My first paper - an opinion piece, meaning it was very badly researched, and has few or no references or foot-notes - comes out in the next issue of SIOS - Journal of the Society for Indian Ocean Studies.
I may take up a series of ten articles for them: we are talking about the scope and the direction of these, and should agree shortly. Regarding archival material, I wasn't aware until recently how much has already been written on the subject. It is a humongous amount of reading to do. As of now, I have been reading secondary texts on the subject, and drawing preliminary inferences from those. To do this seriously, it needs an investment in a couple of hundred books (most identified). Where do I get the money? More important, to bring this back on topic, when do I get the time? bonobashi --- 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, 9:09 PM > >>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! 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