Quite A Statement

"No red bag accompanied me, nor did I have any such bag carried for me on the relief/rescue flight. Indeed, I have never possessed, borrowed or carried any red bag ever,"

This is a statement from former Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh in response to a query as to whether he carried a red bag full of explosives to Kandahar during the hijacking of IC 814.

Note the statement in bold. Now I do not wish to implicate him of anything here but how can one be so sure of all the bags one has ever possessed or carried? Couldn’t it be possible that he had a red backpack when he was a kid or he used one of those red carry-bags or something like that when going shopping with his kids ?

Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan ...

Read this very interesting story from DNA India. Haven’t we seen this happen over and over again in Bollywood films? And here it is happening in reality. Fascinating to say the least. This is Mumbai where reel and real life merges.

Now after Google Earth

We have this from Wikipedia. Interesting positives: the ability to annotate. Note for eg. Sadashiv Peth in Pune plus the fact that it opens in a browser.
The negative is that it does not zoom in as far as Google Earth.

YIPPPPPPPPIEEEEEEEEEEEE !!

Google Accessible

This is a new tool by Google that tries to rank higher pages that are accessible to the visually impaired. Google has asked web developers to make their site more favorable for these sections of society so as to obtain a higher rank. Fine idea but it seems Google itself is not too customized to these people ironically. Here is a small tool that compares results of Google default and Google Accessible and I searched the keyword “Google” itself. The results tell a story.

I Think Of You ...

I Think Of You
When The Winds Sing Their Song, I Think Of You
When The Clouds Bring Their Scent, I Think Of You
When The Mornings Show Off Their Hues, I Think Of You
When The Evening Shadows Grow Long.

I Think Of You
On A Glorious Sunny Day, When All Life Is Happy And Gay
When The Seasons Change Their Tune, When There’s A Break In The Heat Of June
When The Buds Wear New Colors, When The Trees Are Clothed in Flowers
When The Flowers Come To Life With The Humming Of The Bees
I Think Of You

I Think Of You
On A Beautiful Clear Night, When Dreams Are Set Alight
When The Stars Adorn The Sky, When The Garden Is Lit By The Glowing Fly
When There Arrives A Silence Deep, When Slowly I Collapse Into Light Sleep
When Body And Soul In The Night Find Their Peace
I Think Of You