Musings

Looks like a repeat telecast of the 2005 mayhem in Chennai. Typically, every other event that happened then is repeating this time around... exactly at November (a bit later date this time though!) and a relentless rain or should I say downpour! It is covering all the roads with a heavy layer of water.. I'm seeing the rubber boats being employed at various places for commuting people around.. I remember people saying 'History repeats itself' but I think it is repeating too soon for comfort :-) For the first time in my 10 years in AdventNet, I am forced to take leave due to rain. It was so intense and relentless that I can't SEE the road anywhere. Its total water every where and I had to leave my car at the office yesterday, in a way to avoid the repeat of 2005.. 2005 Nov 04, I remember quite well.. the day when my car got stuck on the mud and I still don't know how the car got started after 10 minutes of struggle?? I don't want to get into the argument or blam

Terrorism. This is the latest menace that is hurting India now. Just taking stock of the events that happened over this year, it gives a clue on how entrenched terrorism has become in this part of the world. According to me, terrorism has no caste, religion or any other 'community' association, it is quite far from that. The only intention is to menace people into insecurity. ie., there are no 'Islamic terrorist' or 'Hindu terrorist', they are just merely 'terrorist'. Btw, what do these terrorist want by killing tens or hundreds of innocents? What is the point they are trying to prove? If their sole aim is to divide the India, the country, into pieces, what DO THEY GET out of it? What is hurting me more than the terror exploits is the petty politics that our political leaders are playing. After every blast, the opposition party (BJP) says the same stuff (UPA government is ineffective in handling terrorism.. blah blah) and the ruling party comes up with i