Re: [BangPypers] Pyladies Bangalore in Times of India

2013-09-24 Thread Anand B Pillai
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 24 September 2013 01:47 PM, Pratham Gadre wrote: > Please forgive me for replying to this thread. I would have written > to her off-list, but she has a pretty reputation of slamming who > sends her an email! > > On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 3:03

Re: [BangPypers] Pyladies Bangalore in Times of India

2013-09-24 Thread Pratham Gadre
Please forgive me for replying to this thread. I would have written to her off-list, but she has a pretty reputation of slamming who sends her an email! On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 3:03 AM, Annapoornima Koppad wrote: > Morever, I was busy last night, sending this email thread to all the women > group

Re: [BangPypers] Pyladies Bangalore in Times of India

2013-09-23 Thread Noufal Ibrahim
Anand B Pillai writes: [...] > +1. Suggest to keep topics closer to the interpreter. > There are other lists specifically devoted to discussion > of diversity and related issues. > > This list has a lot of legacy in creating and nurturing > the Python community by discussing mostly programming

Re: [BangPypers] Pyladies Bangalore in Times of India

2013-09-23 Thread Anand B Pillai
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 23 September 2013 05:06 PM, Dhananjay Nene wrote: > On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Annapoornima Koppad > wrote: >> Dear All, >> >> Pyladies Bangalore was recently featured in Times of India dated, >> 22nd sept and later on 23 sept as we

Re: [BangPypers] Pyladies Bangalore in Times of India

2013-09-23 Thread Annapoornima Koppad
Dear All, I would like to provide an update. I had a word with Shilpa Patankar, the reporter of the article and she agreed to correct the wrong data. Also, she will be getting in touch with me directly or whoever is in my position to get an update with regard to Pyladies Bangalore activities. Thes

Re: [BangPypers] Pyladies Bangalore in Times of India

2013-09-23 Thread s|s
Learning thing or two about news flows, I would say its not diluted or distorted, it falls into a template. Like some respectable occidental reporter gets off on a port in Africa an announces "I would like talk to a women who has been raped and can speak English". News has already been written and

Re: [BangPypers] Pyladies Bangalore in Times of India

2013-09-23 Thread Dhananjay Nene
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Annapoornima Koppad wrote: > Dear All, > > Pyladies Bangalore was recently featured in Times of India dated, 22nd sept > and later on 23 sept as well. [1]. I am not able to find the link for the > 23rd edition. > > I thank Anand Chitipothu for making Pycon India 2

Re: [BangPypers] Pyladies Bangalore in Times of India

2013-09-23 Thread T S KAMATH
there it start.. flaming each other ... Guys & Girls, Push back relax and Enjoy the show.. "GM-II production on bangpypers" Regards Srikanth On 23-Sep-2013, at 1:21 PM, Annapoornima Koppad wrote: @ Anand, please talk in numbers and not in words. How many women members were present, etc?

Re: [BangPypers] Pyladies Bangalore in Times of India

2013-09-23 Thread Annapoornima Koppad
@ Anand, please talk in numbers and not in words. How many women members were present, etc? @Venkat, I have been nice, cordial, and don't need a better choice of words. I dont want argue on this anymore. I would like to continue the original thread. @Noufal, I am on phone with Times of India offi

Re: [BangPypers] Pyladies Bangalore in Times of India

2013-09-23 Thread Anand Chitipothu
> I thank Anand Chitipothu for making Pycon India 2013 women inclusive. Since > he has already made a comment that there was enough participation from > women, there are a few facts that I want get them straight. > Not sure what you mean by "women inclusive" here. PyCon India was never women exclu

Re: [BangPypers] Pyladies Bangalore in Times of India

2013-09-23 Thread Venkatraman S
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 12:48 PM, Annapoornima Koppad wrote: > > @Venkatraman, > > One word can evoke different emotions in different people. Agreed. > I will be > interested in knowing your views. Can you please be more clear on why you > find it "weird"? > Bluntly put, it sounds very conde

Re: [BangPypers] Pyladies Bangalore in Times of India

2013-09-23 Thread Noufal Ibrahim
Anand Chitipothu writes: [...] > "The response from women coders was overwhelming," said Anand > Chitipothu > > All I said was "it looked like there were more women participants this > year compared previous years". Surprised to see what came out. I'm annoyed but not surprised. [...] -- Co

Re: [BangPypers] Pyladies Bangalore in Times of India

2013-09-23 Thread Anand Chitipothu
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 12:52 PM, Noufal Ibrahim wrote: > Annapoornima Koppad writes: > > > [...] > > > [1]. > > > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/personal-tech/computing/Women-programmers-learn-to-schmooze/articleshow/22877116.cms > > [...] > > This article, at least some of the Python p

Re: [BangPypers] Pyladies Bangalore in Times of India

2013-09-23 Thread Noufal Ibrahim
Annapoornima Koppad writes: [...] > [1]. > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/personal-tech/computing/Women-programmers-learn-to-schmooze/articleshow/22877116.cms [...] This article, at least some of the Python parts of it, are not accurate. Bangpypers didn't host PyCon India. The PSSI d

Re: [BangPypers] Pyladies Bangalore in Times of India

2013-09-23 Thread Annapoornima Koppad
Hey Svaksha, Thanks for the link. Yes, thats the one that I was looking for. Thanks once again. All, please see Anand stating that there were 500 people. I am not sure if those 500 number was women, or the overall participation. @Venkatraman, One word can evoke different emotions in different p

Re: [BangPypers] Pyladies Bangalore in Times of India

2013-09-23 Thread svaksha ॥ स्वक्ष
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 5:54 AM, Annapoornima Koppad wrote: > Dear All, > > Pyladies Bangalore was recently featured in Times of India dated, 22nd sept > and later on 23 sept as well. [1]. I am not able to find the link for the > 23rd edition. Is it this? http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/

Re: [BangPypers] Pyladies Bangalore in Times of India

2013-09-22 Thread Venkatraman S
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Annapoornima Koppad wrote: > [1]. > > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/personal-tech/computing/Women-programmers-learn-to-schmooze/articleshow/22877116.cms Does anyone know Chinmayi SK from RHOK. It looks like she is trying to do something similar to wha

[BangPypers] Pyladies Bangalore in Times of India

2013-09-22 Thread Annapoornima Koppad
Dear All, Pyladies Bangalore was recently featured in Times of India dated, 22nd sept and later on 23 sept as well. [1]. I am not able to find the link for the 23rd edition. I thank Anand Chitipothu for making Pycon India 2013 women inclusive. Since he has already made a comment that there was en