Chronicles of Kanjisheik

The second issue of our batch mag, Expressions, has come out.Here's my editorial:

Well, to put it lightly, the last month had not been favourable to mankind what with all the explosions in Mumbai, the civil war in Iraq, the relentless Israeli bombardment of Lebanon, the tsunami in South East Asia, the floods in Mumbai, the attacks in Kashmir, the guerilla battles in Columbia - almost every part of the globe is in turmoil.

In response to the Hezbollah strikes, the Israelis have indiscriminately butchered hundreds and thousands of innocents in Lebanon under the pretext of "retaliation" and "upholding territorial integrity"; while the US and UK blame the Hezbollah for what happened and argue that Israel is "doing the right thing". Since when did blasting city and massacring civilians become "the right thing"? What Israel is doing is absolutely reprehensible.

Closer home, the explosions in Mumbai some weeks back, pointed out the biter truth that even after the city has suffered so many terrorist acts of violence, the authorities are yet to formulate a plan of action in case of emergencies. Any observer would have notices that, it was not the police or fire fighters who were involved in the initial stages of rescue work; in fact, they stayed away from the sites, fearing further explosions, while it was the ordinary people - commuters, railway coolies, neighbours - who were the real heroes. Mumbai tends to forget acts like these and tries to get back to business - quite a contrast with cities like New Delhi, Madrid, London: where people who died in similar acts of terrorist violence are remembered and honoured.

And a few words on the Interclass events. As expected for a Second year (5th Semester) batch, we got second place overall. Let's hope we the Invincibles2k4 can raise the bar of excellence and fairness in the next Interclass events.

So until next month, adios amigos!