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A special gift to Johns on his d-day... Congrats on the big occasion

Reviving the blog

It’s been so long since I posted something on this blog .

Today, I was feeling like posting something stupid online. I was amused by some amazing blogs hosted on www.wordpress.com today and was planning to actually post something on my yet-to-be-open blog.
The layout of a blog is as important as the content and I was not quite happy with the way my blogspot space looked like. I wanted to post a picture behind my blog title, add something more interesting etc… I was under the impression that there’s not much on blogger that I could customize.
I just gave a try and looks like blogger is highly customizable stuff. You play around with the html code and you get something that would make you happy. I feel a bit more relaxed when I see my blog’s layout now. I don't think I would need any other blogger service now.
Next step is to revive the same with new posts. Lots have changed since my last post: promotion in life, lots of trips, new friends etc…

I hope to post more about them soon.

Congratulations India

The people of India has made the right choice again. Congratulations to Congress and UPA for the clear mandate it has got in the 2009 elections.

The verdict shows that people of India has voted for:

• A leader who is a man of action than words (Manmohan Singh).
• Selflessness and Sacrifice (Congress leadership team).
• A team against an individual (BJP fought this election portrating strong leader).
• Honesty against corruption (Fall of Paswan, Lalu, Mulayam, Maya, Jayalalitha).
• National cause that has led many of the narrow minded regional players sit aside.
• Performed parties on a regional level (Bihar, Orissa).
• Communalists and terrorists (UP against Maya, Kerala against PDP-CPM alliance).
• Vibrant and youth India (Shashi Tharoor, Rahul Gandhi, Sachin Pilot...).
• Optimism and Hope (Fall of left).
• People-oriented development (Fall of Singur/Nandigram model development).

Here are some of the big moments of this election:

• Advani took it personal with Manmohan calling him weak multiple times. People thinks the other way.
• Narendra Modi: Nobody questions his development agenda for Gujarath, but nobody also questions his role in the post-Godhra riots. When the commandos were fighting it hard in Mumbai against terrorits, he is the first person to make a political gain out of this by blaming government at the very moment. People did not buy this argument. 26/11 was a failure of our system, but nobody buys the argument that the government was at fault. The so-called strong leader of BJP made some stupid statements when asked about the Kandahar story, where a cabinet minister had to accompany three terrorits to resolve the hostile situation.

• Lalu Prasad Yadav: One of the most celebrated Indian politicians openly admits that it was a mistake not to go with Congress.
• Ram Vilas Paswan: Last time's king maker not getting a single seat.
• Mulayam Singh and Amar Singh: Kingmakers sitting not knowing what to do now.
• Mayavati: Please come up with a national cause next time. India wants a prime minister who can see other's problems as well. Manmohan is Sikh but very well understands every single individual of the country.
• Jayalalitha: Long way to go maam.
• Prakash Karat: Somnath Chatterji put it in the right way: Being a narcissist won't help the country/party.
• Pinarayi Vijayan-Ma'dani: It's time to rethink.