Mumbai Rocks...???



This was a dramatised version of 9/11, that is 11/26 for you. Both these cities never claim to sleep except for those innocent people who would never see a tomorrow again. But thankfully, it won't take it as long to renovate Taj or Oberoi as it'd take to resurrect the World Trade Center! Yeah, find some solace...

The basic question is, "How could there be such a failure of Intelligence or was it a failure at all?" The attackers just couldn't have cruised through our country and breached our security so easily!

Like 9/11 supported some theories of it being an Inside-Job, I won't completely deny such a possibility in the Mumbai Attacks! If it's not an out and out Inside-Job, there must be something intrinsic about it.

While going through a bunch of websites where the "Mumbai Attacks" is being discussed, most of the comments have the people talking about the animosity between India and Pakistan. Blaming a particular clan or religion is not going to make things better! We already know the facts.

We should get our basics right and think beyond the picture we're given to look at! No one but the politicians can "facilitate" such a thing, 'coz it's only them who are so insignificantly powerful and uselessly capable!

I'm totally shocked to see what's happening in our world. And these attacks have just let me realise how do the nations and their people suffering from terrorism feel! Sometimes it takes you a harder hit to know how close could it be.

Can't Name It...???

This time I'm not writing this on a Wordpad or a MS Word! And a direct entry here is just to mark the completion of a full year to my ever-courageous move...my transfer from Pune to Gurgaon!

I still vaguely remember how I'd felt while stepping down that Goa Express, on the 18th morning of April 2007. Generally the case is such that these things just feel like the happenings of yesterday...very close to you...not very distantly lost in the wilderness of life. But this event is losing its mark in my life and I'm growing distant. I might as well attribute this unusual phenomenon to the series of events that have happened in this span of 1 year.

Ever since life has been on a fast lane...I've hardly been able to brood over my past and deeds. And when a new thing came knocking at my door with its intricacies, I just found myself getting swirled in it.

I don't know how will I remember this day in the coming years...well, not sure if this would even strike me then. So far, it's been a speedy one for me and I hope it goes on at the same pace...Sometimes, looking back from a rollercoaster causes nothing but nausea.

I actually couldn't name this post...

A trip to India may change your Status…well, Almost!


This title here is not just a statement or the theme of this post. But there is a much deeper meaning to it.

The story is about a guy called “Jaggi”, who was in the US for the past 13 months until one day this bloke of ours, planned a visit to his Motherland! Only yesterday, after a month long trip, he's back to get the “Ashirwad” of Uncle Sam. It was pretty anticipated but on his return he finally lifted the veil and…“GOT ENGAGED” was his first official mail sent out, right on the first day he'd resumed office!

Being engaged is one thing and not to speak about it, is something else. And this folk would simply just not budge!!! He was quite elusive about it right from the very beginning and was about to take me for another ride even now…but then you know by the look of that happy, blessed-looking face! :) (Though I’ve been taken for long ones, never mind that…)

That was no longer a mystery anymore…after a round of speculations and ruminations, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate both Jaggi and his life partner! I hope they get married soon. My best wishes to both of you…And Jaggi, now start wearing that ring man! :)

Try Reading while watching a movie!


All right folks! It’s been quite a while now since I’ve hit this screen. I’d been trying to finish a book for long…and after almost 6 months, I’ve finally got that closed.

The book I’m talking about it is “The Kite Runner”. The first time when I tried to read it, I'd gone almost half way through but discontinued. Later after bucking myself up, I picked this up again. I had to start afresh, as I don’t have the memory of an elephant! But jokes apart, I wanted to enjoy reading that, as the part till where I’d read was quite interesting. And I discontinued it yet again!!! My bad…

Finally, while surfing for some online latest releases, I bumped into this movie “The Kite Runner”. I'd never heard of this movie before and it was a pleasant surprise to find it up there. Little did it take to make up my mind that I had to watch it. It was a good 2 hours 20 mins flick. I was very well able to co-relate till the part I’d read of the book. But the movie after that was coming as a complete surprise. It was tragic though. The characters have depicted their parts pretty convincingly. Most parts of the movie are supported with English subtitles, as the dialogues are in Arabic. It was great to see some direct quotes from the book.

The moment I could see the casting come, I felt nice about completing a pending task due over 6 months!

This sedentary lifestyle, I’ve been living over 6 months, has got the better of me and that’s the reason why I’ve become so aloof from books or even writing. I can’t even find my diary in this apartment any more! This blog that I’m writing is kind of a tribute to this movie, which reminded me of myself and my-used-to-be-pastimes. But thanks to this new found hobby of “movie-watching” that made me meet myself around this corner!