The World Is A Small Place

The world is such a small place, we keep on being reminded and we keep on forgetting!The latest reminder comes in form of Israel-Lebanon conflict which has claimed hundreds of lives, the majority being on the Lebanese side. The rights and wrongs are being discussed, will be discussed and after sometime (hopefully) this war will end. But by then how much would be lost!And the reason I have been jolted...

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The spirit is lacking

The latest topic of discussion in Indian media, specially English, is about Mumbai's 'spirit' and 'resilience'. As usual after the frenzy of terrible blasts, the media was back next day with spirited stories about Mumbaikars' resilience and how the city's spirits are not subdued in spite of the heavy losses, and I am not talking about monetary losses. These are the losses that no one would be able...

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Mumbai on NET

I tried to compile some of the good articles on the Mumbai Blasts. Here are they:Rediff.comIndia needs to be ruthless in its vengeanceEnough is enough!This is phase II of Pakistan's proxy war against India'The dead have been forgotten'Mumbai, show me the wayJust what is SIMI?The 5:54 death train, a day laterThey call us resilient?HindustanTimes.comMadhya Pradesh is a hub for Pakistani spies Good morning,...

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Salaam Bombay : Letter from Mumbaikar

(I got this in a forward, but as most forwards are ultemately deleted, I wanted to preserve it. Because this open letter to the terrorists and those behind them, shows the undomitable spirit of Mumbai and its people.)SALAAM BOMBAY!Dear Terrorist,Even if you are not reading this we don't care. Time and again you tried to disturb us and disrupt our life - killing innocent civilians by planting bombs...

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Why we don't need an IIFA?

I don't remember the exact words in that article, but what it meant was that rather than going to foreign industry leaders and governments to invite them for exploring investment opportunities in their state, it would be better if our chief ministers, ministers and beaurocrats set their own house in order. With broken down (or non-existent) roads, illusive power supply and administration and law and...

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