Jai Hind: Proud to be an Indian

The Government seems to be suddenly acting after a series of terror strikes since the last few times. What do you think was different this time?

M J Akbar is one of India’s best-known journalists and commentators, someone with a deep insight into the Indian people and their mindset. In this first-person, as-told-to piece, Akbar discusses the Mumbai attacks and their relevance for India. (via Rediff)

This is a poem sent by Prasoon Joshi to Rediff in wake of the Mumbai Terror Attacks
Is baar nahin
Is baar jab woh choti si bachchi mere paas apni kharonch le kar aayegi
Main usey phoo phoo kar nahin behlaoonga
Panapney doonga uski tees ko
Is baar nahin
(This time when that little girl comes to me with her bruises, [...]

This is a hypothetical talk between a “teacher” and a “student”. Here the teacher is a man who has taught how to create terror and a student is a young terrorist waiting for an order to execute some “great” plans.
After passing out from the training camp his master tells him that you will be “on [...]