On 10/13/07, 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..
Indeed, Radhika, I was thinking of adding "varna" as a name for caste and saying that like many other things that we boast about (India was the first to do a,b,c) we were the first to have "colour" discrimination, too... Sandhya...who can join your virtual book club? More importantly, if it is a face-to-face meeting...which city are you in? Deepa. > > 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" > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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? > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > > > > > > > > >
