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by Guest Wed May 11, 2011 11:45 am

Raj Rajaratnam - SI/NI, if SI, then what kinda? Where is sambhar vada?

http://money.cnn.com/2011/05/11/news/companies/rajaratnam_guilty/index.htm?hpt=T1

by Hellsangel Wed May 11, 2011 11:47 am

Sri Lankan

by MaxEntropy_Man Wed May 11, 2011 11:48 am

Tracy Whitney wrote:Raj Rajaratnam - SI/NI, if SI, then what kinda? Where is sambhar vada?

http://money.cnn.com/2011/05/11/news/companies/rajaratnam_guilty/index.htm?hpt=T1

neither.

by Guest Wed May 11, 2011 11:51 am

ah, srilankan.. *phew*

by ashaNirasha Wed May 11, 2011 11:53 am

Can consider him a SI as far as CH is concerned.

by Guest Wed May 11, 2011 11:57 am

just read him up on wiki, he is suspected to be linked with ltte.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raj_Rajaratnam

by Guest Wed May 11, 2011 11:58 am

ashaNirasha wrote:Can consider him a SI as far as CH is concerned.

no... SI's are Indians. SriLankan's are not. period.

by ashaNirasha Wed May 11, 2011 12:05 pm

Jeez, this new CH, I tell ya...

by charvaka Wed May 11, 2011 12:12 pm

ashaNirasha wrote:Jeez, this new CH, I tell ya...

Haha. When does the honeymoon end? Can we all begin fighting now, please?

by Guest Wed May 11, 2011 12:15 pm

ashaNirasha wrote:Jeez, this new CH, I tell ya...

wait, no one in old ch called lankans as si's?

by Hellsangel Wed May 11, 2011 12:16 pm

charvaka wrote:
Haha. When does the honeymoon end? Can we all begin fighting now, please?

I couldn't even get myself to be not nice to अक्बर् पंख़ा

by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Wed May 11, 2011 1:53 pm

He is more correctly an "Ealamite"

by doofus_maximus Wed May 11, 2011 1:54 pm

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:He is more correctly an "Ealamite"

KV country mate you mean..

by indophile Wed May 11, 2011 2:11 pm

charvaka wrote:
ashaNirasha wrote:Jeez, this new CH, I tell ya...
Haha. When does the honeymoon end? Can we all begin fighting now, please?

I had two Srilankan friends in college here - one a Roman Catholic who spoke Sinhalese, and the other a Muslim who spoke Tamil. Both used to get irritated (for different reasons) if someone mistakenly identified them with SIs.

by doofus_maximus Wed May 11, 2011 2:16 pm

my SL friend is insistent upon calling Mahinda Rajapaksha, a benevolent leader and not a butcher..

irritates the crap out of me..

by MaxEntropy_Man Wed May 11, 2011 6:39 pm

Tracy Whitney wrote:
ashaNirasha wrote:Can consider him a SI as far as CH is concerned.

no... SI's are Indians. SriLankan's are not. period.

that's rather magnanimous of you; thank you we are so relieved.

by Guest Wed May 11, 2011 7:05 pm

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:
Tracy Whitney wrote:
ashaNirasha wrote:Can consider him a SI as far as CH is concerned.

no... SI's are Indians. SriLankan's are not. period.

that's rather magnanimous of you; thank you we are so relieved.

well, not sure where the sarcasm is coming from.

by artood2 Wed May 11, 2011 11:01 pm

Tracy Whitney wrote:Raj Rajaratnam - SI/NI, if SI, then what kinda? Where is sambhar vada?

http://money.cnn.com/2011/05/11/news/companies/rajaratnam_guilty/index.htm?hpt=T1

Isn't that a late question? All wisdom is found on facebook, there is google for everything else.

by Kris Wed May 11, 2011 11:07 pm

His is sri lankan by birth. His wife is asha pabla from what I have read. Looks like she is of indian origin.

by artood2 Wed May 11, 2011 11:16 pm

He is a Sri Lankan Tamil rumoured to have contributed to LTTE.

by Guest Wed May 11, 2011 11:21 pm

Tracy Whitney wrote:
ashaNirasha wrote:Can consider him a SI as far as CH is concerned.

no... SI's are Indians. SriLankan's are not. period.

Some Srilankans are Tamilians.
Some Tamilians are Srilankans
Some Tamilians are Indians.
Some Tamilians are South Indians and Indians.
No Tamilian is a North Indian

HTH

by MaxEntropy_Man Wed May 11, 2011 11:23 pm

Tracy Whitney wrote:
MaxEntropy_Man wrote:
Tracy Whitney wrote:
ashaNirasha wrote:Can consider him a SI as far as CH is concerned.

no... SI's are Indians. SriLankan's are not. period.

that's rather magnanimous of you; thank you we are so relieved.

well, not sure where the sarcasm is coming from.

your need to point out that southern indians are indians is the source of my sarcasm.

HTH.

by artood2 Wed May 11, 2011 11:24 pm

Celebrate the geek in you!

Sounds like a critical reasoning question in CAT.

by Merlot Daruwala Thu May 12, 2011 1:04 am

blabberwock wrote:
Tracy Whitney wrote:
ashaNirasha wrote:Can consider him a SI as far as CH is concerned.

no... SI's are Indians. SriLankan's are not. period.

No Tamilian is a North Indian

I hate to tangle with Mensa founder-members, but I believe "Tamilian" is a linguistic reference while "North Indian" is a geographic one (unless it's used by Luke Unkil, in which case it's just abuse).

So just as some Tamils who emigrated to Sri Lanka are referred to as Sri Lankans, Tamilians who emigrated to North India qualify to be called North Indians. No?

by Guest Thu May 12, 2011 1:38 am

Merlot Daruwala wrote:

I hate to tangle with Mensa founder-members, but I believe "Tamilian" is a linguistic reference while "North Indian" is a geographic one (unless it's used by Luke Unkil, in which case it's just abuse).

So just as some Tamils who emigrated to Sri Lanka are referred to as Sri Lankans, Tamilians who emigrated to North India qualify to be called North Indians. No?

Look, we are generous with respect to Sri Lanka. We do have leaders fighting for our own identity by trolling all over the web.

Do not stretch it, OK?

by Guest Thu May 12, 2011 2:08 am

artood2 wrote:Celebrate the geek in you!

Sounds like a critical reasoning question in CAT.

R2D2, who were you at our old base? Don't be hideous.

by Guest Thu May 12, 2011 6:05 am

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:
Tracy Whitney wrote:
MaxEntropy_Man wrote:
Tracy Whitney wrote:
ashaNirasha wrote:Can consider him a SI as far as CH is concerned.

no... SI's are Indians. SriLankan's are not. period.

that's rather magnanimous of you; thank you we are so relieved.

well, not sure where the sarcasm is coming from.

your need to point out that southern indians are indians is the source of my sarcasm.

HTH.

I didn't point that out I was just correcting what ashanirasha was saying, I know she also meant it as a sarcasm but what am I supposed to do, laugh and move along?

by Guest Thu May 12, 2011 6:08 am

artood2 wrote:He is a Sri Lankan Tamil rumoured to have contributed to LTTE.

Oh so he does have Indian roots. Damn.

by Guest Thu May 12, 2011 6:26 am

Merlot Daruwala wrote: "North Indian" is a geographic one (unless it's used by Luke Unkil, in which case it's just abuse).

LOL.

by MaxEntropy_Man Thu May 12, 2011 6:38 am

Tracy Whitney wrote:
artood2 wrote:He is a Sri Lankan Tamil rumoured to have contributed to LTTE.

Oh so he does have Indian roots. Damn.

eh? everybody in the subcontinent has indian roots. your point?

by MaxEntropy_Man Thu May 12, 2011 6:53 am

his connections to india are actually even more direct. many of his sidekicks who helped him with ill gotten information were indians. rajiv goel is a name that has come up frequently; this goel ratted on him to keep himself out of jail.

http://www.businessinsider.com/rajiv-goel-rats-india-apartment-2011

"Raj was a generous person," says Goel, who explained that with the $500,000, Raj was helping Goel with a family issue.

Goel's aging father, who lived in India, had become sick, and the family wanted to keep his apartment after he passed away. Raj's $500,000 gift ("I had never seen so much money," says Goel) was intended to help Goel acquire the apartment.

Soon after the $500,000 was transferred into Goel's account, the former Intel exec took $150,000 out.

Rats had infested the apartment. They ate the floor, and destroyed the property to the point that Goel needed the $150,000 for "extensive" repairs, he said.

Maybe Raj, who was scribbling notes during his friend's testimony against him, wrote something like, "IRONY."

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/rajiv-goel-rats-india-apartment-2011#ixzz1M8QErnVC

the bit about the rat infestation is quite funny.

by MaxEntropy_Man Thu May 12, 2011 7:31 am

another indian:

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/05/11/galleon-chiefs-network-of-friends-who-tell-secrets/?hp

by garamkuta Thu May 12, 2011 3:32 pm

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:his connections to india are actually even more direct. many of his sidekicks who helped him with ill gotten information were indians. rajiv goel is a name that has come up frequently; this goel ratted on him to keep himself out of jail.

http://www.businessinsider.com/rajiv-goel-rats-india-apartment-2011

"Raj was a generous person," says Goel, who explained that with the $500,000, Raj was helping Goel with a family issue.

Goel's aging father, who lived in India, had become sick, and the family wanted to keep his apartment after he passed away. Raj's $500,000 gift ("I had never seen so much money," says Goel) was intended to help Goel acquire the apartment.

Soon after the $500,000 was transferred into Goel's account, the former Intel exec took $150,000 out.

Rats had infested the apartment. They ate the floor, and destroyed the property to the point that Goel needed the $150,000 for "extensive" repairs, he said.

Maybe Raj, who was scribbling notes during his friend's testimony against him, wrote something like, "IRONY."

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/rajiv-goel-rats-india-apartment-2011#ixzz1M8QErnVC

the bit about the rat infestation is quite funny.

agent max... what became of those apt. rodents from your student days ?

by MaxEntropy_Man Thu May 12, 2011 7:13 pm

garamkuta wrote:

agent max... what became of those apt. rodents from your student days ?

they turned into hot dogs.

by artood2 Thu May 12, 2011 8:42 pm

blabberwock wrote:
artood2 wrote:Celebrate the geek in you!

Sounds like a critical reasoning question in CAT.

R2D2, who were you at our old base? Don't be hideous.

duhh.. that is so unBW

by Guest Thu May 12, 2011 8:54 pm

artood2 wrote:
blabberwock wrote:
artood2 wrote:Celebrate the geek in you!

Sounds like a critical reasoning question in CAT.

R2D2, who were you at our old base? Don't be hideous.

duhh.. that is so unBW

I suppose you don't know the special meaning that word has on CH? Hideous people are those who hide their identity - just like "infidels" are those who indulge in infidelity.

by artood2 Thu May 12, 2011 9:00 pm

Yeah remember that post by SP about "hideous". I do not read all posts (I do read most of yours).

by Guest Thu May 12, 2011 9:06 pm

artood2 wrote:Yeah remember that post by SP about "hideous". I do not read all posts (I do read most of yours).

These words were first used by Truth Seeker & Associates.

by artood2 Thu May 12, 2011 9:17 pm

Yes it was SP making fun of TS

http://forums.sulekha.com/forums/coffeehouse/hideous-r-us-1109313.htm

by Guest Fri May 13, 2011 6:22 am

so, who were you at the old base? c'mon, stop being hideous.

by Guest Fri May 13, 2011 11:39 am

so this guy networked with other south asians and conducted a masterful insider trading scam. what does it prove? that even highly accomplished south asian professionals are corrupt?

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