I really thank the englishmen for staying here for 200 years , screwing us with all their rules , acts and ordinances , squeezing the money out of all pockets and what not..... just for one gift they gave us : governance back to non muslims.

I mean how can i as a hindu forget , they were a series of muslim invaders from mohammad ghori to babar that ruthlesslly sniffed out lives of millions of hindus , converted them forcefully to islam ( pl dont mention the phrase "change of heart" to me)

And as a matter of fact , every successor invader was duly welcomed by the local muslim population as they always regarded them as new preserver and preacher of Islam!

Even Ashoka did the killings but look at the sense, he did it for kingdon , they did just for the sake of being the self claimed constables of the self claimed best religion of the world.

I have had lot of muslim friends .. but still i dont understand why they need to fight for their religion all the time, why they are supposed to advocate if their religion is the best that too 24 X 7.

okay they divided us and took away 15 % of the land but yes , that could just be the MRP we had to pay.

We just cant live together, period. we are different , admit it.

good that we are seperate and now somewhat living little peacefully. Had these muslims being in majority no wonder there could well have been another Timur Lang looting away all the malls and lovely women.

They have seen the best in almost every field. They have seen a Ratan tata creating NANO , The internet connecting everybody all the time, sportsmen like Sachin Tendulkar, Wasim Akram , Steffi Graff and now Roger federrer, Tiger woods, Lance armstrong , michael phelps , Valentino rossi , shumachers. The list goes on

I understand this is applicable to every generation, and record are meant to be broken , but yes , that doesnt take the fortune factor away from the current generation (Y or X) for witnessing the very best in action.

India is a rapidly developing country and i think we should all be in india to witness this

I feel sorry about the people who are living abroad and they are really missing the opportunity of being a part of history book .

Very few know , he was invited by the mughal governor of Awadh to come to India and teach the mughals a lession,

The 'then' mughal emperor was the grandson of Auranzeb.

He surrenderd to Nadir shah's 1,25,000 head count army without giving a decent fight .

Nadirshah was astonished to see the wealth at chandni chowk market and the hospitality showered by the local public who generally viewed his arrival as a possitive step. He was the protector of Islam and saviour from the ever growing strength of Marathas. However, It is said, somebody fired a bullet to him that instigated his anger . He later went ahead to teach the whole delhi a lesson. For 2 days straight his amrmy indulged into looting and massacre.

When he left delhi to Iran , he carried so much wealth and jwellery it took 100 plus elephants to carry it !!

I play decent Table Tennis , but cant beat a decent player

I write good algorithms , but cant compare with those written by my 'bright' friends

I write good story , nothing great in terms of standard.

I sing well, but croak on stage.

I was good at studies , but could not clear any of those respected competitive exams

I am a good orator , but never won a debate

this list goes on and on , but i have to catch some sleep , and yes i do not sleep much as well.

by the way what do you think of , when you hear the word hazrat nizamuddin?

a) A sage

b) railway station ?

if you answer is (a) , any guesses what is the significance of chirag delhi?

chirag delhi was the residence of hasan , the successor of hazrat nizamuddin. he was given the name 'chirag of delhi' by hazrat himself.

They thrived during the rule of tuglaqs..

Well yes , you cannot do a bungie jumping in delhi , but yes there are so many things here to look for. I have lot of interest in Indian history so i am never bored of exploring the remains and ruins seven cities that we call delhi.

more on the seven cities little later ..

it was middle of 18th century and both britishers and french were doing trade in India equally. French also had a trade company with identical name.

like the east india company of britishers , the east india company of frech were involved in aggressive trade in eastern coasts, main centre being the bengal province where they had allied with the bengal - nawab Siraj-ud-daula.

siraj-ud -daula was a powerful ruler with 50 K amry head count and had all the latest artillaries supplied from france.

Bristish east india company recognised the importance of bengal as a trade gateway to indo china. so they started showing interst in bengal.

Siraju daulla didn't appreciated the east india company's intervention. later on political issues emerged that lead to a full fleged war at plassey, called battle of plassey between french backed up siraj ud daulla and east india company. Mir jafer was one ambitious commander of siraj-ud-daulla's army. he supported the east india company and because of his sudden alligment with east india company , the bengal army faced huge loss and eventually the east india company emerded as victorious.

Mir jafar was rewarded for his support to british east india company and he was made the next nawab of bengal.

This was the landmark because , after this the east india company started to envisage interest in the political scene apart from just trade.

And after the victory of east india company in battle of buxar seven years later against the mughal ruler shah alam, they started to push its political ambitions in the indian sub continent.

I had been to leah during the holi - holidays. I had no interest on celebrating holi so i chose to vanish to an unknown place and be 'myself'.

It may sound wired but lemme say its cool , you try it once for yourself.

When the plane was about to land , the view outside the window was so much mind blowing i almost got tired clicking snaps !

The Leh airport is one of the cutest airport i have seen in my life. It has only three flights to cater so there is no congestion and maintenance issue.

The first thing i found out as i came out of the airport was : it was an off season for tourists , and even the hotel which i had booked via yatra.com was closed!

anyway there are plenty of lodges and guest houses that run throughout the year.

I stayed in one such guest house owned by an over enthusiastic person called sanjeev kumar or sanju bhaiya.

The warmth and greetings he showered seemed to me like he had been a long lost friend of mine.

For next three days i saw so many places , mainly monastries. The names are so complicated , you would forget the moment you would hear them.

There is indo-pak and sino -indian border close by , so you will see both type of influences.

I'll describe the stay in detail in the next blog.

till then signing off.

take care.