Current Affairs

Wikileaks is back in the news again. And not because its name sounds like Wikipedia just went to the bathroom. But it sure has a lot of people pretty pissed. The sensational disclosures that are now out in the open are causing quite a stir in the international circles.

Sample some of the stunning disclosures

The Arab countries wanted US to bomb Iran
The US wanted to get hold of Pakistan’s enriched uranium
Vladamir Putin was referred to as an alpha dog.
Rakhi Sawant is actually Sreesanth in disguise.

You think I am trivializing the issue ? I agree…I should not have included the Vladamir Putin bit.

But these revelations do pose a question on the ethics of journalism. Is it fair to reveal information that can put at risk the lives of many on the field or use ‘Rakhi Sawant’ and ‘Sreesanth’ in the same sentence ?

As usual, I will ignore the tough questions and instead stick to making useless wisecracks that won’t solve any problems but will increase the word count of this post.

In other interesting developments around the world, North Korea bombed South Korea and South Korea (whose name rhymes with India) strongly protested against this act of violence and then went out and did some navy drills with the US. North Korea (whose name does not rhyme with Pakistan but that does not matter) does not look like it cares.

And now for some local news…

Obama had an eventful trip to India. While he is a charismatic speaker, someone should tell the President that he is should stick to making speeches and not try to dance. His dance with the school children looked like he was suffering from spasms and that puts him at a serious risk of being made a hero in Tamil movies.

Carla Bruni, the model turned singer turned first lady of France also visited India along with her husband, whatshisname.

Of course, apart from all the gloom and doom that this year has seen, it did have its silver lining. Thus inspite of Suresh Kalmadi’s (whose name does not rhyme with “toilet brush” but that does not matter) Herculean efforts, India managed to pull off the common wealth games successfully.

We also had the highest medal tally at the Asian games. The best part though, is that we are still the undefeated champions in our national sport – scams !!. It is disgusting to see millions of rupees being looted especially when none of it made its way to me.

As the year draws to a close, I can only hope things get better next year. May we have fewer scams, more prosperity and hopefully Rakhi Sawant will start wearing a mask.

And at this point, this post has reached in excess of four hundred words which means that I am done with it.