Salma Prabhu

As I sit facing the Television watching the Glorious Taj in flames, I remember the first date I had at Sea Lounge with Rajesh on 9th September, 1983. I had visited Taj a number of times earlier as before I shifted to the suburbs, I was a resident of South Mumbai. We walked up from Metro to Taj and spent about 2 hours over a cup of tea and a sandwich as our earnings were very modest then. We kept looking at the harbour as well as wishing that the evening would never come to an end. There must be hundred's of love affairs which must have originated at Taj and bloomed into everlasting relationships like mine. Of course not to forget the ups and downs. The Taj is not just a building, it is a monument with stories of success and love. Today it hurts to see it getting destroyed blow by blow in the name of revenge. Last three days I was feeling hurt, angry, numb looking at the mayhem and the agonies of the families who have lost their near and dear ones. Were they only thier near and dea...

Hi Friends, Awakening this morning was an exhileration. Especially to see the headlines with the new president of America. The feeling was that one part of the world is celebrating democracy in its true sense. Almost every country in all the continents have been struggling for eras with revolutions and also the emancipation. The racial prejudice has been blatant in the beginning, evil with the presence of the kluk kluk clan and slowly the whites did accept them. There have been movies, articles, revolutions, and many incidences to potray the attrocities as well as potray the acceptance by the citizens of America. Today I feel that it is not Mr.Barack Hussein Obama who has won the election. It is United States of America who is the winner. They have overcome their weaknesses and have found the strength to accept, love and feel secured. They have found a person with whom they feel their country is secured, their rights are secured. In reality they have found their true self. Along with t...