More comments on Mumbai Terror Attack

Shivraj Patil's resignation was default. Government should not expect to be seen as doing something by getting him to resign. It needs to do a lot more and needs to be also seen to be doing a lot more. No one from the government should be talking to any news channel in a loud or aggressive tone.
And vigilant Indians and press should ensure that an incompetent sycophantic fool like Shivraj is not given something like an ambassador or governor posting.
I believe thay Raj Thackray is finished unless he goes back to his chacha, who too not have a lot of steam left.
I believe that Advani and Rajnath did a crime by not being a part of the all-party meeting called by MMS. It is another matter altogether that there was nothing as such decided or announced in the meeting that required an all party consensus.
I believe that Maharashtra government leadership has also shown itself to be incompetent twice in quick succession. Once in their failure to handle the Raj Thackrey episode. And now in ignoring intelligence failures to the state again and again and again, in R R Patil saying 'Small things like these happen in big cities' and in Deshmukh taking along people like his actor son and Ram Gopal Verma for a 'disaster tourism' of the scenes of massacre and bloodbath. They too should be sacked now for first of all big blunders and secondly trivializing something as major as this.
Along with this political rolling, there are no bureaucratic rolling as such is happening. The IB head, home secy and national security advisor also need to be booted out.
Lets see what happens in the coming days.
What is still scary is one of the disclosures by the caught terrorist that 15 terrorists landed at Bombay. The current count of those accounted for is 10. What about the remaining 5?

Passing the buck again ... yeay yeay !

Even before the encounter ends and full evidence is collected and collated, the Political Establishment started passing the buck and looking at scapegoats to diverge attention.

Its Pukistaan this time. Its the ISI this time they say. Thank God at least no one mentioned the retaliation for the Babri structure demolition 16 yrs ago or Gujarat carnage more than 5 yrs ago.

But no one from the government, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE is talking about the failures within and the need for restructuring revamping and sacking the people internally responsible for the lapse. It becomes easier to point fingers outside than within because that will make them work for the people of this country, something which they do not want to do.

By keeping Shivraj Patil hidden right through this and instead getting Minister of State for home (who also looks and sounds in the same league as Patil) and Pranab, their is definitely an acknowledgment regarding his incompetence, failures and the public's ire against him. Why they still continue to carry this sort of incompetence within themselves I cant fathom. Why they cannot simply turn around and sack him I cant fathom considering that they will not have any impact on their 'majority' in parliament because he is not from any coalition partner. Maybe he was again busy taking a shower and changing clothes and hence was late for the various media briefings and other public appearances. Or maybe he is covering in his hole, ashamed and embarrassed about himself and his existence.

We also need to other political parties to stop taking advantage and politicising this. Modi was rightly snubbed by Mr Karkare's widow who refused to meet him. Any party or politician who decides to politicise this needs to be asked that if you are so critical, please explain in exact terms what and how can this be handle and the changes that need to be made. Ask them to get specific and not to just rattle off vague statements.

Election in my area for Delhi Assembly is on 13th. I VOW to vote and also if I meet any candidate canvassing now I will demand to know the specific actions he or she has for the problems.

Messers MMS, Rahul, Sonia, Advani, Lalu - this is the right and actual time to lose sleep. This is the time to come up with a right strategy and action and come to public after the actions which are needed within the establishment.

Roll heads.
Reorganise security and intelligence structure.
Re write laws and penal codes for terrorist activitiess.
And for God's sake, complete the sentencing of Afzal Guru at least now damnit. He is becoming a liability for the govt day after day after day. Time to cut losses at least on that front.

THIS IS A WAR AND NEEDS TO BE TREATED AS SUCH.

Fab four NAY Fab five

There are farewells .... and then there are FAREWELLS.
How many of us remember Kapil Dev's farewell, or for that matter Sunil Gavaskar's farewell.
And how many will forget Anil Kumble's farewell!
What timing, what emotion, and what dignity. There were so many critics who were questioning his form, fitness and inclusion in the India team. Even they would have got a lump in their throats when the great cricketer bid good bye.
Yours truly was actually somewhere in the middle. I did believe (probably hope) for him to turn on his magic at THE Kotla. He did not and eventually India did miss one fully functional and effective spinner, (though Harbhajan's injury made the decision easier for the selectors) and maybe because of that the Aussies were able to fetch a draw (that and the atrocious fielding too).
But eventually it was appropriate that Anil Kumble's last test match over was delivered on the Kotla turf. The place where his reinstatement into the India team began after he was dropped in 1992 after his first series. It was here Kumble broke Delhi's back in the Irani trophy. And then of course a PERFECT 10 in a test innings at Kotla again. So this is his luckiest pitch and fortune conspired in making it his last test and announcing his retirement as well.
Sunil Gavaskar once asked a question about Anil Kumble because he is (was) always underrated. "How many runs are equal to 500 wickets - 15,000?" That talks about his contribution and greatness. If you combine Saurav's and Laxman's runs, they do not total 15,000. So one could argue that Kumble's contribution to Indian cricket was greater than both these gentleman combined!
Its high time our media stopped talking about the era of 'Fab Four' coming to an end. They have done enough injustice for very long by coining the term - 'Fab Four' which leaves out the very important fifth element of this resurgent era of Indian cricket - Anil Kumble.

Please, lets all refer to this era as the era of 'Fab Five' from now on. The four would not have been so effective had there not been the very important lone warrior who had the capability to run through the opposition line up. वो जिसका opposition को खौफ रहता था.