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To: Senor VS who wrote (1489)	6/9/1998 11:20:00 PM
From: unkempt	Respond to of 12475

Thanks Mohan and Rav for the info- I am doing a photoshoot for a software advertising campaign in India next week. The plan now is to go to Bangalore and shoot in a software development company. (yes, we are traveling to India to basically shoot a mundane office scene). So if anyone has contacts with a specific company there, it would be a big help. The style of the photography is very editorial so this is not a big production. (1 photographer, 1 art director, 1 producer, thats it.) I simply want to capture an everyday moment in a unique, authentic office/software development environment. My e-mail address is on my profile. Thanks again. Unkempt

To: Senor VS who wrote (1489)	6/10/1998 8:29:00 AM
From: Mohan Marette	Respond to of 12475

Note to hackers-goodluck with breaking into BARC computers. Ravi: Here is a rather humorous look at the hacking the 'ernet' computers in Inida. I have also tried to connect to BARC several months ago and I got the connection but couldn't even download the 'homepage' on the count of it was too damn slow so I gave up. I was trying to help a lady research scientist from Germany so that she could get in touch with a long lost scientist friend of hers at BARC. rediff.com

To: Senor VS who wrote (1489)	6/10/1998 10:59:00 AM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

Dumb [questions] & 'dumber' [answers] Ravi: since you like jokes here is something I found in one of them Kerala sites.I don't know if this is funny but what the heck. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Q. Why do Indian women wear red dots on their foreheads?ÿ A. Well, in ancient times, Indian men used to practice archery skills by aiming at their wife's red dot. In fact,ÿ that is one of the reasons why they had many wives. You see,ÿ once they mastered the art of archery and hit the target....ÿ Q. You're from India? I have read so much about the country. Allÿ the wonderful places, the forests, the snake charmers, the elephants. Do you still use elephants for transportation?ÿÿ A. Absolutely. In fact we used to have our own elephant in our house. But later, we started participating in elephant-ride sharing schemes with our neighbors, to save the air. You see elephants have an "emissions" problem.....ÿÿ Q. Does India have cars?ÿÿ A. No. We ride elephants to work. The government is trying to encourageÿ ride-sharing schemes.ÿ Q. Does India have TV?ÿÿ A. No. We only have cable.ÿ Q. Are all Indians vegetarian?ÿ A. Yes. Even tigers are vegetarian in India.ÿÿ Q. How come you speak English so well?ÿ A. You see when the British were ruling India,they employed Indians as servants. It took too long for the Indians to learn English. So the British isolated an "English-language" gene and infused their servants' babies with it and since then all babies are born speaking English.ÿ Q. Are you a Hindi?ÿÿ A. Yes. I am spoken everyday in Northern India.ÿ Q. Do you speak Hindu?ÿÿ A. Yes, I also speak Jewish, Islam and Christianity.ÿ Q. Is it true that everyone there is very corrupt?ÿ A. Yes, in fact, I had to bribe my parents so that they would let me go to school.ÿ Q. India is very hot, isn't it?ÿ A. It is so hot there that all the water boils spontaneously. That is why tea is such a popular drink in India.ÿ Q. Are there any business companies in India?ÿ A. No. All Indians live on the Gandhian priniciples of self-sufficiency. We all make our own clothes and grow our own food. That is why you see all these thin skinny Indians -- it is a lot of hard work.ÿ Q. Indians cannot eat beef, huh?ÿ A. Cows provide milk which is a very essential part of Indian diet. So eating cows is forbidden. However in order to decrease the population of the country, the government is trying to encourage everyone to eat human meat.ÿÿ Q. India is such a religious place. Do you meditate regularly?ÿ A. Yes, sometimes I meditate for weeks without food and drink. But it is difficult to keep my job, because I have to miss work when I meditate likeÿ that. But the bosses there do the same thing. That is why things are so inefficient there.ÿ Q. I saw on TV that people there walk on burning coals. Why do they do that?ÿ A. We don't have shoes. So we burn the bottom of our feet to make it hard, so that we can walk.ÿÿ

To: Senor VS who wrote (1489)	6/11/1998 11:19:00 AM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

Picture of the day [Daddy's girl Karisma Kapoor]. expressindia.com expressindia.com expressindia.com