Who is steering us?

Writing this piece under some stress and sadness. One of my person very very close to me is in hospital and critical. Was thinking about my discussions with a friend over the weekend in Bangalore, while sitting at the hospital over the night.

Is there something wrong with our generation or is it just that the winds of changes have blown so fast that we haven't been able to react to it? We might be having a relatively more prosperous and successful careers, access to finances and luxuries. But then more and more around us including me have failed miserably when it comes to personal life and relationships.

Are there any rules to engagement? While we are ready to take on the world for our careers, why are we still hesitant when it comes to breaking shackles of social norms? Why are people suffocaitng their own pleasures and happiness just because society looks down on them? Why do relationships need a name?

This and many more questions as I battle them daily.

Mumbai on the boil?

The blast verdict is out. The voices (rightly so) are heard for verdict on 92-93 blasts again. The Muslim organisations are taking out a huge protest march next week. Shiv Sena, the right wing political party has said in it's newpaper that this thing can increase communal passions. This is a kind of indirect warning. Waiting with bated breath for next week and just hoping that both the sides don't ignite communal passions for their narrow gains. Mumbai certainly cannot afford another divide.

Priya Dutt and D P Yadav - is there any difference?

One is an uneducated mafia turned MP who is using all powers and methods possible to keep his son away from the punishment for his involvement in criminal acts.

Another one is an educated MP representing a metro city like Mumbai and knows the power of media and political affiliations and uses that to get her brother out of the jail.

The question is both are abusing their powers and so how can Priya Dutt be presumed any better than D P Yadav?