Re: [silk] Politics and 'telepathy'

2016-01-28 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
ting in democracy + > converting a good bunch of the moderates on the cusp to vote for them. I > think Modi pulled it off beautifully dangling hindutva to those already > right wing and economic progress to those on the cusp. > > I think what Trump is doing is very very different an

Re: [silk] Not quite your dad's cup of tea

2015-12-09 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
ent. The liquor > is > > lighter and more reddish. All other conditions (tea used, time steeped) > are > > same. Any ideas? > > > > Udhay > > > > -- > > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((via phone)) > > > -- Ramakrishnan Sundaram | r.sunda...@gmail.com | +91 860 501 5851 --

[silk] Anyone in Manila?

2015-12-09 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
I'm in Makati, Manila till Saturday noon. Any Silklisters here? Ram

Re: [silk] "The world's most international city"

2015-08-22 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
creativity and that means > we can create more jobs, we can create a better social environment, we can > create more culture," says Sverrisson. Of course, being able to claim that > it is the most international city in the world will also be a huge boost to > its reputation. Still, Sverrisson also sees it as being a lot fun for all > involved. "If another city wants to challenge us, then that's awesome." > > > -- > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) > > -- Ramakrishnan Sundaram | r.sunda...@gmail.com | +91 860 501 5851 --

Re: [silk] Does The Landline Telephone Need An Heir In The Modern Age?

2015-06-24 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 12:53 PM, Aadisht Khanna wrote: > Or will I need > to use a third party dialer app? > You need an app. Also, the price on amazon.com is $92, so usual Indian vendor markup applies. Ram

Re: [silk] The least random number

2014-12-13 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
bout it? > > Udhay > > -- > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) > > -- Ramakrishnan Sundaram | r.sunda...@gmail.com | +91 860 501 5851 --

Re: [silk] Slacktivism

2014-08-25 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 22 August 2014 09:14, SS wrote: > question? Why ALS? Why not, for example, Pontine Glioma? > Maybe because ALS sounds like a serious disease? Pontine Glioma could very be the next Bond villain. Ram -- Ramakrishnan Sundaram | r.sunda...@gmail.com | +91 860 501 5851 --

Re: [silk] Easily forgotten phrases

2014-03-01 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
t both of us think that our knowledge of this phenomenon is > higher than it actually is. > > Udhay > -- > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) > > -- Ramakrishnan Sundaram | r.sunda...@gmail.com | +91 860 501 5851 --

Re: [silk] Why Hindutva is Like Dog Breeding

2014-02-03 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
d the puppies were 4 times bigger and 6 times more hungry. This > was the phase we started giving them away to people who wanted a pup. > Chi was very philosophical. As long as there were puppies she did her > job. As the numbers became smaller, she got more sleep. She did not fret > or mo

Re: [silk] Into the 5th power circle

2013-12-19 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
:) > > > The number of years Silk has existed when expressed as a power of 2 would > be higher than 4? > > Kiran > -- Ramakrishnan Sundaram | r.sunda...@gmail.com | +91 860 501 5851 --

Re: [silk] The weirdest languages

2013-07-08 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
> Black > Swans [1] like the Mule [2]. Curse you, Udhay, for that image of the Mule in a tutu en pointe.

Re: [silk] "Old book" smell

2013-06-18 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 19 June 2013 12:03, ashok_ wrote: > Someone should combine wine tasting with "smelling of old books" , to > determine which wine goes best with a Don Quixote publication from 1922 ... > There are other volatile organics that would go better with an old Don Quixote. Ram

Re: [silk] Fwd: Wine tasting is bullshit. Here's why.

2013-05-29 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 29 May 2013 18:39, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > The closest approximation to infinite threads (at least on silk) are > pun cascades. > Yoko. Here we go again. Ram

Re: [silk] Fwd: Wine tasting is bullshit. Here's why.

2013-05-24 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 24 May 2013 14:20, ashok_ wrote: > Any idea what kind of duty / taxes one may face if I carry a case of 6-7 > bottles of wine into India ? See http://www.cbec.gov.in/travellers.htm Wines and Beer * > BCD @100% + ACD NIL+ 3% education cess So 103%. Ram

Re: [silk] Fwd: Wine tasting is bullshit. Here's why.

2013-05-15 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 16 May 2013 05:08, Charles Haynes wrote: > Are you friends with an importer? Do you have a lot of friends that travel > > Indian wine import duties make it a daunting task. Using an importer adds other complications. Most wine imports to India do not seem to be in temperature-controlled conta

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

2013-04-25 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
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 men are taught from an early age, by movies, that sexual harassment and violence against

Re: [silk] How to Track a Mobile Phone Without the User Knowing | eHow.com

2013-04-12 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
the sender > by reply e-mail and destroy all copies and the original message. Any > unauthorized review, use, disclosure, distribution, forwarding, printing or > copying of this e-mail or attachment(s) in this e-mail is strictly prohibited > and may be unlawful. > -- Ramakrishnan Sundaram | r.sunda...@gmail.com | +91 860 501 5851 --

Re: [silk] Andy Deemer Does Bangalore Breakfast Joints

2013-01-29 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 29 January 2013 19:08, Sean Doyle wrote: > materials from food long ago and now focus on packaging. And we're now > working on the education system so that the eight year old mentality > persists into adulthood. > Judging by your media and your Congress, surely you've perfected that? If not,

Re: [silk] quiz help

2012-10-15 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 16 October 2012 02:04, Ramakrishnan Sundaram wrote: > As a Bambaiyya ex-colleague of mine used to say, gaand faadke darwaza bana > diya. I know, replying to oneself, and bad form, and all that sort of stuff... but I think that's one line where I could have added /rimshot. Ram

Re: [silk] quiz help

2012-10-15 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 15 October 2012 19:50, Bonobashi wrote: > Unkind, very. Silk-listers arrive at the list after sailing through their > work. We might make an exception for Shiv. The imagination boggles at the > thought of him sailing through HIS work. As a Bambaiyya ex-colleague of mine used to say, gaand fa

Re: [silk] quiz help

2012-10-15 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 15 October 2012 12:12, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > three silk-listers abstaining, ALL AT THE SAME TIME, from productive work. > > Ram, I believe that was your cue. What? You mean arachnis? Ram

Re: [silk] autoresponse weirdness

2012-10-12 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 12 October 2012 18:51, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay < sankarshan.mukhopadh...@gmail.com> wrote: > The fact that ICICI Lombard (or, their CS folks) haven't figured out > what to do with all these emails from the list is incredibly unreal ! > When any ICICI unit figures out what to do with genuine em

Re: [silk] Lytro

2012-09-26 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 27 September 2012 09:47, Deepa Mohan wrote: > One of the things that tickles me about this mailing list is the way > people, who could contribute best to a discussion, keep off it! > > That would be the end of internet discussion fora as we know them. Why kill inspired speculation with informe

Re: [silk] LOTR and Ayn Rand

2012-08-08 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 8 August 2012 12:24, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Udhay (first encountered LotR and Rand in high school, disliked both on sight) I read them both in high school as well. I found Rand hard to read, as you could see the point some 2000 words before she got there, but slogged through all her fiction

[silk] LOTR and Ayn Rand

2012-08-07 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
Read this today: There are two novels that can transform a bookish 14-year-kld’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish daydream that can lead to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood in which large chunks of the day are spent inventing ways to make real li

Re: [silk] Fwd: Re: Just So Stories

2012-07-14 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
> From: Deepa Mohan > Is whimsey the right (er, Kipling British) spelling or it is whimsy? I https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Peter_Wimsey

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

2012-07-13 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 14 July 2012 11:19, Bonobashi wrote: > You've just proved You Know Who right. So Shiv is Voldemort, now?

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

2012-07-13 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 14 July 2012 03:09, Bonobashi wrote: > Persian was not only the court of language but the language of Silver surfer moment? Ram

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

2012-07-13 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 13 July 2012 21:47, Bonobashi wrote: > I can't bear the burden. > This really belongs to Ram and functional equivlents. You're on your own. I tend to squirm most often at things I say, rather than things others say. So I'm a recursed Maculayite? Udhay, how about that for a band name? Ram

Re: [silk] got my chilies

2012-06-10 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 11 June 2012 00:47, Eugen Leitl wrote: > Been there, done that. No, this is just for shits and giggles. I can vouch for the first part. Ram

Re: [silk] Good God!

2012-06-10 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 10 June 2012 17:17, Bharath Chari wrote: > If atheists and other nonbelievers > were represented fairly, you would expect about 50 in the US Congress and > another 50,000 at State and local level. > > In 2007, the Secular Coalition for America tried to find them. They found > only five. I susp

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

2012-05-06 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 6 May 2012 11:03, Bonobashi wrote: > Do you remember Shiv's epic first post 'after coming out'? No. Do tell us about Shiv coming out. Ram --

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

2012-05-06 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
'm sure Mahesh (Murthy) has an opinion on that. (cf. Udhay, Shuriken, the throwing around of) Ram -- Ramakrishnan Sundaram | r.sunda...@gmail.com | +91 860 501 5851 --

Re: [silk] India: global mobility

2012-04-18 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 18 April 2012 23:23, Deepak Shenoy wrote: > apply to all. (Except those with parole violations etc. of course) Does India even have parole to violate? I thought the poor and unconnected are guilty till proven otherwise, and the rich and connected are innocent as you can't prove otherwise. I h

Re: [silk] India: global mobility

2012-04-18 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 18 April 2012 20:56, salil tripathi wrote: > system. If you wear suits, have credit cards, and speak english and work for > mncs, one queue; if you look like a construction worker, go to the back of > the line. I used to live in the UAE, and had to travel often to Saudi Arabia. The first time

Re: [silk] The facebook experiment

2012-03-30 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
Yes. Sent from my BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Deepa Mohan Sender: silklist-bounces+r.sundaram=gmail@lists.hserus.net Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 22:18:11 To: Reply-To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] The facebook experiment On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 5:28 PM, Udhay S

[silk] Aakar Patel's throwing Shuriken again

2012-03-30 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
Udhay has a pet phrase, "throwing Shuriken in all directions", that reflects both his conversational gambit and his love of cheesy Hong Kong flicks. Nothing exemplies this better than Aakar Patel's latest column in livemint, http://www.livemint.com/Articles/2012/03/29200444/Why-it-is-better-to-li

Re: [silk] Airtel 3G

2012-02-05 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
In Gurgaon, coverage was about 80% over 6 months, and call drops about 9%. And this is largely at home. Airtel's by no means great, but after 4 months in Goa, I'm missing them. Idea has no clue and overcharges, BSNL no network. Ram Sent from my BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Adity

Re: [silk] My Airtel Saga

2011-10-24 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
t works at Pinstorm. Mahesh, you might get them to do something about that standard "sense" feedback that @airtel_presence sends out. It's annoying. Ram -- Ramakrishnan Sundaram | r.sunda...@gmail.com | +91 860 501 5851 --

[silk] Red-letter day: I agree with Arundhati Roy

2011-08-21 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
I could never imagine the day would come when I actually agree with anything Ms Roy wrote. He's her op-ed in The Hindu today: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article2379704.ece?css=print I'd rather not be Anna Arundhati Roy The Hindu Arundhati Roy. File photo While his means maybe Gandhian

Re: [silk] India's Selective Rage Over Corruption

2011-08-19 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 19 August 2011 19:10, Kragen Javier Sitaker wrote: > > Are all viewpoints you don't agree with generalisations? > > All viewpoints are generalizations! > And if you don't agree with them, they're nonsense. Ram

Re: [silk] Subramanian Swamy

2011-08-05 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
Thaths: Surely a Manikutti Chechi would chime or tinkle, not strike? Sockpuppets would thud, I presume. Ram Ramakrishnan Sundaram | +919971727578 -Original Message- From: Thaths Sender: silklist-bounces+r.sundaram=gmail@lists.hserus.net Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 07:21:34 To: Reply

Re: [silk] fish^N

2011-06-03 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 3 June 2011 13:59, Indrajit Gupta wrote: > > What kind of racist bad-taste remark is that, talking about Bongs weighing > in? > > And Shirley, Bongs are not evaluated on their weight, are they? I can imagine assessing them on efficiency, on the chances of accidentally swallowing water, on plau

Re: [silk] ADMIN: What is top posting, and why should you avoid it?

2011-05-18 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
So do I. And gmail. I blame gmail too. Ram Ramakrishnan Sundaram | +919971727578 -Original Message- From: salil tripathi Sender: silklist-bounces+r.sundaram=gmail@lists.hserus.net Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 08:20:46 To: Reply-To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] ADMIN

Re: [silk] Sidin Vadukut - Introduction

2011-05-18 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
You're here too? Maybe there's now a quorum for a Gurgaon/Delhi silkmeet? Ram Ramakrishnan Sundaram | +919971727578 -Original Message- From: Priyanka Sachar Sender: silklist-bounces+r.sundaram=gmail@lists.hserus.net Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 11:47:42 To: Reply-To

Re: [silk] Sidin Vadukut - Introduction

2011-05-17 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
March on, nothing to see here. Apols for top posting, bleddy blackberry. Ram Ramakrishnan Sundaram | +919971727578 -Original Message- From: Lahar Appaiah Sender: silklist-bounces+r.sundaram=gmail@lists.hserus.net Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 09:28:11 To: Reply-To: silklist

Re: [silk] A crisis of confidence

2011-03-30 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 30 March 2011 23:27, Deepa Mohan wrote: > I do keep saying that the English language is evolving, and spellings keep > changing...but surely, it can't take all that much extra effort to type > "you" instead of "u"...and "by the way" instead of "btw"especially if > words like "boastful" a

Re: [silk] Pseudopregnancy

2011-03-17 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 17 March 2011 18:27, Deepa Mohan wrote: > either a dog has been visiting her in a shower of gold, like Zeus did with > Danae > Deepa, I hate to shatter your cherished notions, or to question the abilities of Greek gods, but golden showers do not, as far as I am aware, result in pregnancy. R

Re: [silk] Japan

2011-03-17 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
r than you. IG, though only a simple Gupta full of Doshes, may be able to refine this method. Ram Ramakrishnan Sundaram | +919971727578

Re: [silk] New Hottest Chili

2011-02-21 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 21 February 2011 13:21, Deepa Mohan wrote: > Why is Silk obsessed by the Hottest Chili? And what's the fun of burning >> one's tongue off? I like my spices, but only to the extent that I can >> tolerate them. The little Andhra chillies I get in the market are quite >> enough for my "puli molag

Re: [silk] Silk, the interactive edition

2011-01-18 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 18 January 2011 18:14, Biju Chacko wrote: > > > You remember Pliny the Elder? Tell us more. > > Wasn't he the guy who was com-Pliny-ing all the time? Yes, his usual rant was "Βγείτε γκαζόν μου!" Ram

Re: [silk] Silk, the interactive edition

2011-01-18 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 18 January 2011 13:41, Deepa Mohan wrote: > I remember some Pliny the Elder grousing over the lack of respect and > slothfulness of the young > > You remember Pliny the Elder? Tell us more. Ram

Re: [silk] The republic of fear

2011-01-12 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 12 January 2011 19:31, ss wrote: > Who cares. The Pakistani elte need to be kiilled or driven to exile. > Pakistan > Pah. Salman Taseer killed? Good riddance. Hope to seee Sherry Rehman killed > next. So killing people you dislike is fine by you? Are you still practicing, by the way? Ram

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

2011-01-04 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 4 January 2011 16:40, Biju Chacko wrote: > This is exactly what bothered me -- other than believing the salesguy, > how can you tell whether your new lenses _are_ anti-glare, scratch > resistant and what-not? You can't, at least not easily and cheaply. Like many other things today, you have

Re: [silk] Rent a White Guy - Confessions of a fake businessman from Beijing

2010-12-23 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 24 December 2010 07:54, ss wrote: > Rent a White Guy - Confessions of a fake businessman from Beijing Companies in the Middle East have 'token whites' all the time, white expats in good suits who come for the first meeting. Ram

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

2010-12-15 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 15 December 2010 22:27, Vinayak Hegde wrote: > In the spirit of thread hijacking ;-) , what are the travel sites that > silklisters use for travel research ? matrix2.itasoftware.com. Love being able to generate booking codes and sending to travel agent! Ram

Re: [silk] Diaspora

2010-12-15 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 15 December 2010 22:16, Indrajit Gupta wrote: > > How about those who only use their various Hotmail IDs ONLY to talk to Silk? That would count as sheer trollery. Waitaminnit. Vanavasis cohabit with trolls, don't they? While on that, can you please fix your Yahoo settings so that it doesn't

Re: [silk] US prof behind EVM study deported on arrival

2010-12-15 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 15 December 2010 20:04, Eugen Leitl wrote: > - Forwarded message from Frederick Noronha > - > US prof behind EVM study deported on arrival > An American computer scientist, J Alex Halderman, who had co-authored > a study titled “India’s EVMs are vulnerable to fraud”, was not allowed

Re: [silk] Diaspora

2010-12-15 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 15 December 2010 15:50, Venkatesh Hariharan wrote: > We are a bunch of happy campers tonight :-) Diaspora is so very alpha, though. Ram

Re: [silk] Lurkers, hidden audiences, and public archives

2010-12-15 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 15 December 2010 15:31, Shoba Narayan wrote: > But I want to find out if anyone else on this list shares my views.  When I > was invited into Silk by Dr. Shiv Sastry maybe two years ago, I didn't > realize that all its archives were in the open domain. > > Now that I know this, I might hiberna

Re: [silk] Diaspora

2010-12-15 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 15 December 2010 15:43, Deepa Mohan wrote: > I'm sure there will be people on this list who have 3-letter hotmail > ids.how many of you use hotmail now? I'm not sure that wouldn't be grounds for summary removal from silk. Hotmail accounts, I mean, not three letter ids. Ram

Re: [silk] Diaspora

2010-12-14 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 15 December 2010 12:35, Ramakrishnan Sundaram wrote: > Share handles, please, so we can have a silklist aspect to play around with? Oh, mine is ...@joindiaspora.com. Ram

Re: [silk] Diaspora

2010-12-14 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 15 December 2010 12:28, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > OK, I'm out of invites. But I think the people I invited will have ~5 > invites each now. So those who still want invites, ask on the list. > > Share handles, please, so we can have a silklist aspect to play around with? Ram

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

2010-10-27 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 27 October 2010 15:01, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Both the description of the trip itself by said individual, and the > vigorous argument it provoked on this list, are entertaining. [1] Do you actually remember _every_ single discussion on silk? I had forgotten when exactly he had come. From th

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

2010-10-26 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 26 October 2010 17:19, Badri Natarajan wrote: > > Nowadays airlines check visas of everyone boarding a plane to most countries > because otherwise the government of the country in which the plane lands will > impose a fine for allowing someone to get on the plane without checking their > vis

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

2010-10-26 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 26 October 2010 14:18, Mahesh Murthy wrote: > If it gives you any consolation, I (an Indian citizen resident in India) am > in the process of renewing my US visit visa. > The cost is higher, the form is longer, the questions are more onerous and If you have a problem with the form, pray that y

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

2010-10-26 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 26 October 2010 14:55, Sriram Karra wrote: > This guy appears spoiled from not having to fill out too many visa > applications. About ten years ago, my then employer, a large telco, asked me to organise a series of lectures by "tech celebrities" to publicise the launch of a new ISP. I duly in

Re: [silk] Music question

2010-10-07 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 7 October 2010 17:48, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > I'm curious. How many of you listen to music as a single-tasking > activity? Or at least, the primary foreground activity? And what > differentiates that from other modes of listening to music? > > > Me. I find listening to music when doing somet

Re: [silk] Techno-literacy and its implications

2010-10-05 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 5 October 2010 14:20, Biju Chacko wrote: > There are many Indians on this list who do not have a University > education, myself included. > > And some who have one, nominally, despite attending only one year out of the three it usually takes. Ram

Re: [silk] Techno-literacy and its implications

2010-10-04 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 5 October 2010 09:41, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > HmmKeith..there is at least one person on this list, who grew up in > > urban India, who did not go to college...I learnt this fact only > yesterday, > > Not sure who this is - I can think of several on this list. :) > > A certain double-b

Re: [silk] FSM-janmabhoomi

2010-10-04 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
Oh, I forgot to add that sacred cows make the best burgers, and that Onanism is a festival celebrated by all Mallu men. Which brings us back full circle to Biju. Ram

Re: [silk] FSM-janmabhoomi

2010-10-04 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 4 October 2010 20:27, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > [1] This line added to preempt Ram. > You can't preempt Ram. He is a legal person born 4000 years ago, and now has a court judgement to prove it. Even physical structures can't preempt him, as a bunch of monkeys proved 18 years ago. Chuck Norris

Re: [silk] Chennai meetup?

2010-09-02 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 2 September 2010 18:33, Deepa Mohan wrote: > "nAn pOyinNdEy irukkEn!" Isn't that what you'd yell when someone bangs on the door? Ram

Re: [silk] A Mathematical Model of Sentimental Dynamics Accounting for Marital Dissolution

2010-08-30 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 31 August 2010 06:46, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > This early in the morning, I can't tell if this is for real or not. Candidate for AIR? http://improbable.com/airchives/miniair/ Ram

Re: [silk] Parenting rewires dads as well

2010-08-18 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 19 August 2010 10:49, Deepa Mohan wrote: > But my qualification still remains...the internal wiring seems to change > only if the fact of fatherhood is accepted. Something that tends to support your argument, Deepa - Levi Johnston. Ram

Re: [silk] Parenting rewires dads as well

2010-08-17 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 18 August 2010 11:12, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > I recall having a discussion with Shiv on this topic when my daughter > was born. Intuitively, it feels true given my experiences over the > past 5 years. Any thoughts from others? I remember having this conversation with Shiv before my son, now 1

Re: [silk] Population problem? What population problem?

2010-05-17 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 18 May 2010 07:02, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Venky (the second) and I attempted to convince Biju to use our modified > Mallu Name Generator Algorithm. Failing which, a "name Biju's kid" > contest on silk. He wasn't biting. Wuss. I must say, Biju, that you could have gone ahead with this, just t

Re: [silk] mallus drink heavily .. news at 11, on the bbc

2010-03-12 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 12 March 2010 13:48, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > How much of this is because of the lack of opportunity and > unemployment in Kerala? I grew up in an alcoholic town that quit its Having lived there eight years, I think living in Kerala is in itself reason to drive anyone to the strongest narc

Re: [silk] a "big step" for linux?

2010-03-04 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 4 March 2010 20:06, Pranesh Prakash wrote: > (And whatever > happened to the Renaissance women?) Don't know about the Renaissance, but if it's Baroque women you're looking for, try an image search for "BBW". Wouldn't recommend it, though. Ram

Re: [silk] Fire in Carlton Towers

2010-02-23 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 23 February 2010 18:43, Biju Chacko wrote: > Silklister Jace is tweeting from inside: > > http://twitter.com/jackerhack > > Hope he gets out ok ... He did, and is now on NDTV. Ram

Re: [silk] admin note on silklist postings

2010-01-26 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
2010/1/27 Udhay Shankar N : > PS: I am shocked, shocked that I beat Ram to the draw on this one. His > Smith & Wosname must be on the blink. Ab-duct-ed by aliens, obviously. I'm studiously ig-noring the member who raised a question about his dicta.

Re: [silk] admin note on silklist postings

2010-01-26 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
2010/1/27 Udhay Shankar N : >> As a courtesy to other members, also please avoid top-posting [1] and HTML >> mail. ... > Well, I had the newer members in mind, but if the shoe fits... So are we making a distinction here between members and staff? Ram

Re: [silk] Of Google, Maps, China and Arunachal

2010-01-19 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
2010/1/20 Mahesh Murthy : > 2.5 And as an aside, the Google Maps vs Google Earth issue is one of dynamic > content vs fixed content. ... > Google Earth which will probably need to look the same to all viewers > worldwide - much like a Nat Geo atlas. And in these cases, any publisher Google Earth

Re: [silk] Narayan Dutt Tiwari

2009-12-27 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
2009/12/28 ss : > No dabauchery. Dabau Cherry? That sounds like something he was doing with those three women. Ram

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

2009-11-30 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
2009/11/30 Deepa Mohan : > that the children of the repats, born and raised in the US,face when trying May I submit that "repat" is derogatory, as it implies someone shipped home at the expense of the GoI? I propose "cowpat" instead. Ram

Re: [silk] Why is Indian English so floral?

2009-11-25 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
2009/11/25 ss : > higher level than the brown sahib was the same diference that kept the brown > > For Ram that means sauce for the goose, sauce for the gaandmaster. Brown sahib, gaandmaster... what are you really trying to say? Ram

Re: [silk] Why is Indian English so floral?

2009-11-24 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
2009/11/25 Deepa Mohan : > now to figure out what all THAT means! Get Udhay started on exclusionary mechanisms. Ram

Re: [silk] Why is Indian English so floral?

2009-11-24 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
2009/11/25 ss > > (Chaudvin ka chand) Is that what it is? All these years I was under the impression that it was Chaudhary ka Gaand. But then I'm only a Madraasi. Ram

Re: [silk] Capitalism's martyred hero

2009-11-13 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
2009/11/13 Udhay Shankar N : > why doesn't India listen to her, Suri said this: "Yes, we are very proud > of Ms Roy; she is a famous writer of fiction." Well played, sir. Ram

Re: [silk] Ombaba gets Nobel peace

2009-10-09 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
2009/10/10 Udhay Shankar N : > The one single thing that (for me) pushes her beyond the pale is this: > her virulent opposition, in both word and deed, to birth control - to > some of the most desperately poor people in the world. Uncounted This is like saying you dislike credit card companies fo

Re: [silk] Help with Dell Latitude D630

2009-10-08 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
> work. Quite likely that i installed them in the wrong order. The correct order is here: http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/en/document?&docid=1A0C0937D62A8739E0401E0A55174744 Ram

Re: [silk] Gender on Silk

2009-10-04 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
2009/10/4 Madhu Menon : > I implore you > to watch the episode of the UK series "Coupling" titled "The woman with two > breasts". Coupling is available - all 4 seasons, some 25 or so episodes - on bittorrent. It's worth watching the whole thing. One of the funniest serials I've ever seen. Adding

Re: [silk] Interview Questions

2009-09-08 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
friend Chalapathy, Shiv? Ram Ramakrishnan Sundaram | r.sunda...@gmail.com | +91 99 717 27578

Re: [silk] "Function" [was Chennai Silk Meet on the 29th?]

2009-08-26 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
; for cooked white rice. It was there that I discovered the joys of > > Barotta > Japathi > Gurma > Beep > Fraans > Botato jips > Chigan pry > pish pry > Frett and yugs for breakfast, sometimes dinner too. > > shiv > > ** Ram - any doubts about how the word "mess" came to be used? > > > > -- Sent from my mobile device Ramakrishnan Sundaram | r.sunda...@gmail.com | +91 99 717 27578 --

Re: [silk] "Function" [was Chennai Silk Meet on the 29th?]

2009-08-25 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
Maama, not mama, is what he said. Veshti and filter coffee, not pasta and espresso. On 26/08/2009, Deepa Mohan wrote: > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Ramakrishnan Sundaram > wrote: > >> 2009/8/26 Udhay Shankar N >> > >> > as that evening is one of the functi

[silk] "Function" [was Chennai Silk Meet on the 29th?]

2009-08-25 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
2009/8/26 Udhay Shankar N > > as that evening is one of the functions I'm > coming into town for. I'm fascinated by this usage; I've only seen it in Indian English. Any ideas on how "function" came to mean "event"? It may be "a function" as in "a do". Ram

Re: [silk] burning is polluting

2009-08-22 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
2009/8/22 Indrajit Gupta > > Please come off line, onto a chat window. > You want all of silk to do that? Ram

Re: [silk] Can't seem to find the word

2009-08-07 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
2009/8/7 Deepa Mohan : >> More like creation--on the theory that creating a husband is the >> opposite of ending a wife. > > hmbut isn't marriage the creation of both a husband and a wife, Jeremy? See, I was right all along. Ram

Re: [silk] Can't seem to find the word

2009-08-05 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
2009/8/5 Deepa Mohan : > What is the precise antonym for "uxoricide"? And don't tell me that wives > don't murder their husbands, I've come close to it many times... "Marriage" Ram

Re: [silk] Forensic Anthropology

2009-07-29 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
2009/7/29 Christopher Kelty : > indeed, forensic anthro is well established, and generally involves skills > from physical anthro and archaeology as well as a detective's sense of At least well established in the world of TV police procedurals. The TV series "Bones", now five seasons old, has an e

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