Good 17+ Minutes

If you have 17+ minutes, listen this talk by Mr. Shashi Tharoor on "India - Soft Power".

Killing of Jawans by Maoist and Ministers Reaction

This is the recent development and only national news channels are telecasting it continuously. As usual the channels in Tamilnadu are talking about either CM's by-election victory or Amma's Aarpattam. There are around 74 jawans killed when at least 1000 Maoist started to attack jawans. Many of the jawans are missing. Our heartfelt salutes for jawans who lost life and condolences for their family.

On hearing this, like a general public, our home minister was shocked. On hearing him saying that he was shocked, I was shocked. Because a couple of days back our home minister gave an ultimatum to Maoist while he was visiting West Bengal. What the government is going to do is a still a big million dollar question.

Weak Statement and Action - An Example

Today, it came in news that our Defence Minister Mr. AK Antony raised concerns on the threat of weapon's supply by US to Pakistan. He also requests US to make sure that Pakistan does not use these weapons on India but on terrorist. I am not a political observer (but I m shameful to say this). Being an Indian citizen, this causes so much concern to me.

Why USA must (or should) make sure that Pakistan does not use these weapons on India? If we are not able to make sure that Pakistan does not use those on us (read it "us - India" and not United States), how do we expect that USA will be able to do that. Is it something like a kid's play? I remember my friend's mom telling my mom to take care of my own business when I used to beat my friend. On a serious note, Mr. Minister is hoping that US will take action. He is so optimistic.

But, the general public would like to know is Mr. Minister serious about his statement.