Rumi Nations

A Wall Street Journal journalist named Amol Sharma has written an article called My Seven Wonders of India here ... http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125722422411624519.html This talks about the usual suspects. This is a newcomer to India and he finds the peculiarities of living in India to be rather funny and describes them with a typical American patronising tone. But I think no country is perfect and you have to adapt yourself to the peculiarities of that particular country. I am sure Amol would be familiar - far more so than me - with the parts of New York City or Harlem that he should avoid going to at night since he would be mugged at gunpoint otherwise. I am sure there are many cities in America where lawlessless is a problem: Chicago, Atlanta, etc.

Arlington, VA — 22222 Fort Lauderdale, FL — 33333 Newton Falls, OH — 44444 Young America, MN — 55555 Topeka, KS — 66667 Beaumont, TX — 77710 Austin, TX — 78780 Scottsdale, near Phoenix, AZ — 85001 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC — 20500 Schenectady, NY — 12345 Virginia beach, VA — 23456 Scottown, OH — 45678 New York City, NY — 10001 Washington, DC — 20002 Norcross, GA — 30003 Bardstown, KY — 40004 Albion, IA — 50005 Arlington Heights, IL — 60006 Los Angeles, CA — 90009

The saga of the new-age Krishna/Balaram pair is truly curious. In the age of mythologies, Balaram used to be the elder of the brothers, but now it’s Krishna who is playing elder brother to Balaram, a.k.a. Shashi. The Full-bright Krishna is normally used to all the ‘amenities’ and creature comforts of his heavenly abode, so naturally he found his ‘respective’ State Bhavan not quite up to the mark — quite understandably. Also, in his new role as India’s official globetrotter, he must be used to diverse locales and cuisines and peoples, etc. So, may be he was just choosing to stay in a place that has been home to many a world leaders including Bill Clinton and myriad others. Surely, that is part of his job-brief. This way, he could continue to sample a lot of ‘global’ offerings without burdening the meager taxpayer-funded resources of the Government of India with endless jaunts abroad. But, alas politics is a strange profession and though sometimes it might seem that the game is bereft of...