Crossroad

What a lovely feeling it is to sit by your beloved ones and enjoy the beauty of nature, rephrasing, “A beauty by your side in the beauty of night”. Well it was almost a dream come true, I couldn’t have been gladder. Alas! Such days always last and mine was no different. However can such thoughts be overpowered by any sort of emotions whether good or bad, I was not convinced earlier, now I am! Imagine the feeling of having everything you have at one moment and maybe loosing it at the very next, well such shocking thoughts can scare the hell out of your beautiful perky emotions. So here I was, with my heart weeping silently, as my beloved had to go back, but trying to put up a brave front outside. She packed her bag and got dressed quietly, the silence was killing both of us. She looked at me as if praying I could ask her to stay for some more time, however, I decided to play dumb or strong you may say. I actually felt the pain burgeoning inside her and therefore avoided eye contact with...

It does not really make a difference whether I write this blog or not, as these feelings have been reverberated through the minds of every Indian after “India’s 9/11” as the media calls it. However it would also be unfair to not write about an event which has given us pent up emotions of anger and despair mixed intermittently with some shades of joy (joy of people coming out alive!!) In the aftermath of Mumbai attack public outcry has been heard wildly against the political class and the media too has gone on an aggressive fanning people’s anger, giving wide coverage to each and every emotional outburst. While some right chords are being struck and government is looking into the security aspect in a very serious manner I somehow find the bickering and blames between the two neighbors being given too much importance. We should analyze the situation keeping in mind that an election is due in India in the forthcoming months and there is no denying the fact that Pakistan government does no...