with a photo from the early 90s. > > I got my Voter ID card around 2

Re: [silk] Is there something I should know?

2009-03-25 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Ashwin Nanjappa wrote: > On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 12:33, Deepa Mohan wrote: > > For more than a week now, Yahoo has stopped sending me reminders from my > > calendar; I have sent three emails to the helpdesk, and for one I got > their > > standard automated respon

[silk] References for top posters

2009-03-25 Thread Divya Manian
Found this in another mailing list, thought it might be helpful to the top posters here :) - How to Write Effective Mailing List Email http://www.digital-web.com/articles/how_to_write_effective_mailing_list_emai l/ - A Beginner's Guide to Effective Email http://www.webfoot.com/advice/email.top.ph

Re: [silk] TED India Registrations now open

2009-03-25 Thread Venkat Mangudi's Silk Account
Me too. On 3/24/09, Ravi Bellur wrote: > I'm game! > > > >> >> Why don't we have a silk meetup there since there have been some newcomers >> to the list (myself included)? >> >> Need the latest food guide for Bangalore. >> >> Kiran >> > -- Sent from my mobile device

Re: [silk] TED India Registrations now open

2009-03-25 Thread Venkat Mangudi's Silk Account
Me too. On 3/24/09, Ravi Bellur wrote: > I'm game! > > > >> >> Why don't we have a silk meetup there since there have been some newcomers >> to the list (myself included)? >> >> Need the latest food guide for Bangalore. >> >> Kiran >> > -- Sent from my mobile device

Re: [silk] TED India Registrations now open

2009-03-25 Thread Kiran K Karthikeyan
An alternate choice of venue is Moss, the cocktail lounge run by fellow silkster Madhu. I loved Shiok, but never frequented it due to the distance from where I stayed earlier in Bangalore. I'm guessing Fri or Sat dinner? I'm off Friday. Kiran 2009/3/25 Venkat Mangudi's Silk Account > Me too. >

Re: [silk] Postal voting in India

2009-03-25 Thread Ashwin Nanjappa
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 23:40, Deepa Mohan wrote: > > Ah. I got this kind of card in 1992. NOW...that card no. is not listed > anywhere, so I could not get it deleted; and I was told that unless I had > that deleted, I could not register in my new constituency. After several > futile attempts, I j

Re: [silk] the business of charity!?!

2009-03-25 Thread .
On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > > if he wanted to compare donation figures he could compare those to the > figures going into shirdi, puttaparthi, siddhivinayak temple, There was a media report on this some years ago but I dont remember the details. Apparently,

Re: [silk] the business of charity!?!

2009-03-25 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
. [26/03/09 08:38 +0530]: aurobindo ashram etc (several of which have 100% tax exemption for social work projects they carry out, and which also have large, even grandiose building programs like that huge golden golfball at auroville, for example) ... isnt that the 5-star path to moksha (nirvan

[silk] Graphenes

2009-03-25 Thread Udhay Shankar N
http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090325/full/458390a.html Graphene gets ready for the big time Physicists are talking about how to make practical use of a former laboratory curiosity. Geoff Brumfiel Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Sheet happens: graphene could have potential uses in solar cells or fl