Where is that joker Raj Thackery who claims monopoly on Mumbai? May be he is hiding in the house sipping beer and watching tamasha on T.vA Patil or two quitting is no big deal. The politicians have proved themselves to be worse than terrorists. Quitting posts owning moral responsibility is a drama. They must be made accountable and should answer for their callousness, indifference and total failure. What did the Govt. do when they had the Intel about possibility of terrorists infiltering through the sea coast? What were the steps taken to strengthen the security in the wake of these reports? The C.M. had the audacity to take a film director to the site as though it was a picnic. He was accompanied by his son and Ram Gopal Varma.Perhaps the trio wanted to have first hand feel of post-terrorist-devastation scenario as the son is making his foray into Bollywood. All indicators are pointing towards Pak. I fail to understand why Manmohan Singh was seeking the support of ISI who happens to be the main suspect in this gory carnage. Even a school kid will tell that ISI is hostile to India and our PMs asking it to send their chief so that he can identify the co-conspirators?Sadly there is no crisis management body and nobody knows who is coordinating the whole thing. There is delay in the arrival of NSGs from Delhi since a special flight was not available. If only there were to be a centralized agency, a special flight could have been set up immediately. The fact that American CIA officials who came here to help were held up at Mumbai Airport for a whole day speaks volumes about the sad situation and lack of speed on the part of the Govt. The PMO could have directly intervened and sorted out the matter. What could have been more important than this in this hour? Perhaps the govt. was too busy in political fire-fighting exercise, gunning a Patil or a Vilasrao.First of all, no politician deserves to be given any personal security which has become more of a status symbol. It is so nauseating to see every political jerk lording over, surrounded by gunmen, paid for by our taxes. While entering politics they must accept risk as a professional hazard and die if the need be. A person who cannot freely mingle with the people and constantly fears for his life is no leader at all. We would rather lose 10 good-for-nothing politicians to an upright police constable. It’s good that one terrorist is caught alive. What happens now? After the interrogation the case will be handed over to a court and our judicial system will take years, nay, decades. The lawyers who shamelessly come forward to defend these terrorists deserve to be shot at forthwith. The human rights activists will jump into the fray shouting about the rights of terrorists, Dignity of life, amenities in prison for them and all that crap.Let the govt. tighten the belt and give 100% attention to the security issue and beef up the measures. Even 99% is not good enough. We should have special acts, special courts and special agency and maybe special ministry to combat this menace of terrorism. Let us give up our pseudo secularism and be true to ourselves. We must mobilize international support and rope in other countries; seek their expertise to annihilate terrorism. My heart goes out for those who laid down their lives for others and those innocents who lost their lives.~Vinay
December 2, 2008 9:07 AM
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Foot in the mouth
A slip of the tongue or a wrong word in a wrong place can cause havoc. One should be guarded while talking and it is more so with people in prominent positions .some times it can cost them their career as it happened with ex-deputy CM of Maharastra,R.R Patil.Following the26/11 terrorist attack on Mumbai which shook the entire nation he said “Small things like these keep happening in big cities like Mumbai”. The man is shown the door amidst public outcry. After all what he said is not totally untrue. But, the timing and context have made it sound outrageous and intolerable. He made this comment when the nation was reeling under shock and paid the price.
The Kerala C.M,V.S.Achutanandan who had gone to condole the death of slain NSG commando Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan.the C.M was shooed away by the commandos father. Afterwards the C.M reacted by saying that even a dog would not go to their house if it had n’t been for (Major)Sandeep. Is such an outburst warranted from such a senior person? No doubt, he was insulted, but after all, he was an uninvited guest. He rather imposed himself upon the grieving family. The security drill and the hangama preceding C.M’s visit will put off anybody, not to speak about parents who just lost their son in most tragic circumstancesRecently I attended a session on NVC(non-violent communication) at Jiddu Krishna Murty retreat conducted by an American couple. It was an interesting and revealing session.it deals in empathizing with others. as well as one’s own self. surprisingly the expressions we use in our day to day dealings viz-don’t worry, it happened to me once, cheer up,I tell you what, do not constitute empathy. It involves identifying other people’s FEELINGS and their NEEDS. and responding accordingly. in the instant scenario, the feelings are of ,agony, helplessness, anguish and vulnerability. The need is that of support and solidarity. if the old man from Kerala were to ponder for a second to realize the trauma the family was undergoing he would n’t have reacted the way he did.it will do them a world of good to attend a course mentioned aboveto prevent shooting from hip
The Kerala C.M,V.S.Achutanandan who had gone to condole the death of slain NSG commando Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan.the C.M was shooed away by the commandos father. Afterwards the C.M reacted by saying that even a dog would not go to their house if it had n’t been for (Major)Sandeep. Is such an outburst warranted from such a senior person? No doubt, he was insulted, but after all, he was an uninvited guest. He rather imposed himself upon the grieving family. The security drill and the hangama preceding C.M’s visit will put off anybody, not to speak about parents who just lost their son in most tragic circumstancesRecently I attended a session on NVC(non-violent communication) at Jiddu Krishna Murty retreat conducted by an American couple. It was an interesting and revealing session.it deals in empathizing with others. as well as one’s own self. surprisingly the expressions we use in our day to day dealings viz-don’t worry, it happened to me once, cheer up,I tell you what, do not constitute empathy. It involves identifying other people’s FEELINGS and their NEEDS. and responding accordingly. in the instant scenario, the feelings are of ,agony, helplessness, anguish and vulnerability. The need is that of support and solidarity. if the old man from Kerala were to ponder for a second to realize the trauma the family was undergoing he would n’t have reacted the way he did.it will do them a world of good to attend a course mentioned aboveto prevent shooting from hip
Foot in the mouth
A slip of the tongue or a wrong word in a wrong place can cause havoc. One should be guarded while talking and it is more so with people in prominent positions .some times it can cost them their career as it happened with ex-deputy CM of Maharastra,R.R Patil.Following the26/11 terrorist attack on Mumbai which shook the entire nation he said “Small things like these keep happening in big cities like Mumbai”. The man is shown the door amidst public outcry. After all what he said is not totally untrue. But, the timing and context have made it sound outrageous and intolerable. He made this comment when the nation was reeling under shock and paid the price.
The Kerala C.M,V.S.Achutanandan who had gone to condole the death of slain NSG commando Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan.the C.M was shooed away by the commandos father. Afterwards the C.M reacted by saying that even a dog would not go to their house if it had n’t been for (Major)Sandeep. Is such an outburst warranted from such a senior person? No doubt, he was insulted, but after all, he was an uninvited guest. He rather imposed himself upon the grieving family. The security drill and the hangama preceding C.M’s visit will put off anybody, not to speak about parents who just lost their son in most tragic circumstancesRecently I attended a session on NVC(non-violent communication) at Jiddu Krishna Murty retreat conducted by an American couple. It was an interesting and revealing session.it deals in empathizing with others. as well as one’s own self. surprisingly the expressions we use in our day to day dealings viz-don’t worry, it happened to me once, cheer up,I tell you what, do not constitute empathy. It involves identifying other people’s FEELINGS and their NEEDS. and responding accordingly. in the instant scenario, the feelings are of ,agony, helplessness, anguish and vulnerability. The need is that of support and solidarity. if the old man from Kerala were to ponder for a second to realize the trauma the family was undergoing he would n’t have reacted the way he did.it will do them a world of good to attend a course mentioned aboveto prevent shooting from hip
The Kerala C.M,V.S.Achutanandan who had gone to condole the death of slain NSG commando Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan.the C.M was shooed away by the commandos father. Afterwards the C.M reacted by saying that even a dog would not go to their house if it had n’t been for (Major)Sandeep. Is such an outburst warranted from such a senior person? No doubt, he was insulted, but after all, he was an uninvited guest. He rather imposed himself upon the grieving family. The security drill and the hangama preceding C.M’s visit will put off anybody, not to speak about parents who just lost their son in most tragic circumstancesRecently I attended a session on NVC(non-violent communication) at Jiddu Krishna Murty retreat conducted by an American couple. It was an interesting and revealing session.it deals in empathizing with others. as well as one’s own self. surprisingly the expressions we use in our day to day dealings viz-don’t worry, it happened to me once, cheer up,I tell you what, do not constitute empathy. It involves identifying other people’s FEELINGS and their NEEDS. and responding accordingly. in the instant scenario, the feelings are of ,agony, helplessness, anguish and vulnerability. The need is that of support and solidarity. if the old man from Kerala were to ponder for a second to realize the trauma the family was undergoing he would n’t have reacted the way he did.it will do them a world of good to attend a course mentioned aboveto prevent shooting from hip
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