Nithari Killings

Life is so cheap when you are poor and when you are not in power. What else can explain 'Nithari killings', our full of life (well, death actually) Hannibal version! Gruesome and unbelievable to say the least and to imagine that these cannibals were just 500 ft away from the people that they killed is unbelievable..They didn't kill 1 or 2, but about 40 women and children and possibly even more and were still "unnoticed"? or rather were unnoticed by choice!

Inspite of several pleas from the villages, our Hannibal Lector was not brought to justice. Perhaps because of their financial clout or maybe a lack of it..no political support? After all, who cares for a small village of labourers! Even a famed politician's brother termed these deeds as 'ordinary'! Maybe if these guys had taken up a fast onto death and succeeded, police or politicians would have cared less..Mamta got a letter from the President and PrimeMinister!

If this was and is gross injustice on one side, Saddam's execution was no less. All I can say is that he held his pride even when death was smelling him. A leader who led the whole country and had a big share in world dynamics executed (in the first place) and executed in this manner (secondly) is just shocking!

Well, I hate to say this but it seems that to be on the winning side is what matters in this world! Money and Power, are they not dirty vices we live our lives for!!

Good Quotes

Whenever I read a good quote, a good tagline, there is a certain glimmer in my eyes..something that makes me realise how deeply that somebody would have thought about that issue! My sister had a book of quotes with her when she was half her age and I had fun going through it at times. Hopefully, she still has that habit and can make this list below richer! Here are a few quotes I find inspiring and interesting. A very small list for now..go ahead and make this list even richer!!


Live Simply, Love Generously, Care Deeply, Speak Kindly

As I said before, I never repeat myself.

There are 3 kinds of people in this world...those you want things to happen, those that make things happen, and those who just wonder what the hell happened!

It takes both sunshine and rain to make a rainbow.

If you are willing to admit faults, you have one less fault to admit.

You cannot get to the top by sitting on your bottom.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is."

Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right."
- Henry Ford (1863-1947)

Try to learn something about everything and everything about something."

If you are going through hell, keep going."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

Happy New Year!

Life sometimes comes to a standstill and you really don't know what to do because you have hardly much to focus on. It can also come to a standstill because you have so much to do and you really don't know what to start with and how to finish them all! With me, it was the second case. We moved to a new apartment nearby and it almost seems like a whole new world! Right on a canal, closer to nature this time and every morning greeted by pleasant sights of ducks wading through water and squirrels scrambling for nuts. Mornings look so much better and days seem to go by peacefully. Never knew such a small change could bring such a big difference! Our new found peace was preceded with a storm of activity right from bringing our old apartment back to it's own shape to shaping this new one in accordance to our tastes. Kudos to Sharmila for being very picky on things she wanted/didn't want in the house, because it now seems to have some character finally :). As if this wasn't enough, we were on a holiday season shopping spree keenly looking for and grabbing opportunities to buy gifts for ourselves and folks back home. Life has change and this change was entirely due to our old apartment management who just decided to almost double our rent! Thanks to them, I have this now...

Anyways, although I am late I wish you all a

HAPPY NEW YEAR .

My resolution for this new year is to lead a more peaceful and organized life. Be good, stay good and do good and to sport back the smile that I probably lost in the latter part of last year. Take care everybody and bring in the smiles :)))))