Re: [silk] Chennai Silk Meet May 23rd?

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > Just pick a place and we will meet there. Cafe Ashvita then! :)

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk Meet May 23rd?

Krish Ashok [14/05/10 12:04 +0530]: I also strongly recommend Cafe Ashvita, run by a good friend of mine. Nice ambience, great food (not sure about drinks though) and is located on Cathedral road Or Cornucopia on Cenotaph Road. I've heard about the service being quite patchy there though (Ashv

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk Meet May 23rd?

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Krish Ashok wrote: I also strongly recommend Cafe Ashvita, run by a good friend of mine. Nice > ambience, great food (not sure about drinks though) and is located on > Cathedral road > Just pick a place and we will meet there. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((u

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk Meet May 23rd?

I also strongly recommend Cafe Ashvita, run by a good friend of mine. Nice ambience, great food (not sure about drinks though) and is located on Cathedral road On 12-May-2010, at 5:33 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Lavanya Mohan wrote, [on 5/12/2010 3:27 PM]: > >> Zara has a great weekday lunch

Re: [silk] Writing with the pack

My 2-paise worth: About the food review bias in The Hindu There are quite a few restaurant reviews in The Hindu's Chennai's Metroplus that do talk about the things not so right. These are recent instances: http://beta.thehindu.

[silk] Nigerian scam from the "Rev Rev Jeremiah David"

Hmm. The Christian equivalent of Sri Sri XYZ Swamigal. Now all we need is Rev 108 Jeremiah David, I guess. Speaking of swamigals .. some guy called "Nityanandan" I heard of - promptly got himself nicknamed "Scandal" for obvious reasons. I believe he's considering getting his name changed legally.

Re: [silk] Writing with the pack

If you live in Bangalore (or any other Indian town/city) and you want information like when the SSLC and PUC exams will be held, when the results will be out, when application forms will be issued, what courses are offered by local colleges, details of sports news that TV does not deal with and

Re: [silk] Writing with the pack

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 5:25 PM, Indrajit Gupta wrote: > --- On Fri, 14/5/10, Thaths wrote: >> Do you think the review-reading audience has similar >> expectations of >> film and book reviews? > I should imagine a good person to ask would be the lady handling Metro Plus > in Bangalore. Could for

Re: [silk] Writing with the pack

--- On Fri, 14/5/10, Thaths wrote: > From: Thaths > Subject: Re: [silk] Writing with the pack > To: silklist@lists.hserus.net > Date: Friday, 14 May, 2010, 2:07 > On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 11:36 AM, > Indrajit Gupta > wrote: > > In Italia in Bangalore, the wine selections were > excellent wine

Re: [silk] Writing with the pack

--- On Fri, 14/5/10, Deepa Mohan wrote: From: Deepa Mohan Subject: Re: [silk] Writing with the pack To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Date: Friday, 14 May, 2010, 0:26 On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 12:06 AM, Indrajit Gupta wrote: >>That's why I think you were being unfair, because the general theme

Re: [silk] Writing with the pack

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 14 May 2010 02:07 AM, Thaths wrote: > Do you think the review-reading audience has similar expectations of > film and book reviews? FIlms? Yes. Books? Perhaps not. The consuming public has a lot to do with it. Nikhat Kazmi, for instance

Re: [silk] Glimpses of Journalistic History?

Mother-Monday Saw-Saturday Father-Friday Wearing-Wednesday The-Thursday Turban-Tuesday Sun-. The day starts at 6am by the Hindu calculation, and the raahu kalam is for 1.5 hours...so the list goes 6am to 7.30am and so forth...if I recollect rightly. On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 1:03 AM, Thaths

Re: [silk] Writing with the pack

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Indrajit Gupta wrote: > In Italia in Bangalore, the wine selections were excellent wine paired with > what I personally felt were inappropriate entrees. I remember getting into > a low-key but intense discussion on that with the F&B Manager, to H's > huge embarras

Re: [silk] Writing with the pack

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Deepa Mohan wrote: > But Thaths, it's also bread-and-butter...when a young reporter is asked to > talk to a celeb...what is s/he supposed to do, draw hesself up to heights of > journalistic indignation? No. I am not asking for an angry interviewer. Surely a coupl

Re: [silk] Glimpses of Journalistic History?

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Indrajit Gupta wrote: > What's wrong with the old, traditional ways? What's wrong with > Mother Saw Father Wearing The Turban in the Sun. > Is nothing sacred any longer? I've never heard of this way before. It sounds like some sort or mnemonic device. How exactly

Re: [silk] Glimpses of Journalistic History?

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 12:09 AM, Indrajit Gupta wrote: > What's wrong with the old, traditional ways? What's wrong with > > Mother Saw Father Wearing The Turban in the Sun. > You mean to say we should stop trying to make money from a more involved and expensive way of doing a simple task, like

Re: [silk] Writing with the pack

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 12:06 AM, Indrajit Gupta wrote: That's why I think you were being unfair, because the general theme of these > was information for the person planning an evening out, not a belles lettres > piece a la NYT. > Yes. I think reviews are of two types, one where the reviewed pl

Re: [silk] Writing with the pack

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 12:06 AM, Indrajit Gupta wrote: That's why I think you were being unfair, because the general theme of these > was information for the person planning an evening out, not a belles lettres > piece a la NYT. > Yes. I think reviews are of two types, one where the reviewed pl

Re: [silk] Glimpses of Journalistic History?

--- On Thu, 13/5/10, Thaths wrote: > From: Thaths > Subject: [silk] Glimpses of Journalistic History? > To: silklist@lists.hserus.net > Date: Thursday, 13 May, 2010, 23:27 > All this discussion about the sorry > state of print journalism in India > is a bit depressing. Many of you have made re

Re: [silk] Writing with the pack

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 9:43 PM, Thaths wrote: > > I find the lack of separation between the advertising and editorial > > sections of the newspapers much more disturbing. I can't see a > > semblance of the journalistic ideal in these fluffy "articles" and > > celebrity interest "interviews". > A

Re: [silk] Writing with the pack

--- On Thu, 13/5/10, Thaths wrote: > From: Thaths > Subject: Re: [silk] Writing with the pack > To: silklist@lists.hserus.net > Date: Thursday, 13 May, 2010, 23:11 > On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 10:22 AM, > Indrajit Gupta > wrote: > > Commenting on the quality of the review is > meaningless; I am

Re: [silk] Writing with the pack

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 9:43 PM, Thaths wrote: > I find the lack of separation between the advertising and editorial > sections of the newspapers much more disturbing. I can't see a > semblance of the journalistic ideal in these fluffy "articles" and > celebrity interest "interviews". I don't kno

[silk] Glimpses of Journalistic History?

All this discussion about the sorry state of print journalism in India is a bit depressing. Many of you have made references to past instances where some of these newspapers and magazines were great. Could you share examples of such journalistic high watermarks from the past? Which newspaper/magazi

Re: [silk] Writing with the pack

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Indrajit Gupta wrote: > Commenting on the quality of the review is meaningless; I am so biased that > it would be laughable. The Hindu never ever interfered. My wife, too, used > to do pieces for the same Supplement (not when my daughter was working with > them; t

Re: [silk] Writing with the pack

--- On Thu, 13/5/10, Thaths wrote: > From: Thaths > Subject: Re: [silk] Writing with the pack > To: silklist@lists.hserus.net > Date: Thursday, 13 May, 2010, 22:39 > On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 9:43 AM, > Pranesh Prakash > > wrote: > > On Thursday 13 May 2010 09:43 PM, Thaths wrote: > >> http://b

Re: [silk] Writing with the pack

Pranesh Prakash [13/05/10 22:13 +0530]: For all its various faults (including some of those that Suresh accuses N. Ram of) the Hindu is still much better than most, and ought not even be compared to the Times. Never done that. I HAVE compared the ToI to the Deccan Chronicle though. I remember

Re: [silk] Writing with the pack

--- On Thu, 13/5/10, Thaths wrote: > From: Thaths > Subject: Re: [silk] Writing with the pack > To: silklist@lists.hserus.net > Date: Thursday, 13 May, 2010, 22:39 > On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 9:43 AM, > Pranesh Prakash > > wrote: > > On Thursday 13 May 2010 09:43 PM, Thaths wrote: > >> http://b

Re: [silk] Writing with the pack

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Pranesh Prakash wrote: > On Thursday 13 May 2010 09:43 PM, Thaths wrote: >> http://beta.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article428165.ece >> Would you call that a fair/unbiased review of a restaurant? I can list >> many such infractions in reviews of shopping

Re: [silk] Writing with the pack

Thaths [13/05/10 09:13 -0700]: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/catalyst/2010/05/13/stories/2010051350020100.htm City near Chennai to find out.." Would a left-leaning newspaper provide such unvarnished advertisement thinly dressed as an interview? Or take this other supposed food review: Ev

Re: [silk] Writing with the pack

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 13 May 2010 09:43 PM, Thaths wrote: > Would a left-leaning newspaper provide such unvarnished advertisement > thinly dressed as an interview? Or take this other supposed food > review: > > http://beta.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/

Re: [silk] Writing with the pack

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 8:27 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > I (and a few other silklisters) stopped subscribing to The Hindu > Doesnt make me think that N Ram is going to care, any more than he cares > about having run a decent paper into the ground with his favoritism, > communism and a bunc

Re: [silk] Writing with the pack

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 13 May 2010 08:57 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > I (and a few other silklisters) stopped subscribing to The Hindu > Doesnt make me think that N Ram is going to care, any more than he cares > about having run a decent paper into the gro

Re: [silk] Writing with the pack

I (and a few other silklisters) stopped subscribing to The Hindu Doesnt make me think that N Ram is going to care, any more than he cares about having run a decent paper into the ground with his favoritism, communism and a bunch of other isms, damn him Shoba Narayan [13/05/10 20:31 +0530]: On T

Re: [silk] Writing with the pack

On Thursday 13 May 2010 10:24 AM, sankarshan wrote: Currently, ToI is too tempting a piece of entertainment to resist Entertainment that makes you cry and pull your hair out? I'll resist despite myself, thank you. Sankarshan: how can I persuade you to stop your subscription to TOI? Perha

Re: [silk] Writing with the pack (Srini RamaKrishnan)

This reminds me of a prescient quote.. What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention, and a need to allocate that attention efficiently among the overabundance of information sources that mig

Re: [silk] Writing with the pack (Srini RamaKrishnan)

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 6:16 AM, Shoba Narayan wrote: > This sounds fascinating even though I've never tried it.  I've tried being > away from cellphone for a month.  On a practical note, where does one go to > get away from the news though? It's not easy I agree. It's possible to be judicious ab

Re: [silk] India's Electronic Voting Machines Have Security Problems

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dear Biju, I found much to be disagreed with in the paper. In a nutshell, most of the attacks described in the paper have no bearing on the 'e'-ness of the Indian EVMs, and would apply to paper ballots as well. Some attacks on paper ballots (ballot-s

Re: [silk] Writing with the pack (Srini RamaKrishnan)

One way I serendipitously found was to live far away.when I read the newspaper online, I was struck by how much is quite irrelevant over a period of time...when I return to India, I find myself glossing over a lot of the newspaper. But I agree that the info about when I won't get water in my t

[silk] India's Electronic Voting Machines Have Security Problems

http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/felten/indias-electronic-voting-machines-have-security-problems A team led by Hari Prasad, Alex Halderman, and Rop Gonggrijp released today a technical paper detailing serious security problems with the electronic voting machines (EVMs) used in India. The ind

Re: [silk] Writing with the pack (Srini RamaKrishnan)

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 01:26:18PM +0530, Abhijit Menon-Sen wrote: > > On a practical note, where does one go to get away from the news > > though? > > I think the idea is to choose not to consume it, not go somewhere where > there is none to consume. There's also a quality -- you can easily cho

Re: [silk] Writing with the pack (Srini RamaKrishnan)

At 2010-05-13 09:46:12 +0530, narayan.sh...@gmail.com wrote: > > On a practical note, where does one go to get away from the news > though? I think the idea is to choose not to consume it, not go somewhere where there is none to consume. -- ams