Quo Vadis?

I was invited to attend a discussion with the Indiblogger team and NDTV Hindu team today. The topics to be discussed were the Maoist situation and the government response and Indian cinema. I went prepared on the Maoist scenario and i actually did some thinking on my view point. Opinions like are like butts everyone has one and that is the fact of these talk shows you can show the world yours and get away with it. Please note that you can get away with flashing your opinions only on TV. Sadly the topic was changed to discussing the banning of Facebook by Pakistan, so I thought maybe I will share my thoughts with you... A few quick pointers - - Firstly I am not a commentator and frankly how anyone can comment on something that is so far away, it is not an IPL match after all, beats me - The gun is never a solution and he who wield a sword, perishes by a sword, don't think a gun is any different - Armed uprisings cannot be popular or self sustaining - The Maoists are devils but it...

Been on Blogger over two years now and have been posting irregularly since. Got slowly drawn into Twitter and at last count realized that my followers marginally outnumber the number I follow. Fascinated by the handles that I saw I thought maybe I should try it too and for those who wonder where it originated, watch Yup my handle is vadapoche and you can keep up with me on Twitter if you have'nt already.

Been awhile since I last posted so just thought I’ll put some random thoughts together - Went to Mumbai for a review & strategy plan meet and found that somewhere strategies got lost in between tactics - Found that the over priced service apartment did not live up to its price. - Heard during the meeting that we are constrained only by ourselves and not the environment - Was reminded that nothing is impossible if we choose to make it happen - Spent a couple of days doing nothing because planning and no action made all those grand sight seeing plans, just that plans - Found that there will be a fashion street everywhere and that bargaining on the streets must start at 50% of quoted price - Saw decay, dirt, despair everywhere and generally felt depressed - Heard again that people there sleep less, travel more, work harder etc and remembered that they lived lesser too (read in the paper some where that the avg life of a Mumbaikar is 3-4 years lesser than those from other cities) - Won...