Captain martyrd

There was no need for the young captain of Indian army to die in a firefight with the militants. The intelligence was a failure, which led him to a trap waiting for his death. The local police's and intelligence gathering agency's role in this entire encounter is suspect. There is a need for an independent inquiry into the incident as to who led this young officer to his premature death.
I am not undermining or undervaluing the lives of two other jawans killed in the encounter. But the point here is that an officer killed in war is a morale dampener for the forces and this should not be allowed in the future. We have to save other Devender Singh's from getting killed.

Adieu Maruti 800

Maruti 800 was the car that changed the country. The car was the sole reason that the country got into an overdrive. It aspired the middle classes that they could own a possession and flaunt it. The car became a symbol of achievement of the middle class and also caused the downfall of the Congress which had till then kept the country in a tight leash.
Though the delivery of this vehicle has been stopped by the company in several cities across the country, due to environmental norms compliance conditions, this car has stood the test of time on Indian roads. The car unshackled the country, everyone wanted to own a 800 and there was an even a premium amount on the vehicle. But the most important thing that it did was to make people try and get out of the license quota raj regime. Though it took a few years for the middle class to gain its confidence, but Maruti can truly be called the one thing that aspired and filled the masses with the will to grow and unshackle. It was the complete opposite of what Hamara Bajaj (sic) stood for.

BJP's singing ways

At the outset I want to clarify that this post is not intended to hurt the sentiments of the musically inclined. But this is too much a chief of the saffron national party and chief minister of its largest ruled state are busy singing songs.
Maybe this is the fate of the party. Instead of acting like a tough opposition they are busy fooling themselves at one of their numerous shivirs that do not yield anything. It is a party which doesn't show any promise and prospects in the near future. I hope Nitin Gadkari is really better at what he has been brought in to do.

Rahul baba takes local train

The Congress is a master strategist. The local train ride has kicked the Shiv Sena right where it hurts the most. The party has again proven why it has remained the most popular in India even after several decades of misrule.
The aam aadmi may be breaking his back with steep rise in food prices but the party will spend crores on making such empty gestures which will never benefit our nation. The party is in power at both the Centre and the state level, for the past several years. So it has to make things happen and just stop taking people on a ride. And that too on a Mumbai local.

PS: And as for Shiv Sena they know they can never grow outside Maharashtra so they need to keep on harping on the Marathi manoos issue. Though I feel that the party has become irrelevant in its "own state".