Thursday, October 14, 2004

Wow! They are just like us!


Whenever any Indian/Pakistani contingent comes back home after visiting another country, they invariably issue statements, which mean: They are just like us. People are just same and want peace everywhere. Whole issue of Indo-Pak hatred is inexplicable and alive only due to politicians.



What a discovery! As if they expected to see aliens in the first place! What they conveniently forget that "those peace loving" people of Pakistan are killing thousands in J & K every year. Big deal if they speak same language, have same culture, and eat same food. What has Indian politician to do if ISI attacks Parliament and Musharraf invades Kargil? And what can Pak politician alone do when all Mujahideen stop killing people in Kashmir? Problem is with people and attitude.



If they feel so compassionate towards Pakistan, why not befriend Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, etc. These are also "so similar" to us. Lets combine all countries and make one country. And fight till we die on the name of it.



I can't understand the direction this peace process is moving. Peace means, please do not attack us and do not support terrorism. After that, you mind your own business and let us mind our own. Why on earth this extra benevolence of free and generous exchanges of journalism, movies involving actors from side, cultural exchanges etc. Why not show such love to Bangladesh? May be it should also start militancy to have India shower favours on it. May be it already has! Remember: North-East is burning.



Why did God gave such neighbours to India?

Saturday, October 9, 2004

Nostalgia!


I am going to miss MIT. I am already feeling that. Perhaps I should be, since I am graduating next year only, eight months from now. Or perhaps I shoudln't, since I cannot forsee myself completing my thesis by then! But, two years are such a short span of time to make new friends and then loose them. I don't like it, and I find those lines of popular Hindi song, kyon hota he zindagi ke saath, very appropriate for myself. And people at MIT are so wonderful. So many great people I happened to meet here, and my defition of greatness is not limited to "academic" at all. After coming to Ashdown, life has been even better. So many nice people and so many fun things we do here.



I am really missing MIT!!


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