sopping & shopping

One more semester put to an end followed by celebrations.
The last two days seem to have evaporated in a tizzy filled with shopping and shopping and more shopping. I am a self-confessed shopaholic :: Bath & Body works, Gap, Victoria secrets.

After two days of utter uselessness, I am back on track to sopping which is incidentally shopping without 'h'. This does not make any sense, attributed to the fact that this post is being scripted at 2 am in the night.

"Indians are known for their intellectual arrogance"

----something along these lines by Guru charan Das

I can not agree more!

Just a background to it. I have been reading "India Unbound" for the last couple of days and immensely enjoying it. Not to mention that it is about the same time that the finals are up. I have started taking an interest in history and politics , which is a great transformation for someone like me who prided on being apolitical. I don't know if it is for good or bad, though.

Negotiations ?

I was reading about the latest debate on if India should fall on its knees and succumb to the demands of terrorists or stoutly refuse to negotiate. 10 terrorists, 200 killed and more than 350 injured. 26th November's terrorist attack on Mumbai saw a change in the attitude of India towards negotiations with attackers. It stuck to No deal, unlike IC-814 's hijack incident , during which 155 hostages were traded for 3 militants. Just a thought , possibly those three militants released were responsible for the recent terror attacks ? you never know. To think of it, 200 precious lives have been lost but possibly agreeing to the demands of terrorists would have warranted us terror attacks galore in future. Summing it up, I I am impressed with the only sane government's decision of not ceding to terrorists requests.

Why are terrorists not killed the moment they are arrested in order to avoid any hostage situation- A Wednesday