[in collaboration with Akrur Barua (akrur@igidr.ac.in)]

What the hell are you terrorists thinking? You can just blast one bomb in a temple at Varanasi, another at Jama Masjid in Delhi and the two communities will be fighting against each other? That's the best you could come up with? Then you need serious consultancy.

If you really want to destabalise the economy, create an unholy atmosphere on the streets and in the process some innocents be killed, why waste money on crude bombs that even imams of mosques are not scared of? Just wait. Wait till some South Indian demigod passes away. You will have all of the above and more.
Mass hysteria. Unified people. Thousands and more. All on the streets. Torching anything and everything that comes in the way. One movement. One people. One sentiment. One motive.... err no motive actually! Policeman lynched on duty. Public and private property destroyed. India's IT capital shuts down. Poor rickshawallas livelihood burnt to ashes.

See, what we think is, if we want to get rid of Musharraf, just kill a Tamil-slash-Kannadiga actor and say that the Prez's personal bodyguard did it. The Prez will borrow technology from China and fly to Mars! Even he knows this.

It's called the changing preferences of the target audience. We no longer have religions (please leave the architectural masterpieces at Varanasi and Delhi alone!) neither do we have a civil conscience (**** ** **** ##* **** ** *** ***, **!). But we are fans. Fans of politicians, film stars, convex combinations, jokers, anyone.

Dear Vibha, you want to get rid of hunger, poverty and socio-economic injustice prevailing in the country, just talk with Dr. Rajkumar's son and tell him to make a public statement that it was his last wish. And then you see the effect. Medha Patkar, are you listening?

Psst Akrur, what are we doing with Exchange-Rate Pass Through models and Chaos Theoretical Perspective to Crisis Modelling? We should start strategic consultancy to JeM, LeT, Pentagon, IGIDR admissions officer?

coming up: Solutions to Israel-Palestine conflict.