Tribute to Col S.G.Sarna

India Army is one of the few armies in the world having a Major leads the front. But even few were a Colonel himself is on field. Col.G.S.Sarna, who laid down his life fighting the insurgents has upheld the Army’s tradition bravely. As commanding officer of 29th Rastriya Rifles his men have triggered heavy losses to Hizb & other prominent groups in past few months. His life had actually saved many as the infiltrators had entered a residential colony.
A gentlemen cadet of National Defence Academy 1989 batch and trained in Indian Military Academy, Col Sarna was a soldier of high calibre. Always know for his valour and leadership skills definitely big viod in his family and men. His valient mother hails his bravery and his wife still pressing that their son would join Army.
Blankness glitters in all kasmiri’s & Army who are most affected by this almost 2 decades of insurgency ! Hope with political will both sides will not have to produce more martyr’s !
Nation always lives on these unsung heros whose dedication is paramount in safegurading the lives of many ! As he is being cremated , Nation salutes this brave martyr !!!

Will Tiger change its stripes ?

Unpredicability about death is unpredictability. Could not have come to Anton Balasingham at this misappropriate juncture. Though LTTE chief was know for his own ways, balasingham was his trusted Liutenent. This Doctral in social sciences have been their Chief Negotiator from the word begin. Everyone know the trademark of their process.

Yet Balasingham was shrude enough to impinge his piece of mind and bring his astute diplomatic skills to use. One wonders in the end if they were successful. The raging war in the Island nation is ample proof to unsucceful attempt of violence.

Concerned parties should come forward and take a political approach. even though LTTE might miss their Chief political adviser, it will have to move forward in main political stream. Efforts are on by political parties for solving ethnic issues though "Autonomy". But recently they were recieved by assasination attempt on defence secretary . The last "Heros Day speech"
re-iterated their "Independent" position.
Will the tigers change their stripes for good ?? Only time can tell.

Kissing Goodbye !!

Recent PIL against "Kissing scene" of Dhoom-2 re-dawns the presence of

"Selective Amnesia Syndrome "!! Why selective ? Unless the lawyer does not know who Serial kisser is ? If he is ignorant i strongly recommend him consulting a 10 yr old ! Watching movie is a leisurely act. More so is a review on it ! But filing one's review as PIL is making mockery of the oneself !!

Indian society known for its orthodox outlook towards intimacy attitude is long gone by ! Statistics say it will take years the pending ones even if none files a new one !! These self style propaganda should be outwardly rejected !

By the way how does one define obscenity ?? Are n't there worst publications whose sole chores are to do so ? Why leave all of them and target a release with big names ! Well one of the best ways to gain public glare ! Was a film with 17 such scenes too big a PIL ? May be he would have got a chance 17 times !!

I am no ultra modern being, but a moderate rationalist. Why make fools out of nothing ! As karan johar had pointed out "ideal mind make great devils workshop" ! If one is genuinely interested about dignity of women why not push hard for Women's bill ?? Fight the govt for dismal % of female literacy rate compared to male ! Mere rhetoric will not earn public respect but will have to act in dignified way !

But whatever said and done, whole film fraternity is waiting when the case comes up by Dec 11 ! Will the law kiss this kiss a good bye or the litigaion !!

Men in Blow !

Bernard Shaw would have loved his saying go true watching the Indians perform on field ! True every team has ups & down's, but recet trends is tilted towards worst ! Should we call is "Worst at its best ". Whole team dismally failed to perform including skipper dravid !

Are we cursed or Jinxed as ICC world cup nears ? Dadda could not have found a more better time for re-entry seeming as if he rejunvates the team ! I hope the bengal tiger would leap a few good shots rather than polishing his claws ! Seniors I m sure are more experienced to these time and will come back. Unfortunately I am also one in a billion who seem to believe that myth !

Our men are in a blow to their self thrown bomb shell !!

The richest sports body in the world is all smoking it out ! A mere 2% donation to other sports would have created hundreds of Sania'a & Rathore's !! Sometimes I wonder Indians mistook cricket as religion and not a sport ! Can't be blamed as we have channels which track every ball hit and words spoken with chronological accuracy ! Even if team does not make history atleast media do !

Boys in blue should take this as a wake up call and better start performing more in reality than in AD's ! Brand ambassador for a sportsman is his skill first and put the rest to rest ! India sits back sad waiting for team to perform as a team ! Some even thank god there wasn't any qualifying ! Worst is we still beleive our boys will deliver ! Well otherwise what ? Not much we will wait till next WC !! Howwzaaat ...?

Return of the Jedai !!

"To victor goes the spoils ! " - Chevez land slide victory makes every leftist more confident ! The second straight power win of this Ex-paratrooper is a big gain for the "axis of left" in latin America. Dedicating this victory to his old comrade Fidel Castro, Victor Chevez is taking this OPEC nation to new level of attitude - Anti American.

Very few have had the guts (like fidel) to oppose US in their own soil . Chevez is definitely one. Recent of his include the sulphur at UN ! Self proclaimed fan of Naom chomsky, this staunch leftist have made all right political moves in Latin America. He seem to create an axis of alignment which the great Che Guevera failed in action. But ofcourse , "Che" will remain the cause forever !

The founding member of OPEC is the largest oil reserve outside the middle east. So a natural customer to US. But after advent of Chevez they are facing tough times. CIA seems to be fail as badly as their political vandetta ! Though Chevez lost a coup in 1990's , he fought back politcally victrious ! Leaders like him make the international order not to remain unipolarised ! Thats what introduces bug into the system which hedge the imbalance out ! In that sense not a bug to all but to the bitten & bitter !!

Half of governments revenue flow from the crude ! China & Russia were quick enough to join hands with this carribean nation. Guess India also should follow the suite. Just doing business with them does not mean alignment to the left. After all our govt here is externally pressurised from left, might add more substance than mere salt !

But for the dark side, Victor Chevez comeback is "Return of the Jedai " !! Would be a unification of loosely held latin south ! Ofcourse the congregation has many heavy weights including mexico & Brazil !

God Google !

One thing which Genghis khan or Alexander the great aspired but did not get there is known history - "Conquer the World" ! Now google wants to continue their legacy atleast in spirit, if not literally ! Player is making is obvious thro the genius of his game. Google well fits into the analogy. Right from its inception it has followed "First ball itself a sixer" principle ! We do know it has been batting hard, but steadily. Started with sachin's vigour, going the dravid's "wall" way ! Statistics say "500M clicks a day". Imagine 50% of India Using Google or whole of US & Britain put togther !

"Googol" as defined by them is 1 followed by 100 zero's ! "What's in name" does not fit google, for it has passion in it ! Larry Page and Sergi Brain tactfully unlocked their missile from Stanford to Infinity !! Bang on target created a wave which no other product in IT history has ever dreamt of, including "Hotmail". I hardly can think of an IT professional's day passing without a click on the google. Intrestingly more than 50% audience is outside its home ground USA. But steve Balmer supports it fits more to iPod ! Well is he biting the apple too hard ?

Google earth had caught the imagination of millions besides scorn of few defence establishements including India. But she marches on bravely. Lives by the legacy "World is my play field". All this in very small time span of less than a decade of its inception from humble menlo park ! Only guy to challange Bill's empire. Google book is another innovation in the pages of history.

Recently it vested Youtube.com into its portfolio besides it hunt for Radio business !

I guess it's well on its path to conquer today's competetive world. Your "Dog Missing" .. Do not worry Google's satellites might search it in ".00001 Secs" !! Well it is no Asimov's dream but google's magic ! As Thomas Friedmann Questions " Is Google God? " ! -

My answer - Emphatic Yes !!

A few reasons why google is "god" .. It's IT's best friend without which there is no well being for him. Ominpotent and present everywhere, anytime ! Finally "Ask and you shall Recieve" .. who gives you for free except GOD ! Ultimate one- Type "God" & see for urself :-) !!

Re-Dawn of Gandhian Era

The gandhian phoenix rose from its ashes in recent times with more vitality, logic and glamour enough to pull the modern youth ! No doubt "Gandhian Act" was prelude to the crack of the mighty British Empire in India and eventually elsewhere ! Awestruck by this new weapon british were clueless on how to retaliate. Well we all know that history !
But as time passed by, Gandhian takers were few and followers even lesser. Concept always had respect and forethought though, undeniable. In the current times of violence and terror, his advocacy has caught glimpse of many ! I would call there is sudden resurgent trend in following Gandhian principle. Sought of a fashion statement, but not without substance. My personal take on is a welcome trend. No one than Gandhi can show us that non-violence is ultimate weapon against any harsh enemy ! Aggressors I hope would resort to peaceful means for redressal of grivances !
On the other day in TV one could see Gandhian caricatures, T-shirts, Mugs becoming popular !! One business man even mentioned "Gandhi is still a great brand " ! Adding to the popularity is our latest munnabhai ! Gandhigiri I m convinced would have reached to braoder audience.
Well definitely a heartening move if youth follow gandhian approach towards society and their compatriots. Guess that itself is half the battle won against terror ! His ideas were simple but very "EFFECTIVE" ! On the centenary year of his initiation of satyagraha in South Africa, today's world should start digging gandhian thoughts and enjoy the fruits of it !

General - In the line of Fire ??

No doubdt he is one of the important state heads today in new world order. India also no longer can ignore him or his statements. Gen.Musharaf's autobiography. But against his expectations "In the line of Fire" actually has put him under fire. The pakistani president has been too general in data give aways ! No classification or declassification, the authenticity however questionable ! Though he claims this book to have an insight of contemprorary pakistan, general has spoke more on the non-pakistani's !!

Musharaf took over pak at a time when internal economy was crumbling, northen states almost in the hands of terrorists ! He definitely used his military experience to tackle a few issues, but not justified in all cases !

A few illogical rhetorics are raising doubts of the whole context of the book itself ! One example is he stating India acquiring nuclear installation drawings through doubtful means. A strongly accepted fact is that most of Indian technology especially after 1960's are indigenious !
This is totally unrequired to present context and not a befitting incident. Other was the Agra summit 2004. Clouds are still dark on what happened at the summit and aftermath.

Every time both countries restart their dialouge but with old baggage. Acceptable that "out of box" solution is required. But will have to come from a joint committee committed to welfare of everyone involved ! Kargil being self praised as victory tactically also may not be totally true. Detailed accounts have emerged since then which do conflict many of general's view.

Well bcos of 9/11 or not, general better be ready to be bombed to his stone age life after forthcoming elections, if at all it happens !! Well atleast he is projecting himself to be a too general leader than a general ! Action will have to speak than words !

Oh Maria !!

When she walks through the stadium with sports gear on even that becomes fashion statement. Many predicted the demise of her fame in the game would soon loose glamour which surrunds it ! Maria Sharaphova gave them a strong ace winning her second grand slam unlike her compatriot fashion dressed Anna kournikova !
This teenage sensation has once again proven her tennis skills are much beyond anyone's comprehension. Mind you she fought down Justine, the finalists in all 4 grand slams this year. Sharaphova's reflexes were at her best on the centre court of Arthur Ashe stadium !

What else can I say ! ! You have garlanded to death the critics view on your game through your comeback. Oh maria !

Terror revisited

Malegon this time was the target of the terror attack. Usually one of the communally sensitive hot spots of the nation, violence is not new to this town. But this is the first act of terror here. A reconfirmation of hatred knowing no religious boundaries. Though motive behind is obvious, question of libaral acts by these miscreants are surprising.
Wheeling it on a cycle makes the stone age method of terror ! Recent overhaul of arms cache in AP & few in surat are inducing some confidence of the ATS acts. But as specified in recent CM's conference, internal secutiry could be stregthened through more sophisticated and prepared Intelli networks !
Once or twice their motive might not have been fully realised, but cannot be garunteed always. Because human tolerence has its limits. On the cenetary of Mahatma's "sathyagraha" launch, we should wake up to make ever lasting peace our ultimate motive !
Terror can only be silenced through sound peace keeping initiatives and tightly secuting our borders to avoid weapons import through illegal means !
Pray peace return to the Maharastra state & the whole nation ! What these cowardly actors do not undertsand is the deep rooted indianism running thorugh the veins of the nation !

Andre Aggasi - Serves final match

Arthur Ashe stadium gave this indefatigable star a standing ovation, making Andre break down ! 20 years , anyone would agree is pretty long stint in the world of tennis. Winning all 4 grand slams, which only four others have achieved so far, agassi set a precedent to classic tennis ! His friend and ground rival Sampras have given feast to fans world ove they would never forget !
What diffrentiated agassi was the style he adapted to himself and the great rebel midset at play ! Many a times he did not forgive his opponents, but very kind at heart. Ofcourse, Andre Aggasi runs a charitable for the downtrodden !
Last but one match between him and marcos is a master piece for future aspirants. Agassi's tennis profile had its own downs too. His fight back especially after his failed marriage with brook shields. Analysts had predicted his exit then, but this tough steel man served the volley with full power comeback. Infact in 1999 he became the 5th man in world tennis history to have won all the 4 grandslams, record even sampras does not hold !
Last few years of his career Steffi has helped agassi's come back helping him outset many records. This tennis duo probably now have a lot of time for themselves.

Do not be surprised if u find them in mumbai or goa :-) !!

Well done Andre, we will miss your great tennis !

Baluchistan Burning ?

One of the open known rivalry of the musaraf regime was closed by use of elite commando forces. One can argue if the elite forces had to be deployed to defeat a 79 year old oxford educated tribal leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti. May be military regime is showing signs of jitters.
Baluchistan the most richest energy province of pakistan is undoubtely the poorest. In fact their own people were even denied gas supplies ! Tribal leader Akbar bugti , popularly know as "Tiger of Baluchistan" has long been saviour of the region. Was the governer and CM of the province in the 1970's. Early this year as he was the prime target of elimination, he fled dera bugti into the mountains. He well had more than 250,000 militia under his belt. His death now gives birth to galavising of resistant forces against musharaf.
Analysts feel the general could have sought political means to solve the crisis. The idea would be to resolve the sufferings of the balochs rather than suppressing them. Wierd he had to resort to military action against their own countrymen ! Clear indication of his general status overcoming the presidetial powers. If he is to continue sceptre, then president should try resolving issues through political equations. Otherwise baloch might become another bangladesh as one of the military analyst points out in his recent article.
General has the history of handling pressure cooker situation with ease. But this has thrust too much weight on him. If the situation is under control then it would be a dangerous predence for worst to follow. Lets earnestly hope our neighbour gets her "house in order" too.

Pluto goes underworld !

Pluto , named after the greek god of underworld was proudly with the solar family for 3/4 th of a century. And it still remains one body of the solar system which was never visited by a man made satellite. New horizon on its way to accomplish it, but by 2015 !
Pluto has long been under controversy for being named a planet. Especially when similar objects like pluto were found in kuiper belt. Internation Astonomical Union (IAU) wasted no time in polling out pluto off the planet system making it only 8. This definitely comes as a surprise to many as there were proposals to add charon(pluto biggest known moon), Xena also into the planetry union. Pluto's orbit being slightly above other contemprories.
Mankind has come a long way in discovering the universe. So there have been undiscoveries of the discovered. Right from evolution to earth being flat were all been disproven. So dismantling pluto off the deck of the solar orbit is man's own fate with his date with space. The divorce does not cause distress as it altogether gives planetry observers new view of the universe !
Taking a fresh outlook on the heavenly bodies sure open a new vista of thinking.
Indeed raising more questions than answers. For the moment one word can be deleted from students mind ! But i bet not for long as technology is travelling faster than light !

The End of a Raaga !

The Ganges would flow silently as it wud fail to hear the music that reverberated for more than half a century. Ustad Bismillah khan was enthralling varanasi for decades through his identity "Shennai" . Known for his humility , he did his shennai speak everything else.
As a disciple of Ustad Vilayat Khan, this octogenarian did his master and nation proud.

Not an exaggeration to say shennai got a re-birth under his reign. Throughout his life as master shennai player money was not even the least priority. Simplicity as a way of life he was a staunch supporter of pluralism. His striking words "Heavens weep today to see the drastic event . Miscreants would be defeated as their design was !"(On varanasi blast)

Nation awarded highest civilian to Ustad bismillah Khan. He might not have a musical blood line legacy to continue but his hindustani notes would be travelling through ages !

India pays rich homage to this musical genius ! May his sould rest in peace !

Good bye Mr.Murthy !

What can one achieve within 25 years of life span from nothing ?
Well Mr.Narayan Murthy let his deed speak the answer :-) ! No prize for guessing !

Infy his child has grown into an emperor ruling the IT world.
As he turns 60, the high profile chairman renounced his chair on sunday Aug 20,2006. By conventional wisdom he his retired from day to day operation as exectuive though he will continue to mentor it to even greater heights. His kin not succeeding is something unique to him and industry ofcourse ! Instead he left hi own child to be nurtued !

Infosy'ians are going to miss him ! So will the corporate world !
As a professional of this genaration we owe a lot to him who has radically changed all our life styles indirectly. Infosys set precedence by listing on NASDAQ. Until then world only knew us a land of snake charmers and advocates of eternal conservationalism. What followed is history.

Murthy's "Why not? " unconventional approach has always awestruck me. As this business giant retires I stand to salute his greatness & empathy for society !
Good bye Mr.Murthy ?
Welcome to the social world ! They need you more !

Sleeping Beauty !

State of being where there is feeling of stillness yet chaos in unknown territories is the beauty of sleeping ! Oops sorry if the topic was misleading ! I am tempted to pen this out during my siesta. So if you feeel some disorientation or cranky route through this post you are njoying its brighter side !

Always wondered abt this compelling nature of all living beings. Experiences all form of feelings can be met while still asleep ! From pretty to pain, sadness to madness, love to lonliness ! Not exactly in any form or sequence. Well otherwise it would be reality :) !!

I was always under misconception that sleeping beauty was a hot cutie, until I really started sleeping my heart off ! Anytime, anywhere ! I term this "instant karma" ! Manifestation takes place on spot once you roar(even silently is fine - but must roar - or well, snore!)

Sleep seeks u realise the sound of silence, creativity of emptiness, heaven in the hell. Even after painting the beauty of sleep, empty canvas still stares at me. But it is an ever relinquishing preview - picturesque and least expected.

Beauty of sleep might disturb you , but realisation alone is the key to its vastness !!! Concept of time fails as it cease to exist :-) !!

Njoyy the beauty of nature !!!

Mesmerising Murali !!!

Shane Warne these days is netting hard to avoid murali surpassing him - The only other man to trying to bowl this bowler !
As years spinned, this cricketing genius has proven himself to be one of the best bowlers cricket has ever known. Right from his debut in 1992 there was no looking back for muralitharan ! Armed with his ever smiling attitude he has made the batsmen cry for their mistakes.

Muthiah muralitharan, the highest wicket taker [ test+ODI], keeps all who are watching spellbound by his sleight of hand. Real doosra thrown to the other legends is the complexity of action which he performs with ease. Murali has created a new art of spinning ! Anyone from prasanna to bishan singh bedi would agree. Warne even states a step further, "muthiah might reach 1000 wkts !"
An accepted view that murali is a class in himself. Walking through the cricket hall of fame is not easy. With more than half century 5wicket spell & a dozen 10Wkt spell, murali is just mesmerising. Island nation has proudly produced a real genius who has made academics research his action with curiosity !
Murali has recently revealed his humane side by becoming "ambassador" for UN World food programme for poverty allevation ! This would go a long way in bringing up the poor of the small Island nation to whom murali is "GOD" !
Why is this lankan not being awarded a Mastero honor . All cricket fans would strongly urge muthiah muralidharan for his astute skills must be officially declared cricketing bowling genius of all times !
After all he is the only other bowler who with 650+ Test wkts , is stillnot out :) !!!

India Marches Ahead !!

As India celebrates her 59th independence day the optimistic tides are splashing all around. Exceptions are part of any system so let’s discard any non-optimistic comments. Growth is the buzz word ringing. Second fastest rowing economy in the world next only to China! Export numbers growing, average life expectancy going up, access to information technology increasing users and their reach far plus wide.

Indian business tycoons from Lakshmi mittal to Vijay mallya have officially stamped their presence through global acquisitions. 8’o Clock coffee is to have Indian aroma all 24 hrs after Tata Coffee buying it out ! Recent IATA conference invited Indian civil aviation minister and IA chief for the first time in years stressing the importance of our aviation sector flying globally ! Cancer drugs expected by biocon in a few years and AIDS trial have already kicked off .

According to World Bank social indicator, India has reduced her poverty to 25% from 50% in 1950’s, life expectancy going up to 63 from 49. Though WB warns of hurdles ahead. Factors like oil prices, monsoon, poverty , rural development are to be looked after. India is in the way of the “Millennium development Goal” commitment to reduce poverty by 2015 !

Scientific progress too has been on success strides. Defense, space and nuclear technologies have been on growth lane. Indirectly a lot of spin-off’s are benefiting the masses in providing energy and security. IT is our core competence! Telecommunication has been the backbone of connectivity shrinking our space and time!

Few years back I heard an international business man comment “IT – India & china” . Almost anonymous view that Tiger and Dragon are to rule the century through their economic supremacy! As world enters new international dimension in relationships we should be malleable responsible state in world affairs!

As India enters 60th independent year with more than 60% youth power, we all set for an exciting future ! The Indian geography has a long history besides transforming into scientific economy! Balance of payments look good as our ForEx reserves are over $150 bn ! That enables us to clear all our external debts in one go & still have balance left ! Though hypothetical, even this was considered insane in early 1990’s ! Indian economy has come along way , reflection of our fundamentally sound policies .

The right words of Charles dickens reflect our state of being today – “ We are in best of times and worst of times”. Worst - because of today’s terror, hindrances do crop up. We do realize our long journey, but with her characteristic diversified unity and charismatic appeal India will march ahead – confidently and youthfully!!

Jai hind !

Lebanon Under Attack !

What one rightly calls as the change of winds applies well to lebanon. Hardly anyone in Beirut would have thought their city & eventually lebanon, under attack from Israeli Defence Froces(IDF) . The agreed view against IDF is their unmatched hard hit on the already wailing lebanon. It has hardly woken from their invasion decades ago.
Ofcourse rationalist argue Israel is not the one to go to war and was very nastily prompted by extremism. IDF has decided to finish hizbullah once and for all. But their greatest challange would be to fight the terror groups whose identity is very difficult to distinguish from an innocent civilian ! In one sense, the lebanese themselves are paying for their support to hizbullah.
Danger in this whole conflict is that, a breed of new generation would rise bearing their full brunt on those who attacked them thus putting the idea of sustained peace in the region atleast half a century away ! Terror is a phenomenon taking shape rapidly in new age and response to it should be to curb it at its root rather than letting an offshoot. Otherwise purpose would be lost !
Israel has all the right as any state to defend itself, but should be done with utmost caution with least possible impact. Ehud omlert inspite of his very less military service has come out as a hardliner than expected. His body language clearly states this man knows fully the impact of military action.

Peace in and around Israel is as important as Indo-pak , S & N korea. Asia also has recently seen constant conflicts threatening the future of millions ! Middle east & asian peace are good indicators of journey towards a better world ! Hope the journey begins late than never!

Quotable Quotes

(Extracted from ET article - Nothing succeeds like success)

Shakespeare (Julius Caesar — IV, 3)
“There is a tide in the affairs of men,
which, taken at the flood, leads to fortune
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and miseries.”

Ella Wheeler Wilcox - Worthwhile

“’Tis easy enough to be pleasant,
When life flows along like a song;
But the man worth while is the one who will smile
When everything goes dead wrong.”

Master blaster is Back !

Billion hearts break new bounds of joy every time sachin goes on a rampage, though he has done it a through his million strokes before ! No cricketer is as famous our Sachin tendulkar ! A real cricketing genius certified by Don Bradman ! Spirits are definitely high for the men in blue on his arrival .
Performance of any genius is his return to form at anytime, anywhere. None other than sachin has proven this ! Will prove it in the island nations too, no doubt !

I hope even the tigers take their time off to watch this cricketing lion in action ! His few brilliant shots are sure a bonus for lankans who are ear deaf with gun shots !

Welcome back sachin !

Tribute to kargil Martyrs !

The time of the year the climate was freezing cold where mercury would dare to raise, no life would want to catch a glimpse of it. But silently few rough men cross the LOC making one think god knows what drive them. Though realising late, India did not pardon them ! An accepeted fact that Army was taken by surprise, but not disheartened. As in Kargil Gen.V.P.Malik states "Kargil was from suprise to victory !". Ofcourse, yes ! It comes from a man who commanded Army during kargil times !

Capture of Tiger Hills, restoration of NH1 were all daring instances of "Profiles of courage" !
Numerous examples starting from Sqd.Leador Vijay Ahuja's mission to 18 grenadiars capturing tiger hills, braving infiltration defence at batallik will ever be imprinted in the minds all indians !

Kargil will remain as one of the best examples of the exemplery chavalry of our ever dedicated fellow soldiers ! Guarding our borders has not been an easy task, but they had outpaced the disasters whenever they cropped up !

A moving statement by a fine soldier : "Tell them for their tommorow we gave our today !"
Today had come & gone , but soldiers continue to keep their promise.

Nation stands united in saluting the brave martyrs of Kargil who laid their present for our future !

Fit as Fidel !!

Most citizens in this small carribean country only know towering Castro as their ultimate leader, for they have been seeing him from the time they were born ! May be this applies to atleast half the world population which survive now!
Fidel castro took over the power in cuba from Fulgencio Batista in 1958. One of doctors turned into greatest guerilla warfare man Che guevera accompanied castro in this mission. Unfortunately in a twist of fate the later headed for bolivia to make rest a history !
Ruling one of the very few communist states, castro has defined himself to be a fine,firm,intelligent and tactically strategic leader. What more he has survived more than 600 assasination attempts till now and has faced pressure from almost 10 US presidents ! Every cigar smoked by anyone around the world has his spirit in it !
Castro's life is cuba & cuba is castro .. Such a saying would go undisputed in havana, as he rules it for almost half a century ! Along has come his brother Raul castro , the longest serving Defence minister in the world! He was very much responsible for turning castro's the armed group into a fine military of cuba.
Recent oil findings would give them a better edge, but ageing castro does worry the future power equation of the communist country .. But as always this "Iron man of havana" has survided a lot of criticism and will remain as fit as fidel for ever !!

Clueless in baghdad !

Sashi tharoor's Bookless in baghdad opened a new vista in me , of understanding the life of the iraqis ! Poor citizens selling their precious book collection for a living ! But recent happenings in baghdad really seem to be ruthless ! A few deaths daily for no fault of theirs, albiet they were born on that part of the planet. Now tharoor would dare say "Clueless in baghdad !

After "Ladies & gentlemen, We got him !" rhetoric, one is given a sense that still they have not got him(the real enemy i mean) . Iraq is on a grip of civil war, poor people, they are clueless ! For troops there getting on the street fights of iraq seems a new paradigm shift than their tora bora days ! Days ahead do not inspire them. But still they stick on to see light at the end of tunnel !
The point of reference here is that we are also affected by the oil spill. Economists raise alarm on the rocketing oil prices. High time India starts reducing its dependecy on oil if it has to go forward undeterred.
It's the terror that terrorises humans and not the beings ! None other than iraqi's would stand testimony to these words !

Sophie Stuns at 70

Recently I had to strain my eyes several times to make sure what i read was what it meant .. Oh, Sophia loren daring to bare at 70 for an Italian magazine. Other posers boasts stunners like penolpe cruz & Naomi watts, summation of whose age can still not beat sophie's !

Sofia loren no doubt one of the most "sexiest" actress hollywood has ever seen, continues her legacy by posing just with diamond earrings ! Born in maples in abject poverty, her entry into hollywood speaks of her beauty in itself ! The academy winning actress has always been branded for acting her own way ! Next to the pizzas, she became brand of "Italy" !

Many would not see a point in what she is subjecting herself too. But at the most obvious psychological level, she definitely has revealed that age is what we define & the way one would carry their self ! Very few are born with this kind of confidence ! In that sense sophie has definitely been outright in expressing that !

The actress of "Two women" is one women to watch for this season ! Back on hotlist after the millenium dawn.

So long sophie :) !!

NR - Greatest Legacy of our times !

Anyone going past the bangalore highyway to Hosur cannot afford to ignore the gigantic pyramid edifice , which signals one that he is just few meters away from one of the most respected companies in the world ! The very word "Infosys" has become household name in IT business ! One can boldly claim they are one of the reasons for putting India into the global IT highway ! The infy "team" by itself is an exemplary legacy of our times. NR knew early enough that IT is going to the future & that he was going to take a chunk of it ! His characteristic modesty carries an air wherever he goes - business or personal !
I would fail to honor if i miss NR's journey in bringing the company from a small room to city of edifices ! From a shy boy who could not make to IIT but decided to stick on with his dream of pursuing engineering NR has travelled a very unconventional path throughout his career ! ofourse he found a perfect partner in Ms.Sudha ! For that matter the kin of all the founders have stood by their better half ! Guess they were one of the first to identify the potential of these young men who were after something which was "new" to us then ! Warren buffet would definitely regret missing this golden nest !
What make him special is his vision for the company and the zeal with asidous courage to pursue it. Not just that, he encourages leadership at all levels of business and society. NR might have failed to take off in International airport, but not his reputation. They sadly would miss his corporate skills with human touch ! Tipu's capital got a new life as the bell to NASDAQ rang from mysore, becoming the first asian country to kick off stock trading remotely.
Infosys is the pioneers of employee stock options in India. The management have always should their concern for the employee and thier aspirations met . Otherwise no can imagine how one team could have built such a business empire from single brick ! We might have ambani's, gates, larry page but infy's founder NR definitely commands a space among the corporate doyens. he is one of the rare business men I have seen having vision for another 100 yrs !
I think for NR it is not a company but his bloodline. Guess the infosy'ans wil carry his baton forward and make thier boss & country proud !
NR might be bidding adieu as executive to infy, but societal india welcomes him. In another few years, we can even address him as : " Welcome Mr.president ! " . Narayan murthy no doubt will continue to inspire thousands of your enterpruners who want to make it big !
India is proud of you Mr.Murthy !

G8 Summit & India

Prelude to St.petersburg for G8 summit had started with human misery of terror in Asia. From Mumbai being shattered to pounding of zionists at beirut. Signs were jittery none the less significant. India I shud say well used this moment to vioce its concern on terror and its equation with our neighbour. Though no solid official evidence published, trails may logically lead to the expected path in the events of the unexpected attacks. History repeats itself ! Diplomatic victory as stated by shyam saran as G8 jointly condemned the brutal train attacks.
On sidelines we did press our conerns on the nuke deal to uncle same, who assured "no shifting" of goal posts" !
G8 in lot of ways have become unofficially very important structure in todays world order. India's participation in it shud be mutlitude going forward, as membership already in cards one shud presume. Would give us better edge in terms of trade, economy & defence.
Though recent espionage internally be a cause of concern, one can expect our sleuths to maintan tight integrity to safe guard national security ! None the less our pursuit for searching partners to fight terror should continue through defence diplomacy for better access to classified data, which can to a large extent simplify our bureau deeds. ofcourse it would have to mutual consent.
PM mentioned, fighting terror might be a long haul, but we better be prepared for the long haul without making a dent in our hull !

Our Scientific Edge

Dual setback for Indian defence & space scientists ! One was supposed to have been a maiden flight and other was to follow a textbook lauch path ! But good news is our scientists are not morally down, they are ready to fight back which they have always accomplished.
ISRO unfortunately broke its series of 12 successful launches .. Record has been impeccable .. Out of 21 only 5 have failed so far .. Flambouyant chairman of ISRO means what he says .. Known for his tough stance & maganement skills no doubt our space program will reach new heights . Next year might be a dual success with "Kaveri" cryoengine also coming in.
Anyone who has been closely observing our progress would agree the resiliance of DRDO thro its IGMDP .. Complex engineering projects like missile tech has its inherent problems of accuracy and timing. Second stage ignition seems to be the initial problem failure analysis by them . More on this would take time. IGMDP, kalam's brain child has tread many a successful lauches doing him & our country proud. His usual advocacy being " Strengh respects strength" . They have come to stage of marketing their technology at global arena. Brahmos is an apt example(name after brahmaputra+moscow)
Key aspect to note is that ,with all these happenings in light of ongoing Indo-nuclear deal it is imperative that India asserts herself to secure readiness of key technologies of strategic importance, where "compromise" does not have place at all ! Given our history of strategic technology progress, India's "scientific edge" will continue to attain new heights from any setback ! "Indigenous" mantra would be the key

Mumbai Maniac

A chill ran through the spine of mumbai when it re-lived '93 blasts . One of the most serious acts of terror in recent time ableit J&K .. Srinagar had company to complain for these maniac deed ! Situation gives to more questions of our internal security aspects . Few blame our NSA for ignoring home security for xternal one. But mumbaikars shud be given credit for their immediate recovery from it and swiftness of action.
Civil society has always criticised the motives of inhuman terror acts to achieve some means. Infact the wings have spread far and wide from madrid to mumbai, russia to rawalpindi, new york to UK . Brings a totally different perspective internationally in combating terror . It seems to transcend class,creed and always rationality ???
In any case this totally inhuman outwardly coward act cannot justify death of innocent civilians ! Strongly to be condemned !
In the end is it all really worth it ? High time world, india in particular wakes up . Otherwise we will wake up one day to find barren world around us !

"Italics" of winning !

Hail cesar ! Rome would be lit with victory, a well deserved one .. By pure mechanics, their performance have been exponential in this world cup ! A few passings were genius .. Stats well show the romans possesed larger share of the pie(well pizzaa) most of time than their rivals ! French will have to wait till 2010 to take the revenge !
It's a pity that real madrid star had to be taught that it is the ball which had be headed & not the players .. The french captain could have taken a more deserved exit from professional football .. From now on 111 ( th minute) would continue to haunt the french ! But things apart zidane has given the fans some real good football over the years and was one of the main reasons for maintaining the football tradition of france .. Au reviour zizou !! His captainancy and seniority will be misssed by the team & fans world wide ...
Oliver Kahn too bid adieu .. A wonderful career from 1991 .. Has saved few precious goals at some critical moments though he had has his share of misses ! So long "kahn" !
And an intresting fact is that the rise in viewership of football back home ! Well, can it overtake our religious rigour called "cricket" ? Fans may field after football for sometime, but cricket is ultimately what they bat for :-) ! Hope a national football team of international calibre will not remain "An unfinished dream" !

Twin towers still stand tall

Who said twin towers are gone ... ? They are still standing high, in fact growing taller! The duo who make the top 2 richest men on earth, definitely are twin towers of philanthropy ! "Sage of omeha" surprised the world by donating $37 billion (out of his $44 billion) wealth .. A feat never accomplished by none but him so far (well i can dare say ,not atleast in our life time) . Though following the trails of charity set by Rock feller and Carnegie , buffet has once again displayed his keen business acumen by donating $31 billion to gates foundation and not starting his won foundation ! A research says 30% wealth of foundations are drained in administrative/operational work !
Bill & melinda gates were visibly humbled by warren's donation .. The $60 billion money is equivalent to handling 30 Infosys !! One thing, warren buffet very well grasps is that the chairman of microsoft will be "macro-hard" when it comes to optimising costs ! Experts feel a new trend might be set in the way NGO's operate, by entry of corporate doyens like Bill gates !

The news is as important to us in India, as gates has a good portion of his money invested in research for TB !

I cannot defend the martial skills of jackie .. so I better mention his deed too .. Mostly gone unnoticed is , his annoucement to donate half his wealth to his " Jackie chan" foundation" !

Back home , we have setup like premji foundation, Infy foundation doing great work ! What more, people like sunil mittal are soon to follow the footsteps . Hope this would create better oppurtunity for the needy ! Atleast good cost conciousness at NGO level .

By the way 4th design plan of twin towers is ready to be built by 2012, which would be 1776 ft high (guess why this number - well may be thats why it is called "freedom tower" :-) ) !

Oh boy, at last in carribean !

I will have to start somewhere .. so i am drawing the inspiration from around !
Football fever all around .. a few great matches ofcourse .. few pathetic ones though (no names here .. implicit) ! personally am not a grt football fan .. but since that is not a fashion today , i better take that back .. One thing i observed is refree's have been running & sweating more than the players :-) !! Lets wait for the all european final .. our super senior zidane deserves a place in next world cup too .. he already has lost more hair .. nothing more to loose .. ok i will wait for the finals to decide ! (sorry i mean he can come in as a refreee :-) !! .. he runs pretty well )
Soothing advance by our compatriots sania & paes .. good job ! hoping to see more of it !

Well dravid definitely deserves a word of praise ! Impressive performance by him individually though we had gone as a team .. Anil kumble doing "Zidane" again for his experience & skill ..
"Wall" was at his best, close to being the best batsman ever ! Keep it up rahul ! Last time i heard our guys mentioning carribean was bcos of "johhny debb" ..

Well the pirate is back with a bang .. personally i am a big fan of him .. great actor .. too good for oscars .. has missed as many oscars as his master pieces ! Another guy who deserves to be in the line of denzel,hopkins & tom hanks .. Well no wonder when kamal has not got one how can johnny deb .. gotchha :-) !!

Chinese in for building friendship .. Do u guys know this not the year of dragon .. but "Year of friendship " (sino-india) .. nathula opnes for trade after 44 yrs .. If u guys are planning for a cheap route to china .. here is what u do :
1) Go to calcutta
2) Catch a train to sikkim
3) Bingo from there catch a "yak" .. u r in china .. ofocurse u have to trade something .. how abt
some silk !

Well if anyone are serious abt it lemme know :-) !!!!

Discovery broke the escape velocity (safely ofcourse without breaking) ... GSLV to break it soon .. guess man has come a long way in exploring the space .. definitely no comparisons here .. But i guess "curiosity" overcomes temptation ! I do know that we are far away from building shuttles , but believe me it is in pipeline ! (well as said by Dr.Madhavan Nair) .. pls do not take my name there !

Ok i would leave before ur patient breaks .. Good day .. good week

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