A lot has happened in the last two months

Yes, plenty has happened. The major events are of course the defeat of the LTTE, The return to power of UPA, our loss in the T 20, death of Michael Jackson, the shameful unveiling spree of the statues including her own in UP by Mayawati, The hotting up of the war against the Maoists. Change of portfolios at the centre.

I have written elsewhere in the media on some of the events mentioned above analysing them in detail. Notably on the defeat of LTTE and the killing of its leader, the role of the diaspora etc.,.

There was another event on May 12th that has largely gone unreported. This was the date that nations were to bid for their claims for delimitation of the continental shelf. Even before any scrutiny some of the neighbours are already complaining that there are overlaps and mutual claims to same areas in the Bay of Bengal and in the Arabian Sea. Well, all the claims would need to be vetted and so there is no cause for worry by the littorals in the IOR. So the family comes first and everytime after all. It was really mature of Rahul to have admitted that he lacks experience to be the PM of this country even when it was on offer to him If he wanted it it is highly unlikely that any one would oppose it. But it is good that Rahul is biding time and in the process learning the tot(tricks of the trade). So Manmohan is there yet again to run the affairs . Hopefully the strength of Congress is now available for him to be bolder than in his previous Avatar.

Will post on this blog things that were carried in other publications in the last couple of months.

The monsoons are playing truant and is giving jitters to the planners. In Jun there was deficit of over 45 percent . Every one is keeping fingers crossed though some like the CM of Madhya Pradesh are invoking the weather gods through yagnas and mantras.

Pakistan is in a different phase against the Talliban. The Army and the leadership appear more determined to retain Pakistan. US has assured aid amounting to billions. There are always suspicions about where this money would be used. If past is any indicatin, these have been used to fund cross border terrorism through the ISI. The recent disclosure about over 2000 crores of 1000 rupee counterfeit notes in circulation does cause serious concern. The fake is as good as the genuine one making it difficult to differentiate one from another. It is a miracle that despite decades of this effort by the ISI to flood India with counterfeit, we seem to absorb the whole thing like blotting paper with no side effects. Just shows the size of our economy.

Here in Tamil Nadu, Karunanidhi appears to be the happiest man after propelling Azhagiri to Delhi which cleared the way for the anointment of Stalin as his heir apparent.

Well so long then
have a nice week end.