It's black

you see all this mess
they did that to the world
why are they stupid
they are like snakes pitting the earth
want to take a bite of it
they are always there behind the black evil
hide behind it, waiting for a chance
u know tht but
u don't believe or don't want to believe
that's the point , just believe
the time will come and they will byte u
u have to take your sword and start,
start to cut that evil ,
to drop it from the cliff of good
to an endless hole of whiteness
try to free the angles of you mind
try to c and feel
try to hear and think
that's the problem you don't believe
do it and u can then take your wings back
u can then fly , breath , see the world
a world without this blackness, without devil , with out snakes

The newest weapon in the war on terror »

After the latest serial blasts, taking a cue from the United States', new weapon, the government of India has decided to go after the perpeterators of terror. The weapon, newly acquired, boasting of new apologies capabilities is a statement. This statement is a modification of the previous ones which have been successful in relieving quite a few Indian citizens of their right to exist. The statement replaces the law which having been proved ineffectual in protecting terrorists lives was repealed. (On a related note, many sections of the IPC will be repealed, since they have also proved ineffectual and replaced with similar statements.)
The statement consisting of 135 nuclear armed army divisions words rained on the attackers yesterday late in the evening. Future terror attacks have been averted thanks to the statement which is a strong mix of old words and a terror template. The government was able to ready the statement at short notice after changing dates, place and number of victims. Terrorists have had sleepless nights based on the strong words used in the template. It made no mention of sleepless nights for anybody in the highest echelons both within and outside the government.
The newest statement coming after about 1500 deaths and about a 100 blasts in the last 5 years after the last one issued six weeks ago is expected to have been the reason for the lull for six weeks. For six weeks, we stopped the terrorists in their tracks, claimed the spokesperson in New Delhi. They were aimed at the VIPs, he continued, but luckily, only a few honest citizens were killed in broad daylight. The government announced the setting up of a new wing of commandos this time to guard the VIPs who would stop to bathe at waterfalls.
Following this the government has initiated action on the Wi-Fi network provider, the keyboard manufacturer, the internet service provider and the mail account provider for aiding and abetting terror.
An estimated 400 people of all religions have been arrested. No jihadis were arrested, since they ostensibly have no religion.
Jokes apart, it is a war that the government refused to acknowledge, much less fight. The has been accomplished, they tell us - What if it was Operation Badnaam? or Ahmedabad? Nothing. Just wait, after all it is death by probability...

Bangalore 2025

Indeed, it could well be India 2025. Got this link via Churumuri where a WEF team painted an optimistic and pessimistic scenario for Bangalore in 2025.

Heres what the Cassandras - doomsayers had to say:
They described a gloomier scenario whereby by 2025, Bangalore would become the backwater of the global innovation markets. How come? Having placed all its development eggs in the IT basket, the city had become an IT services sweatshop that peddles its white-collar services to the highest Western bidder. There is no real innovation happening in Bangalore as high cost of housing combined with nightmarish traffic congestions had kept both prospective investors and PhD-armed scientists at bay. Starting in 2008, political leaders who formed the successive coalition governments spent more time jockeying for power than investing in vocational education and reforming universities to promote industry-academy cooperation. The result? By 2020, Indian IT vendors like Infosys and multinationals like IBM and Cisco had relocated their headquarters and R&D operations to business-friendly Indian cities like Chennai and Hyderabad.

The optimists were, obviously, thinking great. Regardless, says Navi Radjou, the government will have to focus on

1) Human infrastructure will become more critical than physical infrastructure.
2) Competition from Chennai and Hyderabad will heat up
3) The software industry alone won't create enough employment.

Pertinent points. I think that the truth as usual will be in between.

Bangalore needs to continue to be a talent magnet. Public transport needs to be improved on a war footing. The Metro is 10 years late, but it is still possible.

The city needs to expand - and the logical directions are the Bangalore-Mysore corridor and if the government is really smart, a Mysore- Bangalore -Hosur- Salem-Sriperumbudur-Chennai corridor - this corridor will integrate the manufacturing, technology, small industries and hi-tech segments in one go.

The big thing here, is that most of the companies are private, so they will, get moving so as to ensure that they are not just a one trick pony. I already the biggies try their hand out at different things so that they are still relevant in 2025. As for companies, Bangalore is not just IT. There is architecture, biotech, research, design, textile and a lot of other stuff happening here.

I would love to see 3 (or more) IISc like institutions set up on the lines of ISB. This is where the IT biggies can come together and set up an institute that has no funding issues, attracts and grooms the best of talents for the city.

I am an optimist...