Dogs are pests, not pets!!!

Oh! How I cannot stand dogs!! But try as I might they still cross paths with me.
I woke up today morning praising God for a wonderful day. As I opened the door, to my utter dismay, I see three pairs of what used to be shoes but now were total garbage and a disgusting four legged pest chewing at my beloved beauties. Shooing it also did not help.But the damage was done. Three pairs of classy beautiful shoes bitten to shreds of leather. Oh! How I hate dogs and how I curse Maneka Gandhi. I had one mind to post that leather to her and demand for compensation. Maybe I would have made headlines and gotten a li'l publicity.

My neighbourhood is swarming with these dirty pests. We do not own or keep dogs but that does not prevent those monsters from coming into my territory to terrorise me. Why can't the owners tie them up in their own courtyards? If this had happened in the UK, I could sue the owners and buy maybe ten dozen of brands. But here in India, law does not only favour the rich, but also the dogs. My mum decided to complain to the owners, but hell, we need to find out who they are. But as the Bible says, " Do not throw your pearls before dogs, they will only turn and attack you". It's better we keep quiet. After all Maneka Gandhi and her followers (there are I believe 99% of dog lovers in this world) might just get a morcha to our door.

Aunv Berpatkar!!I see no evil!! I hear all evil!

Aunv Berpatkar!!I see no evil!! I hear all evil! What others do I do not question? Hence I do not stand against evil. So what do I do? I come out in large numbers to express solidarity. To what? Evil. Why should I? Money breathes. Money talks. Money power.

As a minute strand of the so called now famous kingdom of Betalbatim, I am pained at the happenings around me. Now whether you have 5 Gobi Fries (read GF) or 10, I do not care. But if one of them you eat, and then you deny and then you are poof, you do a magic act, I am not going to clap my hands and applaud. I rather stick to the FIFA for entertainment, than listen to a sorry tale about a person who 'b'eat a Gobi Fry.

I may be a Berpatkar. Just maybe you do the best charity in the world. Maybe charity to Berpatkars comes with a price of speech. But I am not dumb, neither am I deaf or blind.

Poked and pinched for being a passive Berpatkar against a mighty active one. But where do I stand. Where's the justice. When mighty strong, famous people are involved whether they just ogle at others Gobi Fries or snatch and eat them, or the Gobi Fries themselves are enticed to their plates, its just two or three months of gossip for Goans and then its over. When we needed to stand against SEZ or when asked to attend the gram sabha meetings, how many Berpatkars join in solidarity to stand against injustice. But you are ready to come out in large numbers to express solidarity for some person who does charity. Shame on you. No wonder being a Goan is not a big thing anymore.

I am ashamed. I am ashamed that I am a part of you. I am ashamed of being a Berpatkar.

Yahoooooo: I've been hacked

What a privilege my brother said! Someone thought you are special enough to hack your account. But I could not agree. Someone posing as me and asking for money.....maybe he is reading me right now....so scary....but yet so true.

Here's the gist. Someone posed as me and asked a friend of mine for 1500 pounds. Can you believe that? That's nearly four times my monthly salary ( yea, I am on the poorer side). Luckily our friend called us to confirm else who knows which lawsuit we would have to deal with.

I've been told that I am not the only privileged one. Many of my students and friends using yahoo have faced similar experiences. So a word of caution to all yahoo email holders, beware, there's a hacker around.

Should we really hang Kasab???

I'm sure I would get a million people looking quizzically at me after reading the title (though I know my blog does not even attract 0.1% of that). But just imagine Bhagat Singh and many of our freedom fighters received the death sentence and were hanged. Hanging Kasab would be like honouring him for his war on our country.

There would be people arguing that hanging Kasab would be a warning to other terrorists of the consequences of their actions. But logically the young minds who get swayed into terrorism and other deadly acts come prepared that they have to die for the sake of their religion so killing them would only set a precedent to other terrorists that them dying would give them jannat whether it is through bullets or through the noose. So I think our legal system should come up with an alternative punishment to deter young minds from swaying to terrorism.

A train accident or a flight crash kills hundreds of people, but how many times do we hang the culprits. If killing 166 people was a crime, I think terrorising a nation by killing 166 people was the king all of crimes. And if death through the noose is the ultimate punishment for a crime, I think the king of all crimes should get a much deadlier punishment. Death is so easy. Poof and you are gone relieved from a lifetime of troubles, pain, sufferings. Kasab will probably have the last laugh if he is hanged.

I believe he deserves a much deadlier punishment than death.....I would have put him a mental asylum, I would have asked him to stay with each victim's family for a year serving them....but then again if there was remorse. With no remorse, what can be the best punishment????