Is Osama Bin Laden Dead For Real? I Don't Think So

I woke up early in the morning yesterday. Turned on my computer and did some usual stuff. I was just about to turn off the computer when I saw news of Osama Bin Laden's death. I sit on the chair again and read the news. After that at around 9:30 (IST) US President Mr. Obama came live and announced that Osama Bin Laden has been killed in a military operation by US in Pakistan. Great news. And meanwhile I was tweeting the news of Osama's death. Twitter was full of Osama. Osama Bin Laden was a trending topic. People from all over the world were tweeting about the death of Osama. News channels on television were full of same news. And when it all calmed down, all were back in their daily life, including me. But like most others, this news were not going out of my mind. My mind was not accepting that Laden has been killed. I though, no he is not killed.

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The Pain Of Being Alone : What Does It Feel Like Being Alone? How Does It Feel When Someone Leaves You Forever?

Being alone is one of the worst feeling, isn't it? Remember the last time you been alone, with no one around you? You don't want to recall that time do you? Your lovely friends, loving mother, strict but your best friend - your father, your stupid sister, your pretend-to-be intelligent brother, the man sweeping streets near your house each morning, whom you never liked, an old man bore you to death by talking about his old times each time you meet him, an old granma always advising you to do this, do that, one of your class mates who always make fun of you in front of everyone, and you feel like knocking him/her down with a hard punch, your pet - a dog or a cute cat whom you loved so much... the list will go on. You meet many new people each day. there are several persons around you everyday, whom you love or hate. But they are part of your life. They make your life what it is. Someone makes you happy, some makes you sad, you love someone, you hate someone, someone is special for you, someone has no importance in your life, but these people are always there. To make your life heaven or hell, whatever it is, but they are there, around you, always. Just think about these people, and take someone out of the list. I bet your life won't be the same as before.

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The Cruel World : Girl Gets Executed For Being Raped : WTF?

When I woke up this morning, I got to read this really strange news on NY Times website. The news were about Hena (or Hina), a 14 year old girl in Bangladesh, who was allegedly raped by a man of her village. The incident happened when Hena went to an outdoor toilet. The man, who is said to be her cousin, ambushed Hena, beat her up and then raped her. The wife of alleged rapist saw them both in this situation, and guess what? She also beat Hena. Strange? Hold on, read further.

The case went to a local mosque's Imam who issued a "Fatwah" against Hena stating that she was guilty of "adultery" and must be punished. Then a village makeshift court sentenced Hena to 100 lashes in a public whipping. Hena collapsed after 70 lashes and was taken to a hospital. She died a week later, because of internal bleeding and a general loss of blood. The doctors recorded her death as a "suicide"! Strange? It really is.

In an interview, the parents of Hena said that they had no choice other than to follow the Imam’s order. They had to watch their daughter being whipped until she fell unconscious to the ground.

After words spread about this incident, a court ordered investigation. An examination revealed severe injuries on the victim's body. Investigation is going on currently against the Imam, the doctor who turned killing into a suicide, and other people, including the alleged rapist. Hena’s family is under police protection fearing the other villagers will take revenge for getting the Imam and others in trouble.

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If you are aware of the situation in many Islamic countries, such incidents are normal. Killing in name of Shariah law is usual there. My personal views are not against the Shariah law, but I'm against the methods of implementations of such law sometimes. You punish people in manner other that the other countries (and you are free to do so, I'm not one of those NGOs who are from the countries who kill thousand of people in wars and will tell you not to kill people) but you should atleast investigate the matter properly. Maybe allegations are wrong and one's life can be saved. Isn't that good for the society? I know the greatness of Shariah law which obviously tries to lessen the crime in the society, as other countries' laws do. The method of delivering justice may be different, but the intentions are same.

When we living in other, developed countries, read about such incidents, we are shocked to see the way justice is delivered. We are like WTF? But each country has their own law. And they are free to deliver justice the way they think is proper. And sometimes its not the country's law's judgement, but the judgement of the mob, the public. If I talk about India, there are many cases of mob-justice around us. A young boy is suspected to steal some stuff and the mod nabs him, cuts his hair, blackens his face, and then beats him up to death. Some women are considered to be witch and are dragged nude around the village and are set ablaze. A girl is abused for not completing the demand of dowry and is tortured the way that she has to commit suicide, or is killed by her in law-parents. There are many examples.

Ofcourse we don't know what has exactly happened in Hena's case. But if the news of punishing her because "she was raped", then it's awful. You can't expect a 14 year girl to have enough understanding to know what is wrong and what is right. Let's hope that the justice is delivered in the case.

Later.

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Chinese People Rush To Buy Salt Fearing Japan Radiation

We all know that Japan is fearing nuclear radiation due to 8.9 Magnitude earth quake and tsunami caused by it have affected nuclear reactors very badly. Japan is currently trying to fight and get over this on going nuclear crisis. Nuclear radiation is said to be spread outside of Japan, in other countries if all does not go well. The radiation leak is not that high, but it could affect nearby countries. Now news has come from China that people are rushing to stores to buy salt as they believe that iodized salt would help them fight the nuclear radiation effects.

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Crazy World: Girl Arrested For 'Stealing' Food Thrown Outside By Tesco

A girl was arrested after she found and took home food, thrown out by a Tesco food store worth £200 following a power cut. Tesco, supermarket giant in UK thrown thousands of pounds of spoiled stock and left it out in the street.

Sasha Hall, 21, from Great Baddow found herself potato waffles, pies and ham from outside the Tesco Express in Great Baddow, Essex. But she was shocked to see police at her home to arreste her for suspected 'theft by finding' and took her to the police station in handcuffs.

'There was £3,000 worth of food going to waste on the street,' said Sasha. 'It had been thrown out, so I thought I could put it to better use. 'When the police came round I was so upset. I felt like a terrible criminal.'
She added further : 'I would think the police have better things to be doing with their time than going after people who pick up potato waffles from the street. It's all been blown totally out of proportion. I thought I could help feed me and my family for a week or two.'

'They knocked at the door and said if I didn't open up they would use a battering ram,' she said. 'They handcuffed me and treated me like I was a hardened criminal and when we left they raided my house. I only make £600 a month. I'm on the brink of getting kicked out of my flat because I can't pay my arrears.'

Hall, who works part-time at a supermarket in Chelmsford, is to appear in magistrates court on February 16 charged with 'theft by finding'.

Wow. Isn't this crazy? I mean if you could be charged for the food you found on the street in India, so many people will land in jail! We have so many poor people who spend their lives eating food thrown outside by people and food outlets.

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Some Of The Best Pictures From Egypt Protests

Whatever going on in Egypt is really sad. People are protesting against the president Mr Mohamed Hosni Sayyid Mubarak who is the president of Egypt since around 30 years. Now people need change in the rule and are protesting on roads with so much anger in their eyes. Mr. Hosni Mubarak ordered no to use any force on protesters and policemen are trying hard to get over the situation. While so much going on in this beautiful country of Egypt, I was scrolling through pictures of the protests on Time's website and I liked some pictures so much. The following pictures says so much. I don't know what you get from them, but I realize what human nature is and what the man can do while he's tired of some situation and wants to get over it, any way he could.

Take a look.

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All India Mobile Number Portability Rollout Today : Would You Go For It? And Why?

Mobile phones... One of the greatest inventions of last few decades. They are everywhere, just everywhere. It changed the way we communicate with each other, anywhere, anytime. Same way the landline phones did, but it was a bit different. You could not take the fixed line phone in your toilet (or anyone's toiled for that matter :P), you could not talk on phone while you were in cinema or in a mall. While mobile phones are handy. You could take it anywhere in your pocket. These small thumb-sized cell-phones are really really helpful. I can't imagine world without mobile phones now. Today when the Mobile Number Portability facility is going to be available all over India, I would like to talk about mobile phones, it's initial stage in India and the current state. Read on then.

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Award Nobel Peace Prize To Julian Assange : Russia

Russia has suggested that Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks should be awarded the Nobel peace prize. This changed expression comes as a surprise after Russian President Demitry Medvedev's spokesman slammed WikiLeaks releases by saying, "not worthy of comment" earlier. The latest comment from Russia came after the release of the cable which described Russia as a "mafia state".

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Woman Left Her Elderly Mother On Floor For A Week Pleads Guilty To Manslaughter

A woman has pleaded guilty to manslaughter after she left her elderly mother on the floor of her home for almost a week before she was hospitalized. Paramedics found Kateryna Pyrczak, 72, naked and covered with blankets on her kitchen floor on November 10, 2008. She was taken to the Western Hospital where staff found her covered in faeces and ulcers.

Her legs were decaying, her right foot to mid-shin was black and maggot infested and her foot was gangrenous. She later died in hospital.

Mary Eve Pyrczak, 50 of Albans pleaded guilty on Thursday to manslaughter by negligence in the Victorian Supreme Court before Justice Paul Coughlan. Pyrczak was bailed to appear again in court on January 31.

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Mother Faked Brain Tumor To Cheat Well Wishers Out Of Hundreds Of Pounds

A mother was faking while she claimed to be fatally ill with a brain tumor, bone cancer and leukemia. She is accused of inventing her condition to con well-wishers out of hundreds of pounds. The woman named Terri Edkins, 23, from Gainsborough, Lincolnshire allegedly shaved her hair off and wore a headscarf to fake the appearance of a real cancer sufferer as she told her three young children, friends and family that she had only six months to live. Her husband Lawrence, 24, was among those who were taken in by her alleged scam, and arranged fund-raising events to pay for £25,000 treatment in the U.S. that Edkins said she needed.

 Terri Edkins with her husband Lawrence. 

Photo Credit - Caters News Agency

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2 Years Passed To 26/11 Mumbai Attack : What Now and What Next?

26th November, Year 2008. Just a normal days for the Mumbaikars. Everything was going as it was used to be. But the night was not going to be the same for the Mumbaikars. A big, very big terrorist attack was already been planned and was going to take place any moment. People all over the city were not aware of the black night coming to them, which would change their life once again after the 1993 attacks. The night, no one ever imagined, how scary would it be. Everything was fine, just fine. But the time came at last.

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Crude Bomb Explosion in Bihar : Seven Dead

At least seven people are reportedly killed in a crude bomb explosion in Aurangabad district of Bihar at early morning today on 21st November. At least 12 other people are reported to be injured, four of which are said to be critical. Reports suggests the dead included five children too.

The explosion is said to be caused by a cylinder bomb which was found last evening in Pachokhar village during the sixth and final phase of state Assembly Elections. However, the security personnel who found the bomb did not defuse it yesterday, leaving the explosive device unattended on roadside.

Additional Director General of Bihar police, PK Thakur said that senior officers have reached the site, and the site has been cordoned. Thakur, however, sought to absolve the security forces of blame for the serious security lapse, saying the forces had left the bomb on roadside to defuse it today. He also said that a watchman had been deployed at the site to ensure no one comes near the bomb.

This incident suggests how poorly the officials react on such issues. If the cylinder bomb was found yesterday, then why they waited till today to defuse it? It shows that we does not care to show precaution and prevent the incident, but we wait for the incident to happen. It's like we like to see our people die. Unless someone is dead and injured, we don't like to take it seriously. If the bomb was defused yesterday, this could be prevented and life of these people including children could have been saved.

God save India.

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Welcome To India Mr Obama : Hope You Get To See The Other Side Of India

The US president Mr Barack Obama is coming (or has come) to India. Welcome Mr Obama. May the trip to India be useful for both USA and India. This trip will be more "business trip" or "political trip" then "visit". And you would definitely not see what's India all about. So I feel great pleasure and take this opportunity to introduce you the real India.

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Tony Blair's Sister-In-Law Converts To Islam : Why So Much Shout When Someone Converts To Islam?

Former British prime minister Tony Blair's sister-in-law Lauren Booth has revealed that she has converted to Islam. Booth, who is half-sister to Cherie Blair and a Catholic by birth, switched faith after a recent visit to Iran. A human rights campaigner and journalist, she works for Press TV, Iran's 24-hour English language international news channel.

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Cracked Applications and Jailbreaking : Don't be LAME

As you may know, the new Jailbreak for post 4.0 iDevices is going to be released in soon. In past also, The iPhone-Dev team has released Jailbreaks for Apple Devices. These Jailbreaks are meant to let the device users have freedom. Apple rejects so many apps submitted to App Store for many reason and sometimes these developers submits them to Cydia, the largest third-party store for Apple device apps. These apps are really useful for iDevice users. One can have many useful functionality which Apple doesn't provide. All this is possible because of jailbreak.

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Ayodhya Verdict Finally Comes : A Wise Verdict From High Court

So finally the Ayodhya Verdict from Allahabad high-court has come. The Lukhnow bench of high-court made of three judges has ruled out that the place where Lord Ram's idols are placed at the moment, is the birthplace of Lord Ram, and the idols will not be moved from there. The bench has also declined the plea of the Sunni Waqf Board saying they were too late to plea.

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Ayodhya Verdict Imminent : What Do You Expect?

As everyone knows, Allahabad High Court's verdict on Ayodhya Verdict is due on 24th September. The Central Government has appealed people to stay calm and retain peace post verdict. As this case is regionally and even more, politically very important, the country is expecting something to go wrong after the verdict. As this verdict is imminent, what do you expect as a Hindu, as a Muslim or simply as an Indian citizen?

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Why I Won't Buy a Western Digital Product Again

I wanted a post regarding my Western Digital experience since long but couldn't make it for some reasons. Now that I've finally got time, let me begin.

Some months ago, I bought Western Digital internal Hard Drive - Cavier Blue - 500 GB SATA from a local store. Not even after a month of using it, it started crashing and one day it was 'Dead'. I called the dealer and he told me to give the HD to him for replacement from WD.

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63 Years of independence passed. Do I really have freedom?

India celebrated it's 63rd Independence day today on 15th August. So many years passed since we got freedom. On the glorious day of 15th August 1947, we received freedom from foreign ruling. But if we think today, are we really free? Does every citizen of the country have freedom? You may simply answer it yes. But think again.

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In Pictures: World's Most Expensive Things

Have you seen and/or used a smart-phone? A bra or say a sports bra? An iPad? Have you ever took a car wash? Well most of your answers are Yes. But, have you seen and used the most expensive stuffs? The smart-phone you've seen or used, the car wash you took, the sports bra you may have seen (or wore) are the same stuff the whole world uses. But what when they become special and most expensive? Then they are rare, only made for the richest among us. You would be dieing to get them but you may not afford them as they are the costliest things on earth. Let's take a look at the 'World's most expensive things' photo gallery.

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