>>My guru parampara is Kuruvilla Zachariah->Sushobhan Sircar->Amalesh Tripathi/Ashin Das Gupta.
super fascinating! would be great if you could point me to any one of your papers. also, which archives have you dipped into most? btw, ashin and sachin are almost anagrams :) On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 9:02 PM, Bonobashi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- On Sat, 15/11/08, Abhishek Hazra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: Abhishek Hazra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [silk] When I Have The Time > > To: silklist@lists.hserus.net > > Date: Saturday, 15 November, 2008, 8:52 PM > > >>* 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...) > > Ashin Das Gupta (not Chaudhuri) was my tutor in College, as well as being > the History head. My guru parampara is Kuruvilla Zachariah->Sushobhan > Sircar->Amalesh Tripathi/Ashin Das Gupta. > > However, my interest in maritime history is only partly based on Ashin's > work. Independently, I have been reading and exploring maritime history > issues, and have written about it in professional journals. I have come to > form some surprising hypotheses, and want to research things further to come > to a conclusion about these. > > > > > > > > > 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? > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to > http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ > > -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - does the frog know it has a latin name? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
