Politics of convenience

First India accuses Pakistan of involvement in the recent car bomb attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul.

A few days later India backs Pakistan as a safe venue for the Champions Trophy of cricket.

Strange are the ways in which the subcontinent drifts.

Managing on time performance

Was at the airport to receive family last night. And as I waited for the plane to land at the scheduled time of 10.25 pm, I glanced up at the arrivals screen for an update.

At 10.15 pm, I looked up at the screen for the first time. It read thus.

Flight number: IT2484
From: Kochi
Arrival time: 10.25 pm
Status: On schedule

Which was all very well. But then the clock ticked past the 25th minute of the 23rd hour of the day, and nothing ticked over on the screen. And so it remained till 11.15 pm, when the plane finally landed and the screen gloriously proclaimed "Arrived".

So what was that routine on the screen all about?

Fiction by Kingfisher while you waited for your flight to land?

Or the efficient management of 99% on time performance.

White, white, dirty fellow

I have noticed that people who thrive on corruption and everything that's not in line with the law, often sport the whitest of whites. Odd coincidence?

Just for a laugh, here are a few meanings listed at dictionary.com for the word white.

WHITE:
(Slang.) decent, honorable, or dependable: That's very white of you.

auspicious or fortunate.

morally pure; innocent.

without malice; harmless.

Piercings in politically incorrect places?

I started with the premise that society is madly, crazily obsessed with jewellery. Ears, nose, lips, eye brows. Several sets for each.

Where else?

Turn your imagination loose and it will return with wicked tidings. Of hidden opportinities.

Is Indian society straight? Or is it just my twisted sense of humour?

I find it very surprising that I am more likely to see 2 men under an umbrella, than a man and a woman. What's even more peculiar is that eyebrows are likely to be raised if it's a M-F couple sharing a spot of shade. But two men in a boat? Oh, that's alright. What can two men really get up to?

Scorpions in Bangalore after America

The trains from Chennai to Bangalore are going to be full the next 2 weekends. The music buff is travelling that way. And Laloo-ji if you are listening, this is an opportunity to make a fast buck. Run a special train.

"Bangalore Raack Moosik Axepress".

And while Chennaiites sulk, and lament the absence of Chennai from all band tour schedules, Bangalore continues to remind the world, that it is the place to be in South India. (So what if you're stuck in traffic on MG Road?) I wonder if that will become the next big election promise. Ahead of colour TVs.

America, the band of Ventura Highway and Sandman fame, will be performing on a stage at the Palace Grounds in Bangalore on December 9.

Details here.

The Scorpions play next. At the Palace Grounds in all likelihood. December 16 is the date you have to keep.

Details here.