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Janmashtami & Swine Flu

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A (slightly belated but) very happy Independence Day to all you folks!! Enjoyed my first long weekend in India (Janmashtami, August 14th). For the first time in my life, I experienced a full blown version of Lord Krishna's puja at a friend's place at midnight on Friday. The attention to detail was fantastic and the devotion displayed by Panditji and his cronies was thoroughly remarkable. The amazing fact about the night was the heavy downpour at midnight, which coincidentally was the case when Lord Krishna was born.

Saturday and Sunday were equally painful because of the boredom. I still have not been able to get the laptop fixed (which was supposed to have been done by now already).

Leaving for Bombay this weekend to spend Ganesh Chaturthi, first time after marriage in India and enjoy some quality time with family, friends and specially Mayank's baby girl, whom they have named Nayonika (Expressive Eyes).

I will know my fate (supposedly) of my US trip end of this month, that is, if there is going to be a US trip for me or not. Might be off blogging for a while because of the Mumbai trip.

Swine flu has taken 28 lives in India so far and the number only seems to be growing. With no cure in sight, the public has been victimised and threatened because of the media's onslaught. Chaos everywhere!

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Anonymous said…
Don't worry about swine flu too much. It is just media hype. Less than 50 people have died of swine flu till date. This death rate is very less compared to other reasons like 18 people die every hour in India due to road accident.
September 2, 2009 at 4:39 AM
Rajesh Anantharaman said…
Swine flu deaths in India have crossed 100. This is particularly alarming since all deaths have occurred in late July and August.

India still is "developing" the vaccine whereas Baxter has already started dispatching the first batches of the H1N1 vaccinations to the western nations.

That said Swine Flu deaths form a minuscule percentage of mortality rates in India. There needs to be more awareness and less panic.
September 2, 2009 at 8:50 AM
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