makar shankranti
By SVAKSHA on 2008 January 14 [Monday], 17:44:00 - HEALTH - Permalink
Had a very beautiful, yet
dangerous visitor who took an hour getting chased out. Last week(end) was
tough and tiring, partly because i exerted myself when i felt a l'il better
resulting in a relapse. Random bytes like "it can be typhoid, 4 of my friends
got it last week" makes me contemplate another round of tests tomorrow, which i
dont look forward to at the moment 
Currently we have 2 DD's and 2 more in the queue and bubulle and sam had
attended foss.in as part of Project days so i had suggested that next time
Debian can send female DD's if any are interested. That would give the DW
project the visibility it deserves. The "why women....." advocacy talks has
been overdone over the years so why not showcase DW's remarkable success rate :
10 female DD's at various stages in the developer queue, over the years. I
managed to chew helix's and marga's ears about technical talks ... interested
if the issue of travel sponsorship could be worked out.
ATM i dont feel like crawling through the full mailbox or reading anything at all and its Sankranti but i dont feel the energy at all. My pet peeve is the tendency of DR's (medics) handing out high doses/strong medication without bothering to check for past history/allergies and such-like. Lucre of endless tests and time may be a factor but i am not amused at their careless attitude.
Happy Makar Shankranti/Pongal !!
Comments
We have total 4 DDs 'in India (and they are Indian - ramakrishanan, rganeshan, kapil, varun). If you count Indian DDs around the world, add 3 more (jaldhar, manoj [us], anand [au]).
4 more are in queue (me, kumar, deepak, soumyadip). Correct me if I am wrong.
Just wondering.. is it 'Shakranti' or just 'Sankranti'?
Regards.
@kartik: ahh right...kapil, varun, .... saw the names on the debian site but didnt know if they are in India. who doesnt know Jaldhar and manoj.
@hbd: dunno , since all indian languages are phonetic i spell it as its pronounced. Romanization has its positives but am not a huge fan of it.