Re: [silk] Tribal Dance

2009-03-16 Thread Vinit B
* Rites of passage. Rituals of membership. Membership is earned not given due to the geographic location of birth or residence. [...] * Two-way loyalty. The tribe protects the members and the members protect the tribe. If this isn't implemented, you don't have a tribe, you have

Re: [silk] Portable 6th sense?

2009-03-14 Thread Vinit B
Waay cool. As in - awesomely so. And I guess it can also function as a 'lifestream' of sorts. Come to think of it, that's rather creepy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ-VjUKAsao For the first 1 hour after seeing this, I was depressed. I mean, depressed the way other techie folks may

[silk] Flying Bangalore to Delhi tonight?

2009-03-11 Thread Vinit B
Anyone flying from Bangalore to Delhi tonight or early tomorrow morning? (Wednesday 11th March evening or Thursday 12th March morning) If so, Please call/email me off-list Phone: 94498-02167 - Vinit

Re: [silk] Dinga Dee

2009-03-11 Thread Vinit B
Also, apparently our armed forces are equatable to some kind of damsel in distress that needs Isreali protection. My interpretation was that Israel would like to do to the Indian armed forces what the guy would like to do (to) the damsels in the video. Thaths For some reason, I

Re: [silk] Discover Mag's Top 100 stories of 2008

2009-01-16 Thread Vinit B
What was the one item in the list that actually made you go to the website for more details? For me, it was all the way down at #70. #70: A Single Electron Is Caught on Film Scientists make one of the world's most remarkable movies. 12.10.2008 - Vinit

Re: [silk] who killed bangalore? from the churumuri blog on Karnataka

2009-01-12 Thread Vinit B
Late to the reply queue, but was enjoying localizing myself in Hong Kong and Shenzhen for the last 2 weeks. So, I guess I have more thoughts ... Each time I go to a properly modern city (HK, London, NYC) I quickly feel at home. I know that all the basics I need are available: food I like,

Re: [silk] who killed bangalore? from the churumuri blog on Karnataka

2008-12-23 Thread Vinit B
Here is my official email declaring this as what rot. Born and bought up here. Of course I'm biased, dammit. Next time anyone has problems with Bangalore traffic, I'm going to get them lined up outside the Lincoln tunnel going into NYC on Monday morning at 9am in the cash-only toll-lane. Or,

Re: [silk] who killed bangalore? from the churumuri blog on Karnataka

2008-12-23 Thread Vinit B
routinely recommend that people give it a miss if they can possibly do so. Danese On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 9:16 AM, Vinit B vi...@bhansalimail.com wrote: Here is my official email declaring this as what rot. Born and bought up here. Of course I'm biased, dammit. Next time anyone has

Re: [silk] who killed bangalore? from the churumuri blog on Karnataka

2008-12-23 Thread Vinit B
Ouch. I must be remembering that week when it was inaugurated with the Rs. 11.1428571 (insert your favourite random whole number here) toll wherein they expected exact change and I was stuck for over 3 hours, on 3 separate days. My bad. See, just as how Gurgaon's miseries are forgotten in a

Re: [silk] who killed bangalore? from the churumuri blog on Karnataka

2008-12-23 Thread Vinit B
12:54 AM To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] who killed bangalore? from the churumuri blog on Karnataka Vinit B vi...@bhansalimail.com writes: Here is my official email declaring this as what rot. Born and bought up here. Of course I'm biased, dammit. Next time anyone

Re: [silk] Chamrajpet Charles

2008-10-23 Thread Vinit B
It's only (and especially) funny if you were bought up in Bangalore. But the first time I heard Chamrajpet Charles and Sultan School of Speech-chas I almost died laughing. It's been around for many months now, and just as wonderful. Thought, I wish they would get more variety. (They are still

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

2008-09-23 Thread Vinit B
Since I'm already on my way, I'm on for 7 (7:15ish) Where would Mondegear be? - Vinit (damn, we need a way to spread cell numbers without silk archiving them for public searches) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Devdas Bhagat Sent:

Re: [silk] Mumbai get-together

2008-09-21 Thread Vinit B
Add me in too. On the train to Mumbai as we speak. And power-plugs on the train + a data card make them sooo much better than so many airlines! Will send you phone num off list. - Vinit -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cory

Re: [silk] Food and the Empire

2008-09-21 Thread Vinit B
Ummm, The Brits now eat curry with everything. Last I checked, Fish and Chips or Strawberries and cream still need to catch up even in the British-educated and England returned desis. I rest my case. - Vinit -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

Re: [silk] [Help] Online payment systems

2008-09-05 Thread Vinit B
With INGDirect.com, you can also setup scheduling, so it sends out money to various accounts based on specific date/day-of-week per account. - Vinit -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of surabhi tomar Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008

Re: [silk] india's seat at the security council

2008-09-04 Thread Vinit B
02, 2008 2:29 PM To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] india's seat at the security council On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 1:00 PM, Vinit B [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However, it is a bit unfair to directly compare individual temple trusts to the Wakf or CSI which control vast swaths

Re: [silk] india's seat at the security council

2008-09-02 Thread Vinit B
This brings me to a huge economic presence in India which keeps a very low profile..the administration of funds of religious bodies, like the Wakf Board, the Church of South India, and so on. The CSI owns immense amounts of property, and I simply have no clue how the money is

Re: [silk] A Capital Idea

2008-08-22 Thread Vinit B
Have to agree with Perry. Reminds me of an article/essay I actually used at a recitation competition in school titled Our crazy language from the Readers Digest http://www.astro.umd.edu/~avondale/extra/Humor/SchoolHumor/EnglishLanguage.h tml Here are bits of it... Sometimes I wonder if all

Re: [silk] What a cool name...

2008-08-22 Thread Vinit B
Jeez. Gets a whole new meaning to the term social engineering. - Vinit -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Venkat Mangudi Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 1:51 PM To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: [silk] What a cool name...

Re: [silk] Airport Check-In Design

2008-06-20 Thread Vinit B
Well, the original reason for this fixation was justifiable. It went, ... If someone's good enough to get shipped all the way from Europe to India, then he/she must know what they are talking about and worth the transportation cost! Unfortunately, today, the idea's gone,