Not so familiar in Goa

Christmas followed by the New year's eve which calls for some of the best celebrations in Goa is going to experience some unusual sights across the beaches, shopping places and other public places around Goa. Courtesy the terror attacks in Mumbai followed by some intelligence reports of a possible terror strike in Goa there are more police and defense personals patrolling the goan land.

Last week when I was in Goa, I was pretty much amazed at the entire view at the beaches. Many armed defense personals were all around. There were barrakes all over the roads, with small bunker kind of place that was made. I would not be surprised if I come to know that some police were roaming on the beaches as civilians just to avoide any un wanted scenarios.

The new way to travel

One of the best roads on which you can travel in India is the Mumbai - Pune Expressway. A vast stretch of road spanning about 100+ KM is an excellent drive for any one. And specially if you are taking a Shivneri volvo bus of M.S.R.T.C. the ride is even more pleasant. Couple of months back M.S.R.T.C. got the delivery of the latest version of the Volvo buses. These new buses are just too good. Here are some snaps of these brand new buses.

India makes it to the NASA Top 10

Chandrayaan-1 India's moon mission makes it to the top 10 events in which NASA participated in the year 2008. Definitely a giant leap for ISRO. With the success of Chandrayaan-1, ISRO and NASA are better positioned to work hand in hand for the future space missions.

26\11 in Mumbai

-------Mumbai Attacks-----

The evening across the suburbs of Mumbai was going on as usual on the November, 26 . People were returning to their homes after the days work from CST railway station. Guests were coming in and going in at the Taj and Hilton Towers, two of the best hotels across the Marine Drive (commonly known as the Queens Necklace). Some people were having coffee at the Leopad Cafe. Suddenly gun shots were heard all across, grenades were thrown and the dream city turned into a battle field. A residential complex called Nariman house was held by terrorists as their base camp. For more and 58 hours terrorists had held some of these places as their breeding grounds. India and the entire world had glued to their TV sets watching the entire drama. These attacks had literally brought the entire city on hold.

The only way to explain this is "Brilliant planning and master execution planned by some great master minds of the black world". It seems that terrorists were already staying the hotel as guests and a couple of them were working as house keeping staff. In Nariman house the stocks of ammunition were being piled up for weeks before the day. These terrorists actually hijacked a police vehicle and fired on anything that came in their way. Several police personnels, common public lost their life during those fateful days.At the Taj hotel and Trident hotel many tourists were held hostages for over two days.

Unofficial figures for the number of people who have lost their lives is over 300 and over 700 injured.
Brave Comondos from the NSG, the Indian Army personnles and the Police fought the battle for over 4 days to free many people.

With the whole world uniting for the war against terror we hope to see some good thing happening.