"Mumbai Spirit!"

I hear this over and over again.... "Do what you will with my city, you will never be able to destroy its spirit. Salaam Bombay!"

Seriously people, quit saying the same thing and look at the realities. Everyday lakhs and millions of people get into those locals knowing all too well the risks, cause if they don't, their families are left to bear the brunt each and every single day. I fear that soon life will be back to the same, all these fancy quotes will disappear, the government will freaking applaud the brave souls, applaud the "Spirit of Mumbai", provide those so-called hard evidences to the ISI chiefs and from past experiences, that will be the end of it till another terror attack.

Pakistan is a country just like ours, with innocent citizens who lead a life pretty much the same as any other world citizen and I do not mean any harm to them but sadly its true that among them, these rogues have safely camouflaged themselves and are operating without fear. Pakistani leaders says that are ready to work with us on every level. Wake up you Indian political malfunctions! It's time to declare war on terrorism. Get our brave army to trace out those terrorist outfits located on Pakistani soil (which maybe hard to digest, Pakistanis, but true) and wipe them out . I do not care to know what the Pakistani government is doing or will ever do anything regarding this, cause quite frankly its none of my concerns. What really concerns me is our political leaders (I rather call them malfunctions) are actually, all over again, using this attack to play the blame game. When will they rise up and act as our country leaders?

My heart reaches out to those killed and the bereaved families, I wish we had more to give them that just mere sympathies and condolences . I wish we had a government that would provide them with some kinda justice. I wish we have a government that would prove me wrong, at least this time. If and when that happens, we will truly be proud of our "Mumbai Spirit!"

And while at it, might as well...

Have you noticed. Most of the times, these cool instruments are almost always played by these coolness personified Jamaicans. Some people are just born to be cool.

Dave at Luther College

The man to the rescue again. I need to cut a CD for my car, I know my old laptop has most of his songs but I need to get that started (which takes roughly about 20 mins)

This one (and this version) was among my early favorites, heard it again. Masterpiece!

The man creates a masterpiece with his voice and 2 guitars.
Take a bow!

Leave of Absence

I have been counting my days to Thanksgivings but far away on the other side of the planet, 10 is the magical number. My absence on 23rd is overshadowed only by my refusal to acknowledge it. All the katta sessions, the tiramisus, the vasoo mamas, the apaches, the king burgers, the bike rides, the beef acharis, the kingfishers, the accha!s, the mutton biryanis, the heartbreaks, the late night chais, the maltaps, the dads, the man-u's, the liverpool's, the plan, the mega-plan, the back-up plan, everything had one thing in common; we did it together.

I am gonna take a leave of absence on the 23rd.