Some Interesting Lines !

Thought of writing about what happened in Mumbai, what is the gameplan behind it, what has been the result of all this and importantly, what the media had been doing all these days...

But later on decided to just stop at writing a few bulleted lines, that I came across to listening/reading in the recent days.. Of course, all with reference to the Mumbai blasts.

1. "These are non-state actors, operating within the state" - Pak

2. "To be honest, I was reluctant. But I had to listen to the call of duty" - P Chidambaram, after taking over Home Ministry

3. "Is that a hostage. No its a terrorist.. No its a hotel staff. Beg your pardon, that was a photo frame" - all news channels (pls exempt DD from that list)

4. "This is the true Mumbaikar spirit. The never-say-die spirit. Proud to be a Mumbaikar" - so many morons who live in India.

5. "After schooling, every Indian Citizen should be sent to military, for compulsory training. My son is 12 now. I'll send him to military for training, when he is grown up" - an angry Mumbaikar, who thought 'military' is a training centre somewhere near Delhi.

6."Taj should be declared a national monument" - okay, lets add Indian Railways as well.. What about Parliament ?

7. This one was interesting.. One of those talk-shows. Of course, in front of the Taj, where else. An angry political member on stage refuted to the audience cries by saying "Wake up, and cast vote! Then you can consider yourself a responsible citizen". Voice from the crowd "Give us somebody who is vote-worthy". How True ! Though an age-old excuse for no-show at polling booths, the enormous pain and mental agony and calculation that needs to be put through, to create tables listing criminal offences, and then voting for the person with a smaller number of entries is indeed a Herculean Task !

Of course, there were some in-house intelligent lines:

1. "Going to office. Need to do laundry" - Sowji, on Saturday

2. "You are not living for others, Okei?!" - Jim, undated.

3. "Need some catchy name for my cousin's college team. He is doing E&C. I suggested Jalpa" - Bin, on Dec 2

4. " :-) " - Gasper, when interrogated , Do u need some red halwa?

5. " Three Thousand Two Hundred ?? Is that for one pair of shoes ??" - Rat, at Commercial Street. Shopping for Jim

6. Dipu Jose in NY. Now Shobin Jose too, somewhere near/far San Jose. Geo christened this unique happening "Joses to Jose". (An anecdote to this, is suppressed, as it violates blogger guidelines)

7. Not very late, Gasper comes up with his creativity, when he named the Sand-Soo trip to Rajasthan - "Sand in Sand. Soo too"

8. "Strong married relations are like Dinosaurs. They dont exist" - Karan Johar :P

Need to write something on the socio-economical/political situation as well, I being a responsible citizen... ! 

There has been some strong messages sent out by pals already:

Aish - Beginning of a New End

Geo - Resignation Remedy for Mumbai Terror Attacks