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Last week made me realize the rabid frenzy of the crowds in the colosseums of Rome. Gleeful debates on how to kill Kasab, why to kill Kasab and should we kill Kasab on TV channels seemed almost medieval. The complete lack of somberness or restrain while talking about taking a human life, even if its Kasab was shocking! It was as if a frenzied mod had been picked up from the streets and directly transported to the newsroom. Killing a human being is a grave matter and should not be taken lightly. After all we are supposed to be a little better then the Kasab clan.

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My Funny Valentine, originally uploaded by hpk.

Behold the way our fine feathered friend,
His virtue doth parade
Thou knowest not, my dim-witted friend
The picture thou hast made
Thy vacant brow, and thy tousled hair
Conceal thy good intent
Thou noble upright truthful sincere,
And slightly dopey gent

You're my funny valentine,
Sweet comic valentine,
You make me smile with my heart.
Your looks are laughable, un-photographable,
Yet, you're my favorite work of art.

Is your figure less than greek?
Is your mouth a little weak?
When you open it to speak, are you smart?
But, don't change a hair for me.
Not if you care for me.
Stay little valentine, stay!
Each day is valentine's day
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Posting this several years after my original funny valentine. Its funny how Valentine's day has become an instrument of criminals fucking around with both the haves and the have nots. I long for those wonderful days when Valentines day was about girls, greeting cards, love, friendship, courtship, make-ups, break-ups and fucking around.

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Great songs unite. Christmas Mubaraq & Happy New Year!
Stand By Me.

I hope, in the coming year we become better human beings, especially better Indians. I hope we would give up the temptation of superiority/persecution in the name of race, cast, creed, language, religion, region, numbers et. al. I hope we'll be honest to our selves, our government, our job and our children. I hope we'll try to be such good people that the politicians, who emerge from with in us, will be what we want them to be - honest, upright, hard working role models.

I hope this year, we'll try to find out the number of states there in the North East and who are those Chinese looking people in Ladakh or what more voter turn out in Jammu & Kashmir really means. I hope this year we'll be "equally" outraged for people being killed any where in India. I hope we'll try to find out more about ourselves and our country and reach out to people who lie beyond television coverage.

I hope this year, we'll stand by each other in the letter & spirit of our constitution.

Amen.