Re: [silk] literacy in schools

2013-05-14 Thread Biju Chacko
My older son will join 1st grade this year. He's a fairly competent reader and writer. He's certainly better than I was at the same age. -- b On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Writing is very early on - fag end of kindergarten is when they start > getting taught t

Re: [silk] A book for fussy foodistas

2013-05-14 Thread Mahesh Murthy
On 15 May 2013 10:46, "Srini RamaKrishnan" wrote: > > The gourmands on the list (I'm thinking Charles and Gautam chiefly, > but also several others) will probably be interested in Steven Poole's > new book, You aren't what you eat (2012) > http://stevenpoole.net/you-arent-what-you-eat/ > > Guardia

[silk] A book for fussy foodistas

2013-05-14 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
The gourmands on the list (I'm thinking Charles and Gautam chiefly, but also several others) will probably be interested in Steven Poole's new book, You aren't what you eat (2012) http://stevenpoole.net/you-arent-what-you-eat/ Guardian's review: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/oct/21/what-eat