Conflict of interest

exists. That is what causes the pain I guess. But am I getting better at handling it? May be because with time two things change. You know you have to live with that in the future and may be I get everything I should get.

Anyway...

Some nice

editorials on the South Asian crisis by Fareed Zakaria, Greg Sheridan, and more here by Niranjan Rajadhyaksha

Cricket

I sometimes feel I chose the wrong career. I would have loved to do this. But may be not. I would love to do that as a hobby for sure!

Someday

I hope it does happen!

A decent piece

on the course of action the International community might have to pursue in Pakistan by Robert Kagan! (Link via acorn)

Well said

a government that could not protect citizens from monsoon rains—a relatively predictable phenomenon—can hardly be expected to protect its citizens from terrorist attacks. Unless Indian citizens channel their anger and outrage into improving the overall quality of governance, and demanding more from their political representatives and holding them accountable for quotidian public services, it is almost certain that the state will be increasingly less effective in providing basic security. For the fundamental problem is that India’s governance capability has so fallen short of its economic, geopolitical and internal security circumstances that the impact of even minor events,
leave alone massive terrorist attacks, will be increasingly destabilising. 

see here for full piece

These are reasons

worth playing for! Simply stunning article on how Sutcliffe and Blair played in dire situations. To have been present that would have been any cricket followers dream. To see such determination and grit would have been nothing short of inspirational!