Can't wait for Monday!

Its been a futile weekend of sorts,nothing has gone as planned. Missed cricket practice on Saturday,missed the book fair as well as the motor show. I'm beginning to feel that even the weekend hours have been hit by the global recession.

Saturday was rather uneventful to start with,knowing that i had got up at 10 am. Went for a quick trip to novotel lotus to check out my booking in early july. Well it took about 3 hours to get things sorted out,thats where it went wrong. I couldn't make it to the cricket nets at 3.00 pm, and ended up havin' loads of biriyani and mutton kebabs. Finally made it to the gym at a little past 8 pm.Guess what the sauna had closed and i was feelin way too groggy to go for a decent workout.

Dinner was another culinary disaster, fried fish (thai style,plaa' nil),with shrimp fried rice and pepsi.The belly was definitely goin for a toss.Tried in vain to search for a new bollywood flick. I donno what has happened to bollywood,hardly any decent movies for the past couple of months.

Finally i hit the jackpot at 12:00 am,tried downloading Ek-the power of one,nana's name was enough for me to get goin.I was at it till 1:30 am and the movie just kinda ate me up. Dragged myself to bed at 2:00 pm.

Sunday morning started for me at half past 12,no wonder it took such a long time to get all that food recycled. Just about managed to catch 30 laps of the Australian Grand Prix.It was a an awesome race,too much drama and tension but the best team won in the end. Brawn GP,I'd put my money on them this time round,hopefully if a certain Lewis Hamilton has other plans.

The rest of Sunday was too hot to venture out,36 degrees in the shade,summer's here and in full force.Left for Silom at around 5 pm and i think i deserve a pat in the back for takin the sky train, traffic was movin at a snail's pace.Not that it saved me any time,took a taxi back home and came back to the old telly with bits and pieces of 28 Days later,Maid in Manhattan and Definitely,maybe. Was keen on a light dinner,but ended up having lamb chops and french fries and more pepsi. Can't wait for monday to burn off these extra pounds of carbs n calories.

ciao

Prem

Terror in my mind,fear in my heart,yes i am a 21st century Indian !

Terror has reinvented itself in a new way,one that has roused the common man to question the very echelons of social and political structure. 4100 terror incidents in the past 30 years and people have finally decided to wake up. 24x7 coverage by all media hungry outlets has made the Mumbai massacre firmly etched on every indian's mind and heart.

We can all blame the politicians and government agencies who have seemingly failed in all ways to protect us. This blame game is nothing new except for the fact that we have a new voice which has entered the fray,the voice of the common man. It took a 100 years for the common man to get India independent and a further 60 years to raise a voice against the inept policies and administrative junta. Even R.K Narayans common man has seen it all, floods,famine,elections,riots and still after all these years  it was nothing more than a morning teaser for all of us.

Where were the voices and candles when ATS chief Hemant Karkare was being targetted by petty politicians. Is one issue really bigger than all the others which have been plaguing this country for the past two decades ? 213 people were gunned down,how many foreigners were there about 27. FBI sends in a team, Israel sends in paramedics, scotland yard comes in. The US,UK and Israeli governments didn't have to think twice before taking such a step. Yet when countless indians are systematically slaughtered in the name of religon, cast, creed, societal norms our common man steps aside and watches the tamasha.

Too many candles have been lit and too many slogans have been raised. This is not going to repay our brave police officers and commandoes. We are in all effect a country within a country, a state within a state with countless divisive lines which only serve to sway us one way or another. 

Its been almost a week since the attacks started and except a few diplomatic parleys, nothing has been done yet. After a couple of weeks nothing will have changed except some new agreements and doctrines. My simple ideology is to say a simple prayer every morning before you leave your house and ask the almighty to keep you safe wherever you venture. We are living on a prayer of hope for a better future.