Re: [silk] Can you separate tradition and culture from religion?

2012-07-27 Thread Charles Haynes
On Jul 28, 2012 3:35 AM, "ss" wrote: > > On Friday 27 Jul 2012 5:23:53 am Shoba Narayan wrote: > > What will Indian culture (or any culture) be like without religion? > > I am not sure that I should reply to this because it typically launches me off > on one of my rambles. > > Religion is never c

[silk] Pondicherry - information needed

2012-07-27 Thread Venkat Mangudi - Silk
I've just come to Pondicherry with my family for a smallish vacation. The homestay I had discovered from the Internet turned out to be quite badly maintained. Considering my son's food allergies, it is quite necessary for us to be able to cook food for him. Do any of you have any contacts in Pondic

Re: [silk] Can you separate tradition and culture from religion?

2012-07-27 Thread ss
On Friday 27 Jul 2012 5:23:53 am Shoba Narayan wrote: > What will Indian culture (or any culture) be like without religion? I am not sure that I should reply to this because it typically launches me off on one of my rambles. Religion is never culture. The exception in my view is Arab culture. I

Re: [silk] RIP - Sriram Bala

2012-07-27 Thread Ashwin Nanjappa
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 9:24 PM, Thaths wrote: > I talked to him a couple of times after we both came back to the US. But we > drifted apart. When Livejournal started rotting on the vine, the updates I > used to get about what he was up to ceased. I remember a few interactions with him on Livejou

Re: [silk] RIP - Sriram Bala

2012-07-27 Thread Thaths
Sriram and I crossed paths some years ago in Bangalore. We were both interested in photography and hung out a few times talking about the woeful state of film processing in Bangalore. At one time he even proposed setting up a communal dark room in his spare bedroom. I talked to him a couple of tim

Re: [silk] Chennaimadras silkmeet Jul 28?

2012-07-27 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On 25/07/12 25-Jul-2012;12:28 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: >> Another choice in KNK Road - 3 Kingdom - has beer too. > > OK, let us close on this then. We will meet at 3 Kingdoms on Khader > Nawaz Khan road at 12 noonish on Saturday. > > http://chennai.burrp.com/listing/3-kingdoms_khader-nawaz-kha

Re: [silk] RIP - Sriram Bala

2012-07-27 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
This is tragic, he was so young. I got to know him fairly well in the couple of years that our lives crossed paths in Bangalore. He was a charming, caring, generous and intelligent friend. I missed him when he started to shun public contact a few years ago, I had no idea it had to do with a kidney

Re: [silk] Chennaimadras silkmeet Jul 28?

2012-07-27 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 12:11 PM, J. Alfred Prufrock < another.prufr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Day-umm. I'll be there for a while next Friday (26th), but I guess that's > too early. JAPda, where/when do you want to meet, if. C