>
>
> I totally agree with Rishab; there's absolutely no sense of belonging in
> most of the people here in Delhi, especially with the 'semi-literate /
> illiterate' migrant class; it is seen as a place to work, make your money
> and go back / or send it back home.
>
> I have also felt this i
Aplogies. Missed out editing the subject line and deleting unrelated posts.
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From: Anil Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 8:51 PM
Subject: Re: silklist Digest, Vol 45, Issue 16
To: silklist@lists.hserus.net
I totally agree with Rishab;
On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 11:49 +0530, Biju Chacko wrote:
> Delhi is a nice place -- lotsa history and great architecture. Too
> many Delhites, though. :-)
i think the problem is too _few_ delhi-ites, actually. everyone is from
somewhere else and doesn't really have a sense of place, and lots of the
Madhu Menon [08/04/08 01:22 +0530]:
Sriram Karra wrote:
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 7:20 PM, Madhu Menon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Delhi: Nice roads, lousy people
Bangalore: Lousy roads, nice people
Come over to Madras, folks - all round nice place. Plus we'll throw in a
reasonably nice beach for
Sriram Karra wrote:
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 7:20 PM, Madhu Menon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Delhi: Nice roads, lousy people
Bangalore: Lousy roads, nice people
Come over to Madras, folks - all round nice place. Plus we'll throw in a
reasonably nice beach for free :)
And of course you have t
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 5:59 PM, Sriram Karra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 7:20 PM, Madhu Menon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >
> > Delhi: Nice roads, lousy people
> > Bangalore: Lousy roads, nice people
>
>
> Come over to Madras, folks - all round nice place. Plus we'll
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 10:29 PM, Sriram Karra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Come over to Madras, folks - all round nice place. Plus we'll throw in a
> reasonably nice beach for free :)
>
And misfit from a school we will not mention. And PS.
C
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On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 7:20 PM, Madhu Menon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Delhi: Nice roads, lousy people
> Bangalore: Lousy roads, nice people
Come over to Madras, folks - all round nice place. Plus we'll throw in a
reasonably nice beach for free :)
On Monday 07 April 2008, Abhijit Menon-Sen wrote:
[snip]
> I haven't seen the word written down too often, but it's always _said_
> as if it were "Delhi-ites".
I think this is deliberate, as any label for us that looks like a
homophone of "delights" is bound to give visitors the wrong impression.
va [07/04/08 14:33 +0100]:
By "traditional school" do you mean the state-board affiliated
schools? folks in the loop (so to speak) keep whining about how the
cbse and icse central-board schools is all about money (Rs.40-50,000
per year as fees from std.One-10/PUC?) and nothing else. Strangely
th
Abhijit Menon-Sen wrote:
At 2008-04-07 12:07:33 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I wonder if it's Delhites, Delhi-ites or something else entirely,
though. AMS?
I haven't seen the word written down too often, but it's always _said_
as if it were "Delhi-ites".
Delhi: Nice roads, lousy people
Ba
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 6:50 AM, Biju Chacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I have a one year old. Definitely not amusing. I'm hearing similar
> stories in Bangalore.
atleast you have a year and half to get your "which school" (re)search right.
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 7:01 AM, Suresh Ramasubrama
At 2008-04-07 12:07:33 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I wonder if it's Delhites, Delhi-ites or something else entirely,
> though. AMS?
I haven't seen the word written down too often, but it's always _said_
as if it were "Delhi-ites".
-- ams
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 11:49 AM, Biju Chacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Delhi is a nice place -- lotsa history and great architecture. Too
> many Delhites, though. :-)
Yes, I have heard that view expressed quite often recently - Delhi
would be a great place if it weren't for the Delhi-ites.
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 11:44 AM, Ramakrishnan Sundaram
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm in the process of moving to Delhi
Delhi is a nice place -- lotsa history and great architecture. Too
many Delhites, though. :-)
-- b
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Srini Ramakrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Biju Chacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [...]
>
>
> > schools. A friend took his daughter went for a Pirates of the
> > Caribbean themed birthday party at Angsana for a 7 year old
I've asked Mitra, who wrote that story, to join silk. Mitra, if you
do, do post your intro, or jump right in.
I'm in the process of moving to Delhi, and Mitra's been helping me
identify schools for Aditya.
Ram
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Biju Chacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[...]
> schools. A friend took his daughter went for a Pirates of the
> Caribbean themed birthday party at Angsana for a 7 year old the other
> day for example. His estimate was that about a lakh/lakh and a half
> was spen
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 11:31 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I'm still trying to figure out what kind of school to send Ben to. On
> > one side, I'm hearing stories of rote learning and exam drills for 3
> > year olds in traditional schools. On the other, I'm worried abo
> I'm still trying to figure out what kind of school to send Ben to. On
> one side, I'm hearing stories of rote learning and exam drills for 3
> year olds in traditional schools. On the other, I'm worried about the
Find a good traditional school and put her in it. Half of silklist seems to
be com
On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 8:14 PM, Madhu Kurup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think you meant this link:
>
> http://www.livemint.com/2008/04/05001858/Wanted-Exceptional-parents.html
>
> Amusing indeed. Folks here have equivalent stories from Bangalore?
I have a one year old. Definitely not amusing
> On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 12:40 AM, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>>
>> > http://www.livemint.com/2008/04/05001858/Wanted-Exceptional-parents.html
>>
>> so she finally got into SPV, my alma mater (well, before i dropped out
It's an interesting article, but:
a) It's not all that
> In fact - unless a child can do this, how will she ever know what the servant
> brings in when he is sent shopping. Nowadays you cannot trust your cook to
> order the servant himself - you have to cross check. What with prices and
> corruption and all you know. And its so difficult to get a se
At 2008-04-06 01:40:29 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> so she finally got into SPV, my alma mater (well, before i dropped
> out at 12). hindi medium, cultural, gujarati, enough clues
Another clue: going to Khan Market after the interview.
-- ams, who was also at SPV.
On Sunday 06 Apr 2008 5:10:29 am Rishab Aiyer Ghosh wrote:
> i remember when i was in school our principal had to defend herself to
> the press for asking prospective nursery students to identify dals. she
> argued that it's more important than being able to identify popular
> brands of ice cream.
On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 12:40 AM, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > http://www.livemint.com/2008/04/05001858/Wanted-Exceptional-parents.html
>
> so she finally got into SPV, my alma mater (well, before i dropped out
> at 12). hindi medium, cultural, gujarati, enough clues but th
> http://www.livemint.com/2008/04/05001858/Wanted-Exceptional-parents.html
so she finally got into SPV, my alma mater (well, before i dropped out
at 12). hindi medium, cultural, gujarati, enough clues but they also -
oddly for bloggers - included the full (long) name of their daughter in
the arti
va wrote:
http://www.livemint.com/Articles/PrintArticle.aspx
"Great," I whispered to Nitin. "They are teaching her to read English
with made-up nonsense."
... had me choking on my morning cuppa kaapi.
I think you meant this link:
http://www.livemint.com/2008/04/05001858/Wanted-Exceptional-p
http://www.livemint.com/Articles/PrintArticle.aspx
"Great," I whispered to Nitin. "They are teaching her to read English
with made-up nonsense."
... had me choking on my morning cuppa kaapi.
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