Periodic attacks over and again in Bombay have made "New York minute" more relevant to our lives than ever before. Why don't we have Himesh Reshmiya sing us a "Mumbai minute"? I think a minor change in the lyrics makes it very relevant today!

Hari got up
Dressed all in black
Went down to the station
And he never came back
They found his clothing
Scattered somewhere down the track
And he wont be down on Dalal street
In the morning
He had a home
The love of a girl
But men get lost sometimes
As years unfurl
One day he crossed some line
And he was too much in this world
But I guess it doesnt matter anymore
In a Mumbai minute
Everything can change
In a Mumbai minute
Things can get pretty strange
In a Mumbai minute
Everything can change
In a Mumbai minute
Lying here in the darkness
I hear the sirens wail
Somebody going to emergency
Somebodys going to jail
If you find somebody to love in this world
You better hang on tooth and nail
The Terrorist is always at the door
In a Mumbai minute
Everything can change
In a Mumbai minute
Things can get a little strange
In a Mumbai minute
Everything can change
In a Mumbai minute
And in these days
When darkness falls early
And people rush home
To the ones they love
You better take a fools advice
And take care of your own
One day theyre here;
Next day theyre gone
I pulled my coat around my shoulders
And took a walk down through the park
The leaves were falling around me
The groaning city in the gathering dark
On some solitary rock
A desperate lover left his mark,
Baby, I've changed. please come back.
What the head makes cloudy
The heart makes very clear
The days were so much brighter
In the time when she was here
But I know there's somebody somewhere
Make these dark clouds disappear
Until that day, I have to believe
I believe, I believe
In a Mumbai minute
Everything can change
In a Mumbai minute
You can get out of the rain
In a Mumbai minute
Everything can change
In a Mumbai minute.............

Couple of Questions: Out of the "Blues"

Terrorism is now replacing the recession as the biggest of the woes in the Mumbai offices. Everybody has their own set of questions and few of them actually make sense. The other day I was wondering of what happened to those young fellows sitting on a wooden desk with carbines in CST, when two idiots opened fired out of nowhere. Another question which came to my mind was that what should be the approach of government of India in the light of lot reports indicating a clear Pakistani connection.

First question was answered by a friend of mine who is still a regular at V.T. station. As per his account he saw a cobbler refusing these young security men a matchbox. Had it been a polite refusal, I would have somehow discounted these guys but the refusal was accompanied with a volley of abuses. Not that I expect these security men to beat that cobbler, but when a cobbler who sits in the premises of the station without any license wasn't scared of them; how can we expect those lunatic and trained terrorists to be intimidated by these boys in uniform.

Second question was answered for me by two anti-terrorism specialists from Israel and U.K. respectively. On a show on Times Now when Arnab asked Dr. Kedar from Israel what should India do now to gather support from the world community? In a very heavily accented English Dr. Kedar replied nonchalantly that India first needs to act itself and then look for world support. I mean isn't it stupid to look for the world to support it when the government of India itself is failing to counter these terrorists who are attacking us from within and across both the eastern and western borders. Right after this Mr. Maroof Raza a Delhi based military affairs specialist who obviously was enraged by this attacked held the state of Pakistan directly responsible for this attack, and I agreed.

However a British anti-terrorist specialist whose name I don’t recall added a point which was one of the most balanced point in the whole discussion where ex-ISI chief remained dead for most period of time. The British guy said that India should not give a knee jerk reaction as it may adversely affect the much needed cooperation Pakistan can offer and is at the moment offering India. So, I think Indian government should utilize all the support Pakistani establishment is providing in fighting the terrorism. After all they too are suffering at the hands of the same bunch of morons who need to be wiped out from the face of earth.

And yes, last saturday Leopold reopened and was closed because too many of the students and "pair of hands" reached there to express their solidarity.