Re: [silk] Safe in Bangalore?

2016-09-13 Thread Venkatesh H R
If it is of interest, some thoughts of mine on the Cauvery issue. Welcome feedback and critique. http://scroll.in/article/816439/cauvery-dispute-is-the-bengaluru-violence-really-about-kannada-identity On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 8:21 PM Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > On 12-Sep-2016 20:16, "Srini RamaKr

Re: [silk] Safe in Bangalore?

2016-09-12 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On 12-Sep-2016 20:16, "Srini RamaKrishnan" wrote: > > Sadly this is a very old fight... > > https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaveri_River_water_dispute#History_of_the_dispute > Riparian disputes are as old as time, but the problem is the frequency. A drought once in a while could be handled with b

Re: [silk] Safe in Bangalore?

2016-09-12 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On 12-Sep-2016 19:53, "Deepa Mohan" wrote: > > > Perhaps, being one Madras Presidency was better than being Tamil and > Kannada and Malyalam and Telugu, and having our politicians set us one > against the other instead of the earlier common enemy, the Brits. > Sadly this is a very old fight...

Re: [silk] Safe in Bangalore?

2016-09-12 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 7:27 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > My prayers for everyone in Bangalore to stay safe and well. Well, except for any freak involvement in nearby violence, I guess we (the privileged class) have had enough warning to keep to our homes. That said...I felt very angry at the

[silk] Safe in Bangalore?

2016-09-12 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
My prayers for everyone in Bangalore to stay safe and well. We must realize the real culprit in this and other water wars that are sure to follow in the coming years is global warming and climate change due to the collective error of human industrialization. It isn't Tamil vs Kannada or man vs ma