Rajeev and Anamika, ten days into their married life, had come calling. Their aim was to visit the Guruvayur temple as many times as possible and in the process, tick off their first social call. A couple with the finest of values, friendly and outgoing nature, who, through their interaction have gotten close to us. My mom was the most active among us in ensuring that the young couple, never even once, felt out of place in the house.
The heavens decided to open in the evening and heavy rains had lashed out, complete with lightning and thunder. It was a sing song session in the evening and one did not realise as to how quickly time had passed. All in all, it was a pleasant day!
* * *
At long last, nemesis seems to have caught up with Jayalalitha as she was handed out a four-year jail term along with a fine of Rs.100 crores for being found guilty in the disproportionate assets case, during her first tenure as the chief minister in 1991-'96. Consequently, her party men had gone on a rampage all over Tamilnadu, disrupting normal life.
To add to her woes, the Karnataka High Court is on vacation till 06 Oct on account of Dussehra, which has to grant her bail if she were to apply for one. And sure enough, she's followed many of her political predecessors, in complaining of giddiness soon after, that necessitated her shift into the jail's hospital!
It's a tribute to the country's judiciary that it brings the high and the mighty to book when found guilty, despite the inordinate time delays(This particular case had taken 18 tortuous years) that are usually brought about by the shenanigans of the guilty!
* * *
With the Indian media being active in the US, on the sidelines of the 69th session of the UN General Assembly, I wonder as to what impact has it had to shape the public opinion out there in connection with Prime Minister Modi's visit. The Indian and Pakistani lobbies have been working overtime to strike the right chord in which the former, definitely, seems to have quite an edge!
The PM seems to have hit the right note which is an achievement for him in a country, that had denied him a visa all these years on account of the riots that had taken place in Gujarat in 2002, under his watch!
Tailpiece.
I'd visited the chemist this evening after the last episode that I'd talked of. The promptness, coupled with a smile, was heartening!
The heavens decided to open in the evening and heavy rains had lashed out, complete with lightning and thunder. It was a sing song session in the evening and one did not realise as to how quickly time had passed. All in all, it was a pleasant day!
* * *
At long last, nemesis seems to have caught up with Jayalalitha as she was handed out a four-year jail term along with a fine of Rs.100 crores for being found guilty in the disproportionate assets case, during her first tenure as the chief minister in 1991-'96. Consequently, her party men had gone on a rampage all over Tamilnadu, disrupting normal life.
To add to her woes, the Karnataka High Court is on vacation till 06 Oct on account of Dussehra, which has to grant her bail if she were to apply for one. And sure enough, she's followed many of her political predecessors, in complaining of giddiness soon after, that necessitated her shift into the jail's hospital!
It's a tribute to the country's judiciary that it brings the high and the mighty to book when found guilty, despite the inordinate time delays(This particular case had taken 18 tortuous years) that are usually brought about by the shenanigans of the guilty!
* * *
With the Indian media being active in the US, on the sidelines of the 69th session of the UN General Assembly, I wonder as to what impact has it had to shape the public opinion out there in connection with Prime Minister Modi's visit. The Indian and Pakistani lobbies have been working overtime to strike the right chord in which the former, definitely, seems to have quite an edge!
The PM seems to have hit the right note which is an achievement for him in a country, that had denied him a visa all these years on account of the riots that had taken place in Gujarat in 2002, under his watch!
Tailpiece.
I'd visited the chemist this evening after the last episode that I'd talked of. The promptness, coupled with a smile, was heartening!
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