Monthly Archives: November 2008
60 hours later
…it’s over. At approximately 7.30am this morning, the Taj operation finally came to something of a close. Reports are that one terrorist has been caught and three have been killed there. There have been some casualties among the NSG and the NSG chief JK Dutt has urged guests in the hotel to part their curtains [...]
37 hours later
10.20am – The Trident has been cleared of terrorists and everyone has been evacuated. Two or three terrorists are believed to be holed up in the Oberoi (adjoining tower in the same complex). The Taj continues to burn and still not much luck with Nariman House, even though commandos being airdropped on the roof. Apparently, [...]
Four hours later….
… and counting. A neat chronology of the events so far is given here by NDTV. 10.45am – There are still 50-odd hostages inside the Taj. The Trident also continues to be under siege. The Taj has about 5 terrorists inside. A navy officer said that sniffer dogs are being used to check whether dead [...]
Alive
And no, the lyrics of the Pearl Jam song will not be part of this post. If there’s one thing that I didn’t think I’d ever do when I took to blogging, it’s live-blogging during a bombing/hostage situation. Today was the premiere of the movie “The President is Coming“. While we were drinking free white [...]
Man to man
My best friend and I have long wondered what it is about Indian men that gives them exotic appeal because, despite what our exploding population figures may suggest, few Indian or Asian women see it or at least admit to seeing it. However, get on to the other side of the Arabian Sea and it [...]
For the love of Gordimer
Someone asked me today, who is Nadine Gordimer? Generally, I flounder when asked these questions because it seems so inadequate to say just “author” for people like her. Today, however, I was well prepared because I’d spent a couple of hours faced with a blinding blue and yellow sign, designed by the Government of India, [...]
Pull out the weed
I’ve been up since 7.30 in the morning and following American states go blue in their face (yay!). This means I’ve watched John Bolton, former US ambassador to the UN, be an absolute bastard and say BBC’s Rajeev Mirchandani is illiterate and should be fired. He also said that Obama being voted proves America is [...]
Do Be Do Be Do
November is the month of challenges. Self-imposed, utterly stupid and completely unnecessary ones that somehow affirm to yourself that you are cool even as you do things which are often not cool at all. I don’t know what it is about the month but it addles brains a little. A friend of mine had posited [...]
World Domination
