Re: [silk] Disenfranchised Minorities?

2009-04-26 Thread Zainab Bawa
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Venkat Mangudi wrote: > Vinayak Hegde wrote: > Some people I know are of the opinion that there are corrupt officials > who work with the politicians and delete the names if they suspect that > the votes are going to their opponent. His argument seemed plausible, >

Re: [silk] Bangalore Meetup on May 16?

2009-04-26 Thread Nikhil Mehra
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 11:56 AM, Madhu Menon wrote: > Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > Suggestions for place to gather? >> > > *cough* > Hero, have you been cashing on the IPL? Did you ever manage to start that quiz?

Re: [silk] Bangalore Meetup on May 16?

2009-04-26 Thread Kiran K Karthikeyan
> > Anyone up for a drink with Amit, myself, and whoever else turns up on that > evening, > I'm game too > somewhere in the vicinity? Which crossword is this? There are four in Bangalore. http://crosswordbookstores.com/html/Bangaluru.htm Kiran

Re: [silk] Bangalore Meetup on May 16?

2009-04-26 Thread Madhu Menon
Udhay Shankar N wrote: Suggestions for place to gather? *cough* -- <<< * >>> Madhu Menon Shiok Far-eastern Cuisine | Moss Cocktail Lounge 96, Amar Jyoti Layout, Inner Ring Road, Bangalore @ http://shiokfood.com & http://mosslounge.com Join the Moss group: http://www.facebook.com/g

Re: [silk] Bangalore Meetup on May 16?

2009-04-26 Thread Venkat Mangudi
Udhay Shankar N wrote: > conveniently happens to be a Saturday evening. Anyone up for a drink > with Amit, myself, and whoever else turns up on that evening, I'm game. > somewhere in the vicinity? We all get to gawk at one of India's most > powerful men [2] as an added bonus! Right between Sachi

[silk] Bangalore Meetup on May 16?

2009-04-26 Thread Udhay Shankar N
[attention conservation notice: this is a meetup thread. You may want to delete now if this doesn't interest you.] Silklister Amit Varma is touring [1] in support of his new book, and will be in Bangalore to do an event in Crossword on May 16, which conveniently happens to be a Saturday evening. A

Re: [silk] Disenfranchised Minorities?

2009-04-26 Thread Biju Chacko
On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 5:35 AM, ss wrote: > May I put it to you that when a Christian or Muslim finds his name absent it > is "minority discrimination". When a Hindu finds his name absent - it is > Indian inefficiency and corruption. The point is that a few years ago the response to a missing na