I resist this opportunity to take a potshot at the civil servants of India. What Mumbai is facing today, the army faces everyday in Kashmir. Remember those soldiers, remember those officers who lead those men. I’ve not had the opportunity to really follow the news. I’ve been busy elsewhere, but from what I have seen, [...]
Entries from November 2008
Thoughts on the terror attacks
November 28th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Terror and media
November 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Just last night yet another terrorist attack at Mumbai. And as I get up today morning, the only thing that comes to my mind is that the Indian media is very very very stupid. WHY OH WHY do you want to make the job for the terrorists easier?! You want to have an information blackout. [...]
Tags:bbc·indian news channel·media·terror
FOSS.IN
November 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
So its that time of the year again. FOSS.in starts on tuesday. Its my second FOSS.IN and it seems to be interesting. First up, the whole event has changed. Now instead of the focus being on talks, its more on actual contribution with the help of workouts. Balbir is organizing the cgroup workout, where I [...]
Tags:conferences·foss.in·linux kongress
Coincidences
November 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment · marriages, thoughts
Today is actually a pretty momentous day. 29 yrs ago, this day, my parents got married. But this is not a story about them. It is about a story of something that almost happened or could have happened, but never happened. During my mom and dad’s wedding, a number of relatives and friends had been [...]