Twitter, facebook and pretty much every news site today is flooded with news about the Mumbai blasts that killed 21 people so far and injured over 140. People and politicians alike are repeatedly using words “resilience” and “the spirit of Mumbai”. One tends to wonder how many times is a city going to be able [...]
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A Time to Kill, a Time to Heal
Posted: September 30, 2010 in General, UncategorizedTags: ayodhya, ayodhya verdict, babri masjid, ram mandir
The much awaited Ayodhya verdict was to be announced today. Even before that announcement, the entire country seemed to brace for the possible violence that might erupt in the various cities all over India. Most of the offices declared closing time at 3 pm just so that employees could get home in time without facing [...]
This morning on my way to a friend’s place, I decided to take the metro for the first time on my visit to India this time around. I would be travelling to the newly added stations in that route stretching all the way to Garia in Kolkata. I reached the metro station with relative ease [...]
31st night for most is a night of partying like crazy into the wee hours of the morning gyrating to bollywood numbers being belted out by the live bands. For me, on the other hand it was rather subdued with very few friends around and dad away at work until very late. So far, 2010 [...]
Its been a while since my last post for which I apologise. Like a million others who ever started a blog (for whatever reasons they may be), after having promised themselves that they would keep writing regularly, I succumbed to the pressures of a gruelling semester loaded with group work and painful presentations. This semester [...]
