Good morning, Ladies (..and hello to you boys, too)!

Valentine’s is here… woo hoo!

..And hasn’t it arrived with bits of usual adornment – Hearts, cards, stuffed toys & lathis (with the last one enjoying the majority..)

But wait, there’s more! In this, the age of the new & exciting, hold a hand and get a marriage license free! Exchange a rose for a speed-weight-loss program – with 50+ personal trainers focused on you for motivation (albeit with stones and swears and threats of beatings as the added incentive for running as fast as you can)!

I am, of-course , talking about a select few of our intrepid political leaders (..you know who you guys are .. ) and their band of not-so-merry men… who have so ‘selflessly’ given up all their other important political duties to teach us these meaningful lessons of life and culture; right and wrong ( like ..girls can’t meet friends and guys can beat up girls.. who knew! ). ..but really, please don’t do us this kindness.. we’re not worthy…

However, we aren’t ungrateful. No, far from it. We offer the (proverbial) shirt off our backs… and you should, too!

So head on over to the CONSORTIUM OF PUBGOING, LOOSE AND FORWARD WOMEN and join the pink chaddi campaign!!

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Hurry, we need to give these fine gentlemen a Valentine’s to remember!

It’s 0230 in a Wednesday morn… I’m awake ‘coz of 1 of the 3 reasons I would be at this hour – A Man U game is on…

(Before you ask, the other reason would be a beer or such..)

I am  scribbling down this randomness instead of watching the game because my genius of a cable guy seems to think a ‘Villa-Portsmouth game more thrilling than a Man U game (Oh, who cares if they’re just playing West Brom – bottom of the league! – Man U’s fun to watch when they’re kicking ass!!)

<Manchester United is 1 up at this, the 43rd minute – courtesy, Berbeov>

India celebrated her 60th Year of Being a Republic Nation 2 days ago. I should say a few words about the obvious pride & patriotism that should come along with this day.

I won’t - I’m not feeling too proud right about now. 

Don’t get me wrong – I love this country and I am happy in knowing that I’m one of the billion lucky people that can call India home…

…but’s a bit ironic, don’t you think, that on Monday, the 26th of January, the top story on all leading news channels was a dead heat between India’s 60th Republic Day Parade and women being beaten up by a 40-man strong mob in broad daylight ?

Have we, as a society, retarded a few 4 – 5 centuries or are we just new-found-fans of the taliban regime??

With all this talk of fighting terrorism.. ‘we’re gonna fight terrorism’ .. ‘terrorism sucks’ .. ‘we’re gonna shoot terrorism in the face!’.. 

..what is terrorism? - A hijacked plane flown into a multi-storeyed business building?  OR Under a dozen youths holding a city at gun-point for over 60 hours? OR Christians being attacked by mobs or over 100s of men – raping nuns, pulverising priests and razing churches to be left burning in their wake? OR a dozen girls being attacked by mobs for sitting at a lounge bar? OR A School being attacked because it plays music of a different state (albeit from the same country!)?

Fits a pattern, doesn’t it?

Your move, My Government; how shall we treat the terrorists?

<on a lighter note, Man U up 5 – 0, with 10 minutes to go.. >