Public Address | Cafe | OnPoint: D11: Chennai to Bangalore

Keith Ng

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 23:46:31 +1300

Joined the scrum for WTO Big Cheese Pascal Lamy today. Gordo B will be up soon. Will post recording later, if it's not too crummy.

Not that you care, because you're all asleep right now.

Jeremy Andrew

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:10:08 +1300

What about the kitten?

Well, they've renamed it "Lucky" rather than "Street Pizza" so I think it'll be OK.

Stephen Judd

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:05:35 +1300

Never mind the duck. What about the kitten?

Grant Robertson

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:59:27 +1300

Hey Keith, I see from the Guardian (now how urban liberal does that sound) that Nicholas Stern is going to be there with Gordon Brown. Sidle up to him, and ask what he is doing to make his trip to India carbon neutral. Seriously would be good to get his…

Keith Ng

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 02:33:32 +1300

1) Thank god the duck is okay. I was getting pretty worried there.

2) Yes – there is a glaring lack of Chinese speakers, which is interesting. It seems to be a wide mix of "non-aligned countries" plus the UK. The line-up says something in itself, at any rate.

3)…

DeepRed6502

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 21:45:29 +1300

In fact, Norah Jones' real name, according to Wikipedia, is Geethali Norah Jones Shankar.

Pete Mitchell

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 21:09:25 +1300

Hi Keith, Following the traditional "Cui Bono" how about checking out the Wed 17th lunch networking session at 1245, Hotel Grand Ashok?
I figure that even if the legal aspect is dry as dust it may be more informative to see how India looks to engage with Australia and vice…

Charles Mabbett

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:47:18 +1300

Keith, make sure you contact Sudha Ramachandran while you are in Bangalore. Here is a link with some biodata about her – http://www.stimson.org/southasia/vf.cfm?ID=63.

She may have some interesting leads for you while you're in India. Sudha is a very experienced, dynamic and dedicated journalist who is a contributor to the…

Ben Austin

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:15:51 +1300

It is an Indian conference about India, with a few international patsies of note along to make for headlines and talk about India. China detracts from that. Besides, its organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry – why on earth would they wish to raise the topic of China when…

Kevin Moar

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:49:46 +1300

RB beats me to the punch. Dipak Patel was from Zambia, or Kenya, or something though, right?

I suppose you'll be at the "Focus: New Zealand" luncheon.

Appart from that.... I must confess I'd be tempted by the spouses' program. Is Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji really Norah Jones' dad? That…

Russell Brown

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:38:53 +1300

I guess I'm interested in how well Sutton acquits himself as our "roving ambassador" and whether he comes across as provincial in this setting as he used to at home.

As Tze Ming suggests, the absence of China speaks volumes. It might be fun to keep score of mentions of…

Tze Ming Mok

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 08:37:40 +1300

Hmm, speakers from places as obscure as Hungary and Syria, three from S'pore/Malaysia, none from Pakistan (duh)... and *none from China.* Interesting. The programme asks: 'Does the 21st Century belong to Asia?', saying,

it is perhaps possible to foresee a situation, when the
importance of Asia increases at an exponential…

Zippy Gonzales

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:50:37 +1300

Yeah, that story about the duck went on for ages. They managed to catch the duck and remove the needle. The duck is fine, but feeling nervous about duck season approaching.

Public Address

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:50:37 +1300

Discussion from blog post.