Return of the Goondagiri

in TamilNadu is so unnerving that even constituents of the ruling coalition like CPM have asked the sottai thalaiyan party to hold back its goondas. Democracy was once described as rule of the Mob which is the reality as for as India is concerned and TN in particular. PMK is now accusing DMK of breaching the alliance "dharma". Sometimes I seriously think why these protectors of Tamil resort to sanskrit words like dharma... Oh wait they'll then take the help of people like Michael Witzel and prove that dharma is indeed Tamil and will go on to prove that Sanskrit came from Tamil.

So I hear that this is another year of rain and havoc in TN. Pictures of marooned houses come up in The Hindu and other newspapers. If at all the rain does help it will be in identifying the areas you want to avoid when buying a house, if at all you can afford to buy one now. I think the affordability index in Chennai should be much less then the affordability indices of major US cities (the lower the index the less the city is affordable).

I read an interesting news piece about Buddha's remains being interred in Mumbai. Apparently the remains came from a stupa in South India and was excavated in 1920. The breadth of history of India continues to amaze me in ways more than uno. The sheer amount of history while amazing really craps out when compared to the way we fail to market it. This one piece of history itself is enough to invite millions of Buddhist pilgrims from Far East. That same news piece gave an interesting tidbit about Satish Chandra, Zee TV's head honcho. Apparently he is a Buddhist.

The other news that piqued my interest was the nationalization of King Birendra's asset in Nepal. It's a welcome step towards Goondagiri in that country I suppose. Instead of one Goonda now the Nepalese have to put up with thousands of Goondas.

Well so much for my weekend rant. Ciao.