Now what?

After this clarification by Mr. Santhanam, I think the issue is pretty much clear. I wonder what the defence ministry has to say. It should be accepted that we do not have a H-Bomb. And that we wasted 11 years when we could have acted upon the failure and set things right. We have become a laughing stock for our adversaries. Our scam has been exposed. The Pakistanis will be stupid if they let us strong arm them and the Chinese will be stupid if they do not strong arm us.

A political failure which threatens to build insecurity in people's mind will only lead to instability and a weak government which will result in more patronizing of us by our not so friendly and also friendly neighbours.

A 'no first-strike policy does not have any meaning if you do not have the weapons, forget the capability for a second strike. When we developed nuclear subs and water-to-land misiles and displayed them with pride to showcase our second strike capability, we somehow chose to ignore the fact that we do not have enough and effective warheads to be mounted on them.

India won't be allowed to get away with this hollow exposure of national security. Isnt it is a strange co-incidence that the number of incursions by China from across the border and mischief from the Pakistanis at the western border increased manifold since the day Mr. Santhanam brought the nuclear program out of the closet?

The NDA which prided itself on being the government which carried out the Pokhran tests should hang their heads in shame. The Congress more so because it did not correct the failure of the past when they could and for dismissing things so obivously visible instead of accepting them and making future plans to achieve nuclear capability.

For the first time in my life of 20 years, I feel insecure about India's integrity in the future. Hope someone is listening and has balls to do the right thing.

Curiousity

Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if you let it pass, the desire may never return, and you may remain in ignorance.

- William Wirt

I have come to believe in this statement in my pre-final year of engineering. And I enjoy doing this. I wish I had known this earlier.

good one

Think twice before you speak, and then you may be able to say something more insulting than if you spoke right out at once.
- Evan Esar

Muzumdar leaving home

Muzumdar is leaving 38 times Ranji holders Mumbai this season for minnows Assam. See here.
I do not to agree with his decision to leave Mumbai. His argument that playing for Assam will help reinvent himself as a batsman and captain seems inadequate. In Ranji Trophy cricket, earning a Mumbai call up is equivalent to earning the baggy green in Australia. I believe any player if given the option would like to be the 12th man wearing the baggy green than be the captain of minnow side. There is surely more to this than meets the eye.
As an ardent Mumbai cricket fan, I am deeply saddened by the prospect of not seeing Mazumdar in the starting line up this next time when Mumbai step out on Wankhede to defend their title and to earn their record 39th title. Although batsmen like Jaffer, Rahane and Sharma will ensure that batting department is looked after well, the abscence of Mazumdar is bound to be felt. He was the Prodigal son of Mumbai cricket and we fans have always looked upon him to deliver the goods when the time had come.
Although his role in the lineup was similar to Dravid's role in the Indian team, I will not call him as 'The Wall' or 'Dravid'of Mumbai. It was due to sheer luck that out of Dravid and Muzumdar, both batsmen of immensely great talent, Dravid got the call ahead of Muzumdar. Dravid capitalised on his goods and Muzumdar never got a look in later. God knows had Muzumdar got a call before Dravid, he would have ended up being the Wall. He is probably the best example of the abundance of talent in Mumbai cricket. He was the batsman who sat padded up for 3 days continuously in the dressing room because Tendulkar and Kambli were out there scoring a record 350 partnership in the school league (they all were schoolmates and played for the team). He is probably one of the few players in the world who could have warranted a place in any international side in the world. Ironically he is also one of the rare few of them who did not get to represent any.
He is 31 runs away from being the all times highest run scorer in Ranji Trophy history. I pray that he achieves this record at the earliest and hopefully sometime in the future retrns to play one last time for his home - Mumbai

Good one

During periods of relaxation after concentrated intellectual activity, the intuitive mind seems to take over and can produce the sudden clarifying insights which give so much joy and delight.

- Fritjof Capra, physicist

Dhammapada

Travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone.

- The Dhammapada

Obama

There's new energy to harness, new jobs to be created, new schools to build, and threats to meet, alliances to repair.
The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even in one term. But, America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you, we as a people will get there.
There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president. And we know the government can't solve every problem.
But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And, above all, I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation, the only way it's been done in America for 221 years — block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.

- Barack Obama (President United States of America 2009 - )

Such inspiring words. Have never come across similar stuff from any Indian politician

Quotes and Quotes

I do not do much writing on the blog these days. Say I do not have time or say I do not come across any topic which invokes the blogger within me. So to keep up I just post some good quotes I come across while surfing, which has become a habit for me now. Keeping up with the habit, here comes one more.

All charming people have someting to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others.

- Cyril Connolly.

These are fun to read. Each one of them comes with an epiphany of being so true and we marvel at the insight of the person who quoted it as we relate it to our own experiences.

Real Live Preacher

You can't know everything you'd like to know. You can't do everything you'd like to do. You can't read everything you'd like to read. You must hold onto some things and let go of others. Learning to make that choice is one of the big lessons of this life.

Nice one

God runs electromagnetics by wave theory on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and the Devil runs them by quantum theory on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.

- Sir William Bragg (British Phsycist)

So who runs it on Sunday? Whoever runs probably uses GUT!!

New definition of pleasure

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

- Aristotle

Maybe thats why people always stress on hot r eceptionist or secretary.

Great Quotes

In the end, we decide if we're remembered for what happened to us or for what we did with it.

- Randy K. Milholland

The sweat of hard work is not to be displayed. It is much more graceful to appear favored by the gods.

- Maxine Hong Kingston

Rains...!!!

My post welcoming rains for the fourth year in succession. There is atlast signs of the rains hitting Mumbai. I always prefer to be drenched in water than in sweat. The first smell of wet earth carried by the wind always seems flirty.

Check this out! Amazing

Going through a rather famous blog which comments on almost everything around us here in India.

Came across this post which talks about old beliefs. IMO funny.

The Aryan Toilet code

Chuck Palahniuk

All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring!

This is so true

"If you can solve your problem, then what is the need of worrying? If you cannot solve it, then what is the use of worrying?"

 - Shantideva

Some amazing words spoken...!!!

I must study politics and war so that my sons have the liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architechture, navigation, commerce and agriculture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architechture, statuary, tapestry and porcelain.

 - John Adams

There are few nudities so objectionable as the naked truth.

 - Agnes Repplier

The internet is like alcohol in some sense. It accentuates what you would do anyway. If you want to be a loner, you can be more alone. If you want to connect, it makes easier to connect.

 - Esther Dyson 

Another fav quote

Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinions at all!!!

 - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. 

V-Day

I exercised my franchise to vote today. These days they put the ink mark on your middle finger. I guess they put it there so that we can show our finger to the assholes who do not vote!!!

Great Quote!!!!!

There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.