Re: [silk] What are the things you splurge on that are worth the money?

2020-12-07 Thread Nishant Shah
my computer with the best specs > I can afford. > - Fragrance. I look at these as art and collect them for regular use. > - Good gin/vodka. Nuff said. > > Udhay > > -- > > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) > -- Dr. Nishant Shah (Ph.

Re: [silk] 'herd immunity strategy'

2020-04-22 Thread Nishant Shah
een and the Unseen <http://www.seenunseen.in/> > Blog -- India Uncut <http://www.indiauncut.com> > Twitter -- @amitvarma <http://www.twitter.com/amitvarma> > -- Dr. Nishant Shah (Ph.D.) Vice-President Research, ArtEZ University of the Arts, The Netherlands. Knowledge Partner, Digital Earth Project, Hivos Mentor, Feminist Internet Research Network, APC https://nishantshah.online

Re: [silk] A considered opinion

2019-09-15 Thread Nishant Shah
t having an opinion is OK if one can't have an informed opinion. > > Thoughts? > > Udhay > > -- > > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) > -- Dr. Nishant Shah (Ph.D.) Vice-President Research, ArtEZ University of the Arts, The Netherlands. Visiting Professor, Leuphana University, Germany. https://nishantshah.online

Re: [silk] it may not be well-done; is it becoming rare?

2019-01-04 Thread Nishant Shah
that a lot of > interesting views will be lost over time because nobody is bothering to > expound on them. A century from now, can historians piece together our > narratives from the shards of twitter? > > > > > On 04-Jan-2019, at 15:13, Nishant Shah wrote: > > > &g

Re: [silk] it may not be well-done; is it becoming rare?

2019-01-04 Thread Nishant Shah
many parts of the world > > (and with many parallels to emails/mailing lists) seems to be WhatsApp > and > > similar messaging apps. > > > > It seems to me that none of those media support the kind of thing Dave was > asking about: "too long for social media com

Re: [silk] Legal adulthood

2018-12-19 Thread Nishant Shah
ing a collection of silksters high, is tickling my funny bones. On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 7:34 AM Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Quick reminder, for those planning to bring edibles: Vinit/Surabhi run a > vegetarian household. > > See you folks tomorrow evening! > > Udhay > -- Dr. Nis

Re: [silk] Legal adulthood

2018-12-15 Thread Nishant Shah
nian > Naresh Narasimhan > Jayadevan PK > Julian Philips > Zeenath Hassan > Bharat Shetty > Lahar Appaiah > Shrabonti Bagchi > Rashmi Vallabhajosyula > Sharat Satyanarayana > Jessica Prabhakar > > Maybe: > > Ashwin Kumar > Anjana Mohan > Kavita Cho

Re: [silk] Being an ally

2018-11-15 Thread Nishant Shah
Thanks for sharing this Udhay. I have been a little overwhelmed at how much traction this small anecdote has had on different social media platforms. I had really thought that this was going to be just one of those moments where people who knew me would be as amazed as I was, at the violence which

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

2013-04-26 Thread Nishant Shah
_ref=activity > > And while she does not deal with statistics and numbers, the qualitative life of porn is definitely wonderfully articulated here by Nisha Susan, as she proposes a pornpal along the lines of the Lokpal http://tehelka.com/forget-the-lokpal-who-will-be-your-porn-pal/ N &

Re: [silk] Any clue about cyber laws?

2012-09-18 Thread Nishant Shah
/intermediary-liability-and-foe-executive-summary.pdf/view Nishant > -- > Nishant Shah Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 00-91-9740074884 http://www.facebook.com/nishant.shah http://cis-india.academia.edu/NishantShah

Re: [silk] Why Are American Kids So Spoiled?

2012-06-27 Thread Nishant Shah
n this article, grow up to be overworked and one-dimensional without any space for expression, creativity or growth. I think the distinction is between the cultures of expectation and availability of resources in both the contexts. Or at least, this is what I am basing on the 8 months I spent in Shangh

[silk] Immigration contacts, anyone?

2011-12-05 Thread Nishant Shah
at should be done (we are going to call the consulate first thing tomorrow morning, hopefully it will be open despite Muharram), do please write in to me. This is the time for all (wo)men to come to the aid of the party. Thanks a bunch Nishant -- Nishant Shah Director (Research), Centre for Inter

Re: [silk] Invites for Quora?

2011-10-08 Thread Nishant Shah
o figuring out what's happening there :) Nishant -- Nishant Shah Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 00-91-9740074884 http://www.facebook.com/nishant.shah http://cis-india.academia.edu/NishantShah

[silk] Invites for Quora?

2011-10-08 Thread Nishant Shah
Hello all, Just wondering if anybody is on Quora and if there are any invites available. Was recently hearing somebody rave about it in a conference, am now looking to see whats the fuss about. Thanks Nishant -- Nishant Shah Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis

Re: [silk] some notes on frugality

2011-09-08 Thread Nishant Shah
ty' - I am going to borrow it and use copiously. As for P.C. Goon. Sigh! Thanks for that lovely blast from the past. Now I want to, on a tangential free association, go and read Roger Mcgough's PC Plod poetry :) -- Nishant Shah Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www

Re: [silk] Mission: Bangalore silk meetup - Thu July 14

2011-07-12 Thread Nishant Shah
cept for pepper and garlic. ~ashwin > +1 to Thulp. I am almost certainly going to be there :) -- Nishant Shah Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 00-91-9740074884 http://www.facebook.com/nishant.shah http://cis-india.academia.edu/NishantShah

Re: [silk] Talk by Radhika Gajjala - 8th July, 17:00 hrs, @ CIS

2011-07-07 Thread Nishant Shah
gt; Anish > Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -- Nishant Shah Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 00-91-9740074884 http://www.facebook.com/nishant.shah http://cis-india.academia.edu/NishantShah

[silk] Talk by Radhika Gajjala - 8th July, 17:00 hrs, @ CIS

2011-07-06 Thread Nishant Shah
of the Real and Virtual: Cyberculture and the Subaltern" to be published in 2012 and is also working on two interrelated projects — one on "Microfinance Online and Money in Virtual Worlds and Social Media" in relation to the ITization and NGOization of global socio-economic work a

Re: [silk] Plus by Google

2011-06-30 Thread Nishant Shah
People, I sent invites to all who pinged, but apparently the outgoing invitations are suspended for the time being. Sorry. I will send them out once they are resumed. Cheers Nishant -- Nishant Shah Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow

Re: [silk] Plus by Google

2011-06-29 Thread Nishant Shah
l address, into one of the groups. Once you add them, it seems to give the option of inviting them. See if that works. Cheers Nishant -- Nishant Shah Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 00-91-9740074884 http://www.fac

Re: [silk] Plus by Google

2011-06-29 Thread Nishant Shah
I just got myself an account last night... and it seems to allow me to invite people if people just ping me, I can send out an invite. It says in the warning, though, that just because I send the invite doesn't mean that you would get it immediately! Cheers Nishant

Re: [silk] (no subject)

2011-06-25 Thread Nishant Shah
is saying I have it and I am nothing and to say that And that nothing is poetry I am saying and I have to say it Saying poetry is nothing and to that I say I am and have it -- Nishant Shah Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-0

Re: [silk] Internet Surveillance Policy: “…the second time as farce?” – A Public Lecture by Caspar Bowden

2011-06-23 Thread Nishant Shah
d found it quite useful and interesting. Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 00-91-9740074884

[silk] Internet Surveillance Policy: “…the second time as farce?” – A Public Lecture by Caspar Bowden

2011-06-23 Thread Nishant Shah
Seating Registration recommended: pra...@cis-india.org * *Caspar is speaking in his private capacity and his remarks do not necessarily reflect any official Microsoft position* Date: Jun 27, 2011 Venue: TERI Complex, Domlur 2nd Stage, Bangalore Time: 5.00 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. -- Nishant Shah Doctoral C

Re: [silk] Privacy, By Design

2011-03-29 Thread Nishant Shah
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Venkat Mangudi wrote: > On Wednesday 30 March 2011 09:56 AM, Nishant Shah wrote: > > > a discussion. If somebody comes to your mind, can you please connect me > > with them, or give me their contact information (with their consent, > >

Re: [silk] Privacy, By Design

2011-03-29 Thread Nishant Shah
thodology rather than a dissemination mode. > Perhaps there's an interesting angle in the corporate (and not just > governmental) effort to track conversations, and the fallouts thereof. > Indeed. And we are hoping that this open space shall help us get a sense of these. > > Ma

Re: [silk] Privacy, By Design

2011-03-29 Thread Nishant Shah
roduced list of questions. Instead, we hope that the folks who come will throw up different questions around "Design of Privacy Online". > > A few more details would help, a lot. > I am scouting right now, but the invite and the event write-up will be ready by EoD and I will s

Re: [silk] Privacy, By Design

2011-03-29 Thread Nishant Shah
out to be a Silk list gathering! > > Udhay > -- > Cheers Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 00-91-9740074884

Re: [silk] Savita

2011-03-29 Thread Nishant Shah
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 10:00 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Some of you knew that silklister Savita Rao had an ongoing battle with > cancer (with associated complications) for the past several years - a > battle that she finally gave up on today, while several of us waited > outside the ICU. > > R

[silk] Privacy, By Design

2011-03-29 Thread Nishant Shah
tion (with their consent, naturally) so that I can start a conversation with them? Thanks a lot Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 00-91-9740074884

Re: [silk] Anybody coming back from abroad

2011-02-25 Thread Nishant Shah
#x27; right, their focus group must have told them. Though, come to think of it, they could have gone in for Ten Toed... Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 00-91-9740074884

Re: [silk] How do I tell if I'm getting ripped off by the optician?

2011-01-04 Thread Nishant Shah
otient. Anything in this arena is significantly expensive. There might be other factors, but these are the ones that I have grown to identify with time. Cheers Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 00-91-9740074884

Re: [silk] Kindle readers?

2010-12-22 Thread Nishant Shah
per) need external light. I can read books on my phone in the >> dark! >> > > What phone do you use? I would very much like one of these mythical > devices. > > Kiran > +1. Especially because my current phone is now threatening to die any minute. This sounds like a

Re: [silk] Can some kind soul traveling in from someplace with better electronic goods available

2010-10-18 Thread Nishant Shah
think either of the places (or indeed, duty free electronics goods shops) might have these, I'd be happy to cart them to Bangalore with me. But it is my first visit to both the cities, so I don't know how much better the availability is! Cheers Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Cand

Re: [silk] Adoption laws for foreign nationals in India?

2010-09-20 Thread Nishant Shah
stry of Home > Affairs) in Delhi, so the friend should inquire with plenty of time to > spare. > > Awesome. This is what I had suggested she do - and I think she knows it herself - but she only wanted some sort of 'human' assurance as she negotiates with the processes.

[silk] Adoption laws for foreign nationals in India?

2010-09-20 Thread Nishant Shah
is. I have asked her to get in touch with the adoption agencies in her country, but am also trawling for information here, just in case anybody has any knowledge on this. Cheers Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( ww

Re: [silk] The Just William series

2010-07-28 Thread Nishant Shah
s at the Landmark in Forum. Hope you find them there. Good luck Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 00-91-9740074884

Re: [silk] Ten toughest books to read

2010-06-15 Thread Nishant Shah
nd lust which formed the fodder for much hilarity and bonding among friends :) Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 00-91-9740074884

Re: [silk] Ten toughest books to read

2010-06-15 Thread Nishant Shah
d Fountainhead (I was 17 - 12th Standard summer break) when Rand was discovered and have never liked her - everything has been a problem, from her style to her philosophy. I have remained eternally bewildered about why she has been so popular. -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Dire

Re: [silk] For Googlers

2009-10-14 Thread Nishant Shah
a strategy to build the hype or is it actually a technical caution because they do not want to be inundated by numbers they cannot manage? Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 00-91-9740074884

Re: [silk] the business of charity!?!

2009-03-23 Thread Nishant Shah
ps. The US Congress has allocated $85 million for the support of > > democracy in Russia in 2006." > > > > Incidentally, there is an act in the USA called Foreign Agents > > Registration Act (FARA), which provides for penalties up to 10 years > > in jail for any one acting as a foreign agent or getting foreign funds > > without notification to the Attorney General. FARA was originally > > passed in 1938 to prevent the spread of Nazi ideas and propaganda. > > > > It would be appropriate that all NGOs insist they be covered under the > > Right to Information Act, even though as of now it is not applicable > > to those who do not receive funds from the government. This insistence > > will go a long way in establishing their credentials as real believers > > in transparency and right to information. > > > > To enhance their credibility, they need to publish their sources and > > uses of funds voluntarily on their websites, including the break-up > > between administrative and other expenses. Last, but not the least, it > > is important that the government bans foreign funding of our NGOs. We > > are no more the "white man's burden." > > > > > > -- > > . > > > > > -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 00-86-21-66130376

Re: [silk] Presenting...A ray of light (but my folks named me Kiran)

2009-03-02 Thread Nishant Shah
On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Mohit (मॊिहत) wrote: > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Nishant Shah > wrote: > > > > > Welcome, welcome indeed... we need new blood (I really don't like using > the > > word in a welcome post, but oh well!) to help us unlurk

Re: [silk] Presenting...A ray of light (but my folks named me Kiran)

2009-02-27 Thread Nishant Shah
@ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) > > Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 00-86-21-66130376

Re: [silk] Shorelines

2009-02-18 Thread Nishant Shah
sting books. Or read at all! Jokes apart, the book sounds very fascinating. Reminds me of the documentary 'Turtle People' by Bangalore based independent film maker Surabhi Sharma. Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Interne

Re: [silk] Determining gender from IP address.

2008-11-17 Thread Nishant Shah
alised the fact that Gender, as we understand it, is nothing but a social construct. While I personally find it difficult to take the "sex (noun) is a social construct", I am quite in wonder why you would resist the same argument around Gender. cheers Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Cand

Re: [silk] Suggestions for digital documentation: form, rather than technology!

2008-10-16 Thread Nishant Shah
t; > > > Nishant, please do share the link when it's online, would love to read > it. > > > > > > > > -- > > Amit Varma > > http://www.indiauncut.com > > > > > > -- > Radhika, Y.R. > Project Manager, > Centering Women project, Sri Lank

Re: [silk] Suggestions for digital documentation: form, rather than technology!

2008-10-16 Thread Nishant Shah
utting it up for free distribution :) cheers Nishant > > > > > -- > Amit Varma > http://www.indiauncut.com > -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 0-9740074884

Re: [silk] Suggestions for digital documentation: form, rather than technology!

2008-10-16 Thread Nishant Shah
t; "I saw this in a movie about a bus that had to SPEED around a city, keeping > its SPEED over fifty, and if its SPEED dropped, it would explode. I think > it was called, 'The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down'." -- Homer J. Simpson > > -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 0-9740074884

Re: [silk] Suggestions for digital documentation: form, rather than technology!

2008-10-16 Thread Nishant Shah
ying to grapple with. Ashish, for example, had an idea of developing a discussion based analysis and conditions of multiple authorship. But we are still vague about it and it will take time in trying to understand and concretise the idea. > > Apologies if this is a rehash. > > Udhay >

Re: [silk] Suggestions for digital documentation: form, rather than technology!

2008-10-16 Thread Nishant Shah
ic literature could do with a lot of sexing up. Not to be bored is a fundamental right of the reader. And I stand up for it :) > > -- > Sumant Srivathsan > http://sumants.blogspot.com > Again, Thanks for beginning the conversation and getting me to spell out things that are in the he

[silk] Suggestions for digital documentation: form, rather than technology!

2008-10-15 Thread Nishant Shah
ishing that might be most conducive to online dissemination and reading. Thanks Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 0-9740074884

Re: [silk] ask a silly question...

2008-09-10 Thread Nishant Shah
ld be a part of the collection? As I promised, I will keep on piping in as new ideas keep on coming to head :) Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 0-9740074884

Re: [silk] ask a silly question...

2008-09-10 Thread Nishant Shah
Purple Rose of Cairo" or > > Federico Fellini's episode in "Boccaccio 70". Maybe I could also add > > the > > Marshmallow Man in "Ghostbusters", but I'm not sure). > > > > Any other examples? Also from different cultures? > > > > "Silly" or mocking answers will be welcome. But I wouldn't mind > > getting > > a few real suggestions. > > > > Thanks > > > > Giancarlo > > > > > > > > -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 0-9740074884

Re: [silk] The 100 most common English words

2008-09-07 Thread Nishant Shah
On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 8:52 AM, ss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 07 Sep 2008 12:27:27 pm Nishant Shah wrote: > > I was very > > surprised that God does not feature in the top 100 though > > did you try sh1t and f*ck? > > I am not going to be trying it my

Re: [silk] The 100 most common English words

2008-09-06 Thread Nishant Shah
ds > > C > > > > -- > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ravages > http://www.linkedin.com/in/ravages > http://www.selectiveamnesia.org/ > > +91-9884467463 > -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 0-9740074884

Re: [silk] Casual Hellos and Food

2008-08-29 Thread Nishant Shah
am hoping that the particular form of simpering, half apologetic smile accompanied by a vigorous shaking of the head is adequate :) Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 0-9740074884

Re: [silk] Casual Hellos and Food

2008-08-29 Thread Nishant Shah
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 2:30 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Nishant Shah [29/08/08 14:26 +0530]: > >> I am not very sure about the Chinese greeting. But only speaking from my >> experience in Taiwan, where I was for ten months. I did not find random

Re: [silk] Casual Hellos and Food

2008-08-29 Thread Nishant Shah
od was a part of the meeting up equation. The limited time I spent in Bangkok also did not have this particular phrase thrown at me apart from people who were directly responsible for my being there. > >srs > > Nishant Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Ban

Re: [silk] Casual Hellos and Food

2008-08-29 Thread Nishant Shah
is anxiety about having eaten comes from. Are there any 'natives' who have a more cultural explanation for why this happens? Is it at the level of the language, or hospitality, or cultural expression or what have you? Nishant (who writes long) -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate

Re: [silk] "Steve Jobs names God as successor"

2008-08-14 Thread Nishant Shah
ething >> less creative. > > I don't think Steve would think of God as sufficiently qualified. > > -- > Perry E. Metzger[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Because some sentiments never die : Nietzsche - "God is dead, and I have killed him." Notice absence

Re: [silk] And now blasts in Ahmedabad

2008-07-26 Thread Nishant Shah
o be no more wait and watch. It is very rattling, this feeling of >> sudden uncertainty, on streets that I had, in the past, roamed around >> freely. >> >> Nishant >> >> On 7/26/08, Venkat Mangudi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > What's going o

Re: [silk] Silk in evolution?

2008-06-16 Thread Nishant Shah
t; > I am almost sure there are a couple of rabid linguists, searching the phone directory for your name, even as I write, to throw exclaimation marks at you for that statement :) Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society

Re: [silk] Silk in evolution?

2008-06-16 Thread Nishant Shah
well qualified to comment on other Indian languages but at least with Gujarati, there is this very interesting process of cultural elipsis where the 'negative words' are generally only in the implication rather than in the utterance. Nishant P.S. I have no idea why "Betty bought

Re: [silk] Silk in evolution?

2008-06-15 Thread Nishant Shah
w of tongue twisters that use vowel sounds. Most of them play with consonants (at least the ones I know in English) and I have been wondering if there would be vowel based tongue twisters as well. Any suggestions? If not in English, in any other languages? I can't even think of any in Gujarat

Re: [silk] Silk in evolution?

2008-06-15 Thread Nishant Shah
ity, not really very high-brow either, but here is one of the few poems by Robert Frost that I like (and hence can't help quoting): Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So

Re: [silk] Crazy English in China

2008-05-02 Thread Nishant Shah
(except for the countries which we do not recognise) as valid proof of fluency in Mandarin. Um... if you are actually looking for a course in Bangalore, do let me know and I will give you the contact details for a fantastic instructor I have had the good fortune to know the last couple of years :)

Re: [silk] Crazy English in China

2008-05-02 Thread Nishant Shah
; > Udhay > > > > I must point out that I too have been learning Mandarin. +1 Add me to the list. Learned it for a year and now am trying hard to keep practicing. Nishant -- Nishant Shah Ph.D. Student, CSCS, Bangalore. Research & Development, COMAT, Bangalore. # 0-9740074884

Re: [silk] SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME

2008-03-26 Thread Nishant Shah
ortège, missing the > funeral entirely and leaving--they imagined--the old boy raging in his > coffin. > > (Alan Judd is a novelist, biographer, and former soldier and diplomat. > His latest book is "The Quest for C: Mansfield Cumming and the > Founding of the Secret Service [2]") > Intelligent Life | Copyright (c) The Economist Newspaper Limited 2007 > | All rights reserved | Disclaimer | Terms and conditions | > Intelligent Life magazine FAQs > Source URL: http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/node/897 > > Links: > [1] http://www.flickr.com/photos/kapungo/ > [2] > http://www.amazon.co.uk/Quest-Mansfield-Cumming-Founding-Service/dp/0006530257 > > -- Nishant Shah Ph.D. Student, CSCS, Bangalore. Research & Development, COMAT, Bangalore. # 0-9740074884

Re: [silk] Got this from the IIM-A egroup

2008-02-19 Thread Nishant Shah
ioned in the text? > > > > > > Who is Manu AB? Nothing about him/her > > Deepa. > > -- Nishant Shah Ph.D. Student, CSCS, Bangalore. Project Manager, COMAT, Bangalore. # 0-9740074884

Re: [silk] FREE RICE ... an amazing concept to harness the power of Internet advertising ...for a great cause ...

2007-12-18 Thread Nishant Shah
> Valsa...I just spent TWENTY minutes there and I hope that was enough > rice to feed at least one child! > > Thanks, will be visiting often. What an enjoyable way to do something > nice! > > Deepa. > > -- Nishant Shah Ph.D. Student, CSCS, Bangalore. Project Manager, COMAT, Bangalore. # 0-9740074884

Re: [silk] Amit Varma wins the Bastiat Prize

2007-10-25 Thread Nishant Shah
800 > > My food photos: http://flickr.com/photos/themadman > > > > > > > -- > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ravages > http://www.selectiveamnesia.org/ > http://chennai.metblogs.com > > +91-9884467463 > -- Nishant Shah Ph.D. Student, CSCS, Bangalore. Project Manager, COMAT, Bangalore. # 0-9740074884

Re: [silk] Introduction

2007-08-22 Thread Nishant Shah
l be traveling to Bangalore for the first time > > for FOSS.IN in December and Sun's Tech Days in February. So, I'd love to > > get to know more people in India since I hope to visit very often. More > > info at my bio: http://blogs.sun.com/jimgris/page/bio > > >

Re: [silk] Another n00b

2007-08-22 Thread Nishant Shah
on. You worked and then grew up? ;) Welcome aboard Nishant -- Nishant Shah Ph.D. Student, CSCS, Bangalore. Project Manager, COMAT, Bangalore. # 0-9341645206

[silk] And now, presenting...ipod suits

2007-07-05 Thread Nishant Shah
er if she could really look at him. Nishant -- Nishant Shah Ph.D. Student, CSCS, Bangalore. # +91-079-26405559

Re: [silk] not quite ready to eat

2007-05-30 Thread Nishant Shah
a curious tinny aftertaste. Everything's sitting in one solid lump somewhere inside me right now. Never again. -- ams -- Nishant Shah Ph.D. Student, CSCS, Bangalore. # +91-079-26405559

Re: [silk] Art, or what

2007-05-16 Thread Nishant Shah
ates that an > artist should have some idea of the reactions his art will provoke. If I, for > example, think that I have made it an art form to sexually assault my > neighbor's wife - I should have some inkling about what is coming at me, > apart from what may be coming out of me.

Re: [silk] Art, or what

2007-05-16 Thread Nishant Shah
n artist get? That may well be his real ability in art, more than painting. shiv -- Nishant Shah Ph.D. Student, CSCS, Bangalore. # +91-079-26405559

Re: [silk] Art, or what

2007-05-15 Thread Nishant Shah
ld). There are many things that offend us -unfortunately the notions of the bohemian artist and the blasphemous representations becomes a soft target to vent out our frustration at lack of control and our own realisation that God might be dead and that bastid Nietzsche has indeed killed It. Nishan

Re: [silk] Art, or what

2007-05-15 Thread Nishant Shah
shocks and art that sensationalises. Art should, per se, shock, inspire, inspire, leading you to different paradigms of the sublime. It is about seeking the most impossible, the improbable, and the disparate. -- Nishant Shah Ph.D. Student, CSCS, Bangalore. # +91-079-26405559

Re: [silk] Announcement: Barcamp Bangalore 3: SocialTech

2007-03-12 Thread Nishant Shah
aving Bangalore. Be that as it may... *shrugs shoulders* Nishant On 3/12/07, Kiran Jonnalagadda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 12-Mar-07, at 9:39 AM, Nishant Shah wrote: > The good news is > that they are now planning to make Bangalore Barcamp a quarterly > affair... > which means t

Re: [silk] Announcement: Barcamp Bangalore 3: SocialTech

2007-03-11 Thread Nishant Shah
ppens I shall be there with it. Thanks again, for the offer, warm regards Nishant On 3/12/07, Bruce Metcalf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Nishant Shah wrote: > Tread gently because you tread on my dreams? :) I would love it if > somebody could sponsor tickets *looks suspiciously at

Re: [silk] Announcement: Barcamp Bangalore 3: SocialTech

2007-03-09 Thread Nishant Shah
Tread gently because you tread on my dreams? :) I would love it if somebody could sponsor tickets *looks suspiciously at you* Are you swindling government money? Nishant On 3/9/07, Kiran Jonnalagadda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 09-Mar-07, at 5:44 PM, Nishant Shah wrote: > No

Re: [silk] Announcement: Barcamp Bangalore 3: SocialTech

2007-03-09 Thread Nishant Shah
09/barcampbangalore3 -- Kiran Jonnalagadda http://jace.seacrow.com/ -- Nishant Shah Ph.D. Student, CSCS, Bangalore. # +91-079-26405559

Re: [silk] looking for hindi => english translators

2007-02-27 Thread Nishant Shah
wrote: Completely non technical...! On 2/27/07, Deepa Mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Would this be all technical stuff? > > Deepa. > -- Nishant Shah Ph.D. Student, CSCS, Bangalore. Visiting Scholar, NCU, Taiwan. # 886-911-508346

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

2007-01-08 Thread Nishant Shah
ter example, but having discovered a full- bodied cockroach in the sambar at the Rajajinagar outlet once, I want to have nothing to do with that place either. -- Kiran Jonnalagadda http://jace.seacrow.com/ -- Nishant Shah Ph.D. Student, CSCS, Bangalore. Visiting Scholar, NCU, Taiwan. # 886-911-508346

Re: [silk] Introducing myself

2006-11-26 Thread Nishant Shah
-- Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business.<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=41244/*http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index> -- Nishant Shah Ph.D. Student, CSCS, Bangalore. Visiting Scholar, NCU, Taiwan. # 886-911-508346

Re: [silk] Karnataka shuts down 1416 english medium schools.

2006-10-01 Thread Nishant Shah
It suddenly struck me...does this affect your parents' school as well?NishantOn 9/28/06, Kiran Jonnalagadda < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:On 28/Sep/2006, at 9:42 PM, Devdas Bhagat wrote: > These schools were licensed to teach in Kannada as the primary> medium of> instruction. However, they were using

Re: [silk] Fwd: *Hit by headlines*

2006-09-02 Thread Nishant Shah
I went to my own old archives and just digged out, 'Mayor proposes ban on taking off clothes'. This was after the Pooja Bhatt on the Stardust cover issue. I had actually subbed for that article and had died a million deaths when I had to let it pass. For years afterwards, some friends with vicious

Re: [silk] Fwd: *Hit by headlines*

2006-09-01 Thread Nishant Shah
I can see you writing a sequel to Eats Shoots and Leaves. Awesome write up. Thanks a lot for that brilliant chuckle-a-line mail. As a stickler for grammar and spellings myself, I had the hardest time of my life working as a sub-ed for the TOI where headlines not only lack the correct meaning, somet

Re: [silk] Geographic spread

2006-08-02 Thread Nishant Shah
I'm in ahmedabad right now...will be in Taiwan starting September. nishantOn 8/2/06, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:This was intended as an admin-related post, but mutated along the way. The original intent: I wanted to post a gentle reminder to several ofthe newer members that silk is

Re: [silk] Introduction - new member

2006-07-16 Thread Nishant Shah
Hello sir, or should I say est tu Mekin? :) Welcome to the loony bin, where we sing loony tunes and hunt for bugs bunny in open season. Glad to see you here. One more space to keep in touch with you.As for the list of people, you will be surprised at how many you already know first hand and how man

Re: [silk] jews in india

2006-07-10 Thread Nishant Shah
Indeed. Esther's unbelievably brilliant novel "'The walled city" is also one of the most intriguing books on Ahmedabad. However, her collection of short stories, 'By the Sabarmati' leaves a lot to be desired. NishantOn 7/10/06, Savita Rao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Esther David writings(articles, b

Re: [silk] What is "retirement"?

2006-05-27 Thread Nishant Shah
For me retirement would simply mean continuing what I am doing right now - researching, writing, studying, working; 'cuz that's what I like doing the best- without worrying about things like funding and grants. I am currently doing almost everything I want to do with life and don't see why that sho

Re: [silk] About the play

2006-05-05 Thread Nishant Shah
em know if > anything turned up...here goes.>> The Indian National Theatre. My old theatre club from Ahmedabad -> Darpan, were in the ten finalists for the INT this season...I had> scripted the production and here is the news: >> Best original script - Nishant Shah, One Night, No Sta

Re: [silk] About the play

2006-05-03 Thread Nishant Shah
Thanks a lot buddy. I'll send a copy of the script tonight. the bloody connection is too slow to attach a document right now.NishantOn 5/3/06, Amoghavarsha JS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:dude, congrats and also send me the script Nishant Shah wrote:> Thanks Deepa, right now it still

Re: [silk] About the play

2006-05-03 Thread Nishant Shah
that cloud number nine and five minutes of fame are inextricably linked together.nishantOn 5/3/06, Deepa Mohan < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: congrats Nishant! Enjoy your time on cloud nine!On 5/3/06, Nishant Shah < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi,I have been travelling and completely swam

[silk] About the play

2006-05-03 Thread Nishant Shah
and here is the news:Best original script - Nishant Shah, One Night, No Stand. Best stage design - Devaki Dave, One Night, No Stand.Best ensemble cast - Darpan, One Night, No Stand.Best play, second runner up - One Night, No Stand. Director - Arpita Sanghvi; Producer - Darpana Academy of performing

Re: [silk] Today's meetup

2006-04-27 Thread Nishant Shah
I too shall have to leave by 9:30 ish...have all the packing to do and now as the date of departure is on the head, it doesnt sound as simple in the head as it had two days ago. The restaurant area is fine...we will look forward to that. I am gonna be arriving with Jace I think...hope to be there o

Re: [silk] Meet meet - Bangalore

2006-04-25 Thread Nishant Shah
On 4/25/06, Deepa Mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Madhu, I am a vegetarian and a non-liquor womanbut no known allergies to any vegetable that I know of, except "arbi" sometimes, and to some pineapples   Nishant...I have never been to Shiok before.Just read about it on all sorts of blogs

Re: [silk] Meet meet - Bangalore

2006-04-25 Thread Nishant Shah
No allergies...but a vegetarian by choice...at least for the time being, till I actually fly away to South East Asia for six months. NishantOn 4/25/06, Madhu Menon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Nishant Shah wrote:> Ha...you mean to suggest there are people who haven't yet been to the&g

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