Song for the day

Ban the monkey virus!

Scientists have now found a way to infect monkeys with HIV so that they can test anti-HIV vaccines on them. Reminds me of this movie where monkeys are taught to operate flight simulators while they are exposed to extreme radiation. Reality can be worse than life. Killing animals is one thing, but is human life so valuable that other life forms have to be tortured so that we can have a better place to live in?

Nice strategy

This is hilarious. So is Amit's reaction - At least some relief will come.

Public memory

NDTV's attempt to silence a lone blogger has united bloggers against the channel and Ms. Dutt. The blogosphere is buzzing with protests, and bloggers much more prolific and worthy than I have written extensively about it. I'd just like to ask one thing - how long before we forget this Mr. Kunte The same time it took us to forget 26/11, or the train blasts before that, or the Satyam scandal? The thing with public memory is that it is very short lived. Sooner or later, the rest of us will return to our normal lives. What happens to the ones who were actually affected by the issue?

Dev D

Been listening to Delhi 6 and Dev D a lot these days. Amit Trivedi is fantastic. Current favourite:

Rahman makes a killing at the Oscars

AR Rahman has made India proud with not one, but 2 Oscars. Resul Pookutty also won himself a golden man. A great day for the global Indian indeed. As for the movie [Slumdog Millionaire], itself one word - overrrated!

Anush, you are right. Here's the man -

Heard after a long time!

Song in my head

Words are flying out like
Endless rain into a paper cup
They slither while they pass
They slip away across the universe
Pools of sorrow waves of joy
Are drifting thorough my open mind
Possessing and caressing me

Jai guru deva om
Nothing's gonna change my world

Images of broken light which
Dance before me like a million eyes
That call me on and on across the universe
Thoughts meander like a
Restless wind inside a letter box
They tumble blindly as
They make their way across the universe

Jai guru deva om
Nothing's gonna change my world

Sounds of laughter shades of life
Are ringing through my open ears
Exciting and inviting me
Limitless undying love which
Shines around me like a million suns
It calls me on and on across the universe

Jai guru deva om
Nothing's gonna change my world

Whoa boa!

Scientists have found fossils of 45-foot giant snakes in Colombia, and aptly named the species Titanoboa cerrejonensis. To provide some perspective, the average python measures about 20 feet in length. The Titan boa also weighed a whopping 1.25 tonnes, while the average anaconda weighs about 200 kg. Monster snake indeed!

Pomegranate Phone

If ...

... you turn the clock back and make it go away
... you could give something back when you really want it
... you were forced to receive something that you really want to throw away
... you couldn't just accept whatever life threw at you
... you couldn't just let it be

................. would you?

World weary

Sometimes it gets difficult to muster enough enthusiasm to just get through the day. Where's Jimbo when I need him?

Tell me why

If every crime has a motive, then every confession has a bigger one. What prompted Raju to confess?

Raju is no gentleman

Satyam's Chairman Ramalinga Raju has put India to shame by admitting to what may well be the largest corporate scandal to hit Dalal street so far. Takes the gleam off the Indian Shining phenomenon, doesn't it? The regulators better come down hard on the promoters, (the auditors and the guys who awarded Satyam for corporate governance as well!) else we might see foreign investments fleeing the country.

Haapy New Year!!!

New hopes, thoughts and aspirations, and oh yeah, resolutions! Here's wishing you all a very Happy New Year!