Lots of hype was created for the "Total Solar Eclipse" which was also the longest in some time. I knew better than the well-intentional albeit stupid promotional scheme run at the local observatory to have people watch the eclipse for free: This is the middle of the monsoon season and we are in a place that gets 4+ metres of rainfall each season! So instead of being able to see something like this:-
All that was visible here was a lot closer to this:-
Anyway watching the live feed from 3 different internet sources made up until the news from Gulbarga, Karnataka arrived where kids with ailments were buried sometimes upto their necks and then exposed to the eclipse for "treatment"! Its too harsh a sight to post any pics here but you can imagine the situation. This was almost as bad as the recent honour killing in Haryana and the politicians advocating it as "personal views" to save their legislative seats in the upcoming elections there..
Such things I shall not miss when I am in the USA, but what Continental Airlines (My flight carrier) did to Dr APJ Abdul Kalam was astounding! The airline staff argue that Dr Kalam never once informed them about his VVIP status and permitted himself to be frisked - Which is very typical of him might I add - but all the show started when his escorts saw this and created an uproar. I dont blame the airlines for frisking anyone who didnt inform them of his/her privilege and its just one of the recent controversies in parliament; the other being the Indian version of the show "Moment of Truth".
To close off, my classmate Manoj has created his blog which is really a fledgeling right now here
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