Re: [silk] Wheel of Time TV series

> On 10 Oct 2018, at 16:16, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > Especially for Badri: > > https://www.tor.com/2018/06/12/the-wheel-of-time-tv-series-in-development-at-amazon-studios/ > Hahaha, that’s made my day! Now if only they don’t make a hash of the story like they did with the Shannara tv sh

Re: [silk] Anonymous web hosting

> On 15 Apr 2018, at 20:10, Alok Singh wrote: > > I'm a member of a coop - hcoop.net. I'd be happy to sponsor a membership > but no one wants to pick a fight with the powers that be. > > This is something that I'm interested in and I have setup a tor presence > but I don't know if it actually

Re: [silk] Travels with the fish

> > > Delurking to share that I first read Travels with the Fish when was 12, on > the recommendation of our drama teacher at school. It went on to become a > favourite book that didn't stale with re-readings. Soon after I first read > it, Ramu Narayan mentioned (at a silkmeet, perhaps?) that th

Re: [silk] Podcast recommendations?

> On 16 Aug 2016, at 13:19, Namitha Jagadeesh wrote: > > Glad you liked them, Karen! If you're a Game of Thrones fan, the duo from > Nerdette team up with Wait Wait Don't Tell Me's Peter Sagal for episode > recaps in a spinoff podcast. I like their chemistry and how much fun they > have doing it

Re: [silk] Podcast recommendations?

> On 11 Aug 2016, at 11:20, Karen Fernandes wrote: > > This thread has been my initiation into podcasts! I LOVE LOVE LOVE Welcome > To Night Vale, Nerdette, and Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me! But, Welcome to > Night Vale is my favourite so far. Are there any similar podcasts (more to > do with art a

Re: [silk] Podcast recommendations?

> On 9 Aug 2016, at 13:03, Srijith Nair wrote: > > > 1. Recode Decode > 2. Recode Media > 3. Too Embarrassed To Ask > 4. McKinsey podcast > 5. Planet Money > 6. Exponent > 7. Invisiblia > 8. RadioLab > 9. You are not so smart > 10. The Tim Ferriss Show I subscribe to Ferriss and Invisibilia to

Re: [silk] What replaces Landmark in Chennai?

> On 4 Aug 2016, at 10:06, Thaths wrote: > > Now that Landmark (the main bookstore and the various branches) is dead[1], > where do literate silklisters in Chennai go to buy books? > > Thaths *delurks* Yes, Starmark the best option by far. Some other smaller places but wouldn’t even bother w

Re: [silk] Anyone with experience being deported ?

>> > Thanks, see what you mean by "something will happen" syndrome. > > Any idea how long such cases take from filing to judgement ?... i always > hear about cases taking years if not months to come up for a hearing. Varies widely depending on the exact court, the judge involved, how much the g

Re: [silk] Anyone with experience being deported ?

>> >> On the OCI/PIO thing that’s quite interesting because my wife is actually a >> PIO holder who is not of Indian origin, in a similar position to your >> friends. The OCI/PIO merger is a mess - from what we can tell (lots of >> contradictory information), they HAVE merged OCI and PIO status

Re: [silk] Anyone with experience being deported ?

> On 8 Feb 2016, at 11:46, Nikhil Mehra wrote: > > > On 08-Feb-2016, at 11:39 AM, harry > wrote: > >> On 8 February 2016 at 09:36, Nikhil Mehra wrote: >> >>> There was a recent drive to convert a PIO card to OCI. I'm assuming your >>> friend is actually of Indi

Re: [silk] Anyone with experience being deported ?

> On 8 Feb 2016, at 01:01, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > > Did your friend work for an ngo or was he a journalist? That's getting very > common with this current government and especially given family ties in india > can be challenged in court. > > Look for the case of priya pillai, a Gree

Re: [silk] Employee-Employee agreement for open source activity

> The contract states that approval needs to be obtained on a case by > case basis. The concern seems to be less about the IP issues and more > about potential conflict of interest and misuse of company time and > resources. > > -- b It's not quite my specialty (it used to be once upon a time

Re: [silk] Chennai meet up

On 2 Sep 2013, at 17:57, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan wrote: > I'm about 20 mins away. Will get us a table > On 02-Sep-2013 4:22 PM, "Srini RamaKrishnan" wrote: >> >> Yes, see you at amethyst. Might be about 10-15 min late. Bringing a couple of people along..

Re: [silk] Chennai meet up

On 31 Aug 2013, at 16:47, Badri Natarajan wrote: > > On 31 Aug 2013, at 16:29, "Suresh Ramasubramanian" wrote: > >> Fine. If they are open that early >> >>> >> >> I will need to leave early (about 8) as I have a conf call too. >>

Re: [silk] Chennai meet up

On 31 Aug 2013, at 16:29, "Suresh Ramasubramanian" wrote: > Fine. If they are open that early > >> > > I will need to leave early (about 8) as I have a conf call too. > > But if Amethyst is on, I can make it anytime after 6 - my office is nearby. > Shall we say 630pm Amethyst? I believe

Re: [silk] Chennai meet up

On 31 Aug 2013, at 04:45, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > On 31-Aug-2013, at 0:40, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > >> Suresh do you have a preference? Chandroo, will you be able to make it? > > Amethyst is actually fine but as I said I need to leave early > > I have evening calls that I need to

Re: [silk] Chennai meet up

>> >> Not in the same area at all, but anyone for Amethyst? > > Unless I'm mistaken Amethyst is the one near the big mall & Satyam? > That place is a mighty commute considering the time of day, but yes > I'd be up for that too. > Yes, that's it. Whites Road, Royapettah. I can come to Adyar to

Re: [silk] Chennai meet up

> > > I don't mind coffee and a sandwich at the Coffee Day on the > Theosophical society road towards Rajaji Bhavan. > Yeah Monday evening works for me but 6pm could be challenging especially if I have to get to Adyar. Will try to come 630ish - and yes, preferably not Liu's Waldorf. Not in

Re: [silk] Chennai meet up

On 27 Aug 2013, at 08:32, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan wrote: > On 27-Aug-2013 4:34 AM, "Suresh Ramasubramanian" wrote: > >> When, this weekend? Anyone else in town now? >> > > I am in town. Now. This weekend maybe difficult. How about a week night? > > C Maybe early next week? Weeknight

Re: [silk] Collateral damage

On 21 Aug 2013, at 09:33, Bonobashi wrote: > No right to privacy yet, anywhere, but it has been argued in India that it > exists. The leagles would know, surely. The Supreme Court of India has held that there is a Fundamental (Constitutional) Right to privacy arising out of Article 21's guara

Re: [silk] introduction...

On 20 Jun 2013, at 07:44, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Happy 4th anniversary, Stef and Indro! > > I'd be most interested in your account of your experiences in India over > 4+ years. Why would the visa be an issue? Automatic PIO card and rights to live and work in India for the spouse of an India

Re: [silk] Atul Chitnis

On 9 Jun 2013, at 06:01, Indrajit Gupta wrote: > > But there was an entirely different side to my relations with Atul as well. I > got to know him when I started using a small editor that he and some friends > had built, and which was floating around in shareware form. It was accidental > tha

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk meet this week?

Apologies people - some childcare issues came up and we couldn't make it - next time for sure! On 19 Jan 2013, at 13:06, Chew Lin Kay wrote: > I am here! Blue striped kurta, sitting near the kitchen. > On Jan 19, 2013 10:04 AM, "Divya Sampath" wrote: > >> So, Mahamudra at 1, yes? >> >> cheers

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk meet this week?

On 14 Jan 2013, at 21:59, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Not a very sit and talk friendly place (crowded) but the food is to die for > > Karpagambal Mess - been around for several decades at least. > > Or we could just go back to bayleaf, and see if there is a larger number of > meat eaters

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk meet this week?

On 9 Jan 2013, at 11:24, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > None of the joints you mentioned serves beer. We can eat at bay leaf and > cross the road to hotel maris for cheap beer and snacks I vote for Bay Leaf too. Earlier the better for me as I will need to go to the office after and Bayleaf i

Re: [silk] 'Yes, Prime Minister' returns

On 3 Jan 2013, at 19:22, Pranesh Prakash wrote: > On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 7:25 AM, Thaths wrote: >> The updated James Hacker did >> not resonate with me. The new Jim is much more foul mouthed, craven and >> alcoholic than the part played by Paul Eddington. > > Have you seen the new HBO show Vee

Re: [silk] 'Yes, Prime Minister' returns

On 3 Jan 2013, at 07:25, Thaths wrote: > On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 6:57 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > This list has plenty of fans of both the original series. You may be > interested in this news. > > Udhay > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/9774984/Return-to-Westminster.html > > Return to

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk meet this week?

On 31 Dec 2012, at 14:12, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Not particularly good or authentic > > --srs (htc one x) So what's the date again? One on the 19th and one on either the 12th or the 14th? Is there any agreement? Khader Nawaz Khan Road better for me, but can go elsewhere as required

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk meet this week?

On 13 Dec 2012, at 20:37, Caitlin Marinelli wrote: > > >> shall we say jan 15 then >> >> --srs (iPad) >> >> I won't be in chennai until the 19th. > Let's say 19th for sure as both Caitlin and Chew Lin will be there (and it will be easier for me too). Nothing stopping us from having anot

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk meet this week?

On 13 Dec 2012, at 14:12, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > 15 minutes from me (adyar) > > --srs (iPad) > > On 13-Dec-2012, at 14:04, Caitlin Marinelli > wrote: > >> >> Weekend lunch: agreed >> >> Tentatively lunch, Saturday 19 Jan? I'll be doing Storytrails' Peacock Trail >> (http://www.s

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk meet this week?

n. Caitlin - when are you here in Chennai again? Someone else was going to be in Chennai in Jan right? Badri On 12 Dec 2012, at 22:29, Badri Natarajan wrote: > > On 12 Dec 2012, at 22:25, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan > wrote: > >> >> >> >> On Wed

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk meet this week?

On 12 Dec 2012, at 22:25, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan wrote: > > > > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 4:41 PM, Badri Natarajan wrote: > > > Where are the rest of us meeting? Any suggestions? I'm not really good with > locations..(PS - my wife will probably come

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk meet this week?

On 12 Dec 2012, at 14:57, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Aw hell. Count me out, guys. I just got myself a call scheduled from 8:30 pm > to 9:30 pm. > > -- :( Where are the rest of us meeting? Any suggestions? I'm not really good with locations..(PS - my wife will probably come along as we

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk meet this week?

On 11 Dec 2012, at 20:48, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan wrote: > Yeah. Thursday, 8 onwards should be okay. > > (pardon phone mail) > > C Shall we say 8 then? I might arrive a bit late (and Suresh may need to leave a bit early) but that looks like a good compromise? Location suggestions fro

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk meet this week?

On 11-12-2012, Caitlin Marinelli wrote: > Hey Group - we were to have a Silk meet in Chennai this week but I can't find the thread. Any takers? 13 Dec (Thursday) evening I thought? I should still be up for it - slightly later in the evening around 8-830 better for me.. Everyone else?

Re: [silk] Fifteen

> > Show of hands? > > Udupa > Udhay > Nikhil Mehra > Badri (?) Should be in for 7pm 21st in Bangalore (depends slightly on which flight I get, but should be fine).

Re: [silk] Fifteen

On 5 Dec 2012, at 12:00, Gautam John wrote: > No dude. There will be some random meet ups that night. I think. > > On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Nikhil Mehra > wrote: >> I think 21st is the only one. We can balance the two surely? On the 21st?

Re: [silk] Discussion on free press in India, Section 66A, Hindustan Times & Facebook

> > My view-S. 66A needs to be drafted better, and to actually focus on > deliberate and malicious acts. Also- I don't subscribe to the view that this > section was put in place to intimidate Facebook users who post inconvenient > things. Yeah, what Lahar said basically. I think incompetenc

Re: [silk] Intro to a tech-driven social worker

On 19 Nov 2012, at 21:33, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 7:09 PM, Caitlin Marinelli > wrote: > > 13th works for me! > > As it does for me. That's agreed then. We can fix the place and time nearer the day I suppose… Badri

Re: [silk] Intro to a tech-driven social worker

On 19 Nov 2012, at 18:01, Caitlin Marinelli wrote: > I'll be in Chennai the second week of December - if any of your are > planning something then, would love to join. > Pretty much any day during the week of 10-14 Dec (except Friday 14 Dec) works for me. Does (say) Thurs 13 Dec work for ever

Re: [silk] Intro to a tech-driven social worker

On 19 Nov 2012, at 13:30, Thaths wrote: > On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 6:47 AM, Badri Natarajan wrote: > > On 19 Nov 2012, at 09:26, Caitlin Marinelli > wrote: > > > I was based in Chennai until two weeks ago - when I shifted to Mumbai. > > But I'll be frequentin

Re: [silk] great piece on Bal Thackeray after all the other crap that's out there

On 19 Nov 2012, at 09:14, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Shoba Narayan [19/11/12 07:29 +0530]: >> First time I am reading this writer. Hope he writes more. >> http://www.indianexpress.com/news/fear-and-loathing-in-mumbai/1032891/0 > > clearly, he's a hunter s thompson fan, so he probably belo

Re: [silk] Intro to a tech-driven social worker

On 19 Nov 2012, at 09:26, Caitlin Marinelli wrote: > I was based in Chennai until two weeks ago - when I shifted to Mumbai. > But I'll be frequenting Chennai on a regular basis and think it would > be great to re-active the Silk Chapter. Lots of great stuff going on > in that city. > Mumbai's

Re: [silk] Intro to a tech-driven social worker

> > About a year and a half ago, I decided to move to India in order to > run the marketing for a company called Uniphore, an enterprise > mobility company that harnesses Indian language speech technology. > It’s a for-profit, sustainable, business - but our technology can play > a major role in b

Re: [silk] Symposium: Mating Games

Oh god. I'm a fan of Baumeister (his Willpower book was excellent) but really? Are they seriously suggesting the *1960s* were some kind of Victorian moral era where sex outside marriage was difficult? Badri On 5 Nov 2012, at 17:22, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > Throwing shurikens while blind f

Re: [silk] Rather an extreme view...but...

On 12 Sep 2012, at 17:48, Thaths wrote: > On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 8:09 PM, Deepa Mohan wrote: > http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/voices/2012/09/trouble-ted-talks > > In the cult of TED, everything is awesome and inspirational, and ideas > aren’t supposed to be challenged, says Martin Robbins.

Re: [silk] in London

I'm not sure about my schedule yet, but if you guys post up a meeting place I'll try to swing by.. -- Badri Natarajan On Monday, 16 April 2012 at 19:26, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan wrote: > Alright then. Three's company too. Where/when shall we meet? I'm >

Re: [silk] Teaching creationism, scientology etc as alternatives to evolution made compulsory in Indiana.

On 1 Feb 2012, at 08:09, Mahesh Murthy wrote: > It seems the US state of Indiana just made teaching creationism / scientology > etc as an alternative to Darwin's evolution compulsory. Wow. > > Maybe our kids in India aren't that badly off - and this could be a small > advantage in their futur

Re: [silk] Aatish Taseer on Arundhati Roy

On 12 Nov 2011, at 04:59, ss wrote: >> well the >> universities Europe and America reward this bogus cant! >> >> >> Ida: Are you enjoying yourself? >> >> Aatish: Hugely. > > > I love it. I love it. Now I shall wait for Indian "liberals" to tear into > Aatuish Taseer. > Heheh. That's pric

Re: [silk] UK judge bans Bayesian logic

Not read the judgment so take this with that caveat (although the Guardian's legal reporting is usually pretty decent). Don't see the problem with this - the CA (Court of Appeal) hasn't banned Bayesian logic or said it is wrong or anything like that. All they've said is that it shouldn't be us

Re: [silk] Assuming goodwill

On 7 Aug 2011, at 10:04, Biju Chacko wrote: > Frankly, I don't particularly mind Shiv's posts. From where I sit, he's only > trolling about half the time. The rest of the time he's merely expressing his > views. I may not agree with him, but so what? > > In any case, what's interesting about a

Re: [silk] Fwd: Srivatsa Krishna: Babu is not always a four-letter word

On 6 Jul 2011, at 13:07, Anish wrote: >> We have two surgeons in the family; both >of them are now practising in the >> US, and >last week, when they bemoaned the state >of facilities in India, we >> had a raging >debate on why they could not have come >back with their >> acquired qualificat

Re: [silk] Visa-free and visa-on-arrival travel for Indians: maybeuseful for last-minute travel

On 15 Dec 2010, at 20:19, Mahesh Murthy wrote: > > On Dec 15, 2010, at 11:27 PM, Lahar Appaiah wrote: > >> Some problems with the image. I had to click on "Display Images below". >> >> Mahesh- does this exclude business travelers? I've got visas on arrival in a >> couple of other countries.

Re: [silk] Kindle your children?

> > > form of technological device that will give me instant OCR and translations > of > Sanskrit and Kannada texts - of which I seem to have hundreds - some of them > writen by near ancestors. I wish I had a lens-like device that I can place on > a page of a Sanskrit text and have it read ou

Re: [silk] Kindle your children?

I believe the details for the kindle are that it will allow lending for up to two weeks (during which the lender can't read it) once only per book IF the publisher allows it. And you need a kindle (or kindle app on another platform) to receive it. A step forward but nothing amazing. Having sai

Re: [silk] Fwd: [CCM-L] Looks pretty good for me coming to Chennai (OT)

On Tue 26/10/10 12:57 PM , Ramakrishnan Sundaram r.sunda...@gmail.com sent: > On 26 October 2010 17:19, Badri Natarajan om> wrote:> > > Nowadays airlines check visas of everyone > boarding a plane to most countries because otherwise the government of the > country in

Re: [silk] Fwd: [CCM-L] Looks pretty good for me coming to Chennai (OT)

On Tue 26/10/10 12:42 PM , Ramakrishnan Sundaram r.sunda...@gmail.com sent: > On 26 October 2010 14:55, Sriram Karra .com> wrote: > > This guy appears spoiled from not having to fill > out too many visa> applications. > > > The guest hadn't bothered getting a visa because as a US citizen, >

Re: [silk] Fwd: [CCM-L] Looks pretty good for me coming to Chennai (OT)

On Tue 26/10/10 12:19 PM , Vinayak Hegde vinay...@gmail.com sent: > I have heard applying for Brazil visa is also painful for US citizens. > @timbray care to comment ? I believe Brazil is one of the few places that practices fairly strict reciprocity in terms of visas (most countries don't).

Re: [silk] Fwd: [CCM-L] Looks pretty good for me coming to Chennai (OT)

On Tue 26/10/10 9:40 AM , Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net sent: > On Tue, October 26, 2010 2:05 pm, Eugen Leitl wrote: > > Somehow he doesn't sound too happy... > ;) > And clearly hasn't applied for a US visa. Or maybe one from Argentina > (which, for indian citizens at least, needs a

Re: [silk] The subaltern studies collective?

> speaking of an against the grain reading of colonial archives, i am > looking forward to reading Mahmood Farooqui's recently published, > "Besieged, Voices from Delhi, 1857' > And I'm looking forward to reading Brandon Sanderson/Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time Book 14, Towers of Midnight, to

Re: [silk] TRRK

> > > Inserted on behalf of > wife: Uma Maheshwary > dauther : Partha Vikneshwary > Management and staff :Sheematti textiles Thanks Anish. That is so sad. He was the first person I spoke to in real life who I had met online. Back in 1995 in the CiX days. RIP TRRK.

Re: [silk] text of supreme court (and other) judgements

On Fri 07/05/10 8:36 AM , Abhijit Menon-Sen a...@toroid.org sent: Since we have a few lawyers on the list—where does one go to find the text of the various judgements by Indian courts? Is www.judis.nic.in everything there is? How come companies like scconline.com charge INR75k for a CD of

Re: [silk] update from Simon Singh

> Given we have quite a few lawyers on the list, especially the ones which > practice in UK. I was wondering if they would share their insights :) Apologies - I've been meaning to get to this for a while now. First, a better account of the case:

Re: [silk] Some Indians Find It Tough to Go Home Again

> On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 19:29, Badri Natarajan wrote: >> >> True, but hardly restricted to India. This guy mostly stands out for >> being >> clumsy about it. > > ...clumsy? as in, lying and pretending to be a woman on a woman-only > list (which is neither n

Re: [silk] Some Indians Find It Tough to Go Home Again

>> would be interested in the situation, and then said he would complain >> to a reporter’s bosses in New York if she continued to pursue the >> story. > > ah, nothing new and the intimidation is not restricted to the > corporate world or govt sector firms. The 'complain to > bosses/friends-up-t

Re: [silk] Some Indians Find It Tough to Go Home Again

> to adjust to a very different set of circumstances, a whole new culture, > that is often perceived as very restrictive, their inabliity to cope with > the huge extended families that were never in the picture in their "home" > country. I agree in general, but why the quotes? The US (or wherever)

Re: [silk] Alternative careers

> On Thursday 01 October 2009 03:35 PM, Badri Natarajan wrote: >> In addition to Gautam, just from our class, I can think of more than one >> IAS officer, and atleast 4 entrepreneurs (doing non-law businesses - >> some >> of them are serial entrepreneurs). > >

Re: [silk] Alternative careers

> > Also, several people with law degrees who don't practice law. > Interestingly, they all appear to be from the same graduating class. I > can think of at least Alok and Gautam - any others? And any stories to > tell? Alok left us after during our first year, despite our best efforts to hang on

Re: [silk] Somebody from the past (at least for people who love / hatewhen they hear CiX) - Introduction

> > I was a part of CiX, the BBS (as well as Infomart) in the early nineties. > My > online journey started off there (I was trrk there, now aka drtrrk in > certain communities). When CiX came to an end, the online journey did come > to a stop for sometime and then years later my focus was more on

Re: [silk] How do we survive our leaders?

> and that we may not hope for more, but why is that so? When even the man > in the street displays a degree of integrity and good sense, why do our > chosen leaders behave like such scoundrels? To address an earlier point in the discussion - I am really not sure this point is true. I do think tha

Re: [silk] pay up, or stay here

On 12 Jun 2009, at 07:07, Nikhil Mehra wrote: How are cases allocated to judges? Shouldn't their knowledge of the domain play a role in their ability to determine how the law applies in a given case? At the Supreme Court and High Court level, the allocation is decided largely by the

Re: [silk] pay up, or stay here

The practical problem is rather different, in certain cases. It becomes difficult to build a convincing case for an adjudicator not familiar with industry practice that significant harm has been caused, beyond the probable value of the programmer. Oh, that's definitely true (speaking as

Re: [silk] pay up, or stay here

On 10 Jun 2009, at 06:39, Lahar Appaiah wrote: 4 Additionally, if they are serious about you staying back the 3 months, they can get an injunction in court, enforcing the terms of the contract. Once a court passes an order requiring you to serve out your notice period, you will have to

Re: [silk] striking lawyers

> > Beyond Lok Adalats, People’s Courts, Family Courts, Women’s Courts, > fast-track courts, there have also been successes in some states with > mobile courts, video-conferencing and shift systems in courts, all > capable of replication in other parts of the country. These > improvements aren

Re: [silk] Why have Indian exit polls been so off lately?

> > And the NDA also lost in 2004 because they didn't do much for rural > development and went with India is shining tag which only urban people > could relate to and backfired badly on them. > Do you really think so? My personal view is that that explanation is a narrative devised post-election

Re: [silk] Why have Indian exit polls been so off lately?

> > Replace all BJP with Congress and the same comments will apply to them > as well easily keeping in view the Sikh riots. May be somebody - may > be me and others - will need to tell the average Indian that they are > voting for a party that thrives on pesudo-secularism, and statements > like Ni

Re: [silk] Why have Indian exit polls been so off lately?

> All that this does is to stop the presenting of a viewpoint, but it does > not > alter the fact that there are, out in the community, certain people and > certain red lines that cooperate to commit horrendous acts of murder and > destruction. A frank exchange of views is avoided by the calling o

Re: [silk] Statistics on development taken by politicos

> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 11:03 PM, Badri Natarajan wrote: >> >> How is my question ad hominem? You made an unsupported assertion and I > > Unsupported assertion? In the 26/11 case? I never said Kasab should > not get a lawyer or get a fair trial or that perjury was commi

Re: [silk] Statistics on development taken by politicos

> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 10:26 PM, Badri Natarajan wrote: >>> >>> No, I didnt. That our courts are a lot more tolerant towards those who >>> indulge in perjury is the disturbing part. >> >> Do you have any evidence at all to support this? Or if not

Re: [silk] Statistics on development taken by politicos

> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 10:11 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: >>> >>> No, I didnt. That our courts are a lot more tolerant towards those who >>> indulge in perjury is the disturbing part. >> >> Er...you *are* aware that the definition of perjury hinges on "know" and >> not "suspect", yes? > > Do you

Re: [silk] Statistics on development taken by politicos

> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 9:34 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: >> >> Perhaps you missed the second parenthetical bit that Badri wrote above? > > No, I didnt. That our courts are a lot more tolerant towards those who > indulge in perjury is the disturbing part. Do you have any evidence at all to suppor

Re: [silk] Statistics on development taken by politicos

> Badri Natarajan wrote: >> jail shouting slogans - you'll probably draw enough people to create a >> mob >> quite quickly and you can go in and take him out, along with the last > > As opposed to the people from whom we are protecting him by assiging > extremely

Re: [silk] Statistics on development taken by politicos

> Badri Natarajan wrote: > >> I really don't know much about RTI in India, but I suspect that the >> issues > > But you are sure that it is hard and time consuming? Oh yes. The discovery process in litigation basically involves each party in the case sending reque

Re: [silk] Statistics on development taken by politicos

> Badri Natarajan wrote: > >> Take it from me that it is not easy and is a vast amount of work - the >> simplest and easiest sounding questions can be incredibly hard (and time >> consuming) to answer. >> > > If it is hard and time consuming, does it mean that

Re: [silk] Statistics on development taken by politicos

> hah, the case would take years to be heard, another few years to get a > judgement, and so on... take the Mumbai 26/11 terrorism case where > despite the evidence, Kasab's lawyer is trying to pass him off as a > juvenile, Who is to blame for the frivolousness being indulged > in, while a ter

Re: [silk] Statistics on development taken by politicos

>> I also hear Zainab's statement a bout frivolous pleas and such. But >> the act is a law and everyone has to abide by it or amend it. > > > That is the most interesting thing about laws. They have fantastic > unintended consequences, as do regulations. This does not mean that I am > advocating p

Re: [silk] Need some help

> Speaking of mess food, I spent one unfortunate year at the NLS hostel > The things we did to find moderately edible food > > Nikhil and Badri will have more to add. The Sunday morning breakfasts (toast, butter, jam, eggs) was actually pretty decent, although it was something of an effort to

Re: [silk] What is "Indian culture"?

> Also, from what I've read: > > - DNA testing of hunter / gatherer societies show different dispersion of > parentage - much more of the supposed alpha-male-in-a-commune kind of > patterns, with no discernible lineage of the > JADP, even in modern Western societies, "dispersion of parentage" is m

Re: [silk] BW: How Risky Is India?

> in either of us trying to understand the others' viewpoint. I am not > trying > to understand yours and I will not try and make you understand mine. > Shiv, that's a cop-out. The reasons Perry gives are the natural responses you'll get from most people who disagree with your views, irrespective

Re: [silk] BW: How Risky Is India?

> (politically) in India. Unfortunately, all of those who can really make > a difference are busy "living" their lives and those in power are mostly > those who have nothing better to do in life. People who are honest are > probably knocked off before they can make a dent in the corrupt I don't

Re: [silk] BW: How Risky Is India?

> I don't think he means Muslim. I understood the LTTE (Vs saying Tamil) > reference to mean terrorists. These are hard times that require hard > measures. Frequent check points may not be a bad thing... for a while at I understand where this feeling comes from, but I really don't see how people c

Re: [silk] [Fwd: Relearn Geography!]

> > Here is an animated gif that shows Pakistan as envisaged by Choudhury > Rehmat > Ali before 1947 and how the borders have changed with time. > Shiv, What's the change shown in that GIF in 2008? Pakistan appears to lose some territory in the north west? Can anyone read enough Urdu to give us

Re: [silk] BW: How Risky Is India?

> The India of "endemic violence" is sure to get stronger and stronger if > people > continue to remain completely blinkered to what is happening in our > neighborhood and imagine that we have a monopoly on bigotry and violence. > A > series of governments are equally to blame for not taking thing

Re: [silk] The Seven Habits of Highly Ineffective Terrorists

> On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 6:39 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> Udhay Shankar N [15/10/08 18:35 +0530]: >> The idea of jihad is well.. flexible. And you can wage jihad wherever >> you >> like - which would explain why saudis land in kashmir, british convert >> muslims lan

Re: [silk] The Seven Habits of Highly Ineffective Terrorists

> > Interesting rebuttal: > http://www.cambridgeblog.org/2008/10/can-terror-be-understood/ > Interesting article by Schneier. But the rebuttal..I spent 5 mins (trying) to read it and couldn't understand anything he said - it sounds like complete gibberish. Can someone please summarize it in Englis

Re: [silk] Send us your chefs, says the UK

> > This article talks about a Parliamentary report on immigration released a > few days ago - very interesting look at the political climate around > immigration in the UK and the general perception of it (the comments are > perhaps even more interesting than the article). Duh. I just realized I

Re: [silk] Send us your chefs, says the UK

> > "The revised list includes skilled chefs, secondary school teachers of > maths and sciences, consultants and senior specialist nurses, some > engineering occupations, including civil and chemical engineers." > Note that the list does NOT include doctors who come over to practice as GPs (Gener

Re: [silk] Disadvantages of an Elite education

> > The banality and sense of entitlement of rich students at Harvard left > John H. Summers feeling his teaching had been degraded to little more > than a service to prepare clients for monied careers > Yes, I read that. Unlike the last one, this guy just comes across as having an axe to grind.

Re: [silk] Disadvantages of an Elite education

> I read somewhere that the term "Asian" is offensive in the United Kingdom, > and "South Asian" is politically correct. Can someone from the UK confirm > this? Not offensive to my knowledge. In common usage, Asian in the United Kingdom means South Asian (although East Asians, etc are obviously A

Re: [silk] Rediff op-ed on Nuke Deal

> Hello Silk-listers, > > Does this make sense to anybody ? Can this op-ed be relied upon ? > http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/jul/18guest.htm *paging Shiv* *paging Shiv" I'm no expert on the nuke deal, but the article seems a bit extreme. There's a lot of detail in there about the terms of the a

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