It’s been one depressing news after another – first, the disappointing rainfall and the very real possibility of water and food shortage. And if that wasn’t enough, it’s the Swine Flu. It’s surprising how rapidly it has spread in various parts of the country within a short span. One of course feels sad for those who lost their lives to this epidemic but what is maddening is that there is no information on whether those who died were healthy individuals or had some existing health conditions which precipitated their deaths.

I know I sound like those paranoid conspiracy theory proponents but I cannot get rid of the tiny nagging doubt that this sudden rapid spread of the disease could have something to do with the shortage of the test kits that have to be imported - thus filling the coffers of the multinational pharmacy companies.

The truth - sometimes is stranger than Fiction! What say?