Singapore ka don kaun?

This is my favourite picture of all the navratri pics this years. My dad took this when i was arguing with someone during the dance. As emcce I have had privilige of being on the stage at my terms and conditions. I have never seen myself as a powerful personality but this picture.... speaks for itself.

Singaore ka bhai kaun?

My apiration...

This pic was taken in 2005 - on my way to garden festival. I was then in my 2nd year and this skyline always fascinated me. This is the financial hub of Singapore and of the Asia. Then I took this picture and captioned that one day I will part of this skyline. Now, I am working in one of the best office building - One Raffles Quay on 28th floor that commands beautiful view.

Now as I see the financial markets crumbling I wonder what will happen of these towers. This time the bomb is bigger than that brought down the World Trade Center yet no one will see the fire, smoke and the shouts. Still everyone has been the part of hysteria.

I was young enough to remember crisis of 1997 when my dad came to Singapore with high hopes of landing a job. Little was he aware of the impeding financial tsunami. He returned and we had tough time staying afloat. I can still recall the tension in the house. I don't recall my father watching financial news or specific business news but still he and ultimately we were affected by the downturn. Only in 1999 we managed to come out. This is coincidental with economic expansion - probably its not a coincident; it may be due to economic expansion.

My dad has seen his fair share of changing economic landscape. Now its my time. This picture reminds me of my aspiration as a college student, my eagerness to be part of it. Now I am one of them but do I want to stay involved or step away to form a newer world.

This is ironic, the 1st 'tower' is a actually a monument dedicated to those who sacrificed their lives in 1942 war. In this picture it stands taller than the financial powerhouse. I wonder wat monument will be build for the millions of life destroyed by this crisis?