Saturday, December 6, 2008

Memorandum to my beloved bomber's.....



people wandering around
fun and joy filled the ground
relations exchange their gifts
friends and lovers shared their kiss
all glitter in party dress
smile and laugh filled the carnival mess
tons of crackers lights the skies
and golden sparkles filled viewers eyes
among stood a man silent and calm
many didn't know by him their happiness will be soon torn
huge blast and smoke gloomed the place
innocent bodies blown up with blood soaked face
angel like kids seen dead with dolls clutched tight
some couldn't even see their dead kids ..cos they lost their sight
people seen lying on the fire like a half burnt meat
which made their loved ones crying falling to their feet
everyone run for cover where the light goes dim
their laid a baby dead without even a single limb
seeing it ....blood and tears runs down her mother face
and the dreams she had for her baby gone as a waste
whom to be questioned ? and whom to be blamed ?
was this for ...we all are made ?...
seeing the dead and the blood soaked floor
are you satisfied or you still want more ?
black or white ...we might be
all religion are the same and it preaches love and unity
close your eyes and think for a moment
does your heart asks you to do it again ...what just happened ?


........... for all those who lost their life 's under evil hands

Courtesy : Sabastian

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Political mileage at the Nation's expense

If Inspector Sharma would have been alive.....

He and his team would have been lynched by the (Pseudo)Secular and human Right wolves by now. We both know Secularists would have raised so much of stink with the ever obliging MSM digging all the records of M C Sharma’s alleged links with ‘Underworld’! By now CNN IBN would have dug up the ‘ill gotten’ wealth accumulated by M C sharma! Barkha would have called all the usual suspects in her GK studio ’splitting hair’: How these fake encounters ‘alienate’ the peace loving so innocent yet discriminated and prosecuted Minorities! By now the Deputed HM Shri Prakash Jaiswal would have dammed every one and of course Karnatka , MP and Orissa would have come handy….
Afzal Guru 2 or not? Do not know, but certainly would have been another VANJARA (Gujarat cop) … hounded and hunted.

KPS Gill made a very apt remark on Friday evening in some TV show. He told that death of MC Sharma has somehow spared Delhi Police attracting the ire of Secularists and HR Activists as this death has changed the Public Mood and they shall not hear a word against Police action.

The locality in which this counter took place is literally impregnable for any POLICE force. If you and any of your reader had seen the action on TV, they just saw only a fraction of what the Area is all about. Without exaggerating, let me tell you Delhi would have been on fire. Despite the untimely death of MC Sharma, that part of Delhi is simmering.
the ‘Secular Noises’ made by the usual suspects, their ‘Fake Encounter’ theories are already doing the rounds. These ‘secularists’ can stoop down to any level even alleging that MCS was shot by his own team to make the encounter look genuine… or another absurd theory that terrorists were planted there… Blah! Blah! Blah!

All this mudslinging is well supported and effectively propagated by the 24×7 News Abuse Channels. Dime a dozen Human Terrorist Rights Atrocities Activists Supporters.

Activists Supporters, who infest Delhi city, are back in business demanding probes, picking holes, writing on line petitions. Sic!

This unholy activists and media nexus is coming in way against the war on terrorism. They are no more part of solution…they have become a ‘Problem’ on their own.

To start with we have a government who has perfected the art of NON Governance. We have a government whose Top Cabinet Ministers support SIMI and two Worthies like Ram Vilas Paswan and Laloo Prasad find ‘OSAMA LOOK ALIKE’ as a mascot of ‘Secularism’ and parade and flaunt him in election rallies in Bihar especially the Muslim majority ones! Need you more proof? By this act do these worthies not equate the whole Muslim community with Terror? Will any Muslim Intellectual answer this?

But then it is pointless to blame union ministers alone when the Prime Minister Minion himself looses sleep over the fate of a suspected terrorist!

What to say about his or her majesty - Madame Sonia Gandhi- government’s priorities when a Convicted and ‘Condemned to Death’ by the Supreme Court – not once but twice – is pampered as ‘Son in Law’ of the government but those ‘Brave soldiers’ who sacrificed their lives on December 13th protecting the lives of these ‘Honorable MPs’ were forced to return their Medals!

A self serving, myopic and insensitive Political Dispensation.
Highly irresponsible, shrieking, manipulative, award seeking, TRP driven 24×7 News Abuse channels.
Dubiously funded, terrorist friendly, conspiracy theorists, verbal terrorists (most of them, if not all) masquerading as Human Right Activists or politically driven NGOs.
Subservient and self promoting Bureaucracy.
Inadequate and archaic laws.
Extremely slow if not incompetent Judiciary.
All this to fight ‘Terrorism’ in a country, which for past 20 years has been under attack.

All this in a Country which has seen some of the most ‘audacious’ attacks?
All this in a Country which comes second only to Iraq (a war torn country) having a dubious distinction of loosing more civilians?

All the above make me to urge the upright daring Police Officers to do what is needed: Shoot the bastards in head before they shoot you down. Terrorism has no religion, I agree. But do not bother which ‘religion’ bombers follow either. Period.

This time onwards we (The People of India) will speak for you collectively in one voice. Some of us will investigate for you guys just as Yossarian initiated and done a commendable job.

May the tribe of M C Sharma grow multi fold but with caution… you are no longer dealing with some small time ‘misdirected youths’ (as Mr Shiv Raj Patil make you believe). These guys are well educated, trained, motivated and committed. Be cautious and prepared and PLEASEEEEEE, you guys are needed to sweep the terrorism out and can do only when you shoot them down not get shot.

We the Prudent Indians will do our duty too. We will try and make sure that no ‘Upright Officer’ is harassed or prosecuted. This is our collective fight. Let us fight it out Decisively. For once and all and for Good.


Friday, September 19, 2008

Wall Street Shudders


A high profile bankruptcy, a traded giant and a goliath of a financial institution arbitrarily bailed out from similar fate by FII. All's not over yet as some other big shots like Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs are in the line of Fire. With Stanley already in talks with Wachovia, HSBC Holdings and China based CITIC Group, it all boils down to who will eventually take over the reins of a troubled organization.

AIG was saved from a certain bankruptcy by FII, perhaps they may have considered saving Lehman as well. But when it comes down to chosing one of them due to paucity of funds, it had to be AIG. AIG bankruptcy would have meant that millions in the states would suddenly be without insurance which would have been a mighty blow on the face of the federal government.

Why did it Happen:
The cricis has been lingering for quite a while, the major IB's had been reporting significant losses ever since the sub prime cricis surfaced. The sub prime cricis surfaced due to overambitios banks fiddling with proven banking methods and risking customer investments in high risk loans. Banks with large amounts of cash earmarked for investment, bought a lot of Mortage Backed Securities. With more people buying MBSs and improper valation methods, more and more loans were given for construction. Targetting Sub prime loan markets wasnt really an outrageous idea as intense competition in prime markets had minimized the profit potential of the markets(Money lent in Prime markets is proportional to the repaying capability of an individual or an organization while in the sub prime markets the loans offered can exceed the cutomer's paying ability exponentially). There was an obvious temptation in front of the banks to make excellent profits with higher rates of interest, while taking real estate as security.
The misconstrued assumption at this stage was that the land and property rates will continue to rise. But the recent slump in property prices in US due to some very evident political policies ensured that the fall of the financial giants to be brutally fast.The loan given against mortage was never recovered and hence tradional heavyweights surrenderred meekly.

Was it Unexpected: Pretty unexpected, if you rewind back by a few years. But ever since 2006 sub prime cricis has been one of the most important issues in world finance. Since late 2007 many investment banks have continuously reported towering losses. The crucial mistake committed by Lehman Brothers was that its CEO Richard Fuld, rejected a previous buyout offer citing that the value offered was too low.


After Shocks: Despite of the fact that the losses were evident for the past few years, the sudden turn of events took everyone by surprise. The effects are visible not only on the plunging markets, but also in the general mindset of a common investor. Investors are clearly looking for safer investment options( gold being the primary choice). Even the high end bank to bank transactions have taken a beating and almost stopped.

Thousands of employees around the world have lost their jobs and quite a few are seriously pondering on their future, Lehman brothers have already stopped operating with employees told to leave with one month's salary.

Indian context:
The recent events definitely had a bearing on the Indian stock exchange, and considering that Lehman, Meryll Lynch and Morgan Stanley are all highly operational from India it has hit the employees quite drastically. Some of the highest salary packages were offered to IIM students by Lehman, who will have to look for better and safer options.
Many Indian IT giants most notably Satyam and TCS had Lehman and Meryll Lynch as their most significant clients, rumours are that the particular organizations will be effected by the bankruptcy and the sell out.