1. Two civil wars going on at present, in Sudan, and Yemen…
2. Meanwhile, remember Libya?
3. Pakistan wants to use tactical Nukes against India in case of a war. Continue reading
28 Saturday May 2011
Posted Comment Competition, India watch, Uncategorized, War Watch, World watch
in22 Sunday May 2011
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britain, china, drones, France, Israel, North korea, Nuclear bombs, Osama Bin Laden, pakistan, russia, USA
Sorry for not updating recently, folks…having a bit of a tough time…(No. Not the rapture…but hey, “I…I’m still alive…”)…but here’s a quick update on our neighbourhood…cause honestly, that needs a full single post…so here it goes…
Pakistan woos insurgent groups. WSJ comes out with it. Now whats new in that? Only this time they are bolstered by a MASSIVE Nuclear surge…here’s more news of it…(Just kindly note, that their country is in economic mess…people don’t have anything to eat, the education and service sector is in ruins…and the nuclear surge most probably comes from American Aid money…which is taxpayer’s dollars…and USA is also going in a spiraling abyss of debt for that…but that’s a different issue…it is a total chaos…)
Newsweek asks why is the Washington still mum…well…not exactly…
Apparently this surge is a response to the “Cold Start Doctrine” of the Indian military…but possibly with much more reasons behind…and here’s how dangerous it can be…
Pakistan is still reacting “strangely” to the killing of OBL…as support for Islamic fundamentalism and disapproval for US is the highest.
Okay, who is gaining here the most? Guess? It’s our good ol’ Northern irritant…both politically…and militarily…
And here’s USA’s ongoing reply to that…
14 Saturday May 2011
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china, Iran, Libya, North korea, Osama, Osama Bin Laden, pakistan, USA
1. I was waiting for this news…no, honestly. I was really waiting…ever since the day Osama was shot dead, and was shown in the TV getting kinky seeing his own videos dressed as Osho Rajnish. Well, OBL had a pretty good collection of “Pron” stash...in his headquarters of Al Qaeda…in Pakistan…
If only Zardari knew that earlier…
2. In another path breaking FATWA, an cleric in Morocco said necrophilia is perfectly harmonious and lovey-dovey…
(Hat Tip – BarbarIndian)
3. Over to some serious news…6 arrested in USA, three Pakistani, and 3 Pakistani Americans…one of them an Imam, for collecting money for the Talibs, which is by the way banned. This is getting orgasmic by the day, this US – Pakistan relationship…and the latest in the saga of contradictions is here…
4. Apparently North Korea, and Iran regularly trade Nukes, missiles, and food and almost everything, in blatant disregard to the UN sanctions. They trade through China…and this is a major diplomatic middle-finger or something…
5. Remember Libya? A war is going on, for like ages? No body knows who is fighting whom, and who is winning? Yea, it is still going on…with no end in sight…and the Libya rebels, got shown the door by the US today, so their hopes pretty much dashed…
22 Saturday Jan 2011
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Afghanistan, china, england, France, Germany, India, Iran, iraq, Israel, lebanon, North korea, pakistan, russia, somalia, South KJorea, UK, USA, War
1. Kashmir, once known as Heaven on Earth, and probably now better known as the place which in modern history saw the greatest religio-political turmoil ever…is going to face another Crisis…
2. Lebanon, beautiful place, with even more beautiful women, is facing another Civil war soon…
3. Iran Nuclear talks fail. There’s not much option left frankly…anymore…
4. South Korea, known as the France of Asia, for cowering down regularly to North’s aggression…finally shows some spine…in Somalian border…
5. And history made, as we lived through an Arab revolt…
War Watch:
Afghanistan :
Village wiped out of map after US offensive.
Guess who’s back?
Guess who’s back, part 2?
The New Cold War in Afghanistan…
Bombs, Bombs, and more Bombs…in Afghanistan and Iraq…
And the Droid Rage…the largest ever Anti US rally in Pakistan…
Finally after almost half a year in Public Relations…I realised something…
” You love playing with that. You love playing with all your stuffed animals. You love your Mommy, your Daddy. You love your pajamas. You love everything, don’t ya? Yea. But you know what, buddy? As you get older… some of the things you love might not seem so special anymore. Like your Jack-in-a-Box. Maybe you’ll realize it’s just a piece of tin and a stuffed animal. And the older you get, the fewer things you really love. And by the time you get to my age, maybe it’s only one or two things. With me, I think it’s one… ” – Sgt William James (The Hurt Locker)
The thrill, excitement, adrenaline rush, and most importantly the freedom is back…am getting back to Journalism, baby…
24 Wednesday Nov 2010
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Aplocalypse, Armageddon, china, Korea, North korea, Nuclear War, obama, russia, south korea
Okay, the Korean comedy is nothing new…the two countries, the oldest existing Cold War border…the states divided between communist, spitfire, moronic, impoverished, Type-O-dong wielding “Great Li’l Kim”, the angelic, chosen one, messiah leader’s paradise North, and the Jack Daniels drinking, puke porn watching, epic money making, hot babeland, practical, lively, Capitalist South…frankly, the people between the two states can’t be differentiated, atleast not by features…cause they look exactly the same…but still the eventuality continued. North keeps on bugging the hell out of South by torpedoing warships at night killing 48 sailors, and shelling non militarised populated islands, and South keeps on threatening the North that they will retaliate…if only they attack “two more times” (Mitchell Blatt…obvs…)
So here’s what happened…
And here’s a cool map, which will help everyone to understand the real situation…(ripped it from the National Post!)
US Prez Barry Obama was woken up at 4 AM , and promptly took shelter under his desk…(okay, the last part might not be true! But just visualise! :-))
So how is it apparently different this time? It’s different ’cause thiiis time, the trigger was pulled not by Li’l Kim, may peace be upon him, but by his son, the identical double chinned Tiny Kim, who is apparently fulfilling a criteria of mandatory bombarding South Korea, before his formal throning ceremony…
Or…maybe…it’s just youth Hormones, you know…like we play “Counter Strike” or “Project IGI”…only too real, and thousand times more deadly, with the spineless and appeasing World cowering down, in order to avoid confrontation…..
18 Wednesday Aug 2010
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Hello people…let me start by apologizing for not being regular…as usual…
I am getting posted to Mumbai, and will be joining office from the 30th of this month. So as you know, last minute prep, flight bookings, shifting blues, and lots of relatives and old buddies reunions (with lots of whiskey, water, Disprin, and black coffee, in cycle, which is giving me a serious hangover…)…My Dad’s cool as ever, but my Mum is all teary eyed, which she being a Bong woman, of advanced age and energetic habits, is a formidable power to reckon with. Benevolent words said to the neighbours, like, “Oh…he is only there for two more weeks! *sigh*…” is giving me a feeling that I am suffering from an incurable form of disease…and is increasingly adding to my agony…
Anyways, I was toying with the idea of coming out with a post about Twitter, since the day my Tweets were featured in the Funny PerkyTweets of Blogadda. Frankly, that one was a shocker…though I am kinda used to with this feeling. Like I studied Science in my final Boards, and went on to be a Graduate of Socio-Legal studies, then experimented with a French diploma, in French language studies, before doing my Masters in Journalism and Mass Comm., freelanced as a journalist for a couple of mags and websites, before working as a Public Relations dude. Similarly, here I started Blogging, and got featured as a funny Twat. (Twitter users are known as Twat, no? oops!)
This randomness of life is what makes it interesting…and not boring… *bulb alert*
So, gradually I realised, that Twitter is the next best thing on planet earth, (the best thing being…your’s truly…) and there is no greater glory, than being Retweeted. [Also I realised that being famous in the Twitter world, is inversely proportional to replying to others, and the less courteous you are in maintaining the decency of answering in even oneliners, monosyllables, grunts, and groans…the more you will be recognised as a superstar, and your followers will increase…atleast here in Indi-land. But that’s a different story, and I am evidently no Twitterstar, or even in the race of being one in the near future…]
So today I am coming up with my pick of Funny T’s (lets keep it politically correct…) which I guessed I should do. Now there can be a question that how do I come up with a list when I don’t follow a lot of people? Well…I maintain a list, only accessible and seen by me, of people who I find funny, in this grossly overboiled, and grumpy planet, people with a genuine sense of humour, who can keep a straight face, and enlighten us with their philosophical ornaments…and an important criteria being wit,’cause honestly I don’t find slapsticks funny, though I use it occasionally, with people who seem to like it…basic survival strategy and quick impression tool, mate…
I am leaving out meself, as I am a prodigy, and I want this to be honest… This list is random and in no order, like most things associated with me, and will feature a different 5, and change in the coming months. And sorry, Chetan Bhagat, I know you are still the biggest joke around…but can’t seem to place you here, which is my loss completely. And before I go on with this piece of literature, here’s my 5 of this edition of Twitter Watch.
Ramesh Srivats: One single Retweet, or a hashtag can become a trending topic with his touch. Especially his anagrams, which are just very much right in front of our eyes, but just springs out like a 3D picture, when it is made clear by him. The Aamir Khan of the Indian Twitter world.
Surekha Pillai: This is in NO WAY related with me being in PR. I started following her recently, and if you are not, then you are committing a major felony. This lady can put a smile on your face, (not in the “Dark Knight” style though…) and is a magician when it comes to designing, using the characters in the keyboard, within the 140 character of the Twitter, with the designs ranging from ducks to derrières.
Devious Chick: I honestly started following, (virtual stalking) this babe looking at her DP which was attractive and distant, at the same time. But slowly got hooked to her various definition tweets, where she clears the mysteries that is baffling closet philosophers like me for aeons, thereby saving me the time to think, and thereby saving humanity. Also incidentally, she is one of those few who actually bothers to reply back. But that didn’t influence my judgement, not one bit…word!
Major Butt Retd.: Our beloved former Major of the Pakistan army, is a foreign policy giant. Without his assessment of the realpolitik, no event of this planet is complete. Adding to that is his love and respect for the Queen’s language and his goats, and his sense of honour for his country, which can only match Inspector Jacques Clouseau.
Greatbong: Not the Bong that we smoked in our Grads…but frankly, can anything or anyone be actually greater than this man from my hometown? I got influenced into blogging, and that’s quite something, in’nit? ‘Nuff said…
One last honourable mention, out of the list though, but this post would be incomplete if I don’t mention this legend. And now you know why…
There you go… *phew* that was tiring! I’ll now go grab some chilled beer, and let my tonsils swim. Meanwhile just a disclaimer, this is only the first edition, coming out in the month of our Independence and mostly features Indians/NRIs and one obligatory Pakistani so that I look wise and fair (fair as in figuratively!). The next version will be more Worldly-wise, like it will have different people and will include Foreigners. Still if you are not satisfied…well…you know, there are other ways to satisfaction…try ’em!
08 Thursday Apr 2010
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Afghanistan, Comical, German, India, Kim Jog Il, Krgyzystan, North korea, Pravda, Riot, Smali pirates, Soviet, Spiegel, Thailand, U.S.
1. Li’l Kim is da man!!! A whole new fashion trend started after the comical dress of Kim the dictator. Or so the state run North Korean media claims. Heidi Klum wanted to marry him too…okay, that bit I added! Thanks to my buddy Mitchell Blatt for digging out this gem of a story!
2. Spiegel Online reports the pitiful state of the Afghan police. They can’t shoot straight, are highly corrupt, and can’t read or right. Not the Germans, fool…the Afghans…
3. U.S. and Omani warships, rescue Indian sailors from the Somali pirates. What were the Indian Navy doing? Nothing…ofcourse! All hail the great pacifist Indian Government!
4. A couple of heavy riots, in two different parts of the World, for different reasons, and by differently motivated people. Similar is the way, how politicians fled in both the cases within hours!
Krgyzstan and Thailand.
5. How can a WorldWatch be complete without touching the greatest ornaments of Journalism from Soviet Pravda? They are still shouting the same slogans, they used to shout…say 20 years back? If you check the article carefully, though, you will find a comical small photo, where it is hilariously spelled “STOP OTAN”! Didn’t quite understand, what they wanted to mean, but must be a strong political statement for sure!