Terror strikes Mumbai again. Time and again, we have undergone these barbaric acts and time and again we have spoken of "Mumbai bouncing back ". Ppl who say this need to have a real check of their facts . Mumbaiites are humans , we ain't courageous ,no we ain't . Even we are scared of terror , even we need peace . But as they say - the "city never sleeps" is so true , but in the other sense . The city never "gets" to sleep;thanks to these terrorists. I don't want to raise an issue here , but where are the MNS activists who alleged that their city is getting polluted by Biharis. Why don't they do something about these terrorists as well ? They r "Pure outsiders" , ain't they?

So, who's to be blamed ? Pakis or our own Govt. ? The paki terrorists have run ruckus and have managed to receive unprecedented success by carrying out this heinous crime in India.Now few pakis (i'am sorry for using this word - Paki , but with the kind of personality those ppl have, this word too seems less deserving) reading this blog wud object on whether or not they r to be blamed . Well, Pakis, we've got the proof. Ur country's image is out in front of the entire world. Make no mistake , the whole world's watching this action that's still going on in the Hotels . The posh hotels of Mumbai had been attacked last evening (26.11.2008) by Pakistani assailants who had made a different approach this time to attack the island city . They didn't use the aerial route, they didn't use their usual RDX ..but this time, they attacked from the front (probably coz they knew that world were calling them cowards for not facing the crowd ) , but terrorists , we will still call u cowards probably becoz u have "hijacked" the hotels and firing indiscriminantly on innocents . Pakis are responsible for these attacks no doubt . They r one country who don't like to see their neighbors prospering unnaturally. They wanted to remind us the "attacks on JW Marriott , Islamabad" can be done on Indian soil as well. What can we call such a barbaric act as ? Act of cowardliness. A dastardly carried out by miscreants who allege that the muslims in in India ain't getting the proper treatment. All I can tell them is - "Get a life ! ".

I believe the Govt. has loosened out it's stand on terrorism . This present Govt. can hardly be had faith upon. The main religion of India - Hinduism is being taken for granted . I don't want to sound religious but I stand by my stance of taking stern action against Islamic outfits . I believe the Pakis are enraging the Indian muslims , and there's no reason on y we must cut bilateral ties with Pakistan. Let it remain isolated . When the Govt. of Pakistan ( well, so called govt. ! ) can't do anything about , it means that the country is "governed" by terrorists. There r 2 such countries which with the help of US and other fire powers need to be blown up - Afghanistan and Pakistan.

This has been one of the worst Terror attacks India has faced and it's been called - India's 9/11. We have had enough of blood bath this year ...oh God, please relieve us from this pain. They say that this is the "Kalyuga" (in Indian Mythology) and that the Hindu God - Lord Vishnu will take birth as "Kalki" in this period and he's the only saving grace to say the least .

The battleground - "Taj" and "Trident" ( Hotels ) in here is still on. I wonder how many more casualties will be reported in the future , but let me take this opportunity to salute the dead Policemen who laid their lives for our prospering country. Salutations to ATS (Anti Terror Squad ) Chief - Late Hemant Karkare , Encounter specialist - Late Vijay Salaskar and Mumbai ACP - Late Ashok Kamte.May their souls rest in peace. Those civilians who lost their lives in this gun battle , remember , u r in a better place now . God bless u and our country.

Jai Hind

The Gunda-Raj in Maharashtra doesn't seem to die as of now. It's just spreading like wild fire . What's the fight basically about ? Why is North India and West India (Read Maharashtra) divided all of a sudden ? Who's to be blamed ? Who's affected ? Common man like us. Will this ever end ? This blog is neither a bashing for Mr. Raj Thackeray nor is it a bashing for UP/Biharis. This is a blog from a common "Indian". An Indian,who wants to live in peace and not in haste . An Indian who loves his country more than any specific culture of India. An Indian, who neither hates Mumbai ( Maharashtra ) nor hates North Indians.

Feb 9th 2008 : MNS (Maharashtra Navnirman Sena ) , a political outfit of Maharashtra starts its violent campaign against Biharis/ UPs (North Indians ) , to protest against the lack of facilities provided to Maharashtrians in their own state, in Railways. By the term "Violent" , I quite literally mean it. Beating , Lathi-charge, Bashing up , Pelting stones over Taxis , Autos (Run by North Indians ). The same day I was traveling in an Auto,which I reckon was run by a Maharashtrian. I was unaware of the situation , neither was the Auto-Driver. I was heading to my office , and on the way , a stone hit the Auto's front portion near Santa Cruz area. The driver was obviously pissed ( He didn't know the situation ). He headed straight towards the guy who had the guts to stand infront of him despite knowing what he did. That guy was having a huge stick with him. Oblivious to the situation , the driver asked him on what on earth was he thinking while throwing that stone. The guy asked - "Are u from UP Or Bihar ?" . The driver replied back that he was from Satara ( Maharashtra ). After listening to this , the guy apologized and said that the political party would pay for the breakage charges.He informed him about the situation ahead and warned him not to go ahead. Now u guys must be wondering, y was that question of his source asked ? Read on... Despite of the warning,I insisted the driver to go ahead , as it must be some prank. The driver was skeptical , but went ahead. We were just talking about the situation..the North -West divide. He was quick to back the Political Outfit , claiming that whatever agitation they r under going, is quite justified since they (Maharashtrians ) are outnumbered by the Biharis in Railways. I asked him - " Agreed, but then , don't u ppl appear for the Railways' Exam as well ?". He replied in an affirmative tone. He went to to say - "What are we asking ? Place in our own state ? Isn't it pathetic ? ". I wanted to stay away from all this but couldn't resist.I asked him - "U want to "ask" ? What do u mean ? Whoever clears the exam, only will be getting a seat. There's no easy way out for this . U can't achieve success with the help of these hooligans". The driver was quiet ... may be he understood what I meant. He turned his head back, and asked me whether I'am from North India? I smiled and gave an answer - "I'm neither from South,nor North..neither East nor West.I'am an Indian"

Oct. 21st 2008: Same story... I was in an auto which was driven by a UP guy. The guy was obviously nervous to take me , due to the sensitive situation, but I assured him that nothing wud happen. The debate of UP,Bihar - Maharashtra divide ignited once again , with the driver asserting that they are right in what they r doing. He said that there's nothing but unemployment and poverty in his state, so they have no other option but to come down to Mumbai to earn a living. So, where else do they go ?!

Who's to be blamed now ? Going by the way the driver said, I think the State Govt. of UP and Bihar are at fault. The govt. failed to provide employment , shelter , food to their own sons. As a state, both UP and Bihar have completely failed. But what's new in this ? This city has been a city of dreams for all "outsiders". If u've noticed a common stuff about this city , we all know that this city is cosmopolitan. Infact , the city has only 40 % of the population which are maharashtrians.Rest,needless to mention, are from various parts of India. So what's wrong in it ? While I presume to be neutral in this North-West divide , all I can say is that we ain't going to achieve anything from this . Who achieves from this? Politicians . While I feel that Raj Thackeray (MNS Chief ) is 50 % true in what he claims , and 50 % insane , I also support the Biharis who are 50 % right in their own stance. But eventually the common man's suffering... Either ways, from Bihar's point of view or Maharashtra's point of view ; It's a loss only for India. A country with such contrasting colors of problems , who are fighting amongst themselves to earn a piece of bread. One on side, where we are celebrating for the success of Nuclear Power signing with US , we are also peeved by such obstacles. It's a pity that these people ( Maharashtrians ) are only being fooled by the "son of the soil", who are spreading disharmony and are proving to be a huge threat to the National Integrity. However I do agree somehow with his point , but if he gets down to goonda-ism ,it's just not going to work. Come let's stay united , Come let's make India one.

I opened the rusty doors of my MSN Spaces (aah the good 'ol name ! ) , and i found tonnes of messages, few of them my well wishers, few of them with their silly frnd requests (psst : am i popular here ? hehe ) Phew ... it's been almost a year since i blogged . Actually hard core blogging stopped ever since Sept 2006. I just happened to check out my own archieves and the comments i got for all of them ...mind boggling . I miss them all , I miss my blogs , which is y i thought, y not peep into it and just see, what's happening here ? And I must say, few things have changed, few haven't. Few bloggers have left the blog park , few are still there :) . I don't when is the next time, that I would be blogging again , no, no guarantees this time, coz I'm unsure abt my return coz I'm either held up with work or I'm bored to type :P . Till then , take care all of u ! ;-)

In the last one year,I've learnt a lot in life....I learnt how beautiful can life be when everything goes the way u want it to be.Met new ppl who were stangers until last year....lost some who were so precious to me.It's amazing to see how life can take a turn unexpectedly...life can be good to u...at the same time it can be cruel too.Ppl r right....Twenty + is the age when u learn new things which seem new to u...u may be hurt that the person who u trusted so much can cheat u miserably...new working arena ...everything seems to be new.It's just similar to how the  new born baby sees the "innocent world",only to realise twenty yrs later that life ain't a cake walk.

We learn so many things in our life...sometimes we r elated...sometimes we r disappointed. They say that disappointment is the stepping stone to happiness ...really? Well that's what we think when we go thru bitter experiences.Life is a learning experience,in which there r going to be lot of thorns on ur way.There is nothing called destination on our life....life just goes on once u achieve one destination...

Now there's happiness ...the next moment thr's sorrow.....or cud be vice versa. I wonder y r we human beings who go thru such emotional stress all through out our life...y ? Oh almighty, y is it that i see some humans basking in glory when the other is going thru stress,and feels his life's shattered ? Y such imbalance? We say it's bcoz of our previous birth's karma ...but when we ourselves go through all that, we feel ,is this theory been made just to make us smile?? Well atleast I belong to the latter ! It's just a word called "tassalli" in hindi....self satisfaction! How long can we keep understanding ourselves is upto us!

I've gone thru many phases in my life....fluctuation b/w happiness and sorrow.All I can say is, it's rather easy to advice others on what they must do...but only the victim knows it better. I'am no advisor .....i'am a victim ..victim of --fury of life.

In the end I can conclude by pointing my finger to all those advisors .... if u really wanna advise....presume urself to b in the victim's shoes and then think on how the feeling is....only then advise.Advise is essential for victims,but give an advice which has some sense into it.