Hi Radhika Sandhya here... I run this book club. It's based virtually in a google group I run and we (try) to meet occasionally.
About the name... I did learn Sanskrit but I chanced upon the name in an online Sanskrit dictionary: http://webapps.uni-koeln.de/tamil/ I like the roots "description" and "colour" better too. --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Radhika, Y." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Deep and Abhishekh. May i ask where this book club is based (sorry, > missed that because i just entered the conversation)? I was also wondering > if one meaning for varna is caste although I like the other meanings > better.. > > 2007/10/13, Deepa Mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > On 10/13/07, Abhishek Hazra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >About our book club.. It's called Varnika. Varnika is a Sanskrit > > > >word for "writer". > > > > > > varnan / varnana means description doesn't it? so literally speaking > > > "Varnika" becomes someone who describes, a 'descriptor'. > > > interesting to see the writer as a 'thick descriptor' > > > but also the word 'describe' has already the writer or the 'scribe' > > inside it > > > > > > you chanced upon the word varnika, or was it part of your general > > > sanskrit memory, or did you remember a specific usage of the word in > > > some sanskrit texts? > > > > And Abhi SHEK...also note the root, "varna", meaning colour..the > > "varnana" or description is, actually, "adding colour" to the facts > > and making them a narrative! It's also fascinating to see that some > > compositions in Carnatic music are called "varnam", because they > > delineate the "colour" of the raga they illustrate. And the word for > > :gold, "suvarna" is..."good colour"...! > > > > Thought you, as an artist, would like that! > > > > Deepa. > > > > > > > > > On 10/12/07, sandhya_san <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I do have an outline for a book on technical communications that > > > > I'll write sometime in life, but not right now... Right now, I'm > > > > working on fiction. :) > > > > > > > > About our book club.. It's called Varnika. Varnika is a Sanskrit > > > > word for "writer". We read any kind of book or genre that anyone is > > > > interested in , really. We've met once to discuss Kiran Desai's "The > > > > Inheritance of Loss,". We plan to meet again with our favourite > > > > P.G.Wodehouse book just because we all like PGW. :) We have a small > > > > mailing list where we can post anything related to books-- reviews, > > > > book readings, even writing. > > > > > > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Abhishek Hazra" > > > > <abhishek.hazra@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >I run a small and exceedingly infrequent book club and am > > > > struggling > > > > > >to write my first book > > > > > > > > > > hewlo. > > > > > welcome to silk (though i too remain mostly in lurk mode) > > > > > whats your book on? technical (on documentation) or otherwise? > > > > > also, what kind of books is your book club interested in? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > does the frog know it has a latin name? > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > > > > > > > > >
