Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Anil Kumar anilkumar.naga...@gmail.comwrote: What number of the Venkats will he be on Silk? If there are many, we can change the name of the group from Silk to Goldthat's what Venkata means. Deepa

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Venkatesh Hariharan
On Wed, 1 Apr 2009 00:08:15 +0530 Venkat Inumella ven...@gmail.com wrote: What number of the Venkats will he be on Silk? I used to work in a cubicle farm of a Citibank subsidiary (we lovingly called it the Dungeon) and every time someone shouted Venky or Venkat five heads would pop up

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Venkatesh Hariharan
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Anil Kumar anilkumar.naga...@gmail.comwrote: What number of the Venkats will he be on Silk? If there are many, we can change the name of the group from Silk to Goldthat's what

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Madhu Menon
Venkatesh Hariharan wrote: If there are many, we can change the name of the group from Silk to Goldthat's what Venkata means. I did not know that. Do explain more. I am all ears. Also, we have a critical mass of venkatas here so this should be of generic interest. I think I'll

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Mahesh Murthy
I thought I was condemned to a common name like Mahesh. Till I discovered there were 5 Seenis (Srinivases) in my B. Tech. class. in Hyderabad. Seeni is right up there with Subbu and Venky. On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Venkatesh Hariharan ven...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:38

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Madhu Menon: I think I'll call you all Goldie from now on, making you instant Punjus. ;) Hawn jee .. srs

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction

2009-04-01 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 6:31 AM, Kiran K Karthikeyan kiran.karthike...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/3/31 Venkat Inumella ven...@gmail.com [...] Welcome. If you're shooting for finishing the IMDB top 250, I might be able to help you if you have a region code hacked dvd player and lots of time. I can

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction

2009-04-01 Thread Kiran K Karthikeyan
I went through most of the IMDB top 250 over a period of a couple of months - 3 movies a day on average. I must say it got depressing since the movies that tend to get selected for artistic excellence are often very sad and unhappy. OTOH, try anything once. Cheeni Your sentiment is true

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction

2009-04-01 Thread Charles Haynes
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 10:11 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 6:31 AM, Kiran K Karthikeyan kiran.karthike...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/3/31 Venkat Inumella ven...@gmail.com Welcome. If you're shooting for finishing the IMDB top 250, I might be able to help

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction

2009-04-01 Thread Venkatesh Hariharan
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:46 PM, Venkat Inumella ven...@gmail.com wrote: I enjoy running and swimming. I have run a 52km ultra-marathon Wow! I doubt if Silk-Listers have collectively run 54kms! You belong to another planet :-) Venky

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Venkat Inumella
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Venkatesh Hariharan ven...@gmail.com wrote: I used to work in a cubicle farm of a Citibank subsidiary (we lovingly called it the Dungeon) and every time someone shouted Venky or Venkat five heads would pop up (including mine). Ditto for Subbu or Subramaniam. I

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Venkat Inumella ven...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Venkatesh Hariharan ven...@gmail.com wrote: I used to work in a cubicle farm of a Citibank subsidiary (we lovingly called it the Dungeon) and every time someone shouted Venky or

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction

2009-04-01 Thread Venkat Inumella
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 5:43 PM, Venkatesh Hariharan ven...@gmail.com wrote: I enjoy running and swimming. I have run a 52km ultra-marathon Wow! I doubt if Silk-Listers have collectively run 54kms! You belong to another planet :-) Thanks!:) Truly mindless (pointless, even) endeavours are my

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread gabin kattukaran
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote: Well, I am no Venkat. But try beating Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan for uniqueness. If you want to play that game - Gabin Eluvathingal Kattukaran -gabin -- Samuel Goldwyn - I don't think anyone

[silk] Manning the barricades

2009-04-01 Thread Udhay Shankar N
I have just downloaded a remarkable analysis from the Economist, which predicts 3 primary scenarios for the global economy over the next few years. More as I digest it, but the full report is here for thos of you who want to read and comment:

Re: [silk] Manning the barricades

2009-04-01 Thread Mahesh Murthy
http://www.eiu.com/special What's interesting is that, in their political instability analysis for 2009-2010 herehttp://viewswire.eiu.com/site_info.asp?info_name=instability_mappage=noads, they rated the US as more unstable than India, politically. In my memory of being a subscriber of the

Re: [silk] Manning the barricades

2009-04-01 Thread Amit Varma
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:15 PM, Mahesh Murthy mahesh.mur...@gmail.comwrote: What's interesting is that, in their political instability analysis for 2009-2010 here http://viewswire.eiu.com/site_info.asp?info_name=instability_mappage=noads , they rated the US as more unstable than India,

Re: [silk] Manning the barricades

2009-04-01 Thread Radhika, Y.
the political instability index suggests some aspects of the societies in all of these countries. My guess is that Canada being on the bottom of the index hints at the lack of voice of minorities in that country and that includes - First Nations (lip service moniker for Native Americans, without

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Kiran K Karthikeyan
Well, I am no Venkat. But try beating Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan for uniqueness. Not very unique I'm afraid. Chandrachoodan or the one who wears the moon aka Shiva is a fairly common name in Kerala. Given the fact that Gopalakrishnan is also a very common surname, I'll bet you could easily

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Radhika, Y.
how about Himadri for a man's name? On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Kiran K Karthikeyan kiran.karthike...@gmail.com wrote: Well, I am no Venkat. But try beating Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan for uniqueness. Not very unique I'm afraid. Chandrachoodan or the one who wears the moon aka

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Kiran K Karthikeyan
2009/4/1 gabin kattukaran gkattuka...@gmail.com On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote: Well, I am no Venkat. But try beating Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan for uniqueness. If you want to play that game - Gabin Eluvathingal Kattukaran

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Mahesh Murthy
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:07 AM, Radhika, Y. radhik...@gmail.com wrote: how about Himadri for a man's name? Quite common, actually. Have a film producer friend - whose next movie releases in 2 months, by the way, called Sheetal Talwar. And it's a he. Talking of names, I used to work in Hong

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Bonobashi
--- On Thu, 2/4/09, Radhika, Y. radhik...@gmail.com wrote: From: Radhika, Y. radhik...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella) To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Date: Thursday, 2 April, 2009, 12:07 AM how about Himadri for a man's name? //Yeah, how about it? Men

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Radhika, Y.
my personal favorites are Appollo Singh (named because he was born on Jul 20, 1969 presumably shortly before Armstrong took his steps) and Russia and America Rao (NOT a joke!). On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Mahesh Murthy mahesh.mur...@gmail.comwrote: On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:07 AM, Radhika,

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Kiran K Karthikeyan
2009/4/2 Mahesh Murthy mahesh.mur...@gmail.com On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:07 AM, Radhika, Y. radhik...@gmail.com wrote: how about Himadri for a man's name? Quite common, actually. Have a film producer friend - whose next movie releases in 2 months, by the way, called Sheetal Talwar. And

Re: [silk] Manning the barricades

2009-04-01 Thread Bonobashi
--- On Wed, 1/4/09, Mahesh Murthy mahesh.mur...@gmail.com wrote: From: Mahesh Murthy mahesh.mur...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [silk] Manning the barricades To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Date: Wednesday, 1 April, 2009, 11:15 PM http://www.eiu.com/special What's interesting is that, in

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Radhika, Y.
there was also the woman in Montana who named her daugther Syphilis-it seemed such a feminine, pretty word to her! On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Kiran K Karthikeyan kiran.karthike...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/4/2 Mahesh Murthy mahesh.mur...@gmail.com On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:07 AM, Radhika,

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Mahesh Murthy
Talking of names, I used to work in Hong Kong with a Billboard Kwok - I kid not, in my media-buying department, and had a client - a Marketing Manager at American Express, I kid you not again, who was somewhat unfortunately named Vagina Lau (she pronounced it Vuh-geena). In addition to

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Radhika, Y.
well at least Symbiosis is better than Parasite Lee On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Mahesh Murthy mahesh.mur...@gmail.comwrote: Talking of names, I used to work in Hong Kong with a Billboard Kwok - I kid not, in my media-buying department, and had a client - a Marketing Manager

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Dave Kumar
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Radhika, Y. radhik...@gmail.com wrote: there was also the woman in Montana who named her daugther Syphilis-it seemed such a feminine, pretty word to her! A friend of mine said she talked to a woman in Brazil who had named her daughter Menage A Trois. She (the

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread मॊिहत
And what do you think of Just Mohit? :) - Mo

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Kiran K Karthikeyan
2009/4/2 Radhika, Y. radhik...@gmail.com there was also the woman in Montana who named her daugther Syphilis-it seemed such a feminine, pretty word to her! I always thought Montana as a state was where you could drive at 100mph and contained nothing but ranches owned by the well to do from

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Mahesh Murthy
America Rao (NOT a joke!). America Rao would be ethnologically correct in Telugu naming convention of {Place of origin}+{Father's Name}+{Your Name} for a 2nd generation Gult. As in a certain gent Rama Rao was the son of Taraka, from Nandamuri village and hence became NTR

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Radhika, Y.
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Mahesh Murthy mahesh.mur...@gmail.comwrote: America Rao (NOT a joke!). America Rao would be ethnologically correct in Telugu naming convention of {Place of origin}+{Father's Name}+{Your Name} for a 2nd generation Gult. As in a certain gent Rama Rao was

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Mahesh Murthy
not really. my name is Yeddanapudi Radhika as in Radhika of Yeddanapudi village with no father's name in between. Neither does my brother carry my dad's name nor do any of my cousins on the Yeddanapudi side. I guess there is some variability here. My school principal in Hyderabad was

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Mahesh Murthy [02/04/09 00:14 +0530]: Talking of names, I used to work in Hong Kong with a Billboard Kwok - I kid not, in my media-buying department, and had a client - a Marketing Manager at American Express, I kid you not again, who was somewhat unfortunately named Vagina Lau (she pronounced

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

2009-04-01 Thread Radhika, Y.
well i should give the complete picture then to further confound:-) my full name is Yeddanapudi Lakshmi Arudra Rama Radhika (but I have abbreviated all of this dogma down to Y.R. Radhika for a long, long time). The Lakshmi is homage to a family practice of giving the eldest daughter a name