A not-so-brief hiatus...

Its been a while since I penned anything. Thoughts have been ephemeral lately...work's been life. So little contemplation...so little substance...

But so much is happening in the world...and so fast.

Oil prices are falling again...huh, so it never was the speculators all along. I for one, always felt that the booming commodity futures markets could never account for this maniacal rise in the price of the 'black stuff'. What is it then? Hoarding...little evidence of that either. Oil companies profiteering? Perhaps...but only partially...

So could it be simple demand and supply? The Middle East still has plenty of the stuff..but production has scarcely risen in the last few years, while demand has sky-rocketed. Meanwhile, precious few alternate sources for oil have been found/developed. This story is yet to play itself out...

India, my home country, is burning. Bomb blasts have hit 2 major cities in successive days. Home-grown terrorist outfits such as SIMI are the chief suspects...while Pakistan's name is never far from being mentioned in such incidents. Meanwhile, our whore-hungry media is crying hoarse...salivating its way to high heaven at the 'deplorable' security set-up in the country. We need an MS Gill again...catch anyone remotely connected and burn their murderous asses in one big bonfire. MS Gill...where are thou?

Finally...first the football Euro championship, then Wimbledon and now the Tour de France. Viva Espana!