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Dec 27, 2005 9:26 pm
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Hey, everyone. Thanks for volunteering in the past year to work on DesiLit. I have a bunch of ideas in mind for making this a more productive and coherent...
Hey, everyone. So in 2006, I'd like to move from my making all the decisions for DesiLit's overall plans to more of a joint approach, with the hope that some...
Hey, do you guys know about the One Book, One City program? Where an entire city chooses a book to read, and then people who want can discuss it? In Jan/Feb,...
You know that Chicago already participates in the one book, one city program which is citywide. Are you talking about a modified program for just the desi-lit...
Yes -- I was thinking of choosing S. Asian books and then having it be an international conversation. I just think it's fun, reading books at the same time as...
this does sound like fun... i was just wondering yesterday what it would be like to be in a virtual book club... so this would be kind of like that? Mary Anne...
Hey, everyone. So, welcome to all the new folks; I see that twelve people have signed on in the last week, bringing us up to 27 folks in the admin group....
My name is Manju Rastogi and have my own business as Benefits and Retirement Plans Advisor. Visit www.ccsp.com for additional info. Also have another web site...
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Dec 28, 2005 7:40 pm
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Hi everyone, My name is Radhika. I'm writing my first book on how growing up in two cultures has impacted the intimate relationships of South Asian-American...
Hi there, Roopa Singh is the name, law, letters, and love are my game (I couldn't resist). I am of Rajasthan and U.P., born in Chicago, raised in San Diego....
Hello fellow-desi-lits, (it's a slow day at work so excuse the long-winded-ness :-) ) My name is Sushil Nachnani. I have written my first collection of short ...
Hi everyone, I've written a bunch of short stories and essays published in various places etc... and am working on a novel. In my other life I have a four and...
here is my basic intro. sorry if there are those who have already heard this intro. but good to meet everyone. cheers, s my name is soumya. i have a degree in...
Hello all. Thought we shouldn't leave it all to MaryAnne. I live in MKE but it's not too far...As intro, here's my web site: www.ShaunaSinghBaldwin.com Cheers ...
Hello all! Raj Bhandari from Dallas, TX - born in Delhi, but a Texan for most of my knowing life (www.RajBhandari.info). My wife and I own Silk Threads ...
I know it's the holidays so lots of folks are away from their e-mail, and others are probably going to be joining us in the next week, but this is relatively...
Guess I shouldn't lurk much longer. My friends call me Mida, and I am from NYC. I am a business journalist writing on technology, and am working on my other...
Hi Mary Anne, I'm new to this so this may be a naive question. Are we going to have ads in the magazine? I am willing to put in upto $500 in 2006 for...
... That's not a naive question at all, Sushil. It's entirely up to us to decide, I think. I'd prefer to avoid ads if possible, but not very strongly,...
Having done fundraising for several non-profits, I can chime in with my $0.02: first of all, we need to focus on our strengths and what those could offer to...
Hello all, I'm Sapna Gupta and I was born in India, and thanks to my Indian foreign service parents, grew up in Tananarive, Madagascar, and Kinshasa, the...
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Dec 29, 2005 10:28 pm
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Greetings Every one! Congratulations to Mary Anne for the nice chunk of change. It is not difficult to raise money. My questions are as follows: 1. Membership...
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Dec 29, 2005 11:36 pm
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Hi! I am Jaya Bhattacharji. I am currently a Senior Editor with Zubaan. It is an independent publishing house established by Urvashi Butalia a few years ago. ...
Hello all, Yesha Naik here with a quick intro... :) I'm an aspiring writer and performer and also aspiring graduate student (looking into areas of Folklore,...
Hi everyone, It's great to see some new people on this list, as well as familiar ones. I'm Mahmud Rahman. I help coordinate the San Francisco Bay Area chapter...
Hi everyone, I'm eager to check out the sites that everyone's mentioned. I have my undergrad in English and Masters in Info Science.. so I'm a poet and a...
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Dec 31, 2005 2:17 am
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Just a quick note that I'm visiting my parents in CT, and have only limited dial-up access, so I'll probably be pretty quiet this week. Expect more next week!...
... That was the idea. If there are no objections, I'd like to move ahead with this, since it's really just a matter of drawing up a list of books and then...
One of the points raised at yesterday's DesiLit Chicago meeting was the possibility of creating two separate boards. One would be strictly an Advisory Board,...
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