Mumbai Terrorist Attacks: What we actually lost and some random thoughts

I am finally glad that it is over now as it will save me from watching the animalistic competition of TV channels for the same breaking news. Those indeed were breaking news and I could see a lot of things breaking for me, including the restaurant where I had my first ever mug of beer - Leopold. It will be a waste to write about other things broken for me by these channels. If they are interested let them read it somewhere else.


At the same time, I am now having a feeling of excitement and nervousness becuase now starts the festival! Political parties, Social organisations, Military and Intelligence agencies, thinkers, intellectual masturbaters, celebrities and people on the street - welcome to the drama and mud slide festival of India 2009! This festival will be solely and completely sponsored by all TV channels companies and their respective owners provided that you promise to them that no matter what happens, you wont think on your own. You promise to us that, you dedicate your passions, emotions and brain to us and we will show you everything that is important and worth seeing about Mumbai Terrorist Attacks and everything related to that. It is just a side effect that my TRP rating goes up. Our job is to bring this great festival to you.

And then, my friend you will sit in front of the big screen viewing the image of burning Taj, clipping of Karkare getting ready and Ratan Tata crying. You too will cry perhaps, your blood ofcourse will boil, you will use certain chosen words from your monther tongue for the politicians. I don't even doubt your love about this country and the pain you feel when the terrorists attacked Mumbai.

But thats about it!

On 26th November 2009, you will remember this attack on Mumbai when a TV channel shows a program about it at prime time. Your love for the country and pain you feel when the terrorists attacked Mumbai will still be same. You will also start feeling good about this - that you love your country so much and you feel pain when a terrorist attack Mumbai. You will also like the fact that you are still helpless as you felt in 2008. You will also realise that you indeed feel inscure these days! And that about it! Festival will still be on!

On 26th November 2010, you and your friend watch a program on one TV channel about comparison of the latest terrorist attack with that happened on Mumbai in 2008. You still will feel love for your country and you will be fed up with the terrorist attacks on cities like Mumbai. You will also feel disgusted and helpless about not been able to do anything about it 2 years back. You will hope that finally, Goverment accepts the demand that civilians be allowed to keep weapons against terrorist attack. And thats about it! Next festival is just going to start!

esnips, uploading files and copyright

Last week in a feat of enthusiasm I recorded some 13 poems. Some I just read. Some I sang. (Sorry about that!) I thought that I will keep these for myself for the time being. Then I thought that I will share these with Ashu (my sister), Chaitanya (My brother in law) and parents. Well what is better than eSnips for that. So first I empthrised all the files. (Well if any of you say that there is no such verb in English then kindly accept this as a gift from me to English language. em.p.thr.ise [em-p-thra-ayz] means creating a mp3 file. If you accept 'googling' then why not this - just because I am Indian?) Well then I uploaded all 13...well I 'tried' to upload all 13 files. eSnips allowed me to upload only 11. Uploader of eSnips claimed to suspect copyright violation in the last two files. Well, I said fine at least 11 are uploaded. Then with the same enthusiasm I invited my sister, my brother-in-law and my parents to listen to the the poems. Two days passed and no compliments ot comments. I checked it with my sister and she said that she cant open the files! Surprised, I tried it myself. The files were still there but when one tried to play those, eSnips said that those files are no more there! Perfect - one can not download the files, one can not listen to the files. Well, I could have really understood if the files were really copyright violation. But these are poems read using my own voice and recorded on my own computer. Well I wrote to supprt team of eSnips. 4 days have gone I am still waiting for the response. Till then - me, my recorded poems and copyrights - all are with me!