With changing times, decade after decade my motherland has seen warriors who fought bravely for my country, freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives for the welfare of the society, social workers who dedicated their whole life span for the good of the citizens of India. Today I live with the time which is witnessing a society which is selfish, egoist & jealous. Irony is that we are still listed amongst developing countries. Huh! What is developing? Is it increasing the level of hatred or is it increasing level of nuisance in the society or increasing level of jealousy?

Posted on June 23rd, 2010 under India calling. Tags: Congress, country, motherland, Mumbai, NCP, rains, warrior, worker. Comments: 5

There are clear indications that this man Faisal Shahzad has had links with not just Taliban but JeM as well, an organization which till now was only targeting India. If you still think that your enemies are only Taliban and Al Qaeda, I guess you are just being naive. All these terrorist outfits like JuD, LeT, JeM and others consider both India and America as their enemies and will target America if and when Taliban/Al Qaeda are unable to. And make no mistake Mr Obama, they have the resources, as we saw during Mumbai attacks. You may have been able to thwart this attack in New York but that was just plain luck. Please remember that as an administration you have to be lucky every time whereas terrorists only have to be lucky just once to create havoc.

Posted on May 6th, 2010 under India calling, Track the world. Tags: attack, bomb, Faisal, kill, Mumbai, New York, Terror, terrorist. Comments: 4

Sachin won the toss and elected to bat first. Positive attitude. He’s opening the batting with Dhawan….

Ist over- by Praveen Kumar. Great over. Sachin seems cautious. Dhawan edgy.

2nd over- by Dale Steyn. Sachin has gone after scoring two boundaries. Big blow to Mumbai. Bangalore nose ahead. Nayar joins Dhawan. Steyn Clocking 145 kmph plus….

Posted on April 21st, 2010 under India calling. Tags: Bangalore, IPL, Mumbai, Semi Final. Comments: 5

Nearly fifty years ago when Shiv Sena came into being it was on Marathi Manoos plank, basically directed at South Indians within Mumbai at that time. That the agenda has not changed in the last fifty years, though the target has, shows the lack of growth within the party both intellectually and physically. And this despite the fact that they have been in power in the state. Another indicator of their lack of their growth are their strained relations with RSS and BJP, who have quite categorically said that Mumbai belongs to India and not just Mumbaikars. A couple of years ago this would have been unthinkable. Also, it is rather ironical that Shiv Sena is desperately trying to spread it’s base into other parts of the country as well. With the kind of approach they have vis-a-vis Mumbai are they implying that their own members who are from outside Maharashtra are not welcome in Mumbai? I mean, wouldn’t that be a shame?

Posted on February 8th, 2010 under India calling. Tags: Congress, Gandhi, growth, Mumbai, Rahul, Shiv sena, SRK, Thakeray. Comments: 6

Americans, on their part have been very cagey about Headley from the very beginning when in August this year reports first started coming in of his arrest. They initially linked him only to a plot to kill a Danish cartoonist. Later on there were reports of Headley’s links to LeT. Later still, they said that he was an agent of DEA (US agency which fights the drug menace) but now it has become amply clear that not only was he involved in planning and execution of 26/11 attacks he was also on the payroll of CIA. Another very important reason why I’m getting increasingly convinced about US knowing much more about 26/11 than what they told us is the fact that our team which went to US to meet Headley in connection with his involvement in 26/11 attacks was not allowed to do so even as he was being charged for the same offence which was committed here in India. If this is not bizarre I really wonder what is?

Posted on December 21st, 2009 under India calling, Track the world. Tags: 26/11, 9/11, agent, attack, headley, Mumbai, rana, terrorist. Comments: 3

“A section of senior police officers refused to be on the ground and take on the terrorists. By doing so they chose to ignore the need of the hour. Yes there was a dearth of eagerness on the part of a handful of senior officers to be on the ground during those days.” These are the words from the horse’s mouth, Hassan Gafoor who was the Commissioner of Police during 26/11. Here’s some more.

“K.L. Prasad refused to come to the Trident and then decided against hitting the roads. Deven Bharti, K. Venkatesham and Parambir Singh did not appear keen on responding to the situation.” Here’s yet another disclosure.

“I attended a meeting with the DGP and home minister. I was told to withdraw the NSG and instead use the Mumbai Police for the ongoing operations.”

Posted on November 30th, 2009 under India calling. Tags: 26/11, attack, BJP, CNN IBN, Congress, dud, Kamte, Last Bullet, leak, Mumbai, panel, Pradhan, Rajdeep Sardesai, report, Terror, Vinita. Comments: 4

Fact is that there indeed seems to be a concerted effort from many western quarters to shape people’s opinion here in India as far as 26/11 is concerned. And Indian Express and Times of India seem to be working on their agenda. Remember the article by Pierre Lavalle published in Times of India on 22nd Nov 09 which I spoke of in the post titled Pardon 26/11? Is there some kind of a coordinated campaign going on by these people or is it because of a exchange of money and favors? I can’t say for now but if we keep seeing these kind of write ups you and I will know for sure.

Posted on November 27th, 2009 under India calling. Tags: 26/11, Amitabh, Attacks, Big B, joshi, Mumbai, poem, prasoon, Terror. Comments: 6

When 9/11 happened America converted this crisis into an opportunity. They ensured that another 9/11 does not happen again on their territory and they have succeeded. They did not let 9/11 just become history before they dealt with their present. Can we, as Indians let 26/11 just become history without dealing with our present? The question is for all Indians to answer for. And I’m not talking about candle light vigils or some such stuff here.

Posted on November 26th, 2009 under India calling. Tags: 26/11, 9/11, attack, holocaust, Mumbai, nuke, response, Terror, war. Comments: 14

“Without forgiveness, life is governed by an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation.” And “The longing for vengeance is like craving for poison.” These lines are from an article written by Pierre Lavalle, a Canadian therapist, published in Times of India dated 22 Nov 09. He goes on to say that though it is very difficult for us but we should try and forgive those who carried out these terror attacks in Mumbai last year. Well, it had to come to this someday but it is rather surprising that Times of India published this article within just about an year of the most horrific terrorist attack on our soil. The call first got diluted from an all out war against Pakistan to just action against perpetrators of 26/11, then it got further watered down when Pak govt let go of one perpetrator after another while at the same time giving lip service of all possible help against terrorists even as our govt watched it helplessly and now sections of media within our own country are telling us that we should move on and forgive those murderers altogether, albeit on the prodding of westerners.

Posted on November 22nd, 2009 under India calling. Tags: 26/11, attack, forget, forgive, Kasab, Mumbai, Pakistan, Terror. Comments: 13