Ye khwab ye khushboo hai ke jhonka hai ke pal hai
Ye dhund hai badal hai hawa hai ke tum ho
Ek dard ka phaila hua sehra hai ke main hun
Ek mauj mein aaya hua darya hai ke tum ho
Aabaad hum aashufta saron se nahin maqtal
Ye rasm bhi is shehr mein zinda hai ke tum ho
--Ahmad faraz

That Col. Ghaddafi was a dictator and was holding on to power with a heavy hand was not at all justified. However, the way he was treated after he was captured alive was also NOT justified in any way. He should have been handed over to authorities and tried suitably in the court of law. If he would have been handed over a capital punishment like in the case of Saddam Hussain, it would have been justified from every angle. But now the ones who really held him and killed him in cold blood are criminals and murderers. Its they who must now be tried in the court of law and sentenced as per the Sharia law -- an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

Kiran Bedi's inflated bills are JUSTIFIED. This is the ethical stand taken by the Anna's Core Committee meeting. She charges, e.g., Rs. 80,000.00 from those who invite her, spends a mere Rs. 20,000.00, deposits the saved money-- Rs 60,000.00-- into her NGO's account (God only knows whether this was the actual amount deposited in the NGO account) , and then speaks in all humility that it is justified! A morally sound person would have notified to the invitee that she would adopt this method to save money for her NGO. This is clear CHEATING. But the members of Anna Hazare's Core team do not consider this a fraud! Charging money for one specific purpose and using it for another purpose! And still not wrong because she happens to be Team Anna's member! (Being a member of Team Anna simply means that the said person is SPOTLESS). It would be in the interest of this country and all the people if Anna continues his "maun vrat' till the end of his life. May his soul "rest in peace".

Two months of mind-boggling wait is finally over on a relieving note, with the addition of one more princess in our family. Name yet to be selected but I will always call her Sydney, because thats the place she had chosen to step into this world. All's well that ends well. Will sleep in peace tonight.

L. K. Advani is getting desperate. He is on his Jan Chetna yatra, trying to impress upon the people that he is the only man, and BJP the only party in this country, India, who are clean and dont have anything to do with corruption. Ironically, he believes that the people are fool enough, or can be fooled onto accepting and believing what he preaches! He is the same man for whom, some years ago, Jinnah was a "secular" man. Someone needs to remind him that even if the UPA is corrupt, BJP (NDA included) is one step ahead of the present dispensation. Its our bad luck that earlier we were made to choose between bad (UPA) and worse (NDA). In future we will have to choose between worse (UPA) and rotten (NDA). Choice is yours countrymen !

Anna and his team

Whats wrong with these guys. They are surely out to destroy Anna's reputation. Its time for Anna to check these people hovering around him.

Anna Monster

Delhi might soon witness another round of dharnas and maybe fasts. Anna has this time issued an open threat to the government that if it does not pass the Lokpal bill in the winter session, he will ask the Indian voters to vote for any party other than Congress and only for those candidates who are not corrupt. Wonder where the voters will find such candidates. Tell me a single political party in India which does not have 50% of corrupt in its ranks.

India, it seems, has been able to successfully eradicate poverty. The new mantra is that if a person earns Rs 32 in urban areas, he will not be counted as poor. What a cruel joke! And the people who are sitting at the helm of affairs making such announcements do not have even a little sense of shame !

WC

Good to see India reach the final of World Cup. Congratulations team India. You deserved it. Bring home the cup now. All the best. The entire nation is praying for you.

Japan

What can be more painful, than what has happened in Japan. So much loss of life and property. May God bless us all on this planet. May God protect each and every creature on this earth. Amen!