Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2015

> > > On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Aadisht Khanna > wrote: > > > Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy - I took two years to finish this, but > > enjoyed > > > it far more in 2015 than 2014. Tolstoy has this under-the-surface mild > > > sarcasm that suddenly leaps out, bites, and

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2015

> > > Besides the translations, another problem is that publishers put out > edited/abridged versions of classics with cover material that doesn't > mention this. I had a great time this year chomping through ~1500 > pages of the original anonymous English translation of Count of Monte > Cristo.

Re: [silk] Books of 2012

On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 5:59 AM, SK sk.l...@gmail.com wrote: I am visiting India now and would like to go back with a bag of great books that are harder to find at the likes of Amazon. I realise that it is still too early in the year to ask for a best of 2012 list but I am sure the

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2011

My favourite book this year was Neera Adarkar's brilliant anthology, Galleries of Life: The Chawls of Mumbai. Of more general interest, I thought Aman Sethi's A Free Man was outstanding, as will Naresh Fernandes' Taj Mahal Foxtrot (out later this month) be. Also, if you enjoy poetry you may like

Re: [silk] Niall Ferguson v Pankaj Mishra: battle of the historians

When I've had occasion to look at Ferguson's forays into economics, they seem almost embarrassingly incompetent. He has a truly impressive ego and a lack of understanding to match. Mishra's cold response to Ferguson's complaint about being misunderstood is perfectly accurate in relation to

Re: [silk] Mumbai silkmeet May 6?

I'd love to meet on the 6th. Anywhere in Bandra West except Mia Cucina, please. Supriya Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel -Original Message- From: Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com Sender: silklist-bounces+supriya.nair=gmail@lists.hserus.net Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 15:03:14 To: Silk

Re: [silk] The republic of fear

On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Ramakrishnan Sundaram r.sunda...@gmail.com wrote: Will there be a day when an Indian will be faced with mortal danger from a young hardliner because he is considered 'anti-national?' I know this column is pegged to the Taseer murder, but surely Indians

Re: [silk] Book recommendations

On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Supriya Nair supriya.n...@gmail.comwrote: Heh, I hadn't caught up on this thread then, but I warned Thaths away from Daniyal Mueenuddin just yesterday. 'In other rooms' is interesting because it's not often one finds English writing that deals with the daily

Re: [silk] Book recommendations

Random House has just published the first two translations in their new Classics series, both from the Bengali: one is Bankim's Durgeshnandini, which is widely considered the first novel written in an Indian language. The other is called Three Women and is a collection of three Tagore novellas. I

Re: [silk] Diaspora

supr...@joindiaspora.com. /wave On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Ramakrishnan Sundaram r.sunda...@gmail.com wrote: On 15 December 2010 12:35, Ramakrishnan Sundaram r.sunda...@gmail.com wrote: Share handles, please, so we can have a silklist aspect to play around with? Oh, mine is

Re: [silk] The subaltern studies collective?

(Apologies for top-posting, via phone) If a lay reader's criticism of a theorist's language is legitimate, is a layperson equally right to criticise technical language in a scientific discussion that her education has not equipped her to follow, as obtuse? If so, can I bring up the criticism

Re: [silk] The subaltern studies collective?

On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 7:43 PM, Sruthi Krishnan srukr...@gmail.com wrote: I think that in technology and science, jargon has a precise definition -- a two or three line explanation that has no room for ambiguity. On the other hand take some cultural theory that invents new language to

Re: [silk] The subaltern studies collective?

I'm not alone in calling her language obtuse - her fellow post-modernists (I don't think it's very nice to take a commonly understood term like modern and overlay it with a specific technical meaning, I hate this about Agile programmers too, who I usually abhor, but that's for another thread)

Re: [silk] Ten toughest books to read

*4. The Waste Land, T.S. Eliot:* This tremendously dense modernist poem is told in five parts and abruptly shifts between characters, time, place, and languages (English, Latin, Greek, German, and Sanskrit) with nothing more than the reader’s own erudition to make the connection between passages.

Re: [silk] Wikipedia on the decline

On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 02:59:27PM +0530, Kiran K Karthikeyan wrote: Just came across this article [1] which talks about the accelerating decline in the number of contributors. Whats interesting is the reason, that it is turning out to be a hostile environment due to the amount of debate

Re: [silk] Capitalism's martyred hero

Especially liked the plug at the end - Even if John Galt is under threat once again in the West, he is back in business in China and India. True? [1] http://www.economist.com/books/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14698215 Foreign Policy magazine alleged the same thing a couple of weeks ago. They

Re: [silk] Capitalism's martyred hero

Similar to how after Gladiator (the movie) came out, there was a surge in sales of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations and a renewed interest in history that resulted in Troy, Alexander etc. I was going to say something about how it seemed these self-sustaining cycles in the pop culture industry

[silk] green hunt and greenbacks

Udhay's Facebook update with this New York Times link on an India 'awash in foreign investment'http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/14/business/global/14rupee.html?_r=2prompted me to note - tangentially, of course - that this comes out the same week in which

Re: [silk] Alternative careers

City blogger. On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Lahar Appaiah thew...@gmail.com wrote: Cricket journalist. On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: Resurrecting an old thread: I am curious whether the above sentiment is still held by Thaths and others -

Re: [silk] Alternative careers

And habitual bottom-poster. Apologies. -- roswitha.tumblr.com

Re: [silk] And all the yankees go OM!

I want to know how many advocates of cremation, vegetarianism and so on explicitly stated or were aware of its implications of Hinduism (for the value of Hinduism assumed by the writer). Surely (electronic) cremation is gaining popularity because it's less of a bother on several levels than

Re: [silk] And all the yankees go OM!

Maybe some gentle Rajan Zed influences shaped this piece? On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Aadisht Khanna aadisht.gro...@gmail.comwrote: On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Supriya Nair supriya.n...@gmail.com wrote: I want to know how many advocates of cremation, vegetarianism and so

Re: [silk] India: A History by John Keay

Tangentially, has anyone read Keay's China history, and would you recommend it to a lay reader? On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Aadisht Khanna aadisht.gro...@gmail.comwrote: On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Indrajit Gupta bonoba...@yahoo.co.in wrote: Dalrymple as historian? Well,

Re: [silk] And all the yankees go OM!

On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Kiran K Karthikeyan kiran.karthike...@gmail.com wrote: How many Hindus who follow such practices know? Are you saying it necessary to know this before being considered as belonging to a faith? If so, I would think the followers of most faiths can't be

Re: [silk] QotD

I believe that irony and sarcasm have little constructive value in the long run of a dialogue, and moreover that nine times out of ten the ironic or sarcastic comment is never as germane to an issue as the commenter thinks it is. But I love it when it's well-done, nonetheless. And in two

Re: [silk] Bangalore Meetup on May 16?

*I'm not even one of Andheri's 5000 most powerful people * Only the chaps who know how to grab window seats on the Churchgate trains count for that, presumably. On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Amit Varma amitbl...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Udhay Shankar N

Re: [silk] Meetup in Bombay?

I'm going to have a long breather between exams after the 25th, so if that works, yes please. On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Devdas Bhagat dev...@dvb.homelinux.orgwrote: On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 04:41:41PM +0530, gabin kattukaran wrote: hi, Are any of the Bombay based silk listers

Re: [silk] On self-improvement

In fashion magazines, self-improvement is about products, as well as strategies. You could argue that sex quizzes and tips on how to acquire a 16-inch waist form basic text-based methods that offer enlightenment/improvement on consumption, much like a book with a six-step process for success - in

Re: [silk] Prime Ministerial candidate

Not to say that current reality is in any way excusable, but I shudder to think of the implications of a unilateral power centre in this democracy. Tangentially, Perry Anderson has been writing polished analyses of the decay of parliamentary democracy in Italy in the London Review of Books: he

Re: [silk] Twitter users

I'm curious to know if most Twitterers on this list use it via their phone. Do desktop[/etc.] users use it as a substitute for Facebook/blogging, or is it complementary to those experiences? I would use my own Twitter account a lot more if I were a mobile Internet user, I feel - its functions

Re: [silk] Fwd: Favourite books read in 2008

Follows- Supriya Nair [13/01/09 19:27 +0530]: I also enjoyed the five books so far in Naomi Novik's *Temeraire* series, a fantasy in which the Napoleonic Wars are fought with dragons. The style is bracing, the action exquisite, and the moral and emotional weight of the books

Re: [silk] can't accuse them of being timely

I wasn't aware that Catholic teachings in the States trod the Proddie line on this count? For some reason I was under the impression that Creationism is a preoccupation particular to [some] Protestant sects in the United States. Several Catholic friends have told me that their church discussions

Re: [silk] Fwd: Favourite books read in 2008

worthy literary fiction, this type of hero repels me utterly. [cf. That boy in *Catcher In The Rye*, much drama/literature produced in England between 1955-1970.] On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 8:25 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: Supriya Nair wrote, [on 1/13/2009 7:27 PM]: [Although my best

Re: [silk] Pet Peeves and Pedantry, was: How Risky Is India?

I was going to say that I fail to understand why any of this is particularly bothersome, but then I remembered my own feelings of helpless frustration on being confronted with the word 'revert' in a professional email when the sender means 'respond,' and I begin to feel some sympathy. On Fri, Dec

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

Contradict all assumptions that RR's has nothing for the vegetarian. It was home plate for me for the couple of years I lived in Hyd, and I owe much of my fond recollections of Andhra food to it. You must ask for podi and ghee to eat with the rice. On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 8:23 PM, [EMAIL

Re: [silk] Mumbai silklisters OK?

Unharmed in body. Word of the shootings started coming in just as I left the area [I work in Colaba and was at an exhibition at the Bombay Store until late last evening]. It feels like a miracle that everyone I know is safe. On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 8:24 AM, Danese Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [silk] Lyrics for song by Avial

Their CD liner notes have loose prose translations of all the songs, but not lyrics that you can sing along with. I don't remember it exactly, but as far as I can make out the first verse of 'Karukara' is about the black clouds under which caparisoned elephants take the goddess' procession out

Re: [silk] Liberal Pranksters Hand Out Times Spoof

It reminded me of Julia Vinograd's poem, Ginsberg: http://www.liespeopletell.com/Julia.htm On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 8:35 PM, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gautam John wrote, [on 11/13/2008 6:09 PM]: This is pretty damn cool... And it's a collectable already:

Re: [silk] Cory in xkcd

I briefly wondered if oversize sunglasses and a crimson silk scarf would provide a quietly ironic replacement, but the office closets didn't yield anything suitable. On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 8:01 AM, Perry E. Metzger [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Cory Doctorow [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Danese

Re: [silk] URGENT: Dinner tonight at 8:30, not 7PM!

Cory, how long are you in Mumbai for? On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 3:50 PM, Amit Varma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone for meeting up at Mondegear at 7, then moving to Koyla for dinner? . Sure. -- Amit Varma http://www.indiauncut.com -- roswitha.tumblr.com

Re: [silk] Any interest in dinner in Mumbai on Tues?

I will pop in and introduce myself properly, then. This is far too close to work. Cheers, Supriya. On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Amit Varma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How about at Koyla in Colaba, on top of the Gulf Hotel on Arthur Bander road? That's pretty close to my hotel...

Re: [silk] Muslim Heavy Metal

I assume several on this list have heard Avialhttp://www.phat-phish.com/avial/? They are still a novelty rather than a trend - although I heard of at least a couple Bengali-only rock bands when I was bunking in Cal - and while everyone I know in Mumbai and Delhi love their music, regardless of

Re: [silk] QotD

and accommodate them. It's a marvel. A marvel! Supriya. On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 12:16 PM, Deepa Mohan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Supriya Nair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I share some of your distaste for the critical venting of spleen, Deepa, but I think

Re: [silk] QotD

there is with Mr Knightley and Colonel Brandon.] On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 6:36 PM, Deepa Mohan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 1:33 PM, Supriya Nair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I see what you mean about snark SNARK!!! The very word I was looking for. *beam* It's great to meet

Re: [silk] QotD

Turin and Tania Sanchez' book of perfume criticism is something I have wanted to read since the minute I read this review of the bookhttp://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2008/03/10/080310crbo_books_lanchester?printable=true . That, it turns out, is relatively mild, as their criticisms go.

Re: [silk] QotD

of press-release perfume descriptions mean zilch - the emotional and intellectual consideration attached to [some of] these reviews keeps me more interested. Supriya. On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 1:02 AM, Deepa Mohan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 12:32 AM, Supriya Nair [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [silk] romance and reading

The Guardian had a blog on the attractiveness of book lovers a couple of years ago, spun off a poll about what people noticed most about others: http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/culturevulture/archives/2006/08/01/i_bet_you_look.html I enjoyed the blog and the responses immensely at the time: what I

Re: [silk] if all the music were free

Touching. If only loving music was the sole prerequisite for making it well. The blogosphere is evidence of just how much people don't mind making dross for free. Supriya, cynical adult. On 2/21/07, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i found this comment from a 13-year-old on a BBC

Re: [silk] Valuing life [was: Re: Was there really a threat?]

Doesn't fatalism have more to do with socio-economic conditions than with religious belief? What about women dying in childbirth as an example? A century ago no society considered it extraordinary, but as economic development affords medical advancement to more people, it becomes a big deal to

Re: [silk] reading scanned/digital text....

How about anti-glare glasses, which most opticians should be able to provide you with? They helped me a great deal. I also have an anti-glare screen, which obviously isn't as readily attainable as the specs, but the specs alone should really make a difference. Supriya.On 8/10/06, ashok [EMAIL