Re: [silk] Empathy

Tangentially... Check out this job at Ashoka: Chief Entrepreneur for Empathy https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/1800952314 Ingrid Srinath > On 2 May 2020, at 18:09, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > I was listening to a podcast with Penn Jillette and one of the things he > said stuc

Re: [silk] Coronavirus and behaviour change

One hoped this might change towards greater equity, and for some it has: https://www.statista.com/statistics/521919/time-spent-housework-countries/ Instead, we’re seeing this: http://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20200326-coronavirus-domestic-violence-gender-perspectives Ingrid Srinath

Re: [silk] Coronavirus and behaviour change

ds, not going to events, > cancelling travel. Am doing / have done all of the above. Find myself acutely conscious of just how many different surfaces I make contact with each day. Ingrid

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2015

 >> On 31 Dec 2019, at 05:26, Thaths wrote: >> >> On Thu, Dec 26, 2019 at 10:32 AM Ingrid wrote: >> >> My top 10 (no ranks) this year: >> Not Quite Not White : Losing and Finding Race in America - Sharmila Sen > > I read a sample chapter of t

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2015

The People - Aruna Roy Everything I Never Told You - Celeste Ng Partitions Of The Heart - Harsh Mander Bombay Balchao - Jane Borges Twitter and Tear Gas : The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest - Zeynep Tufekci Ingrid Srinath @ingridsrinath > On 26-Dec-2019, at 9:15 AM, Sankars

Re: [silk] My thoughts on old age

> On 25 Oct 2018, at 07:15, Deepa Mohan wrote: > > Obviously, the musing went on longer than the blogpost: > > https://deponti.livejournal.com/1215542.html > > I wonder how many people on this list are in their sixties? > > Deepa. Belated birthday greetings, Deepa.

Re: [silk] Ashim - An Introduction

> On 05-Nov-2017, at 11:54 AM, Ashim D'Silva wrote: > > Thanks Ingrid, it’s in a few months so I’ll be back in touch. Right now the > big question we have is whether we can survive without owning a car; we’re > getting mostly negative but potentially mixed responses. I fou

Re: [silk] Ashim - An Introduction

cial opinion bubble. > -- > Cheerio, > > Ashim D’Silva > Design & build > www.therandomlines.com > instagram.com/randomlies Hey, Ashim! I lived in Joburg for a few years. Happy to share any tips you might find useful. Ingrid Srinath

Re: [silk] Soliciting recommendations

good newsletter on education policy in India: http://centralsquarefoundation.org/ Ingrid Srinath @ingridsrinath

Re: [silk] Hello silklist

bbling in sculpture (chalk, and now clay); if > you know me on social media, I am likely to bore you to tears with > lots of pictures of those or, even more likely, to send you off > groaning with awful puns.I solemnly promise not to do the former here. > > best > > ~peter Hey, Peter! Nice to have another connection to you. Ingrid

Re: [silk] What's your primary computing device?

otwithstanding the existence in the house of 3 laptops, sundry tablets, > and many, MANY phones. > > Udhay > Macbook Air for work. iPad for play. iPhone when I'm in transit. Ingrid Srinath @ingridsrinath

Re: [silk] Kids and porn

Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) Similar advice from NSPCC whose guides on online safety I find useful. https://www.nspcc.org.uk/globalassets/documents/advice-and-info/online-pornography-keep-child-safe.pdf Ingrid Srinath

Re: [silk] Introducing myself

by including a link to of one of my most > favorite Indian experiences - learning the Lungi Dance from the master > himself ☺ > > https://www.facebook.com/cindy.gallop/videos/10153697237373313/ > > I love India and hope very much to have business reasons to return soon. > Hi Cindy! Are you already in touch with Point of View: http://pointofview.org/ or EroTICs: http://www.eroticsindia.org/ ? - Ingrid Srinath

Re: [silk] Myself, Gopi

ed Lintas. Saddened by the news of Ramu's death, Gopi. Heartfelt condolences to you and your family. And welcome to silklist. Ingrid

Re: [silk] Mumbai meetup?

> On 12 Aug 2016, at 13:44, Shenoy N wrote: > > So tonight, 8 pm, Andheri Doolally. I'll be there > > See you guys! > > Cheers > > Naren Regrettably, I can't make it. Look forward to highlights. Ingrid Srinath

Re: [silk] Maacher Jhol

in particular, closely resemble the food of the East Indian community to which my family belongs. East Indians: http://www.east-indians.com East Indian fish and seafood curries: http://www.freewebs.com/east_indian/foodfishfresh.htm Ingrid Srinath @ingridsrinath

Re: [silk] What replaces Landmark in Chennai?

word-wise-for-the-love-of-books/ Ingrid Srinath

Re: [silk] NGO that teaches village schools to hunt down missing funds?

saransh-vaswani-a-class-act/39603/1 Saajha was incubated by Pratham who evaluate school infrastructure and facilities as part of their ASER report: http://www.pratham.org/templates/pratham/images/rte_indicators_aser2013.pdf I'm not aware of an organisation that focuses specifically on school budgets. Hope that's useful. Ingrid

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2015

e city in a somewhat spiral route. > > * A Short walk in the Hindu Kush <http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BKQ1FA2/> by > Eric Newby. Another classic that I did not get to reading till 2015. > > > Thaths > Strongly second Ta Nehisi Coates' Between the World and Me. Others I enjoyed or found illuminating in 2015: Discontent and Its Civilizations - Mohsin Hamid Being Mortal - Atul Gawande The Colonel Who Would Not Repent - Salil Tripathi Ahmedabad - Amrita Shah Ingrid Srinath @ingridsrinath

Re: [silk] The least random number

>> >> You have only yourself to blame for my membership, Udhay :-) > > > That's true for me as well. > > --hmm > And mine. Recruited off Friendster. I can't remember when. Ingrid Srinath @ingridsrinath

Re: [silk] Anthropology and Sociology

rrent cutting edge technology might have social and political ramifications." Ingrid Srinath @ingridsrinath

Re: [silk] Child sex abuse and child rights

> On 6 Sep 2014, at 20:41, SS wrote: > > > John Sundman wrote: >>> Shiv says "In Britain the state attempts to protect vulnerable >> children from physical and emotional abuse by parents," and then >> insinuates, if I understand him correctly, that this impulse to >> protect children from abus

Re: [silk] Slacktivism

> On 21-Aug-2014, at 9:30 am, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > I don't always agree with Seth Godin's pronouncements, but this one > got me thinking - both about 'slacktivism', my response to it, and > the often facile denigration of this behaviour as being facile. > > Thoughts? > > Udhay > > http

Re: [silk] Help! Anyone familiar with aging initiatives on Kolkata?

> On 08-Jun-2014, at 9:44 pm, Chew Lin Kay wrote: > > Hello Silklisters, > > I'm doing some research on initiatives to make cities more friendly to an > aging population and read that Kolkata joined the WHO Global Network of > Age-friendly Cities and Communities. Does anyone know what sort of >

Re: [silk] What You Learn in Your 40s

On 19 May 2014 15:51, John Sundman wrote: > I'm 61 years old, so my 40's were long enough ago that I confuse them > sometimes with my youth and sometimes with with my emerging adulthood. > > But I have learned a few things over the last 21 years, I think, so I'll > append a few observations. I mo

Re: [silk] have your reading habits changed?

> On 6 Jan 2014, at 09:51, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > In my case, I resisted getting this device for many years. But here are > the things that finally convinced me to get one: > > 1. As you mentioned, font size flexibility. > 2. Portability of large book collections. > 3. It is, like a "real"

Re: [silk] have your reading habits changed?

> On 30-Dec-2013, at 10:39 am, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > So I got myself a Kindle. And whether it is the novelty or the > device-specific aspects (doesn't need ambient light, sufficiently > booklike that one can read sprawled in bed, etc) - I have consumed 3 > books in 3 days, more than in the

Re: [silk] have your reading habits changed?

dhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) > The only significant impact of e-books on my reading has been a lighter load while travelling. I still prefer dead-tree versions wherever possible. Ingrid Srinath @ingridsrinath

Re: [silk] Bollywood's Big-Screen Love Affair With Switzerland Fades To Black

On 24 July 2013 14:31, Chew Lin Kay wrote: > Am curious--a) do viewers expect dance scenes in foreign locales? Are films > made exclusively in India seen as cheap/inferior/not-so-good? b) how does > film financing work?--ie how much of the expenditure goes towards foreign > shoots, stars' pay, et

Re: [silk] Any pet-hate subjects? ...why is Mathematics so frequently hated?

On 21-Jun-2013, at 10:10 PM, Deepa Mohan wrote: > I wrote this some time agosomeone else referred to it on FB recently > (yes...a woman.) What makes us detest certain subjects at school, and why > is Maths (or Math) frequently at the top of the list? It can't always be > bad teachers >

Re: [silk] Dan Pallotta: The way we think about charity is dead wrong | Video on TED.com

Meanwhile this welcome development: GuideStar, BBBWiseGiving, Charity Navigator campaign to end charity overhead myth: http://trust.guidestar.org/2013/06/17/launching-a-campaign-to-end-the-overhead-myth/ Ingrid Srinath On 16 Jun 2013, at 21:46, Vinayak Hegde wrote: > On Wed, Apr 10, 2013

Re: [silk] Dan Pallotta: The way we think about charity is dead wrong | Video on TED.com

On 16 Jun 2013, at 21:46, Vinayak Hegde wrote: > On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Ingrid Srinath > wrote: > >> One via media that works is organisations who get their start-up costs, >> investments funded by foundations allowing contributions from the public to >>

Re: [silk] An obit writer needed

On 12 June 2013 14:39, Venkatesh Hariharan wrote: > The folks at www.opensource.com reached out to me and asked me if I could > write an obit for Atul Chitnis. I declined because I did not know Atul well > enough. Would anybody on this list be willing to write a short piece on > Atul? > > Venky >

Re: [silk] In Mumbai

I'm leaving South Bombay shortly. Confirming 7.30 pm at Juhu Mahesh. Ingrid Srinath @ingridsrinath On 29 May 2013 11:49, Biju Chacko wrote: > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 9:34 AM, Ingrid wrote: > > > Juhu Mahesh? > > > > Gajalee JVPD? > > http://www.gajalee

Re: [silk] In Mumbai

Juhu Mahesh? Gajalee JVPD? http://www.gajalee.com/rest_juhu.html 7.30 pm? Ingrid Srinath @ingridsrinath On 28 May 2013 10:12, Mahesh Murthy wrote: > Do tell me if you guys fix a place and time. Would be happy to join and > partake. > > > On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 9:56 AM

Re: [silk] In Mumbai

How about Mahesh Lunch Home at Juhu? I'm craving some Butter-Pepper-Garlic Crab. Ingrid Srinath @ingridsrinath On 28 May 2013 06:49, Biju Chacko wrote: > On 27 May 2013 10:41, "Sumant Srivathsan" wrote: > > > > In, depending on which day gets frozen. I should k

Re: [silk] In Mumbai

I'm free Wed and Fri evenings. What part of the city will you be in? Ingrid Srinath @ingridsrinath On 27 May 2013 09:32, Biju Chacko wrote: > In keeping with current silk practice I thought I'd mention that I'm in > Mumbai Tuesday through Saturday. Anyone up for a meet? > > -- b >

Re: [silk] India Considers Banning Pornography as Reported Sexual Assault Rises - NYTimes.com

On 26 Apr 2013, at 17:12, Nishant Shah wrote: > On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > >> On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Nikhil Mehra >> wrote: >>> This should liven up the debate a bit: >> http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/04/economist-explains-why

Re: [silk] India Considers Banning Pornography as Reported Sexual Assault Rises - NYTimes.com

On 26 Apr 2013, at 12:24, Ramakrishnan Sundaram wrote: > On 26 April 2013 12:06, Ingrid Srinath wrote: >> The problem with this scenario is that porn, increasingly violent porn, is >> the only source of learning on the subject of sex for many boys/men. > > Young Indian m

Re: [silk] India Considers Banning Pornography as Reported Sexual Assault Rises - NYTimes.com

nk, has always existed...porn or not. Cain murdered > Abel before violent movies were being screened. > > Deepa. The problem with this scenario is that porn, increasingly violent porn, is the only source of learning on the subject of sex for many boys/men. http://read.thestar.com/#!/article/51753a877b1eac1622a9-is-pornography-changing-how-teens-view-sex Ingrid @ingridsrinath

Re: [silk] Migrant workers and bank accounts

isk averse lot. > > I hear that SEWA's microinsurance offerings work for their constituents: http://www.sewainsurance.org Ingrid Srinath @ingridsrinath

Re: [silk] Migrant workers and bank accounts

makes Facebook's hometown question an interesting one as you find > people living in Guwahati for the past 20 years, answering it with > Bangalore! > Immigrant vs. expat: differentiated by race, nationality, class: http://www.antropologi.info/blog/anthropology/2011/expats-and-migrants In a sense we're all either refugees or explorers. Ingrid Srinath @ingridsrinath

Re: [silk] Help!!help!!

On 20 Apr 2013, at 21:16, Naresh wrote: > I and a (male) friend are heading to London 25th april evening till 2nd may > and didn't book a hotel /accomodation till now..and it's all full up or 180 > pounds ++.i need to be in fairly central/south bank /southwark and the hotels > / b&b's are ful

Re: [silk] Dan Pallotta: The way we think about charity is dead wrong | Video on TED.com

On 10 Apr 2013, at 12:25, Deepak Shenoy wrote: > On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Ingrid Srinath > wrote: > >> The only issue I have with that logic is that it prevents any organisation >> from achieving sufficient scale to have significant impact. The charity >>

Re: [silk] Dan Pallotta: The way we think about charity is dead wrong | Video on TED.com

On 10 Apr 2013, at 10:48, Deepak Shenoy wrote: > On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Ingrid Srinath > wrote: >> Deepak, >> >> Here are a couple of devil's advocate scenarios: >> >> Charity J: Spends virtually nothing on donor acquisition, brand building

Re: [silk] Dan Pallotta: The way we think about charity is dead wrong | Video on TED.com

Ingrid Srinath On 10 Apr 2013, at 10:19, Charles Haynes wrote: > On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 12:39 PM, Ingrid Srinath > wrote: > > >> Charity J: Spends virtually nothing on donor acquisition... Deploys >> virtually the entirety of the small sums they collect to feed sta

Re: [silk] Dan Pallotta: The way we think about charity is dead wrong | Video on TED.com

On 10 Apr 2013, at 10:12, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Oh, it depends. There is a tipping point beyond which a charity does need > to focus on grassroots work rather than on management and logistics. > > And before that tipping point is reached, just ramping up staff, processes > etc to the

Re: [silk] Dan Pallotta: The way we think about charity is dead wrong | Video on TED.com

harities and governments. Which would you choose to support? Would it be the latter subject to say, a 30% cap on 'overheads'? By the way, one simple way to help a charity lower its fundraising costs is to pledge long-term support. Ingrid

Re: [silk] Dan Pallotta: The way we think about charity is dead wrong | Video on TED.com

On 2 Apr 2013, at 23:20, Deepa Mohan wrote: > - *OTOH, the reductionist overhead:revenue ratio as a metric of >> 'deservingness' . to play the >> ratio game, as it is of the need for a one-size-fits-all comparator* > > > Sorry...but that acronym, those wordsI'm afraid this is a good

Re: [silk] Dan Pallotta: The way we think about charity is dead wrong | Video on TED.com

On 2 Apr 2013, at 23:33, Deepak Shenoy wrote: > Ingrid, > > What parts of the DTC are the worst for the NGO sector? Would like to > hear also of some alternatives, or at least to address whatever has > caused the IT department to believe that a change from current rules > was

Re: [silk] Dan Pallotta: The way we think about charity is dead wrong | Video on TED.com

On 22 Mar 2013, at 17:46, Pranesh Prakash wrote: > On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 6:56 AM, Ingrid Srinath > wrote: >> This TED Talk touches on some of the perverse disincentives non-profits face >> that hamper scale, innovation, sustainability and impact. They are issues >

[silk] Dan Pallotta: The way we think about charity is dead wrong | Video on TED.com

irect Tax Code exacerbates the problem considerably: http://www.cafindia.org/DTC-NGO.pdf I would love to know what folks here think on this subject. http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pallotta_the_way_we_think_about_charity_is_dead_wrong.html Ingrid Srinath

Re: [silk] myanmar - visa on arrival for indians ?

On 20-Mar-2013, at 5:15 PM, ashok _ wrote: > According to the Myanmar government website, Indian passport holders can > get a visa on arrival (upto 70 days for a business visa ) : > > http://www.mip.gov.mm/visaonarrival/ > > But is this still valid ? Has anyone tried it ? > > Ashok I followe

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

ung, urban, middle-class, well-connected groups in particular have considerably expanded the constituency of people opposing the erosion of rights and freedoms. Interesting times! Ingrid

Re: [silk] LOTR and Ayn Rand

On 9 August 2012 09:58, John Sundman wrote: > > *Ugarte *: You despise me, don't > you? > *Rick *: If I gave you any thought I > probably would. > > jrs > It seems to me that those ranked highest are least conscious of ran

Re: [silk] outdated words in "Indian English"

On 13 Jul 2012, at 19:44, Thaths wrote: > > My own additions to the list: > > in the family way - To be pregnant Issue: referring to children Good name: As in "what's your good name?" Mr./ Mrs. as substitutes for husband/wife Prepone Channelise Ingrid

Re: [silk] Fwd: Re: Why I Gave Up On 'Social Activism'

y of self-serving narcissism, too little self-awareness in both worlds and very limited ability to translate across the divide. In my experience, most people on each side lack the knowledge, exposure and life experience to fathom the other, choosing instead to rely on caricatures. Ingrid

Re: [silk] Whose morality is being protected?

ti-libertarian though, is forcing > another man to give up his property for a cause which *you* see as a just > one. > Anti-libertarian on these lines? http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/04/30/stephen-king-tax-me-for-f-s-sake.html Ingrid

Re: [silk] Quick question - Johannesburg

On 10-Mar-2012, at 5:07 AM, Charles Haynes wrote: > It looks like I am going to Johannesburg for 4 weeks, are there any > Silklisters there? > > -- Charles > Drat! I end my 4 year stint in Joburg to return to Bombay tomorrow. Let me know if I can provide any information on people, places or

Re: [silk] aqvavit

On 21 February 2012 07:23, ashok _ wrote: > > > I found this really weird in NREGA ... the requirement that no > mechanized equipment can be used. What was the motivation behind it ? > > Limiting NREGA work to back-breaking physical labour at less than minimum > wage available for a maximum of

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2011

On 3 December 2011 13:34, Shoba Narayan wrote: > Is it just me or are there very few women authors on the recommended > reading list 2011? > I found Tahmima Aman's The Good Muslim good not great and would like to re-recommend Agaat by Afrikaans writer Marlene van Niekerk. Even in the English tr

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2011

: Amitav Ghosh Ingrid Srinath

Re: [silk] an-NRI again

On 23-Oct-2011, at 8:26 AM, "Sriram ET." wrote: > > On Oct 23, 2011 11:23 AM, "Ingrid" wrote: > > > > > > On 23-Oct-2011, at 6:43 AM, Mahesh Murthy wrote: > > > > > To me it's a seemingly-eloquently argued defense of coward

Re: [silk] an-NRI again

On 23-Oct-2011, at 6:43 AM, Mahesh Murthy wrote: > To me it's a seemingly-eloquently argued defense of cowardice. Isn't that a defining trait of NRIs : to move to an oasis that someone else built rather than transform one's own desert surroundings?

Re: [silk] I don't. And not with Nitin Pai / Amba Salakar either.Re: Red-letter day: I agree with Arundhati Roy

On 23 August 2011 04:30, Shoba Narayan wrote: > > > Look, I agree with you. The thing I am pondering is: what now? So you > throw your hat in the ring. You call it. I have qualms about the bill, but > I am now a banner-carrying anti-corruption protestor who was at Bangalore's > Freedom Park la

Re: [silk] Subramanian Swamy

On 5 August 2011 04:18, ss wrote: > > > What is a "secular democracy"? How would a non secular democracy work? Does > anyone have any examples of a non secular democracy? > > Democracy and secularism go very easily together if the country has an > overwhelming majority of one single religion. As t

Re: [silk] Subramanian Swamy

On 4 August 2011 15:03, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 5:50 AM, ss wrote: > > > > But as far as i know - it is only in India here there are big debates > where > > the members of the majority religion are debating with each other as to > > whether they are secular enough or n

Re: [silk] The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work

On 14 June 2011 10:03, J. Alfred Prufrock wrote: > *Chestnut alert - "If you can get paid for doing what you enjoy, you never > have to work another day in your life." > > I have a 5 year deadline to get to that state. > * > Can absolutely vouch for that old chestnut. Have been the beneficiary of

Re: [silk] seeking Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) contact info.

On 2 June 2011 11:29, . wrote: > > No clue, was hoping Delhi-walla's here would know. I suspect they do > exist as they seem to be filing all the PIL's[0] in the SC, in the > 2G-in-3D scam cases. > > [0] > http://expressbuzz.com/nation/maran-a-beneficiary-of-2g-scam-alleges-petition/280264.html

Re: [silk] Why do we hate our girls?

On 25 May 2011 12:44, Venkat Mangudi wrote: > I completely agree. This "tradition" bullshit is too much and questioning > it is a big taboo. Isolated pockets such as this mailing list cannot change > this sickness. And this cancer is so big, it needs organized effort to > eradicate. People have b

Re: [silk] Sidin Vadukut - Introduction

s government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work, and then they get elected and prove it. Versus Karl Rove: As people do better, they start voting like Republicans - unless they have too much education and vote Democratic, which proves there can be too much of a good thing. - Ingrid P.S. Welcome, Sidin.

Re: [silk] Why do we hate our girls?

On 10 Apr 2011, at 08:40, "Anish" wrote: >> Having said that, I'm not sure what >demographic she comes from in India; >> she's almost certainly not representative. >AIUI her parents are doctors >> in a small town, so relatively affluent. > > Some states are different from others, Kerala has po

Re: [silk] Writing with the pack

On 27 February 2011 00:30, Charles Haynes wrote: > On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 3:14 AM, Thaths wrote: > > > And the article that is mostly a rehash of a press release strikes again: > > > http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/article1492697.ece > > This is part of why newspapers are dying and wi

[silk] Edelmann Trust Barometer 2011

http://www.edelman.com/trust/2011/uploads/Edelman%20Trust%20Barometer%20Global%20Deck.pdf

Re: [silk] Books on Words & Language

On 13-Feb-2011, at 4:34 PM, Tim Bray wrote: > Anything from Guy Deutscher is good on W&L. I was also immensely fond > of Steven Pinker's "Words and Rules" which draws some remarkably > amusing lessons from a ridiculously deep dive on a small number of > English irregular verbs. -T >> >> >>

Re: [silk] Kragen's essay on Egypt

On 30 Jan 2011, at 18:40, underscore wrote: > On 1/30/11, Ingrid Srinath wrote: >>> the regime, yes -- its a matter of survival. but, i dont think there >>> is even a single protestor who >>> is out there in indignant anger because the americans reduced fund

Re: [silk] Kragen's essay on Egypt

On 30 Jan 2011, at 07:47, underscore wrote: > On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 9:44 PM, Ingrid wrote: >> >> >> Regardless, the shift in policy on democracy did not go unnoticed by >> Egyptian civil society and, I'm sure, by the Mubarak regime. >>> >&g

Re: [silk] Kragen's essay on Egypt

On 30 Jan 2011, at 07:49, "Suresh Ramasubramanian" wrote: > Civil society groups who blow international grant funding on plush > conferences are sure a barrel of fun >> >> >>> >> >> For instance?

Re: [silk] Kragen's essay on Egypt

On 29-Jan-2011, at 11:08 AM, underscore wrote: >> The Obama administration has, in fact, significantly cut US funding to human >> rights and democracy groups in Egypt. >> > > I think its only a few americans who care about such things. Fact is, > without american aid and big brother backing m

Re: [silk] Kragen's essay on Egypt

On 29 Jan 2011, at 08:00, Dave Kumar wrote: > > I would add that the point about the US's historical support for > corrupt/dictatorial regimes in Egypt and elsewhere is well taken, and I agree > with it ... but it far predates the Obama administration, and anyone who > assumes that this admi

Re: [silk] What's on your "bucket list"?

On 19 January 2011 09:30, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > What's on *your* bucket list? > > Udhay > -- > > Write my novel.

Re: [silk] Stochastic Terrorism

On 13-Jan-2011, at 8:29 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 4:49 PM, ss wrote: > The religious leader who calls for violence in the name of god in his weekly > sermon is the most obvious and common example of this. So this "stochastic > terrorism" has been discovered and put

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

On 16 Dec 2010, at 09:27, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Andre Uratsuka Manoel [16/12/10 01:26 -0200]: >> I'm going to Mexico next year to visit a friend and I can attest that >> an American visa is accepted by Mexico. > > not for indians it isnt. > try going to san diego and putting a trip ac

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

On 16 Dec 2010, at 04:26, Badri Natarajan wrote: > >> >>> >>> >> >> > -I have not been to Mexico, Costa Rica, Taiwan, Turkey or South Korea, but I > am nearly certain from previous research that a US or UK visa does not get > you visa-free access to those places (unless buried really dee

Re: [silk] What's the strangest thing you've eaten?

On 23 November 2010 23:12, Charles Haynes wrote: > On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 4:05 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > Don't know what a mopane worm is so I probably haven't eaten it, > though I've eaten other grubs and caterpillars. > http://www.foodreference.com/html/mopane-worm-917.html

Re: [silk] What's the strangest thing you've eaten?

On 23-Nov-2010, at 7:05 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > I think we had a similar thread lo, these many years ago, but still. > > Inspired by a friend's status message about lutefisk, I ask silklisters > to let us know what is the strangest thing they've eaten. > > Maybe Charles can post multiple t

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

> > This guy appears spoiled from not having to fill out too many visa > applications. Good for him, though. > > UK visa application form was 21 pages not too long back; More recently it > is down at about 10 pages for many categories. Ofcourse he can argue about > the 'nuclear engineer skills' re

Re: [silk] Chennai meetup?

On 2 September 2010 08:32, Deepa Mohan wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 6:55 PM, gabin kattukaran wrote: > > ." mein usee din chalA gayA" can only be sort of translated to "I > >> > went that very day" (or as we sometimes say, "I went that day itself.") >> > >> >> Shouldn't that be, "I went th

Re: [silk] In India, Sometimes News Is Just a Product Placement

On 1 June 2010 12:22, Sruthi Krishnan wrote: > I think in the last thread on paid news too this piece by Sevanti > Ninan was mentioned. Don't remember too well, but it is worth another > dekko -- 'Paid news for dummies'. > > http://www.thehindu.com/mag/2010/03/28/stories/2010032850090300.htm > >

Re: [silk] The silliness and corruptness of Indian media

If the Government does not have this legitimacy, who does? Simply put > these theories say, it is capital.Whoever has capital has the > acquiescence of media. Who has capital? Monsanto, maybe? > > Prabhat Patnaik's lecture elaborates this theory nicely : > http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fline/f

Re: [silk] of snoozing and retirement

2010/1/18 Srini RamaKrishnan > > Oh, but you can. It's getting a lot harder with every passing year, > but there are still places on this planet where one can be a hermit on > the mountain, leading an existence disconnected from society. It's > sub-optimal to living with society, but it really is

Re: [silk] Engineers of Jihad

2010/1/12 Mahesh Murthy > Actually, I find myself nodding in agreement here. > > My 'logic' is nothing more than the gut-feel that, at least in the case of > students from developing nations, the ones more driven to "do something > with > their lives" typically tend to take the more difficult / "

Re: [silk] The Neuroscience of Screwing Up

2010/1/13 J. Andrew Rogers and...@ceruleansystems.com > To point out a significant bias, in most militaries I am familiar with the > standards of behavior, compliance, and myriad other things for females are > substantially laxer than for males. Explicitly so, not just as a matter of > practice.

Re: [silk] testing

Yep. On 10-Dec-2009, at 11:48 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) ___ silklist mailing list silklist@lists.hserus.net http://lists.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/silklist ___

Re: [silk] Visiting South Africa

Regrettably, I won't be home in Johannesburg through those dates. Would be glad to answer any questions you might have. Ingrid P.S. The usual apology for top-posting courtesy Blackberry. On 11/17/09, Zainab Bawa wrote: > Hi, > > Writing to check if any Silk Listers are Cape Tow

Re: [silk] Sand Animation in Ukraine's Got Talent

2009/10/17 Vinayak Hegde > On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 6:27 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > Vinayak Hegde wrote, [on 10/17/2009 2:01 PM]: > > > >>> Simonova's sand story portrays the human loss after the German invasion > in > >>> 1941. The opening scene shows a couple sitting on a bench under a > st

Re: [silk] Barah anno

2009/10/15 Udhay Shankar N > Srini RamaKrishnan wrote, [on 10/15/2009 7:26 AM]: > > > I will be in India between 13 Dec & 5 Jan. How about the weekend of > > 18th Dec for the meetup? And where? > > Works for me, but at that time, it'll have to be in Bangalore - I'm > leaving to Singapore later th

Re: [silk] Is voter ignorance killing democracy?

correlation between levels of educational attainment and quality of democratic governance for countries? Ingrid

Re: [silk] Math, math, every where, nor any ...

There is also the stark difference in risk attached to large population concentrations in less-developed versus more-developed countries/regions : http://www.preventionweb.net/files/9414_GARsummary.pdf

Re: [silk] test

? 2009/5/15 Udhay Shankar N > > -- > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) > > -- "Home is so far from Home." - Emily Dickinson

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