sorry_ i meant ashin dasgupta :( On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 8:52 PM, Abhishek Hazra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> >>* Write the definitive maritime history of India; > > interesting! > what got you interested in this area: fascination with the Indian ocean > trade routes? > (subrahmanyam, ashin chaudhuri etc...) > > > On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 8:46 PM, Bonobashi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> --- On Sat, 15/11/08, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > From: Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > Subject: [silk] When I Have The Time >> > To: "Silk List" <silklist@lists.hserus.net> >> > Date: Saturday, 15 November, 2008, 10:36 AM >> > Mohit (मॊिहत) wrote, [on 11/15/2008 9:05 AM]: >> > >> > > I need to learn how to use chopsticks...and >> > swimming...and >> > > dancing...and smiling while stabbing someone. >> > >> > That reminds me of all of the various things that I will do >> > When I have >> > The Time (small unrepresentative sample follows) >> > >> > * Masters degree in cryptography >> > * Learn Perl >> > * Find those treasured old college ripped jeans and lose 2 >> > inches around >> > the middle so I can wear them, dammit >> > * Krav Maga >> > * Finish off my TBR pile (~200 books at last count) >> > * Get back to reasonable fluency in French >> > * Meet up with all the several dozen friends with whom my >> > primary >> > interaction these days is occasional phone calls saying >> > "we MUST meet" >> > >> > Share yours, o wise ones? >> > >> > This has the makings of a[nother] monster thread. >> > >> > Udhay >> >> * Get my Master's degree in History; >> * Write the definitive maritime history of India; >> * Re-learn German; >> * Learn French and Sanskrit; >> * Tour those corners of India that I haven't seen yet, on my own set of >> rough-roading wheels; >> * Go to Leh by road, and bum around Ladakh for as long as I can afford >> (two days, at present levels); >> * Lose 20 kgs.; >> * Photograph Calcutta before it auto-destructs; >> * Try to understand the different Indian philosophical schools; >> * Try to understand Economics (if it's really possible; sometimes it >> seems to be something that Economists invented to keep themselves in an >> occupation not to be described as idling their time away); >> * Learn to ride a motor-cycle; >> * Complete my collection of Western classical music; >> * Listen to as much jazz as I can; >> * Travel through Cambodia (without losing limbs, it is to be hoped); >> * Travel through Scandinavia, and the Baltic states; >> * Backpack through Africa, and South America, and travel to China and >> Russia (they don't encourage back-packers, it is said); >> * Scuba-dive at every feasible Indian location; >> * Collect and print my daughter's poems; >> * Find my ancestral village in Bangladesh (there are two, one easier to >> find than the other); >> * Learn to fly a plane; >> >> I'll be happy to achieve even one of these, any one. >> >> bonobashi >> >> >> Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to >> http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ >> >> > > > -- > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > does the frog know it has a latin name? > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - does the frog know it has a latin name? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
