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OYE : Open Your Eyes - Part I

After Pune Blast today i was busy on social media forums, facebook, twitter, news.....then i realised a bitter truth about us. A peculiar quality which defines our nature, behavior, thought process, basically our character.   Blame-game, yes its is blame game, this is what we Indians have mastered in.  Some sick brain says bomb was planted by Congress to deviate attention of people/media away from Jantar Mantar. Some say its done by Pakistan sponsored terrorists. Some say its not a serious blast as nobody died (what, are you waiting for dead bodies to accept the seriousness of the blast?). Some said, its an act to make a tough debut to our new Home Minister Shinde, come'on dude grow up. we say, we talk, we discuss, we criticize but one thing we dont do, which we need to do everytime, everyday, every-moment..............Stay safe, stay cool and stay calm. Its easy to panic in tough situations, this nervousness, jittery moment make us human being, a naturally emot

‘Rainbow"

its a story in the backdrop of recent Mumbai blast at 6:53 pm in dadar, where a person dies.this is the last page of his life....... 7:30 am A lazy morning in Mumbai, sunlight is filtering through the curtains and on the bed, I am lazily thinking about priorities of my day. I have office at 9, meet with international clients at 11, prepare for tomorrows presentation till 4, then have meeting with boss at 6, hummff that’s it for the day!!! No, no I forgot one thing I have to go to car machanic for wheel alignment as well but before 7 pm at any cost. Well, after getting all the days business set in my mind, I dug my face again in the pillow and fell asleep only when a screaming sound made entry over my ear drums “aaj to Bandar-Bandariya ki shaadi ho rahi hai”(today monkey couple are marrying eachother)…..it was my little kido “Saniya” whom we all call Sana. She jumped over my belly and said,”papa, dekho na bahar kitna acha lag raha hai, barish aur dhoop sath sath”. I grazed out of

Again another blast........understand IED!!

Again A blast rocked Mumbai few hours back. Police says, its an IED blast by unknown terrorists. But i am puzzled with the fact that gradually Indian forces & authorities have shifted from RDX to IED in last few years. Lets see, what IED is and is it is deadly enough to trigger mass destruction. Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs : Overview An IED can be imagined with any type of material and initiator. It is a "homemade" device that is designed to cause death or injury by using explosives alone or in combination with toxic chemicals, biological toxins, or radiological material. IEDs can be produced in varying sizes, functioning methods, containers, and delivery methods. IEDs can utilize commercial or military explosives, homemade explosives, or military ordnance and ordnance components. They are unique in nature because the IED builder has had to improvise with the materials at hand. Designed to defeat a specific target or type of target, they generally becom