Lack of truth : Don't buy the 10 terrorist theory

We need the truth from investigative agencies and we are not getting that.The truth is there were more than 10 terrorists. I can prove that:according to the chronology depicted in the ndtv site there were 10 sites (and nobody disputes that).
Now the arithmatic given is, 4 went to Taj, after doing carnage at Leo's. 2 went to Nariman House, 2 went to Oberoi.
That means 4 places and 8 terrorists accounted for. We know there were 2 at CST.
We also know the only CST terrorists moved out,So only they did rest of the firing.
10:15 at Cama hospital
10:30 at Metro Cinema
10:50 at Girgaum chowpatty.
and there they had the final encounter.
Upto this all incidents are accounted for,but we are forgetting the Taxi blast at Ville parle at 9:55 and the incident at Wadi bunder at 10:45.
Therefore it is proved that there had to be more than 10 terrorists.

Bad news is: Are they still free or had they fled to Pakistan.
Please raise your voice against lack of transparency.

Economy of Denial and Cartels

Last year, in this blog I had screamed out loudly about global recession at the very first signs of bad fiscal practices and major slowdown in US housing market ( the only gold mine that we have been digging since 2003-2004).

Never the less, every company /organization had faith in the hedge funds and overseas investments and took the downturn as a momentary loss of inertia. In the field of Macro-economics inertia is most dangerous and can be attributed to 90% of economic downturn.

The malicious practice of hedging in large scale takes the eye of innovation and reality check on the real market. The manufacturers of real goods must produce new products which outperforms the best brand in the market. If any manufacturing organization condemns itself by looking for new and emerging market at the time, then they should not be in manufacturing space in the first (Try retail if yours is one such).

Every downturn in major labour intensive sectors such as Housing (Lets call it Construction please), Automobiles, Steel undoubtedly results in severe downturn in service sectors. Service giants of our times is the Financial sector (Banking, Stocks & Insurance). During the growth of 2004-2006 the financial sectors promoted hedging instruments, clubbed them with Security-based products and promoted credit beyond their means.

The noted economists of our times failed to anticipate the pitfalls of agressive retailing of financial products promoted by the banks. This products do not have any guaranteed asset value but were considered (and be carefull, are still being considered) as real assets of high value. This resulted high profits and great PE values for stocks. Things could go at this level as long as credit was available.

Now in india, which has the best performing fiscal market among BRIC countries. The RBI and state owned banks and LIC have been injecting funds in the stock market thoughout 2008. The Govt was in complete denial of economic reality, they kept saying the fundamentals are good and our internal demand is strong enough engine. They ignored the fact the blue-eyed segment of indian economy stays in the city and serves mostly the outside world. They ignored the fact that inflation in double digits hurts the rural and semi-urban population the most, and takes away their possible capital investment powers.

Now as we had more than 8% fall in manufacturing,we are looking are recession at our cards. Fixing the GDP number by ignoring major economic data like inflation will not be of any help.

Huge job losses are on the way, the service sectors are to be affected as well. So stay wise in these difficult times.

Come September

Hi all, as my last days come nearer, I have taken to blogging again.
It is befitting that I do this in september, A month that over the years defined my life. 16th of September is the birthday of my only true love whose happiness meant and still means everything to me. 23rd is the birthday of my elder brother who has been the rock of support for me and still takes care of me as if I am a little boy.

while 17th september is the day I lost my mother to cancer and 11th sept for 9/11; which dragged us back from Modern to Mediaval era.
Let's hope 15th will be remembered for a better reason.

Cyclones - A New Generation

Of late new cyclones are making a fool of us, SIDR behaviour on landfall and subsequent crossing over of the rainclouds through the mountains has been amazing. Now comes the strangeness of Hagibis which against all prediction touched vietnam shore and went back to south china sea. Mitag beat all speculations and cross philipines few hours back.

Strangely enough if these two systems join themselved (of which the probablity is very low, 0.132 ) , we might learn a set of rule in the dynamics of cyclones. Once Hagibis influence is gone, Andaman Sea would create deepressions that might become cyclone in Bay of Bengal. So keep watching.

Super Cyclone 6B

In meteorology, history sometimes gets repeated. With striking similarity to Orissa cyclone of recent past a potent zone of low pressure is now created in the sea 50 miles north of north Andaman tip.

It can and in all probability would become deep-depression by next 24 hours. Should it become a cyclone it might track the path of Orissa super cyclone.. I will keep you guys posted on the cyclone watch .. lets watch cyclone 6B together and get prepared in advance.. present data is pretty low.. If it becomes cyclone it can strike east Indian coast between 4th to 7th of Nov.

Happy Durga Puja

It's 2007 Durga puja time. Celebration of famous victory of Hindu goddess over demon "Mahishasur" and subsequent (Many years later) victory of Rama over Ravana.

Bengali people celebrate the first victory while rest of the india celebrates the later.

Who was Mahishasur? He was the non-Aryan ruler of great indian planes. If you ever come from Afghanistan and Iranian border (by land of course) that would be first thing you would notice in the north India is the vast plains. In the early days of Aryan settlement/invasion, they had encountered stiff resistance from Native non-Aryans. In spite of these battles, the green pastures of Indus and Ganges basin looked alluring to the Aryans; the harshness of Asia-minor and Afghan terrain made their little settlements look like heaven.

To the native non-Aryans this called for a struggle for existence, they were civilised society who could build cities like those found in Indus valley civilisation. One of the major differentiators between these two societies was their cattle. The Aryans are known for their long association with the cow and the non-Aryans were buffalo herding people.

Wild buffalo were abundant in the plains, you can find their reference in Indus valley as well as Aryan Puranas. Mahisasur were king of the grazing territory with his huge herd of buffalo's. His tribe had domesticated some buffalo's and even rode on them during raids on Aryan settlement (sometimes referred as heaven).

In the fight for the grazing land (which when took place in the long grassy patches specially after the monsoon) the buffalo's were quick and deadly ride. So Mahisasur struck awe and terror in the minds of early Aryan settlers (Or call them gods if you like).

Who was the goddess Durga? Who were the other gods who defeated by the Mahishasur? Contrary to popular belief, the early Asian settlers were not single pure race. The gods as we know them in Hindu mythology, were actually fractured tribes, some what loosely governed by an Aryan super council. Brahma the most righteous of the tribes gave rise to all other tribes or Gods. Bishnu / Narayana represented the most prosperous trading tribe. Henceforth in different purana (ancient folklore) you get different relationship/affinity/bonding between hindu gods/goddesses, which actually represented important trading and other socio-economic links between tribes.

It is told in numerous occasion in puranas, the gods had reincarnated in different avtaars, which is nothing but a resurgent tribe under a new leader, probably bringing a new victory or glory to the clan in similar troubled times.

So back to the question of Goddess durga? She is the wife of God Shiva and daughter of Himalayas ( The Mountains). Shiva is the oldest God and was not originated from Brahma and does not get glorified in the folklore in spite of numerous victories. He is also known to have had turbulent relationship with other gods and had defeated them in battle several times. His followers were ghosts and other lost souls in the himalayas.

The important factor is that he does not originate from brahma makes him non-Aryan but possibly native like the asuras. Shiva was the astute tribe that got included in the Aryan line because of heavy intermix with Aryans and their prowess in the field of war.

Besides the leadership of shiva the rest of his followers do not glorified in the folklore, he is known to have blessed other asuras too. So this tribe have had the skills of training other tribes in the arts of ancient war.

So Durga was the an army of soldiers lead by Female warriors recruited from the foothills and trained by shiva. The Idol of durga rides tiger/lion , which means they had taken the herd of buffaloes to the patch of land where the big cats had taken many buffaloes out. With depleted ride and cattle the asuras fought hard. Goddess Durga is known have ten hands and they are loaded with ten weapons/utilities from ten gods. It is clearly stated that she had used one weapon after another. These arm and armoury represent small and elite troops from ten different tribes, under the command of Goddess (Lady general who incidentally was married to the chief of the shiva tribe). So this war was a classic case of a group of tribes coming together to form a coalition of force and a highly technical war.

Now that you have human explanation of things mentioned in the purana, go enjoy the puja. One last thing, worship of a god in past actually means training or research under the chief or other elders of the tribe.

Bush speech

Bush has said in today's speech:
"Iraqi leaders has asked for support".. and "we need troops to protect American interest in the region".
Just two clarification are needed:
Which Iraqi leader has asked for support and in what form?
What are the "American interest in the region"?

I know no one would give the clarification! Feel sorry for all the dead and the dying. Forgive me for I can't do anything more than writing this comment.

US is a strange country they would talk about impeaching Clinton for lying in "I did not have sex with that woman" but not impeach Bush for lying on a weekly basis on Iraq,
starting from WMD, "Hearts and Minds", "The war is over (in a battleship deck)" , "Peaceful Anbar" and so on

Even more amazing is John McCain's response:
"The first four years were a mistake because of Rumsfeld strategy" Four years and hundreds of thousands of life lost and you have audacity to say it was a strategy failure.

Well John, you might be a war veteran but you haven't learnt a thing from the war.

I saw the Larry king live and Anderson 360 today; and well done on the bold and independent reporting today (which was sadly missing for last 3 years).

Right now all I have to say to Americans is "Impeach bush and reclaim your democratic country from war-mongers"