Where do I belong?

It is weekend and after 6 days of the rut you feel like unwinding a little. I like to describe here a little that our idea of unwinding is not as goes. We rented DVD of Sherek 3. It was 1 AM when the movie finished. After movie we went out for a little stroll.

Only 3-4 hundred meter from where we stay were some policemen. They stopped us and started asking about the identity prof. Now you don't carry your I-Cards, Driving Licenses, or passports with you, when you go for a stroll. So if you don't have ID prof then let someone from you higher ups talk to us. This is not the time of the day when you call up your boss and ask him to tell the policemen who you are.

The logic given by the cops for stopping us at that time was that there are all kind of people going around. But if we were such kind of people then we may have settled with somebody to be our "BOSS" to verify our antecedents.

So we asked them that if we really look like terrorists them we can walk up to our rooms and get our I-Cards. Somehow they believed in use and asked us to walk back because it was very late.

It really hurts when this type of thing happens with you in your own country. Where you are working and living since few years. I've been to abroad also but no body ever asked about my identity proofs at dead of the night when there is not even an emergency.
But you cannot argue with a cop and at that in middle of the night. Because if it hurts (not physically, just his ego) you can well be a terrorist by the morning or a hardcore criminal or a drug peddler. Because it is INDIA not Australia where police will say that they were at fault.

An amusing thing happened just when we were walking back. A car came from other side and our cops signaled them to stop. Most probably they were also coming after letting their hairs down. But they cheered and sped off.

Farewell to Kalam

Today Pratiba Patil is sworn in as 13th President. Hope she comes clear of all the muck that was raised on her in run up to the elections. The way we got out 13th president speaks of the nadir we our politicians have reached.

In the first place thinking of anybody else instead of Kalam as presidential candidate was treachery with the peoples and specifically youth's will. He is in very good health. He is well educated (really educated-not degree holder like many of the fools who run our country). He did lot for the country (he didn't even find time to get married because he was so busy making missiles to defend our country). He is truly secular. Mrs. Patil may serve well as a token of rise of women in India, but it never occurred to anybody that Kalam is Muslim. He is Indian and our president first.

His biggest contribution to the nation is the inspiration he imparted to the youth. His truthfulness, purity and intelligence always charmed the children and young people. He has visions about the future of country and its children.

I hope that Mrs. Patil will be able to stand up to the high office of the President of India. I wish Kalam a long and healthy life, so that he continues to inspire the youth and contribute to the development of India.

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PS:- Let us see if BJP and allies win majority and Mr. Vajpayee does not swear in as PM, because he did not believe that same person should be given second term in Rashtarpati Bhawan.