Blasts in bangalore

7 bomb blasts in Bangalore, reportedly. I'm ok. Shutting down office, getting people to leave. Take care, all.

To-do list

1. Offer to coach the Indian cricket team.
2. Visit all cab drivers in Bangalore in the calm of the day - since they are awake at night - and drive a stake into their hearts. Dance on their graves if possible.
3. Send stink bombs to all directors of the various Part 3 movies that have been released this year. Ok, maybe not to Mr Soderbergh.
4. Sire an offspring from the Tatas, name her Thiruvananthapuram Taj and unleash her on an unsuspecting American public.
5. Kidnap all RJs in Bangalore, lock them up in a room and make them listen to Aap Ka Suroor 24 x 7. Allow brief pauses for vacuous talk on how to analyze a person by looking at their fingernails.
6. Get drunk.

Big B

Talking CCTV scolds offenders.

The world this weak

In other news, 171 people were killed in Baghdad.

Over the weekend

* We really should have taken Mohd. Kaif. At least his family has experience in dealing with goons pelting stones at one's house.

* Sachin Tendulkar to appear in a comic book. About time.

* Phir Hera Pheri wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. They did manage to Indianise Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels quite well.

* Don't go for long drives in a non a/c car. Or at least, not during afternoons in summer

Ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?

Might be a bit too early to say for sure, but reports say that Heath Ledger is the new Joker. Let the Brokeback Batman jokes commence.

Mumbai Help

Looks like a pretty comprehensive site.

Numb and number

Wanted to post pictures and talk about my holiday, but have just not been able to bring up the old spirit. Each time I open my newsreader or browser, I read about the dead bodies piling up. From 3000 it went up to 7, then 10, then 68000 all over Asia. Want to do something, want to get off my air-conditioned office and my laptop and my comfortable bed and be out there, helping as much as I can. Spineless wimp that I am, I just keep forwarding links and visiting websites and tut-tutting about the whole affair. Yes, I donated some money. Big deal.

The idiot brigade has already started doing what they do best. Witness Rajeev Srinivasan who thinks this was caused by the Kanchi seer's arrest. India has not invited the UN, so they cannot help. NGOs have sprung up all over the place, asking for money, food, clothing and what have you. Sindha says there is a strong possibility of epidemics breaking out now. Cholera and typhoid for starters.

This is the worst tragedy I have seen in my lifetime. The world appears to be putting together the biggest ever aid package for those affected. I just wish it reaches the right folks at the right time. I've not prayed in eighteen years, but this seems to be a good time to start.

Where to click

A blog on how to help those affected by the tsunami.

The Prime Minister's Relief Fund looks like a good place to contribute.

Update: You can contribute online at The Hindu as well.

Get busy.

It goes on. On and on.

Fahrenheit 451 isn't very far away