Showing posts with label India. Show all posts
Showing posts with label India. Show all posts
Tuesday, 12 August 2008
Gold, gold, gold
India's first ever individual gold at the Olympics!!! Yippeee!! Feel like doing a hop, skip and jump but have had a nasty fall and am not up to the gymnastics of joy. Anyways, the whole nation is rejoicing. Everyone feels victorious by association. Suddenly Abhinav Bindra is not just some obscure shooter; he's history textbook- material. And like his father said in a television interview: 'Singh is King'. Trust a Chandigarh-ite to come up with that!!
Wednesday, 30 July 2008
Terror invasion
Like people in so many other parts of the world, terror has caught up with us as well. It's no longer something that happens only to someone else in some other part of the world/country. Admittedly, no actual incident has taken place as of now but the fear that something may happen is suddenly very real. The Indian Express recently had a feature (in the city pages) on how each of us can contribute to the city's secutiry: you know, practical tips like reporting strangers lurking in the neighboourhood, unattended packets, and things like that.
The first inkling I had that the world could be a bad place was when I was a kid studying in Salalah and Iraq invaded Kuwait. Suddenly we were taught to hide under desks (in school) at the sound of the siren and people were thinking about returning to India (then, a safe haven).
Will our children ever think of India in the same way? Which is the way to peace?
The first inkling I had that the world could be a bad place was when I was a kid studying in Salalah and Iraq invaded Kuwait. Suddenly we were taught to hide under desks (in school) at the sound of the siren and people were thinking about returning to India (then, a safe haven).
Will our children ever think of India in the same way? Which is the way to peace?
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Showing posts with label India. Show all posts
Showing posts with label India. Show all posts
Tuesday, 12 August 2008
Gold, gold, gold
India's first ever individual gold at the Olympics!!! Yippeee!! Feel like doing a hop, skip and jump but have had a nasty fall and am not up to the gymnastics of joy. Anyways, the whole nation is rejoicing. Everyone feels victorious by association. Suddenly Abhinav Bindra is not just some obscure shooter; he's history textbook- material. And like his father said in a television interview: 'Singh is King'. Trust a Chandigarh-ite to come up with that!!
Wednesday, 30 July 2008
Terror invasion
Like people in so many other parts of the world, terror has caught up with us as well. It's no longer something that happens only to someone else in some other part of the world/country. Admittedly, no actual incident has taken place as of now but the fear that something may happen is suddenly very real. The Indian Express recently had a feature (in the city pages) on how each of us can contribute to the city's secutiry: you know, practical tips like reporting strangers lurking in the neighboourhood, unattended packets, and things like that.
The first inkling I had that the world could be a bad place was when I was a kid studying in Salalah and Iraq invaded Kuwait. Suddenly we were taught to hide under desks (in school) at the sound of the siren and people were thinking about returning to India (then, a safe haven).
Will our children ever think of India in the same way? Which is the way to peace?
The first inkling I had that the world could be a bad place was when I was a kid studying in Salalah and Iraq invaded Kuwait. Suddenly we were taught to hide under desks (in school) at the sound of the siren and people were thinking about returning to India (then, a safe haven).
Will our children ever think of India in the same way? Which is the way to peace?
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