Re: [silk] 'herd immunity strategy'

2020-04-22 Thread Vijay Anand
The logic is that you isolate the vulnerable - those who are older and have pre-existing conditions and then let the rest of the folks mingle. The infection will spread by by enlarge won't cause any serious problems and once the 2-4 weeks is over, and the immunity is built and they are no longer ca

Re: [silk] PickleJar - Indian Free Stock Photos (Re: Ashim - An Introduction)

2017-11-08 Thread Vijay Anand
It is also not a bad idea to think abt a "pay what you like" option, rather than FREE - as free is seldom valued in india and also gets clubbed with the spammy sort of websites that are out there. And if someone does pay, can always pass it on to the photographer. It also builds good will, that is

Re: [silk] Happy Founder's Day

2017-10-23 Thread Vijay Anand
Happy birthday Udhay! Thanks for setting the bar in terms of what makes one interesting. To many more interesting years ahead, with never a dull moment! Vijay On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 6:42 PM, Gaurav Vaz wrote: > Happy Birthday Udhay! Of all the ways I could wish you, this seems most > appropri

Re: [silk] In praise of slowness

2017-01-23 Thread Vijay Anand
"Slowing down" - the phase in life when making money is not the priority anymore and there is the intention to expand to other interests that have been at best side projects, so that they get focus. It seems that the more i read the viewpoints, unless and if there is a) a significant windfall that

Re: [silk] Gaurav Vaz - Introduction

2017-01-21 Thread Vijay Anand
Welcome Gaurav! :) On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Gaurav Vaz wrote: > Hi Everyone! > > I finally managed to join this amazing group after years of hearing and > reading about it. Thanks a lot Udhay for the invitation :) > > I am a proper jack of all trades and I might have interacted with a few

Re: [silk] Old Maps of Chennai

2017-01-01 Thread Vijay Anand
gov.in/aboutus.html > > Though if you know S Muthaiah of Madras Musings I am sure he can already give > you chapter and verse on what you want. > > > On 28/12/16, 9:36 PM, "silklist on behalf of Vijay Anand" > vi...@vijayanand.name> wrote: > > Does any

[silk] Old Maps of Chennai

2016-12-29 Thread Vijay Anand
Does anyone know where one can find old maps of Chennai? I am looking for a map of Triplicane, especially the area surrounding the Marina beach before 1991. If anyone could point me towards the right direction, it would greatly help. Thanks in advance. Vijay

Re: [silk] Subtitles for movies in Bengaluru theatres

2014-11-08 Thread Vijay Anand
Satyam Cinemas in Chennai plays subtitles on all regional language movies on Thursdays. On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 5:39 PM, Bharat Shetty wrote: > On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Ashwin Nanjappa > wrote: > > > With regards to Interstellar, according to Raja Sen's review it seems to > be > > playing

Re: [silk] Is What Aaron Did, Right?

2013-01-15 Thread Vijay Anand
On 15-Jan-2013, at 5:51 PM, Pranesh Prakash wrote: > On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Vijay Anand wrote: >> So, did someone say that we dont use this forum to have debates on >> what goes on in the world anymore? I know there are some authors here >> and some folks fr

[silk] Is What Aaron Did, Right?

2013-01-15 Thread Vijay Anand
So, did someone say that we dont use this forum to have debates on what goes on in the world anymore? I know there are some authors here and some folks from the Academic world. What is your take on Aaron? It looks like with Julian, and now Aaron (liberating data is the new form of activism) - and

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk meet this week?

2012-12-31 Thread Vijay Anand
Id also like to join for this meet, if the silklisters would take me :) On 01-Jan-2013, at 11:59 AM, Chew Lin Kay wrote: > Wait confused now. Which location for the 12 and which for the 19? > > Am doing a walk in Mylapore on the morning of the 19th, so will appreciate > somewhere in that gener

Re: [silk] The souring of the Dubai dream.

2011-12-07 Thread Vijay Anand
On 08-Dec-2011, at 10:24 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > ONot new. Expats getting into debt and then living in their parking lots is > an old, sad story > > Mahesh Murthy [08/12/11 10:14 +0530]: >> Somewhat chilling article on Dubai in The Independent. >> >> Comments? First-hand experience?

Re: [silk] My Airtel Saga

2011-10-24 Thread Vijay Anand
On 24-Oct-2011, at 6:37 PM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay wrote: > On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 6:32 PM, Vijay Anand wrote: > >> Ive exhausted all my resources. Their twitter id is handled by some gorilla, >> i am assuming. Their only response was that they "sensed" i di

Re: [silk] My Airtel Saga

2011-10-24 Thread Vijay Anand
On 24-Oct-2011, at 6:41 PM, Venkat Mangudi wrote: > On Monday 24 October 2011 06:32 PM, Vijay Anand wrote: >> I am at my final point, before i talk to lawyers to file a case in consumer >> court. Silk listers, what would you suggest? > > Get BSNL. > >> >>

Re: [silk] My Airtel Saga

2011-10-24 Thread Vijay Anand
On 24-Oct-2011, at 6:44 PM, Mahesh Murthy wrote: > > I am at my final point, before i talk to lawyers to file a case in consumer > court. Silk listers, what would you suggest? > > > If you're OK with it, can I have someone from Airtel call you back on this? > > If you can share an account nu

[silk] My Airtel Saga

2011-10-24 Thread Vijay Anand
Might be a bit of a rant, possibly cause it seems to be our plight at the moment. Here's my sad story for those who can empathize. Got an airtel broadband line here for the office here at The Startup Centre - 8mbps, with a limit of 50GB. Its a 2999 rs. package. I go through the fine print and r

Re: [silk] Madras silkmeet Saturday?

2011-03-31 Thread Vijay Anand
On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Am pondering a weekend trip to Madras tomorrow. Any takers for > lunch/dinner on Saturday? > > Udhay > -- > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) > > Aye! -- -

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

2011-01-20 Thread Vijay Anand
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Ashwin Kumar wrote: > > > On 20 January 2011 13:19, Venkat Mangudi wrote: >> >> --V >> (getting tired typing out the same 6 characters over and over again) > > I see that you are moving head-on towards a Nov 5th goal. :) > ~ashwin > Nah! You are giving this way t

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

2011-01-19 Thread Vijay Anand
> > --V > (getting tired typing out the same 6 characters over and over again) > Type the 6 characters I say! What if I also (and I often do) get tired? V. -- --- The Blog: www.vijayanand.na

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

2011-01-19 Thread Vijay Anand
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Venkat Mangudi wrote: > On Wednesday 19 January 2011 01:16 PM, Vijay Anand wrote: > >> Skydiving has been there for a while. So has getting my Pilot license > > This is a good thing to try after you've accomplished the others on your >

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

2011-01-18 Thread Vijay Anand
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Eugen Leitl wrote: > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 01:00:37PM +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote: >> I saw this phrase on a blogpost and it has stuck in my head. >> >> Basically, this is a list of things you want to do before you kick the >> bucket (i.e stuff to do before you

Re: [silk] Stochastic Terrorism

2011-01-17 Thread Vijay Anand
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 9:22 PM, Mahesh Murthy wrote: > >>> I think that this kind of identity-based politics is imperative for >>> India's survival. Whether identity came first or identity politics is not a >>> chicken-and-egg kind of question. Identity definitely came first, and it is >>> practi

Re: [silk] introduction

2011-01-11 Thread Vijay Anand
On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Eva Jansen wrote: > Dear all, > > I am new at silk list, my name is Eva Jansen, I am a German PhD student > writing on Naturopathy in South India. At the moment I am looking for > information about the legal consequences of medical practisioning basically > in Kera

Re: [silk] New year meetup in Chennai

2010-12-27 Thread Vijay Anand
Aye! On 12/27/10, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan wrote: > On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Will those in Chennai presently, or planning to be in town soon raise >> their >> hand if interested in a meetup: >> >> 1. Cheeni >> 2. Thaths >> 3. Chandrachooda

Re: [silk] In NY: 19th - 30th Nov

2010-11-12 Thread Vijay Anand
@sarah: The best kind :) Would love to meet them. Please do. @suresh: can you help with an Intro to Minn? @Divya: perhaps we'll bump into each other in the airport :) On 11/12/10, Sarah Burcham wrote: > I know a crazy startup in NY that I can hook you up with if you want... I'm > not sure they

[silk] In NY: 19th - 30th Nov

2010-11-11 Thread Vijay Anand
Folks, Its that time of the year where I am making some travel plans and am to be in New York from the 19th of this Month, till the 30th (I know its a bit of a bad timing around Thanksgiving). Interests are around startups, entrepreneurship, crazy ideas and anything else that goes over good food a

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

2010-10-26 Thread Vijay Anand
On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > On Tue, October 26, 2010 2:05 pm, Eugen Leitl wrote: >> Somehow he doesn't sound too happy... ;) > > And clearly hasn't applied for a US visa. Or maybe one from Argentina > (which, for indian citizens at least, needs an affidavit sea

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk Meet May 23rd?

2010-05-14 Thread Vijay Anand
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 6:00 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote, [on 5/14/2010 5:58 PM]: > > > me, krish ashok I guess, lavanya, then udhay. who else - there should be > > two or three more in town (subash jeyan, sruthi and others) > > I make it so far: > > Divya > Suresh >

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk Meet May 23rd?

2010-05-14 Thread Vijay Anand
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Udhay Shankar N [14/05/10 16:30 +0530]: > > Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote, [on 5/14/2010 4:27 PM]: >> >>> time? >>> Lunch, eh - so 1 ish. >>> >> >> I'd prefer 12-ish, as that would give us some time to discuss weighty >> matters

Re: [silk] India Govt to develop own operating system

2010-05-11 Thread Vijay Anand
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 6:38 PM, Thaths wrote: > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 10:20 PM, Valsa Williams > wrote: > > > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Tech/Enterprise-IT/Infrastucture/Govt-to-develop-own-operating-system/articleshow/5913140.cms > > > > NEW DELHI: The government has set in motion an

Re: [silk] India Govt to develop own operating system

2010-05-11 Thread Vijay Anand
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Vijay Anand [11/05/10 15:20 +0530]: > > Given how the 10$ - or was it 5$ "laptop" was essentially a thumb drive, >> wouldnt be surprised if this is another glitch by some reporter. The >> points >

Re: [silk] India Govt to develop own operating system

2010-05-11 Thread Vijay Anand
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Pranesh Prakash [11/05/10 14:08 +0530]: > >> On Tuesday 11 May 2010 11:05 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: >> >>> >>> sankarshan [11/05/10 11:02 +0530]: >>> Does anyone keep a score of how many times the GoI and their ilk

Re: [silk] Community Supported Agriculture in India?

2010-01-20 Thread Vijay Anand
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Thaths wrote: > Do silk listers know of any CSAs[1] in India? When I lived there I saw > small farmers markets (in Mysore) and chic organic grocery stores > (Namdhari in Bangalore). Is there a place for CSAs in cost-conscious > India? > > If you live in Madras and