Seeing Things

The Mumbai attacks is going to prove costly to the government. The irony is that this would have happened irrespective of whichever party formed the government. In this case, the ruling party was lackadaisical. In other cases, they would have been busy pitting one Indian against another based on religion/caste/state etc. Making it easier for terrorists to brainwash Indians to join/help them. The irony is that there was no discrimination made regarding who suffered - those dead include the rich & famous, the poor & impoverished, Muslims, Hindus, Christians, Jews, Parsis, malyalees, haryanwis , maharashtrians, punjabis, non-indians, .... I look forward to a time when people choose their leaders for focusing on relevant things - such as democracy and security. When people choose like that, politicians will alter their agendas. But for that people need a better education. I wonder if certain politicians really want Indians to be educated. It will be harder for them to manipulate u...

Is worship your way of connecting to God or your way of feeling superior amongst fellow people? Let me tell you why this question rose in my mind. Yesterday, my uncle who came to town offered to take me to the temple. I love visiting places of worship. Not because God resides there but because peace and serenity live there. It has a calming effect and makes you think clearly. It helps you dispense negative feeling and leaves you purified. I have never interacted with God. I have no reason to place my faith in Him. I would rather credit these wonderful effects to the overall goodness that often exists amongst people within places of worship. Anyway, I happily agreed to join him to the temple. However, soon I got a call regarding an early morning assignment because of which I needed to cancel the plan. So when he called immediately after to give me directions, I politely tried to refuse. But his self-righteousness got the better of him. Foe some reason, he felt he had the right to overlo...