This is Not Cricket!

Gunmen attacked the Sri Lanka Cricket Team bus in Pakistan says BBC.

At least five members of the Sri Lankan cricket team have been injured in a shooting incident in the Pakistani city of Lahore, a Sri Lankan minister says.The incident happened when unidentified gunmen fired on a convoy carrying Sri Lankan and Pakistani cricketers.

Pakistani officials said about 12 gunmen were involved and grenades and rocket launchers were recovered from the scene.

I wonder how long it would be before any team dares to tour Pakistan. I also think they have plans of hosting 'World Cup' Cricket matches in Pakistan? Wonder what will happen to that.

Hawa Mahal- Jaipur, Rajasthan

Hawa Mahal, Jaipur (Rajasthan)

I remember exclaiming loudly to Gopi (our auto driver for this trip) "yeah kya hai?" (what place is this)? He replied, "Hawa Mahal" (Palace of Winds would be the rough translation). I wonder how I had never crossed it before in all my previous trips to Jaipur! But Sunil and I were so tired by the evening that we refused to get out of the auto, the place would anyway be closed. Both of us clicked pictures of Hawa Mahal from inside the auto.

Very soon we were near Chand Pol gate and Gopi pointed out, "kuch samay pahle yahan per hi Hanuman temple ke paas bomb chale the" (a while ago it was only near this place, where the Hanuman Temple is, the bombs went off). I did not think much about it then, though for that moment I definitely shivered for a second. I mean the place as chock-o-full with traffic of all kind (pedstrains, cycles, cows, cars, motorcycles and what not, I wonder if it was like that when the bombs went off in Jaipur in May 2008). Even a fire cracker could cause a panic around this place! I keep thinking of this incident much more now, after the Mumbai terror attacks.

Would never stop me from going where ever I want and yet I just can't get over Mumbai. But of course there were so many travelers in Jaipur this November in spite of the bomb blasts of May 2008.

Can't get Mumbai Out of my Mind

Alka (yes, she is my sis too) collects a lot of articles about Mumbai attacks and its aftermath.

See if you want to be the champion of a cause don’t try to look good. Your cause will suffer. Applying make up is a crime if you are carrying out a march. You don’t represent India. That what BJP’s Vice President Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi thinks.