The plaintiffness of Tagore, almost a century old, has not lost its meaning. Have we gained nothing or is there nothing to gain?
from Gitanjali (more…)
July 14, 2006
July 13, 2006
Is India Safe.. Now What?
This is a copy paste of a news item in Mumbai Mirror, on its web page but has no perma link.
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“Lashkar-e-Taiba operative Mushir Siddiqui (37), arrested by the Anti-Terrorist Squad in January this year, had given his interrogators specific details of LeT’s plans to cause (more…)
July 11, 2006
Bomb Blasts Rock Mumbai
Update: For November 26th 2008 terrorist attack read here.
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This post was written in real time.. as events happened..and news of tragedy filtered in from 6.20 p.m. Began writing immediately ..first at Indian pad to share the horrific occurence and rape of Mumbai at the hands of terrorists once again. It angers, saddens, immobilises you from even thinking straight. Sensing the gruesomeness even vicariously tingles ones spine and sends shivers down, imagining the plight of the hapless victims. (more…)
Believe This
India is the twelfth wealthiest country in the world!!!!!
Unbelievable..yet it professes to be true. Question that seems uppermost however is WHERE does it show, account for and mirror?
According to a recent survey India still has the world’s LARGEST number of poor people in (more…)
July 10, 2006
In Praise Of Cheer
“A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds”
Sometimes a staid, boring, oft repeated phrase catches your eye as if for the first time. You sense the subtleties and suddenly its as if a ‘eureka’ kind of glee takes over. It happened today when randomly the term ‘spread cheer’ appeared, out of nowhere as it (more…)
Sachiniti 