Re: [silk] Savita

2011-03-27 Thread Venkat Mangudi
On Sunday 27 March 2011 10:00 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Some of you knew that silklister Savita Rao had an ongoing battle with > cancer (with associated complications) for the past several years - a > battle that she finally gave up on today, while several of us waited > outside the ICU. > > RI

Re: [silk] Savita

2011-03-27 Thread Julian Philips
Really sad news. My condolences to her and her family. Julian

Re: [silk] Savita

2011-03-27 Thread Sruthi Krishnan
We had made plans to meet up when I got to Bangalore... It refuses to sink in. In shock.

Re: [silk] ancient Indian thought

2011-03-27 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Anand Manikutty [27/03/11 16:04 -0700]: considered generally speculative. The ideas in mathematics and linguistics are, however, well grounded and rightfully acclaimed. and rightly so - but then mathematics and linguistics are much more scientific, certainly far less abstract, than philosophy

[silk] ancient Indian thought

2011-03-27 Thread Anand Manikutty
I was in a bookstore in the Bay Area a while back, and happened across a book by Frits Staal, a now retired professor at the University of California, Berkeley. The book was called "Discovering The Vedas : Origins, Mantras, Rituals, Insights". It is an excellent read and I can vouch for its qua

Re: [silk] The universe is a hologram...

2011-03-27 Thread manikuttyanand
I don't know why you think I am denouncing Indian thought. If anything, I have a lot of admiration for Indian thought and philosophy. You should not presume to know what other people believe. Anand P.S. More here : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indo-euro-americo-asian_list/message/334

Re: [silk] The universe is a hologram...

2011-03-27 Thread Chetan Nagendra
No, I was just responding to your penitent preoccupation with Western ideology, while denouncing several thousand years of so-called Indian non-scientific thought. On 27 Mar 2011, at 18:55, manikuttyanand wrote: > I think you are implying that atomic/molecular physics is a complicated > subjec

Re: [silk] Savita

2011-03-27 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 6:30 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Some of you knew that silklister Savita Rao had an ongoing battle with > cancer (with associated complications) for the past several years - a > battle that she finally gave up on today, while several of us waited > outside the ICU. > Thi

Re: [silk] Savita

2011-03-27 Thread Zaheda Bhorat
Udhay, Deeply sad to hear. Knew Savita from the old Sun days and we met in person on my trip to Bangalore in 2005 and remained friends. Will miss her! Please send my condolences and blessings to her family. RIP Savi - sending you love... Zaheda x

Re: [silk] Savita

2011-03-27 Thread Deepa Mohan
Udhay...please convey my condolences to her family. I had a great time working with her during the Golden Chariot inaugural trip; I found her very pleasant and a good relationship developed, but I'd lost touch with her recently. She was ...too young to die. Deepa.

Re: [silk] Savita

2011-03-27 Thread Radhika, Y.
that is terribly sad. Please pass on our condolences to her family. Radhika Mike and Himadri

Re: [silk] The universe is a hologram...

2011-03-27 Thread manikuttyanand
I think you are implying that atomic/molecular physics is a complicated subject, but perhaps I am not understanding you. Anand --- In silk-l...@yahoogroups.com, Chetan Nagendra wrote: > > Dalton, Thompson. > > Crap. > > > On 26 Mar 2011, at 17:19, Anand Manikutty wrote: > > > > Some day when I ca

Re: [silk] Savita

2011-03-27 Thread ss
On Sunday 27 Mar 2011 10:00:18 pm Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Some of you knew that silklister Savita Rao had an ongoing battle with > cancer (with associated complications) for the past several years - a > battle that she finally gave up on today, while several of us waited > outside the ICU. > > RI

Re: [silk] Savita

2011-03-27 Thread Divya Sampath
I'm so sorry to hear that. She seemed like a lovely person, from her posts. Condolences to her family and friends. Divya Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -Original Message- From: Udhay Shankar N Sender: silklist-bounces+divyasampath=yahoo@lists.hserus.net Date: Sun, 27 Ma

Re: [silk] Savita

2011-03-27 Thread Gautam John
Really sorry to hear this Udhay. Had met her a couple of times post SpikeSource and she really was a lovely person.

Re: [silk] Savita

2011-03-27 Thread Madhu Menon
Very sorry to hear about this. She was a wonderful person. Madhu -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com/madmanweb MCorp Hospitality Consulting: http://mcorphospitality.com

Re: [silk] Savita

2011-03-27 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
This is very sad, and I will miss her posts --Original Message-- From: Udhay Shankar N Sender: silklist-bounces+suresh=hserus@lists.hserus.net To: Silk List ReplyTo: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: [silk] Savita Sent: Mar 27, 2011 22:00 Some of you knew that silklister Savita Rao h

[silk] Savita

2011-03-27 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Some of you knew that silklister Savita Rao had an ongoing battle with cancer (with associated complications) for the past several years - a battle that she finally gave up on today, while several of us waited outside the ICU. RIP, Savi. We'll miss you. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pob

Re: [silk] The universe is a hologram...

2011-03-27 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 07:29:27AM +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > There's this new-fangled thingy called a "blog" that is also similar, I > hear. Blog? Is that one of these new "Intarweb" things?

Re: [silk] The universe is a hologram...

2011-03-27 Thread Chetan Nagendra
Dalton, Thompson. Crap. On 26 Mar 2011, at 17:19, Anand Manikutty wrote: > > Some day when I can afford to not hold down a full time job I'd like > > to get some formal training in Philosophy even though my > > current instinct is to hate it for its eminent unsuitability to tackling > > the