So understandably, I have failed quite miserably at keeping this blog updated. It has been more than 90 days since my previous post, where I had spoken about spending 2hrs at Philadelphia.
I could give a number of excuses for being so lackadaisical in updating my blog. Enumerating them would be fairly pointless, not to mention tedious - for you to read, and for me to type out.
In this 90-day period, much has happened in the average Indian's life.
The IPL (the fourth edition, was it?), followed by a tour to the West Indies. Currently in England (yes, our Indian team does collect an unnaturally high amount of airline mileage points), we're struggling to come to terms with:
For some reason, the state of politics in India continues to flounder. We are still coming to terms with skeletons in the closet of the Congress Government. An earlier post of mine regarding voting copped a fair bit of a criticism (offline of course, none of my few readers have the courage / time to comment on the blog itself... tsk tsk...), and focal point in the criticisms was the lack of any valuable asset to vote for. My respect for Manmohan Singh has diminished over the past few months or so. The man who successfully dragged India out of the quagmire of Nehruvian socialism has looked on benignly while scoundrels around him indulged in money-laundering. But I continue to believe that in a diverse population such as India's, there will always be an asset worth investing my faith in.
This money-laundering does not just extend to scamming the Indian tax payers, but also extends to jeopardizing India's security against terrorist organizations. Case in point - the recent serial blasts in Mumbai. A few minutes after the blasts took place, rumours (notice that I spelled it according to the Queen) linking the blasts to Kasab's birthday spread. Falsified and unsubstantiated, of course. That being said, terrorists should have no business in being able to launch a co-ordinated attack on Indian soil - especially after countless promises of heightened security in key areas such as Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore, etc. Mumbai's famous spirit did not diminish of course. But are we as citizens of the city learning anything by-the-by? I wonder...
Maybe the fact that I spoke so much about sports before politics gives a crucial indication on our prioritization skills...
This has of course, been a fairly confusing post. Just trying to recap the happenings over the past 90-days. These are random musings after all. Maybe one day, I will be able to recount the events in these 90-days to my great-great-great-great-great-grandkids via some weird time-capsule or the like? In any case, I've essentially tried to get back into the writer's mould again. It took me awhile to figure out a topic, and ultimately I came up with something that's woefully random and seemingly confused. But we have so much to talk about as Indians, wouldn't you agree?
I could give a number of excuses for being so lackadaisical in updating my blog. Enumerating them would be fairly pointless, not to mention tedious - for you to read, and for me to type out.
In this 90-day period, much has happened in the average Indian's life.
The IPL (the fourth edition, was it?), followed by a tour to the West Indies. Currently in England (yes, our Indian team does collect an unnaturally high amount of airline mileage points), we're struggling to come to terms with:
- Zaheer's propensity to fatten and injure himself;
- Our general lack of preparation when it comes to major tours like England, Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka... well we've covered the entirety of the high-ranked crickets... haven't we? Oh well, I suppose Pakistan - from a few years back though - too);
- Our miserable overseas first-test record;
- Harbhajan's lack of effectiveness in Away tests unless there's a tremendous uproar over his continued presence in the playing XI;
- Our continued over-dependence on the Holy Trinity of Tendulkar, Dravid and Laxman.
For some reason, the state of politics in India continues to flounder. We are still coming to terms with skeletons in the closet of the Congress Government. An earlier post of mine regarding voting copped a fair bit of a criticism (offline of course, none of my few readers have the courage / time to comment on the blog itself... tsk tsk...), and focal point in the criticisms was the lack of any valuable asset to vote for. My respect for Manmohan Singh has diminished over the past few months or so. The man who successfully dragged India out of the quagmire of Nehruvian socialism has looked on benignly while scoundrels around him indulged in money-laundering. But I continue to believe that in a diverse population such as India's, there will always be an asset worth investing my faith in.
This money-laundering does not just extend to scamming the Indian tax payers, but also extends to jeopardizing India's security against terrorist organizations. Case in point - the recent serial blasts in Mumbai. A few minutes after the blasts took place, rumours (notice that I spelled it according to the Queen) linking the blasts to Kasab's birthday spread. Falsified and unsubstantiated, of course. That being said, terrorists should have no business in being able to launch a co-ordinated attack on Indian soil - especially after countless promises of heightened security in key areas such as Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore, etc. Mumbai's famous spirit did not diminish of course. But are we as citizens of the city learning anything by-the-by? I wonder...
Maybe the fact that I spoke so much about sports before politics gives a crucial indication on our prioritization skills...
This has of course, been a fairly confusing post. Just trying to recap the happenings over the past 90-days. These are random musings after all. Maybe one day, I will be able to recount the events in these 90-days to my great-great-great-great-great-grandkids via some weird time-capsule or the like? In any case, I've essentially tried to get back into the writer's mould again. It took me awhile to figure out a topic, and ultimately I came up with something that's woefully random and seemingly confused. But we have so much to talk about as Indians, wouldn't you agree?
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