Archive for November, 2008
Compulsory Military Service
In the light of the Mumbai terrorist attacks, our government, our intelligence, our security forces and the public will probably end up doing a lot of introspection and soul-searching, in order to try and find ways of dealing with such situations. Sometimes, one gets to wonder what the outcome of these attacks would've been had our civilian [...]
Paranoia Sets In
The first time after the Bangalore serial blasts, I had to head towards Majestic to a bookstore to pick up a few text books for my sister. This was about a week after July 25th '08, and as I alighted from the bus and walked up on the bridge that leads towards the Majestic theatre side of the bus stand, despite the fact that I was listening to [...]
The Bhagavad Gita’s Message
"When all other means have failed and it is necessary to protect one’s borders, wives, children and culture, war can become Dharma." Lord Krishna's message to Arjuna before the battle of Kurukshetra, when he was in a dilemma regarding whether or not he should take up arms is something that we can learn from even in our present day [...]
Mumbai Attacks and Collateral Damage
Two days into the stand-off between our forces and the terrorists, we're an angry bunch of people. The sheer audacity of the acts perpetrated by the terrorists has left many of us rubbing our eyes in disbelief. However, once the reality has set in, and we've become aware of the gravity of the situation, the customary distance we'd tend to keep [...]
Tour of Nilgiris
The primary objective behind my picking up my cycle, aside from being über-cool and awesomer, was to use it as a means of commuting, because I want to exercise but I have no enthusiasm (a.k.a NED) to go to the gym, and cycling seems like the best option to save up on gymming as well as transport costs. My excuse for cycling is because I am [...]
Roller Skating Fundas Needed
Dear Blog Reader, Firstly, thank you for your infinte patience in having put up with reading whatever I've churned out. You have no idea how grateful I am for the fact that you're reading this and wasting a few minutes of your precious life in something absolutely irrelevant to your cause. Ok, I was just being facetious - I know for sure that [...]
Gorillaz and FIFA 2002
On a decent tuesday afternoon, when boredom has not yet reached life-threatening proportions at the office, I have put my itunes on shuffle, and had been listening to music randomly. On the playlist was this song titled 19-2000, by Gorrilaz, the world's most successful virtual band, and as soon as it started playing, my face lit up and I [...]
