Long One

i think this is gonna be a very long blog. so many things happened in the last one month.

the attack on the financial capital of india earned everyone's wrath (yes even the pakistanis showed anguished at the incident). as has been proved this attack was orchestrated from pakistan's territory by the so called non state actors. the international community too backed india's claims as citizens from the developed world also became victims of this assault. pakistan too tried to show that it was going to take action because this time along with india, american and israeli citizens were also the targets.
now as we all know that every country fears israel (maybe not the US) and americans control the financial situation in pakistan with their on-going war on pakistan's western front along the afghan border.
now lets see what will happen in the future.
what i dont understand is why were we not able to save ourselves. its alright to say that pakistan is always involved whenever there is an attack on indian soil but it is also true that this time people from india also helped them. why cant we control these people from not acting against their own countrymen. we should arrest them asap and put them behind bars. the biggest hurdle we are facing right now is that people from india are also involved in these attacks though on a very minute scale. we first need to put our own house in order before ordering others to do so.

moving onto other things, my 7th semester finished and it was time to say farewell to manipal as i will be doing my training in gr. noida. the last few days there were very emotional for me. it was a home away from home. one had absolute freedom there and there was a sense of independence (i ain't saying that right now i am behind bars.. :)) i guess life will never be the same again. but i take away very good memories which might last my lifetime.

from manipal it was time to party with friends for one last time. and what better place to do it than GOA. what a trip!!! we stayed on 2 beaches (palolem and baga) and had the time of our lives. an enjoyable trip which knew no bounds. a few incidents will be remembered whenever and wherever we people meet in the future.

so after the trip reached back home, and was on a very strict schedule of just sleeping and eating. while relaxing i also took time off to read Arvind Adiga's "The White Tiger". a very witty novel with sarcastic humour describing corruption in india at every level of society. the village as well as the city life are depicted accurately. it was a pleasure reading it and i appreciate this book getting the Booker prize as it thoroughly deserves it.

And lastly India won!!!!!!!!! yes yes yes india scripted a fairy tale ending to the chennai test and chased down a score of 387 against england with sehwag and tendulkar's help. this team is on its way to the top and the man because of whom this is happening is M.S. Dhoni. he is the luckiest captain india could have asked for. i also would like to congratulate england for agreeing to play in india after what happened in mumbai. to put up such a performance after such traumatic 2 weeks before the test is indeed a valiant effort and needs to be applauded.
the indian government has also cancelled india's tour to pakistan in january because of the recent terror strikes and mostly people agree with it. no point sending our cricketers there when the situation is so volatile. let it cool down and then when the opportunity comes we can decide. otherwise also people were getting bored of it as too much cricket between the neighbours had brought down the excitement levels.