Dec 2, 1984, the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal leaked poisonous methyl isocyanate gas and killed 15,274 helpless men, women and children. Lakhs more were permanently maimed. Bhopal was, and remains, the world’s worst chemical industry disaster ever witnessed by mankind.

I AM THANKFUL
FOR THE WIFE
WHO SAYS IT'S HOT DOGS TONIGHT,
BECAUSE SHE IS HOME WITH ME,
AND NOT OUT WITH SOMEONE ELSE.

FOR THE HUSBAND
WHO IS ON THE SOFA
BEING A COUCH POTATO,
BECAUSE HE IS HOME WITH ME
AND NOT OUT AT THE BARS.

FOR THE TEENAGER
WHO IS COMPLAINING ABOUT DOING DISHES
BECAUSE IT MEANS SHE IS AT HOME,

Very recently a few issues have raged major debates in my mind. I was growing more and more indecisive and that's when I sat down to explore the deeper intricacies of my behaviour. The findings were insightful and interesting and here I share the same with you.

Pakistan is burning. Perhaps democracy is at test and so also the dynastic rule that started after the martyrdom of Benazir. Can Pakistan be saved? The nightmarish scenario for the world is a nuclear-armed Pakistan going the Afghanistan way and ending up as a dangerously splintered and Talibanised nation.

Unfortunately, many Indians wish the doom for Pakistan. I pity those uninformed people.

At the entrance of a new decade, a debate has started among the Indian economists on whether or not, India should focus on investing globally. Whether it should acquire land in countries like Brazil or Sudan and grow crop there to beat the shortages.