Re: [silk] Silk HYD meet - hijacked for FOOD!!!

2008-12-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well it was a plate mat but i had a beer or two there so.. It qualified -- srs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Sent from my Nokia E71 -original message- Subject: Re: [silk] Silk HYD meet - hijacked for FOOD!!! From: "Deepa Mohan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 05.12.2008 20:06 On Fri, Dec 5,

Re: [silk] Silk HYD meet - hijacked for FOOD!!!

2008-12-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dude am at the shilparamam reception -- srs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Sent from my Nokia E71 -original message- Subject: Re: [silk] Silk HYD meet - hijacked for FOOD!!! From: "Rishab Aiyer Ghosh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 04.12.2008 19:21 On Tue, 2008-12-02 at 22:11 +0530, Zeenath Ha

Re: [silk] Silk HYD meet - Thursday evening 7pm

2008-12-02 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Am in. 98840 64791. -- srs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Sent from my Nokia E71 -original message- Subject: Re: [silk] Silk HYD meet - Thursday evening 7pm From: "Ramakrishna Reddy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 02.12.2008 19:41 On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 6:02 AM, Srini Ramakrishnan <[EMAI

Re: [silk] Kids' poverty charity in Mumbai?

2008-09-29 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yup, no course around that teaches what i do, and i need abel's lemma, thevenins theorem etc like i need a hole in my head. Three wasted years of college. -- srs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Sent from my Nokia E71 -original message- Subject: Re: [silk] Kids' poverty charity in Mumbai? Fr

[silk] Food and Empire

2008-09-23 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
An updated, glossy version of Meenkashi Ammal's "Cook and See," is avaiable. This new book has none of the quirks of the origial 3-part series. Besides Lizzie Cunningham's book there is a great little book called "The Raj at the table,"by David Burton, which has a bunch of Anglo-Indian rec

Re: [silk] Food and the Empire

2008-09-23 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Most chennai bookstores stock it -- srs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Sent from my Nokia E71 -original message- Subject: Re: [silk] Food and the Empire From: "Gautam John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 23/09/2008 9:24 am On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 6:53 PM, Thaths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

Re: [silk] Food and the Empire (savita rao)

2008-09-23 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Meenakshi Ammal's Samaithu Paar, also available in english as 'cook and see' -- srs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Sent from my Nokia E71 -original message- Subject: Re: [silk] Food and the Empire (savita rao) From: "Anil Kumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 23/09/2008 9:12 a

Re: [silk] we're slowly getting there

2008-09-17 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If a single project suddenly ends some on the proj are benched or laid off In lean times the bottom 20% rather than 15% get asked to leave. Both can provoke some googling -- srs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Sent from my Nokia E71 -original message- Subject: Re: [silk] we're slowly getting there

[silk] Thanks + Mobile Scene in India

2007-12-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks all for sending in your leads and tips about the mobile industry in India. Cheers! kamla Did you listen to the latest interview on The Kamla Bhatt Show? | Podtech? | Blog? | Video? or Twitter? Fax: 206-337-0761

[silk] Developments in the Indian mobile space....

2007-12-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello: I am writing an aritcle for Financial Express that basically looks back at key developments in the mobile space in India this past year. This is not an in-depth article, but a round-up of sorts that will cover some key developments in mobile and move beyond the ringtone and wallpape

[silk] acupuncturist in bangalore

2007-10-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello! Does any one know of a good acupuncturist in Bangalore? Thanks! kamla

[silk] Traveling in Karnataka and Kerala

2007-09-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello: I thought I could tap into the collective intelligence of this community and get suggestions for traveling in Karnataka and Kerala. I recollect that a few months ago there was a longish thread about Malleswaram in Bangalore that had tons of useful information. Would appreciate any

Re: [silk] IPhone - Thoughts?

2007-06-29 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
la Eugen Leitl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 11:37:09AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Connecting to the Internet is slow as molasses because of the Cingular/AT&T > network, which is not the greatest. It seems EDGE is getting 200 kBps lately. Let&

Re: [silk] IPhone - Thoughts?

2007-06-29 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The iPhone hype is more of a media frenzy from what I can see here in New York. The line for the iPhone consisted of less than 35 people as of Thursday eveningn in NYC. Last evening I went down to the Apple Store in New York and spoke to the guy who is first in line to buy the iPhone. Chec

Re: [silk] Introduction

2007-06-19 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Welcome aboard Jeremy! kamla Jeremy Bornstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Greetings all! I just joined this list, courtesy of Udhay. I see in the list description that introductions are appreciated, but I'm not quite sure of the list's character yet, so I'll p

Re: [silk] What's the best camera I can buy for $300?

2007-06-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Sony line of point and shoot cameras are pretty good and you can get a great deal for about $200-225 with 5-year warranty and a bigger memory card from B&H in New York. Best of luck. Kamla Charles Haynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 6/8/07, Udhay Shankar N wrote:

Re: [silk] Tim O'Reilly on Web 2.0

2007-06-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks...and yes I did read that bit about Marc A's comments on Web 2.0. Kamla Gautam John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Marc Andreessen has an interesting take... Proposed: There's no such thing as Web 2.0. Well, that's not actually true. Let me back up. Here&#x

[silk] Tim O'Reilly on Web 2.0

2007-06-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello! I normally don't do thisbut I thought I will share this link where Tim O'Reilly talks about what is web 2.0 and its implications. By talking with him I clarified lot of the fuzziness and lack of clarifty that I had in my mind about Web 2.0 and its future. http://kamlabhatt

Re: [silk] Good Indian restaurants in Northern Virginia/DC?

2007-05-31 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The mangoes are probably straight from the can. Generally, restaurants use canned alphonso mangoes to make the icecream kamla Dave Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: P.S. For those of us who live in the US and who were ecstatic to hear that Indian mangoes are now available in

Re: [silk] Lack of seed level funding in India: further thoughts?

2007-05-14 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
very late-stage or public companies. So, I guess it is a bit of an error to say billions of VC money is pouring in...I suspect a good chunk of change is PE-money. But, that does not preclude the fact that millions of VC money is available in India. Kamla Vinit Bhansali <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [silk] CTR in Malleswaram stands for....?

2007-03-31 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks Udhay! Kamla Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Srini Ramakrishnan wrote: [ on 02:27 AM 3/31/2007 ] >> CTR stands for: Central Tiffin Room or Central Tiffany Room? I >> have heard both versions, and was unable to verify the name when I >> was ther

Re: [silk] $100 PC

2007-02-15 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
_ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I thought this project would never see the light of day, but they have started shipping. Has anyone on this list seen / used any prototypes of this ? When I look at the features, it seems to have the bare minimums of everything - color screen, email, browser, word pro

Re: [silk] no more finger food in delhi?

2007-02-09 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Bernhard Krieger wrote: [ on 04:51 PM 2/9/2007 ] >Every few metres you pass stalls piled high with deep-fried >offerings of savoury parcels filled with green peas and hot >chapattis or spicy chaat - a dish that's unique to Delhi. ???

Re: [silk] NYC photography program?

2007-02-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I think Parsons has one. I remember looking into it. Kamla Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: NYC silklisters: Any thoughts on a good part-time photography program? A friend of mine wants to know. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digerat

Re: [silk] Miss India..NOT representative of her country

2007-01-31 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Good observation :-) kamla Biju Chacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 01/02/07, Thaths wrote: > Be that as it may, I am curious to hear the opinions of the women in silklist. Have you noticed that the women on Silklist (barring Deepa) mostly lurk? I thought that Silk

Re: [silk] Charles Haynes introduction + Veena Stores + Kairali

2007-01-30 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Going off on a tangent...but, if you go to Bombay check out Trishna, and try their Hyderabadi pomfret and other seafood dishes. Outstanding. Kamla Venkat Mangudi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Perhaps you mean Karavali at the Gateway on Residency Road? Ka

Re: [silk] Charles Haynes introduction + Veena Stores + Krishnas

2007-01-30 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
That is the place. My sister can't stop singing its praise. Kamla Vinayak Hegde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 1/31/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > There is another Iyer joint in Koramangala called Krishnas (it is on the lane > where Anand Sweets, GK Vale, Printo etc ) ar

Re: [silk] Charles Haynes introduction + Veena Stores

2007-01-30 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks a ton for those directions! Kamla Thaths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 1/30/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What is the address of Veena Stores and the Iyer place in > Malleshwaram? Along with the address cd you name a couple of > landmarks for newbies to navigate Ba

Re: [silk] Charles Haynes introduction + Veena Stores

2007-01-30 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
That is right! Thanks for catching the error. Distracted with this Tata Corus deal thingie. Kamla Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote [at 09:41 AM 1/31/2007] : > Has anybody recommended Kairali at the Taj? Great food from the > coasta

Re: [silk] Charles Haynes introduction + Veena Stores

2007-01-30 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Ah. I used to live very close to Veena stores and used to walk to it >on weekend mornings. They do make excellent idlis. It is one of those >stand-and-eat holding your plate in one hand and your spoon in another >kind of places. My mouth is watering thinking of Veena stores' food. What

Re: [silk] Charles Haynes introduction

2007-01-27 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Welcome to the Silk List Charles. Good to see another Bay area person on the list. Kamla Charles Haynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi everyone, I just joined silklist and Udhay asked me to post an introduction. I'm Charles Haynes, I'm an engineering manager at Go

Re: [silk] Koshy's not 'old Bangalore' just 'old'

2007-01-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Deepa I could not have put it any better. Last year I went to MTR and it was a disaster I left halfway through my lunch...Koshys was the same. I think people are drawn to these two places from their fond memories of yester years :-) Kamla Deepa Mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot

Re: [silk] Scientific bounty site

2006-12-14 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You got me there. I did not try those words :-) KB Abhijit Menon-Sen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: At 2006-12-14 01:43:15 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Great read...could not find the URL though. You mean it's not the first result on google for "Wired crowdsourcing"? -- ams

Re: [silk] Scientific bounty site

2006-12-14 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
A few months ago Wired had an article on this topic titled "crowdsourcing." They covered innocentive, the Amazon initiative and a bunch of others. Great read...could not find the URL though. Kamla Aditya Kapil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I used to write in solutions for

Re: [silk] Anyone in Delhi from Dec. 15-18th?

2006-11-30 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yes, I will be in New Delhi until the 20th. Kamla Kiran Jonnalagadda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 30-Nov-06, at 6:20 AM, Danny O'Brien wrote: > I admit that I'm not, but my charming and brilliant wife Quinn > Norton is > covering the Global Voices conference at

Re: [silk] Fwd: Indian Government Gags Tibetan Activist In Lead UpToHuVisit

2006-11-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
tilizes a zero-sum game approach when it deals with nations...whcih means you don't know what assumptions they are making when they sit at the negotiating table...what you probably do know is the desired outcome they are seeking. Kamla shiv sastry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On

Re: [silk] Fwd: Indian Government Gags Tibetan Activist In Lead UpToHu Visit

2006-11-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
national pride for the Chinese. Till then there will be quite a bit of posturing and sabre rattling I suspect. Kamla shiv sastry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Still it would be interesting to attempt to deport him to Tibet - because it means India recognizes a Tibetan nation and Ch

Re: [silk] Fwd: Indian Government Gags Tibetan Activist In Lead Up To Hu Visit

2006-11-15 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
aders have a long time horizon...they can wait for years before achieving their goal. I am not defending the banning of Tenzin, but merely putting it in a larger context. Kamla Kiran Jonnalagadda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Curious are the ways of the country's security

Re: [silk] How...?

2006-11-15 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ah, ha! Sure, do let me know. I am very curious now. Thanks, kamla Kiran Jonnalagadda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Overheard in academic circles. I'll dig up references. I find it hard to believe too. Did you listen to the latest interview at The Kamla Bhatt S

Re: [silk] How...?

2006-11-15 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>According to research the people who were killed in 1857 - were largely >Christians of any colour. The two star converts (one of them a doctor) in >Delhi were butchered because they had converted. On the other hand those >Whites who had converted to Islam (and at this point there were quite a f

Re: [silk] How...?

2006-11-15 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jace: I am curious know where you came across this reference? This is contrary to what my research showed in some ways. Kamla >Perhaps more interesting: I recently learnt that the East India Company, when it controlled India, severely restricted Christian missionaries operating he

Re: [silk] How...?

2006-11-15 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jace: I am curious know where you came across this reference? This is contrary to what my research showed in some ways. Kamla >Perhaps more interesting: I recently learnt that the East India Company, when it controlled India, severely restricted Christian missionaries operating he

Re: [silk] US elections

2006-11-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
er in the day.   KamlaVenkat Mangudi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Udhay Shankar N wrote:> US Silklisters:>> Any thoughts you'd like to share on the midterm polls?>> Udhay>I am waiting for Jon Stewart's "Midterm Midtacular". On a serious note, this electio

Re: [silk] passport renewals...

2006-10-31 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
or whatever.   Sadly, these guys are hardly ever commended for their efficiency.   KamlaDeepa Mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 10/31/06, ashok _ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: i renewed my passport (indian) last week at the local high commission,and it was done in a single day (f

Re: [silk] passport renewals...

2006-10-31 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
passport.   KamlaThaths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 10/31/06, ashok _ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:> I was pretty surprised by the efficiency of the processconsidering> how complicated all these procedures used to be. Is it the same> everywhere else?Last time I renewed my pas

Re: [silk] Finding coders on the subcontinent

2006-10-30 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
yesterday.   I am not an HR person and neither am in the recruiting business. Just an innocent bystander.   KamlaSrini RamaKrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Biju Chacko wrote:> On 30/10/06, Kragen Sitaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:>> The problem is most emphatically NOT

Re: [silk] A viewpoint I found interesting

2006-10-30 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks Deepa!   KamlaDeepa Mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I liked the BharatMatrimony interview Kamla.   Deepa.  On 10/30/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: Nice link Deepa.   The post reminded me of the Asian farmer's market in Milpitas  and F

Re: [silk] A viewpoint I found interesting

2006-10-30 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
like aravi. It is quite a sight to see to behold!   KamlaDeepa Mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:http://travelertrish.livejournal.com/371402.html   Trish lives in North Carolina, and Jean Francois is her husband.   Deepa.Did you listen to the latest interview at The Kamla Bhatt Show? | B

Re: [silk] MBC's

2006-10-28 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Deepak:This was big news here last week..NY Times and Wall Street and the rest wrote about it.   Interesting article, eh?kamlaDeepa Mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Interesting to read   http://biz.yahoo.com/weekend/mbacheat_1.html   Deepa.

Re: [silk] Arms sales in India | Scandalous procurement | Economist.com

2006-10-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bold article indeedbut it missed the current scandal involving the navy completely. Kamla   Kiran Jonnalagadda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This is a bold article.http://economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8058443Arms sales in IndiaScandalous procurementRound up the usual suspectsD

Re: [silk] Google can't find enough people in India

2006-10-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Long time ago actually :-)   kamlaUdhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [ on 06:31 PM 10/12/2006 ]>BTW, your friend who came up with that cretive way to recruit people >in a pub was recruiting for a telecom company five years ago :-)Just went to your

Re: [silk] Google can't find enough people in India

2006-10-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
money from that experience. So, the Infosys experience is just one instance. But, there are others who did not make it ...   KamlaManar Hussain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 10/12/06, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:> Manar Hussain wrote: [ on 12:46 AM 10/12/2006 ]>>

Re: [silk] Google can't find enough people in India

2006-10-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
That is right. It was a  software company in telecom space, right?    :-)   Kamla   Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [ on 06:31 PM 10/12/2006 ]>BTW, your friend who came up with that cretive way to recruit people >in a pub was recruiting f

Re: [silk] Google can't find enough people in India

2006-10-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
o :-)   Kamla     Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Manar Hussain wrote: [ on 12:46 AM 10/12/2006 ]>Lol. Well that's good to hear. Is it mostly focused in Bangalore as>hinted? How involved in that scene do people here consider themselves>to be? Anyone able to give a flav

Re: [silk] Small plane crashed in Manhattan, NY

2006-10-11 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  KamlaDeepa Mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:98456 91712    Yes, thanks, Kamla...watching the news right now...   Deepa.  On 10/12/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: This just in... a small plane crashed in Manhattan, NYinto a 20 storey resident

[silk] Small plane crashed in Manhattan, NY

2006-10-11 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This just in... a small plane crashed in Manhattan, NYinto a 20 storey residential building   Breaking story   KamlaUdhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Manar Hussain wrote: [ on 07:10 PM 10/11/2006 ]>Tangentially: I heard noises that there is quite an entrepreneu

Re: [silk] yet another camera query

2006-05-29 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
    From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Abhishek Hazra Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 5:14 PM To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: [silk] yet another camera query   hi, there have been many interesting camera related discussions here on silk. the equipments discussed there

Re: [silk] Silk Mumbai Meet?

2006-05-26 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Aaargh!!! 29th is the first Monday in office after a vacation. I'd expect it to be hell. Colaba is closeby, so let's see whether I can make a go of it. -yazad Original Message: - From: Sriram Karra [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 19:16:50 +0530 To

Re: [silk] Silk Mumbai Meet?

2006-05-25 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mahesh Come down to Colaba (for once!) I'm racking my memory, but it seems like I've never met you outside Bandra!!! And, frankly I'm tired of Bandra. The old world charm of Colaba beckons ;-) -yazad Original Message: - From: Mahesh Murthy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Da