My space had been empty for a while - bereft of sharing thoughts and pouring of sense and sensibilities. Just had been overwhelmed by things-to-do of all sorts.
A lot happened in the world the past few weeks - America got his most wanted man - Bin Laden - in a covert operation, which surpassed any Hollywood espionage thriller. Phew!
Did the world stand speechless by the flawless operation for a while?
But sure, reactions started pouring in from many quarters. The why and why nots are yet debated, discussed...
In Sri Lanka, the operation became the talk of the town in light of the UN panel report, on alleged war crimes both by the Tamil Tigers and the Government. The right and the wrong of the report will be discussed at the highest echelons of power in world politics for a while; the 'for and against' dynamics is playing hard and it is interesting to note the process fold and unfold.
Am not getting into the debate over it, in this space; but the parallel drawn by folks in the capital was notable - The American president becomes a hero after hunting down the most wanted man for nearly 10 years; The Sri Lankan President becomes a war criminal for hunting down the most wanted man for many more years than 10 ! . The former got the 'man' by a covert operation in some one else's country; the latter fought a battle in his own. Well, a lot of food for thought here...eh?
Pakistan is still figuring out 'the how' - we are told by the newspapers...
Hot on the heels of Bin Laden's clean disappearance from mother earth, Manmohan Singh went to Afghanistan on a two-day visit, pledged 500 million USD as development aid. While quizzed by the media whether India will adopt the same strategy for getting their most wanted - he had apparently said " We are not US" - the news papers I read, said. Well, interesting to note these comments by the biggies and how later they shape policies... if at all.
The euphoria of the US operation still lingers on ...
India's most awaited parliamentary election results came out. The southern politics has shifted sides. West Bengal too. The most interesting person I listen to of Kerala politics is my mother. Some times, my long distance calls cannot sustain her political austerity and I feel bad winding up; wondering whether I will inherit her same spirit in old age - that is if I get there! She is full of her post-election analysis... which I carefully listened to this morning. My mother - never ceases to surprise me; and always has some spirit to infuse, amidst all her eccentricities!
Thus the world made many headlines - the time I was alien to my blogspot. As many more events happened, I was caught in the ordinariness of time and space; the mundane and the inevitable; crowded by deadlines and nearly falling dead after crossing them...
Did not see the garden or the Bee in detail closely, though I always knew they will always be there, when I stop to see and breathe in the scent of the flower.
