Bing

I had been trying Bing (Microsoft's new search engine) for the last couple of weeks. I must say that Microsoft finally got it right. First of all, the search returns result that are meaningful to the search term, secondly I like the fact that they store the search history on the left, thridly a preview of the link on the right.

Earlier, everytime I like to search even the microsoft site, I would have to use google to find it, now I can do that from within microsoft! On oneside it was frustrating that you have to go outside of the site you are to find what is inside and on the otherside, I was really worried about Google becoming a monopoly.

Now, we can get ready for a good fight. Hopefully, consumers win this time around.

Habeus Corpus for humanity

In a recent interview with a former child member of the LTTE, he mentioned that the biggest outcome of LTTE's growth was the killing of the political solution to Tamils' cause. That the terrorist organization is almost no-more should lead to the revival of the political process in Srilanka. No war is welcome & decent especially this one! The episode involving Natesan and Pulithevan alone warrants an independent inquiry into the incident and this gives legitimacy to the various accounts of the living conditions and the killing of scores of people living in the war zone.

I want the people (both Tamil & Sinhala) of Srilanka to live together in peace and harmony. I do support the decimation of the terrorist organization and at the same time now that the war is over, all war crimes (whatsoever committed) by the army and the militia need to be investigated and all responsible should be brought to justice.

If common sense doesn't prevail among the leadership in the conflict zone, then we can be sure that another upheavel of this level will occur in the future and that no one can live in peace. It is indeed true that India built up the terrorist organization and withdrew its support when stung by it. Now that it is no-more, there is no incentive for India to continue to support Srilanka for all its deeds. It is in the best interests of India to bring these people ( who committed war crimes) to Justice and work in establishing the equal rights to all the citizens of Srilanka.

India might have a weak personality in its leadership and Srilanka might have a strong personality in its leadership, right now. But its only a matter of time for that to change. In a nations' history 5 or 10 years is a speck.

Hope right sense prevails among the leadership involved in this conflict and a unique justifiable solution is arrived at in the near future.