Sunday, September 11, 2011
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Random Thought Series #1
What if all those allegedly suspicious Nigerian schemes, London lottery jackpots, Free BMWs and Nokia phone giveaways were for real? Now imagine that you have only one day to live.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Happy Thoughts
What we all go through at some point in our careersWhere are the defibrillators?
Yes, where are the defibrillators? I need to jumpstart this dead-revived-dead-again blog once again. To start with, I have been busy in the last few years since my last blog entry. Most of the "busy"ness came during 2011.
Busy-ness schedule:
- Feb'11 - Got married (more on this later as we progress into my general blogdom)
- Feb'11 - Got an iPhone (wtf right? it is a gift from my Cousin, so don't get your hopes too high about my social status)
- Jul'11 - Got promoted (like my blog, even this happened to come alive after a loooong time)
- Jul'11 - Appeared for my first stand-up comedy routine, which bombed needless to say. Made some good friends in the process
- Aug'11 - Stumbled upon a neat comic strip creating website StripCreator. check it out. I have a few comics posted there, will share the links / pics as soon as am done with this post.
- Aug'11 - Got fed up with iPhone and Steve Jobs' mania with "not-sharing" things and generally being a bitch when it comes to open technology. So I went in for an Android. It rocks.
- Aug'11 - USA downgraded to AA (from AAA), while am on vacation. FTW!!!
Basically (< is such an "Indian" word, no?), I have been busy trying to keep myself busy. So, there have been these subtle yet not so trivial changes in my life. Of course, since my last post on Terror, there has been another attack (last month). Seems like Terror attacks are the defibrillators for this blog :(
So, no fixed agenda for the general rambling which would ensue shortly. I would try and update whenever possible just to keep up with my writing skills. Also, Blogspot is blocked @ work, So I would need to find alternate means to update this thing and keep it alive.
Monday, December 1, 2008
When?
This is hard for me to write about, because I wasn't there. I was in the area two-hours before they struck, but I wasn't there when it happened.
I was just one among the millions of mute spectators, who witnessed every bit of it on the TV news channels. Never there.
Many call it a "slap" on the face of Indian intelligence / security services, or "attack on the economy and democracy", or use the usual words: "heinous", "disgraceful", and of course, "shocking".
Politicians fly down with their Z-Security bandobast and declare relief packages for the victims' families. Blame the ruling party. Politicians fly in and fly out, alone, not together. Politics.
I choose to say nothing. I cannot say anything now. Except that we've failed, as a nation, as individuals, as humans.
I commute to work via the Mumbai Western Line local to Churchgate 6 days a week (just started this process 10 days back). I see thousands of people (aam-aadmi) risking their lives, hanging out of train carriages, jumping rail tracks to catch the arriving train, rushing in and out of stations to catch the next local, and even climbing onto the top of the train carriage (Virar Fast Local, especially) to avoid the crowd below.
Risking their lives, for trivialities.
Imagine, everyday, millions of us risk our lives in some way or the other. Break rules. Defy someone. Just to get what we want: reach work/school/college/movie theater early, not to keep our better half waiting, to catch the stock market's opening bell, etc etc etc.
But never do we ever stop and take the risk of speaking up, standing up, shouting, staying mute in defiance. It is hardly any risk compared to what we do subconsciously everyday! When will we ever learn?
Its sad to say, that the terrorists are/were more motivated than anyone (aam-aadmi again) else (barring the NSG and Army, to whom my heart goes out).
I would be going to the Gateway of India, at Colaba--just opposite the Taj on 3-Dec-2008 (evening most probably). I don't know what's going to take place there, I was just inspired by an SMS sent to me by a friend. Whatever happens, it would not be an one-off thing this time around.
I hope to see you there.
I was just one among the millions of mute spectators, who witnessed every bit of it on the TV news channels. Never there.
Many call it a "slap" on the face of Indian intelligence / security services, or "attack on the economy and democracy", or use the usual words: "heinous", "disgraceful", and of course, "shocking".
Politicians fly down with their Z-Security bandobast and declare relief packages for the victims' families. Blame the ruling party. Politicians fly in and fly out, alone, not together. Politics.
I choose to say nothing. I cannot say anything now. Except that we've failed, as a nation, as individuals, as humans.
I commute to work via the Mumbai Western Line local to Churchgate 6 days a week (just started this process 10 days back). I see thousands of people (aam-aadmi) risking their lives, hanging out of train carriages, jumping rail tracks to catch the arriving train, rushing in and out of stations to catch the next local, and even climbing onto the top of the train carriage (Virar Fast Local, especially) to avoid the crowd below.
Risking their lives, for trivialities.
Imagine, everyday, millions of us risk our lives in some way or the other. Break rules. Defy someone. Just to get what we want: reach work/school/college/movie theater early, not to keep our better half waiting, to catch the stock market's opening bell, etc etc etc.
But never do we ever stop and take the risk of speaking up, standing up, shouting, staying mute in defiance. It is hardly any risk compared to what we do subconsciously everyday! When will we ever learn?
Its sad to say, that the terrorists are/were more motivated than anyone (aam-aadmi again) else (barring the NSG and Army, to whom my heart goes out).
I would be going to the Gateway of India, at Colaba--just opposite the Taj on 3-Dec-2008 (evening most probably). I don't know what's going to take place there, I was just inspired by an SMS sent to me by a friend. Whatever happens, it would not be an one-off thing this time around.
I hope to see you there.
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