Hail King Nano!

The TATA Nano is the most revered car in India. Period.Want proof, huh? Line up a Nano along with a Merc, a BMW 750 and a Bentley. An Indian passing by will only notice the Nano and will stop by to admire its 'beauty' and 'architectural marvel'. This is a prime example of Indian pride for you.

Here, in my humble opinion, is a list of the most revered cars in India:

1. TATA Nano
2. Maruti 800
3. Ambassador
4. Contessa
5. Premier Padmini

The cars mentioned above still elicit a sense of nostalgia and a strong sense of pride in being Indian. What more could we ask for?

A humble message to the Nissan-Bajaj working on a Nano rival - if you can re-create the hype that surrounds Nano, then you have a winner car in your hands!

Kerala Health Minister's embarassing English

If you do a survey to find the country with the most boring leaders, then India would win hands down. Our PM Manmohan Singh always has this sleepy grin on his face, while Sonia's speeches can drive even the faithful into a coma. The less said about our President, the better.

It took the likes of Raj Thackeray, Lalu Prasad Yadav, Amar Singh and Rahul Gandhi to inject some life into Indian politics and this is why the media adore them. Kerala has its share of popular leaders and Shashi Tharoor leads from the front, albeit for the wrong reasons. He presents himself as highly sophisticated and wordly(he really is) but gets himself into unpleasant situations, thanks to his 'tweets'.

I believe his mannerisms and penchant for speaking in English has rubbed on to some other Kerala leaders as well. Foremost among them is P.K. Sreemathi, who delivered a speech in English with highly embarrassing results.

Is it necessary for a politician to know English to do his job well? Does a regional leader have to give a speech in English to prove his caliber? Since our politicians rarely do anything for the common man, it will be difficult to form opinions on the matter.

The bottom line is that India's politicians should do good for the people who voted them to power. Knowing the local language and being confident and authoritative are what is mainly required.

A tearful farewell...

A lot of questions have risen about the actual number of casualties in the recent Mumbai terror strikes. We do know that we have lost 16 brave police personnel in this mindless act. Do we know these martyrs?

Here is a list of these men. India salutes Mumbai Police!

1. Hemant Karkare, Joint Commissioner of Police, ATS
2. Ashok Kamte, Addtnl Commissioner of Police
3. Vijay Salaskar, Police Inspector, Anti-Extortion Cell
4. Shashank Shinde, Police Inspector, CST Railway
5. Prakash P. More, Police Sub Inspector
6. Shri. Bapusaheb Durugade, Police Sub Inspector
7. Shri. Tukaram G. Omble, Asst. Police Sub Inspector
8. Shri. Balasaheb Bhosale, Asst. Police Sub Inspector
9. Shri. Arun Chitte, Police Constable
10. Shri. Jaywant Patil, Police Constable
11. Shri. Yogesh Patil, Police Constable
12. Shri. Ambadas Pawar, Police Constable
13. Shri. Vijay Khandekar, Police Constable
14. Shri. M. Choudhary, Police Head Constable, R.P.F.
15. Shri. Rahul S. Shinde, Police Constable, S.R.P.F. Group X, Solapur
16. Shri. Mukesh B. Jadhav, Home Guard Constable

India will remain forever in debt...