Re: [silk] Silk meet in Kolkata?

2011-01-11 Thread Volker Grassmuck
So we’re three? Anybody else? I’m free from tomorrow night till Saturday, based at Park Kolkata. Shall we take coordinating when where of our meet offline? /volker Am 05.01.2011 um 08:59 schrieb Indrajit Gupta: --- On Mon, 3/1/11, J Alfred Prufrock another.prufr...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [silk] Silk meet in Kolkata?

2011-01-11 Thread J. Alfred Prufrock
On 11 January 2011 16:09, Volker Grassmuck vgr...@rz.hu-berlin.de wrote: So we’re three? Anybody else? I’m free from tomorrow night till Saturday, based at Park Kolkata. Shall we take coordinating when where of our meet offline? /volker I'm 5 mins down the road from you - Park Plaza, at

Re: [silk] Silk meet in Kolkata?

2011-01-11 Thread Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 4:13 PM, J. Alfred Prufrock another.prufr...@gmail.com wrote: I'm 5 mins down the road from you - Park Plaza, at the head of Camac Street. Call me on 98300-62242, we should do something. This makes a nice cue to ask about a place I noticed opposite Park Plaza called

Re: [silk] Silk meet in Kolkata?

2011-01-11 Thread Indranil Das Gupta
On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay sankarshan.mukhopadh...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 4:13 PM, J. Alfred Prufrock another.prufr...@gmail.com wrote: I'm 5 mins down the road from you - Park Plaza, at the head of Camac Street. Call me on 98300-62242, we

Re: [silk] Book recommendations

2011-01-11 Thread Zainab Bawa
I loved Alice Albinia's 'Empires of the Indus,' which came out a couple of years ago, both here and in the UK. Albinia treks up the Indus from mouth to source, exploring geography, history and community over each region she covers. She's a superb writer and the book deserved, I think, more

Re: [silk] Silk meet in Kolkata?

2011-01-11 Thread Indrajit Gupta
--- On Tue, 11/1/11, J. Alfred Prufrock another.prufr...@gmail.com wrote: From: J. Alfred Prufrock another.prufr...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [silk] Silk meet in Kolkata? To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Date: Tuesday, 11 January, 2011, 16:13 On 11 January 2011 16:09, Volker Grassmuck

Re: [silk] Book recommendations

2011-01-11 Thread Thaths
Thanks everyone! I am leaving India tonight with a full suitcase. In return for all the kindness, I have a return recommendation: Red Plenty is a superbly footnoted semi fictional/historical recounting of the heady days of post-Stalin Khrushchev-spring and the seeming relentless advance of 10%

Re: [silk] Silk meet in Kolkata?

2011-01-11 Thread J. Alfred Prufrock
*I'm in Delhi from Thursday night till Friday night.* On 11 January 2011 16:56, Indrajit Gupta bonoba...@yahoo.co.in wrote: --- On *Tue, 11/1/11, J. Alfred Prufrock another.prufr...@gmail.com*wrote: From: J. Alfred Prufrock another.prufr...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [silk] Silk meet in

Re: [silk] Silk meet in Kolkata?

2011-01-11 Thread Volker Grassmuck
Am 11.01.2011 um 19:14 schrieb J. Alfred Prufrock: I'm in Delhi from Thursday night till Friday night. So we have two options for time: Wednesday and Saturday. Impossibilities or preferences? Shall we say 20:00h? And one option for place: Flame-n-Grill. I’m fine with all three. On 11

Re: [silk] Book recommendations

2011-01-11 Thread Radhika, Y.
Empires of the Indus: That was an amazing book and Alice Albinia is quite good about responding to queries as well. Has anybody checked out Tehelka's Annual Fiction issue? I would love to get hold of it in Canada.

[silk] introduction

2011-01-11 Thread Eva Jansen
Dear all, I am new at silk list, my name is Eva Jansen, I am a German PhD student writing on Naturopathy in South India. At the moment I am looking for information about the legal consequences of medical practisioning basically in Kerala but also in other South Indian states. I guess medical

Re: [silk] introduction

2011-01-11 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
you could start with http://www.medindia.net/indian_health_act/the-drugs-and-magic-remedies-act-1955.htm On Wednesday 12 January 2011 09:25 AM, Eva Jansen wrote: Dear all, I am new at silk list, my name is Eva Jansen, I am a German PhD student writing on Naturopathy in South India. At the

Re: [silk] introduction

2011-01-11 Thread Venkatesh Hariharan
On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Eva Jansen jansen@web.de wrote: Dear all, I am new at silk list, my name is Eva Jansen, I am a German PhD student writing on Naturopathy in South India. At the moment I am looking for information about the legal consequences of medical practisioning

Re: [silk] introduction

2011-01-11 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On Wednesday 12 January 2011 09:38 AM, Venkatesh Hariharan wrote: I am not a lawyer, but one of the comments that concerned me was about the use of heavy metals in popular ayurvedic medicines like Chawanprash. As far as I know, naturopathy and ayurveda are loosely regulated as compared to

Re: [silk] The republic of fear

2011-01-11 Thread Supriya Nair
On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Ramakrishnan Sundaram r.sunda...@gmail.com wrote: Will there be a day when an Indian will be faced with mortal danger from a young hardliner because he is considered 'anti-national?' I know this column is pegged to the Taseer murder, but surely Indians

Re: [silk] The republic of fear

2011-01-11 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Supriya Nair supriya.n...@gmail.com wrote: Will there be a day when an Indian will be faced with mortal danger from a young hardliner because he is considered 'anti-national?' I know this column is pegged to the Taseer murder, but surely Indians should

Re: [silk] introduction

2011-01-11 Thread anilkumar . nagaraj
Welcome Eva: So, as you can see, on Silklist one does not need a lawyer to respond to 'legal' queries ;-) But really, that seems like a pool of ready information there, even for a lawyer in India who does not practice medicine law. -Anil Kumar (fone post) Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel

Re: [silk] The republic of fear

2011-01-11 Thread Indrajit Gupta
Read me at: --- On Wed, 12/1/11, Sruthi Krishnan srukr...@gmail.com wrote: From: Sruthi Krishnan srukr...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [silk] The republic of fear To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Date: Wednesday, 12 January, 2011, 11:51 Will there be a day when an Indian will be faced with

Re: [silk] The republic of fear

2011-01-11 Thread Xxxrum
In India the scum rules to fulfill the agenda of the elites and in Pakistan the other way around? I prefer the first option!! 'Naresh' Narasimhan On 12-Jan-2011, at 12:06 PM, Supriya Nair supriya.n...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Indrajit Gupta