Why is everyone rejoicing now that the British Prime Minister David Cameron has talked about Pakistan's terrorist links? I am surprised that it took the Brits so long to tumble to the truth. I was under the impression that even the people in the sub-saharan Africa would have known about it long time back. ;-)

That's why I don't think we should read too much into this. It's just a case of the Brits paying 'Lip Service' with their proverbial "Stiff Upper Lip" ;-)

So Rahul Mahajan wants the country to pray for him and his bruised wife. Dude, in case you haven't realized it yet, normal people like us have our own lives to live and we don't give a damn about your domestic issues. If we start praying every time your marital life hits a bump, we will be praying almost every waking hour. :-)

पहले तो शौक-इ-दीद ने सब कुछ भुला दिया
अब मै नज़रको धुंड रहा हू, नजर मुझे

मोहम्मद रफी आणि मदनमोहनच्या चाहत्यांसाठी एक खूशखबर - मोहम्मद रफी-मदन मोहन जोडीची दोन दुर्मिळ गाणी प्रकाशित!

Now a शेर which is also food for thought:

हर सितम का दिया एक तबस्सुमसे जवाब
इस तरह गर्दिश-इ-दौरा को रुलाया मैंने

Have a nice weekend, folks!

I am almost afraid to believe the news that we could be close to eradicating the crippling disease of polio from the country. But if this is indeed true, then this is one piece of news to be very happy about :-)

It was extremely irresponsible of the Pakistani authorities to declare, without first ascertaining the facts, that 5 people had survived the plane crash near Islamabad. I cannot imagine what the relatives of the passengers must have gone through on hearing lateron that there were no survivors. :-( Absolutely unpardonable lapse of judgement!

Hats off to Sachin Tendulkar for hitting a double century! This was about the only silver lining to an otherwise dismal series. One shudders to think of what will happen to Indian cricket once the Master Blaster retires. There is absolutely no sign of anyone else who can be relied upon to turn the tables for the team in the critical hour :-(

I will sign off with the following forwarded शेर:

मैंने तो यूही राखमे फेरी थी उंगलिया
देखा जो गौरसे तेरी तस्वीर बन गयी

Just what in the God's name is wrong with Indian politicians? Now we have Mani Shankar Aiyar who says that he will be happy if the Commonwealth Games are a fiasco. It's true that the playgrounds for children are shrinking by the day in this country but does he honestly believe that if the Rs 35000 Crores hadn't been spent on the games, they would have been utilized to build such infrastructure? The booty would have most likely ended up in some minister's offshore bank account. Is that what he is lamenting about?

Does this guy even realize how stupid he is being when he says that "Basically, I will be very unhappy, if the Games are successful because then they will start bringing Asian Games, Olympic Games and all these"? No one in his or her right mind would want to bring Olympic Games to India given the haphazard preparation the country is doing for the Commonwealth Games.

With leaders like these, India doesn't need China and Pakistan to sabotage her, does she? :-(

Kargil Day!

Can't believe it's been 10 years since the war. I have always wondered if any of the letters that I and some of my friends had sent reached the soldiers. We had felt so good sending them - as if we were doing a bit for our country. I know it pales mightily in comparison with what the soldiers do every day. :-(

And so I agree with what this site says - we have to do the very best that we can, every day. It will all lead to a better India.

Let's all take a moment to salute these brave souls!

Classic definition of "Life Partner":

Someone who will stand by you through all the troubles which you wouldn't have had if you had stayed Single :-)

On that cheery note folks, have a rocking week ahead!

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The theme - of an alien life-form coming to earth to save it from human beings and then changing its mind - is not new. It was used in "The Abyss" earlier, I think. But still, I liked "The Day The Earth Stood Still". It feels good to watch people coming together to fight for their existence, to be willing to change, to make amends, to try to heal the planet that we all call 'Home' - at least in reel life. :-(

Must say Keanu Reeves is best suited to play an alien - he can keep a poker face throughout and not be accused of not acting ;-)

I have one more reason to visit Amritsar - apart from The Golden Temple and Fish Amritasari that is. It's the place called "Kanhaiya Sweets". Anyone who watched yesterday's episode of 'Highway On My Plate' (NDTV Good Times) would know why. Rocky and Mayur gave it a score of 39 out of 40 and that, in my memory at least, is the highest that any eatery has received so far in the show. :-)

I have managed to finish off Ludlum's "The Sigma Protocol" - finally :-) I had decided that I will go for some slimmer novel this time around. But guess what I brought home instead? Ludlum's "The Janson Directive" - which, from the looks of it, will take me another month to finish :-(

I have managed to read first few pages of it though. This place 'Anura' sounds so much like Sri Lanka - from the Indian names of the guards at the posts, the suicide bombers right up to the Prime Minister who gets killed when a lady detonates a bomb concealed in her saree!