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Wednesday 26 March, 2014
Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
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Tuesday 21 July, 2009
Saturday 13 June, 2009
Saturday 30 May, 2009
Tuesday 19 May, 2009
A Slice of Heaven
Sunday 26 April, 2009
Wednesday 28 January, 2009
Sunset
Chal I'm rushing. Bye. Another day slipped by...
Hi Ma! ya..'twas okay! Wheels of time. No mercy.
Hey ssup? drink or two? We've got a long way to go!
@ Pop Tate's - 8.30? You fancy that business idea?
Dude, work sucks man! Isn't it a tough year ahead?
I mean theek hai but... Yummy.
Not inspiring yaar! Arrey C'mmon!! We'll Make It!
Don't get real sleep. Focus, work hard and detach.
I don't rise well :D Anwyay, how bout a play?
You get what i'm sayin'? It's his finest work.
Some good work at times. Such a charmed evening!
Work cult's good though. Plays at Prithvi are a joy. Na?
Anwyay, woh chod! C'mmon stop worrying! :)
Btw, belated Happy B'day! Btw, your birthday was super!
Memory sucks man. Haha. You liked the gift, really?!
What's the bill? Mum and I went to choose it.
Do the math brother! Oh!!! Gifting is such joy! :D
No Ma! Had Pizza. I'll see you soon. Love you!
Goodnight Ma. Goodnight Pa. Hi Ma! Today was super!!!
Fuck Facebook's slow! Ya sit na!... I'll tell you...
Hey... what you doing? Guess what! She loved our gift!!
Not getting sleep :( Hahaha...Ya! she worries a lot :(
Ya! Have to report early! Tomorrow's the big meeting Ma! :)
Bitch! I'll wake you up at 7 okay. Walk!
No!! I haven't put on! Can't run away from the walk ;)
Maybe a couple o kgs. Only figuratively!
Whatever. I'm going in to read for a while.
Dude! She's dating Ram. I'll read extracts to you tomorrow.
I am telling you. Ma... Come let's pray for Papa.
Hahahaha. Unbelievable. "Lord, May you give him....
She was such a slut! I love you Ma, goodnight!
Anwyay, I am sleepy. "Give me the strength and fortitude
Ya Bye. Amen.
Our eyes see the same things.
While some others merely fade away
.... Into the Sunset.
Friday 23 January, 2009
The PJ binds us All
Just got in to this lovely city and in this most elegant Hotel - the old Palace of the Maharaja of Jaipur, Rambagh. When I said last night that there is an air about Jaipur, it was both metaphorical and real.
If I were to design a slogan for the city I may have constructed this -
‘There is an air, in and about Jaipur’. Did you get it ? There is an A-I-R in J-A-I-P-U-R !!
- Amitabh Bachchan
P.S. - I think PJ ke maamle mein Bachchan saheb abhi kacche khiladi hai!
Friday 26 December, 2008
Emotional Atyachar Updated
1-2-3-4…6…
dhadkan ko awaz bana loon,
smoking smoking nikle re dhooan.
Arrey what to tell you darling kya hua.
Arrey sapne dekhe jannat ke,
par mitti mein mil jaen,
phooken re ghar baar ki duniya..
ko bole good bye..
Chad jae haye Allah,
jisko bhi yeh bukhaar,
Tera Emosanal Attyachaar!
Tauba Tera Jalwa, Tauba tera pyar,
Tera Emosanal Attyachaar!
Jao Jao oh dilbar,
oh dilbar ohh!!
Tauba Tera Jalwa, Tauba tera pyar,
Tera Emosanal Attyachaar!
lut gai re bahaar, gul sukh sukh murjhae,
Ho gai dil ke paar tragedy…tragedy,
lut gai re bahaar, gul sukh sukh murjhae,
Zindagi bhi lele yaar kill me,
Bol Bol why did you ditch me whore.
Bol Bol why did you ditch me,
Zindagi bhi lele yaar kill me,
Jao pia jao pia jao pia….
Tera Emosanal Attyachaar!
Tauba Tera Jalwa, Tauba tera pyar,
Tera Emosanal Attyachaar!
oh dilbar ohh!!
Tauba Tera Jalwa, Tauba tera pyar,
Sunday 14 December, 2008
Friday 5 December, 2008
It's not just the Terror Attack...
I am an optimist but an optimist often loses his grip on reality. The reality is that this is not only about terrorism. It's about our collective character. We may invest in our armed forces but the question is - "Will we look at this chink in our armour?"
Thursday 4 December, 2008
Saturday 29 November, 2008
Startling Revelations
I'd leave you and your intelligence to draw inferences from this information. Also note that some of the information and links lack context. But, disclaimers aside, it is starling...
1.Who are the NSG?
The National Security Guard (NSG) was set up in 1984 as a Federal Contingency Deployment Force to tackle all facets of terrorism in the country. Thus the primary role of this Force is to combat terrorism in whatever form it may assume in areas where activity of terrorists assumes serious proportions, and the State Police and other Central Police Forces cannot cope up with the situation. The NSG is a Force specially equipped and trained to deal with specific situations and is therefore, to be used only in exceptional situations.
Source : NSG's Official Website
2. What is a Fidayeen attack?
A fidayeen attack is a suicide tactic used by militants. Such attacks are especially common in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. In a fidayeen, a militant equips himself (most fidayeens are men) with weapons and a sizeable amount of ammunition. He then proceeds to gain entrance into a military base, checkpoint or other military installation and proceeds to open fire on law-enforcement personnel. He continues his attack until he runs out of ammunition, at which point he is gunned down by security forces. Fidayeen militants sometimes do attempt to escape but are almost always shot by security forces shortly afterward because the militants rarely have a "getaway" plan chalked out. These militants, like suicide bombers are prepared to die during the execution of the attack.
But a Fidayeen attack is not a suicide attack. It is a different kind of attack usually carried out by Lashkar-e-Taiba in Jammu and Kashmir. In this attack a Fidayee heavily armed enters into a military camp or convoy and start firing bullets and throwing grenades and fights till death. A fidayee does not blow himself up with explosives and if he gets a chance after fulfilling the mission he may try to escape.
Source : Wikipedia
3.What is Lashkar-e-Taiba?
- Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LET) is the armed wing of the Pakistan-based religious organization, Markaz-ud-Dawa-wal-Irshad (MDI), a Sunni anti-US missionary organization formed in 1989. LET is one of the three largest and best-trained groups fighting in Kashmir against India, and is not connected to a political party. LET's leader is MDI chief, Professor Hafiz Mohammed Saeed.
- LET has conducted a number of operations against Indian troops and civilian targets in Kashmir since 1993. LET is suspected of eight separate attacks in August that killed nearly 100, mostly Hindu Indians. LET militants are suspected of kidnapping six persons in Akhala, India, in November 2000 and killing five of them.
- LET has several hundred members in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan, and in India's southern Kashmir and Doda regions. In their operations, LET uses assault rifles, light and heavy machineguns, mortars, explosives, and rocket propelled grenades.
- LET is based in Muridke (near Lahore) and Muzaffarabad. LET trains its militants in mobile training camps across Pakistan-administered Kashmir and Afghanistan. LET collects donations from the Pakistani community in the Persian Gulf and United Kingdom, Islamic NGOs, and Pakistani and Kashmiri businessmen. The amount of LT funding is unknown. LET maintains ties to religious/military groups around the world, ranging from the Philippines to the Middle East and Chechnya through the MDI fraternal network.
Source : For Immediate Release
The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
December 20, 2001
Description: A black AK-47 rifle, placed against a yellow sun in the center, protrudes vertically from an open, green Koran. Above the rifle, in black, is a semi-circular Koranic phrase which translates: "And fight them on until there is no more tumult or oppression, and there prevail justice and faith in Allah." These images are set against a light blue background. Below the Koran is white lettering against a red background; it bears the group's original name: Markaz al-Dawa wa al-Irshad (the Center for Preaching and Guidance).
Explanation: The Koran signifies the centrality of Islam to Lashkar-e-Taiba's ideology; green is also Islam's traditional color. The blue background represents Allah's mercy and the sun symbolizes wisdom and virtue. The rifle's placement above the Koran, and the inscription above, denote the organization's belief that violent jihad will establish a society based on Islamic precepts. The red on the bottom is a symbol of strength and violence.
4. Who is Professor Hafiz Mohammed Saeed?
I hope these articles don't evoke an anti-Pakistan sentiment because that clearly isn't the need of the hour. Nonetheless, one cannot deny that the country is home to a FACTORY of living bombs waiting to be deployed at the point of a finger. Also, I happened to hit upon a link to Professor Hafiz Mohammed Saeed's official organization Jamat Dawah. Prof. Saaed as you may have read earlier is the founder and chief (which he denies on this website) of the Lashkar-e-Taiba. His claim on his official website is contradictory to the NY Times interview above. His website has so many references to the use of 'jihad' and Anti-India tones that it fails me as to how this man is allowed to function so freely.
- The students were shouting slogans such as, “The only remedy of correcting those who have insulted the Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wasallam, is Jihad”
- "The rally was so humongous that it stretched from the Press Club, all the way to the G.P.O."
- "They also demanded an end to the oppressive GRE test system for admission to universities"
P.S. - I am truly rattled guys. As I type these final words, I hear L.K. Advani address a gathering that - during his tenure as the home minister under Vajpayee's prime-ministership he ensured that all terrorists were invariably killed. Vote-bank politics, anyone?
Wednesday 26 November, 2008
Mumbai is Bleeding...
This clearly cannot go on. Our country is not a playground. I am at a loss for words and solutions. But this cannot go on. Just Cannot. I am willing to do anything that is asked of me to contribute to our nation's security. I cannot live in this fear. Because I realize that I've only been lucky until now. Sorry, but I am not going to wait until my misfortune catches up on me or my loved ones.
Mumbai is Bleeding... And today... even I am.
P.S. - It is getting much worse. It is apalling.
P.P.S - Wake up and smell the blood. This is a threat to our fundamental Right to Freedom. It's 2.15 am and some of India's top cops have died. The Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai's iconic ambassador to the world is in a blaze. Is this India's 9/11? I hope it is. Because after 9/11 I haven't heard of a single terror attack on America. More importantly, I hope the night comes to an end soon. No more deaths man. No more deaths.
Monday 24 November, 2008
Coffee
A frothy mouth so passionately speaks
Of epic Greek fables and the distant sun
Fragile fingers fondle the Holy Grail
A hair strand fails to distract her heart
At the innermost core of it I lie
And in her magic eyes love comes alive
Gullible men such as I don't see
It was never us
Always that goddamn Coffee