Indians finally join the Great Game.

Bound to happen sooner than later, really, particularly given the number of Indian nationals working in the region. Which is why it's rather surprising that the government apparently doesn't have a plan in place for times when Indian nationals are kidnapped in Iraq.

Might sound flippant, but here's an idea to deal with the situation. We give them another 72 hours to release our nationals without any further demands, or we start deploying our troops in and around Tikrit like the US originally wanted.

How's that?

Headline of the Day.

Duke develops iPod-equipped download army | The Register.

Question: Grad students included?

PWG, the political party.

(Reporting live from Hyderabad of course)

Been a lot of activity on the local insurgent front, so thought might as well comment on these developments.

[snipped]

Unfortunately, the rant I wrote up earlier is full of mistakes and poor analysis. I'll therefore recant it and just summarize by saying that Vijayasanthi definitely wasnt cute in her Naxal-inspired role in osEyi raamulamma..

Tune back to this spot for a further, updated commentary on Naxalism.

The Death of A Laptop.

Almost there, actually, methinks my four year old NEC Versa vXi is on its last gasp. Which, of course, would explain why, despite all of yesterday's fanfare, I haven't been able to post here all of today.

Sad really; wonder if I could really rescue all its secrets before it finally dies.

This is a test.

You see, the quick brown fox does indeed jump over the lazy dog if all it had to do was to pack my box with seven dozen liquor jugs. Also, for good measure, తెలుగులో వ్రాయుట సాధ్యమేనా?

Hmmm, guess so.