This is the first question in the minds of people who were / are not able to access their blogspot blogs. I just got to know about it from my friend Shivam Vij

It seems that DOT sent a 22 page list of ‘to be blocked’ sites to ISPs and some of the lazy ass ISPs blocked the whole domains instead of spending time and blocking each and every sub domain mentioned in the list. And that resulted into a big mess, with many people not able to access blogs and rude answers from MTNL people.

Specially this part was bad:

Finally I managed to get through to Dr Gulshan Rai. He was downright rude. He said he
couldn’t understand what my problem was, and in any case he could not solve it on phone.

Me: “So should I send you an email?”
(which, btw, I already did last night, to CERT-IN)

Gulshan Rai: “Do whatever.”So that’s that for now.

I guess this laziness is going to be costly affair for ISPs as bloggers are planning to file RTI petition.

This incident reminds me of old Yahoo Group ban case… haha

More on this issue can be found here, here (On RTI Application) or here

There were some issues with the RSS feed, it was not getting updated for some reason. I have fixed it and now everyone should get the updated feed with all the missed posts.

I am on look for PHP / ASP programmer who can work on free lance basis. The guy should have sound knowledge in any of the languages and should be capable of giving projects on time.

The person will be paid per project basis.

Please fill the contact form on the site if interested.

Update: Thanks everyone, I have found the programmer. Comments have been disabled.

Mumbai, the lifeline of India was shattered by 7 bomb blasts in the western railway 1st class compartment. The life of mumbaikar became standstill for a moment, everything seem to be stopped and everyone went into deep shock. The death toll kept on increasing, 20, 30, 47, 63, 90, 137, 174, 200. People came out to help each other, police woke up from their long sleep and got themselves on the duty to help people. Politicians started preparing speeches, opposition party leaders got themselves ready to bash the ruling party.

The day ended with: over 180 deaths and over 600 injuries, thousands of teary eyes, bunch of happy people celebrating their success, anger on face of thousands people, numerous questions raised by media and people, puzzle to find out the culprit, lies by politicians.

Next morning, everything is back to normal, commuters travel by the same trains with fear on their face. Security on the stations remains almost same. Newspapers come up with sources claiming work of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LET) and Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). Police and intelligence is busy in tracing the culprits, Prime Minister prepares for the speech given to the nation.

The time passes by, investigations reveal involvement of SIMI in the blasts, the Prime Minister salutes spirit of Mumbai in his speech but fails to prepare a strong speech. People still have no idea about the progress and government’s steps in the case.

Days pass by, the police confirms work of LET and SIMI, few arrests are being made. The case is being lodged…

Months pass by, the case is still going on, the culprits are getting their daily bread and butter from the government, the money to feed them is being taken from the pockets of Mumbaikar, the fees for the judges is taken from the Mumbaikar..in the form of taxes….but the case still goes on….

Few more months pass by, the Mumbaikar has forgotten the blasts and do not want to remember it again, politicians have forgotten the blasts and are preparing their stand for next blasts…

Years pass by, few of the culprits are left on bail because of lack of evidence (Thanks to our politicians), few are given life imprisonment (Thanks to Human Rights Commission).

BUT Mumbai still remains vulnerable, Mumbai still takes fraction of India’s population, Mumbai still remains highest tax paying city, politicians still give high hopes to people, planning for next bomb blasts start and my Mumbai still cries…..

Update 19: This is gonna be my last update. From now onwards, news channel sites will take you guys forward List of casualties at KEM Hospital

Update 18: Rediff reports 174 people killed in the blast. 

Update 17: 146 killed and 439 injured - NDTV, the road traffic is normal now according to DCP of Traffic Police Mumbai.

Update 16: Sion hospital appeals for 1600 bottles of blood, if you stay near that area PLEASE donate the blood.

Update 15: Death toll reaches 140 and 300 injured (NDTV) 

Update 14: CNN IBN shows people speaking, no one from RPF and police helped, the local people took the bodies out, RPF men were doing nothing but watching them do the work (instead of helping them) - If you have CNN IBN on your TV set, watch it - they are showing good coverage on the issue, basically what people have to say about the issue and how they helped and how police failed to showup…

Update 13: Someone from LET called up at NDTV office and denied their part in the blasts. (But the identity of the person is still not confirmed, it might be fake)

Update 12:  I see opposite party politicians are busy in blaming the ruling party than working on a solution. I just watched Mr. Advani giving statement saying Congress is not doing anything, the same kind of statement was given by Gopinath Munde

Update 11: More than 137 dead, roads jammed (NDTV reports on TV)  

Update 10: Lashkar-e-Taiba most probably involved in the blasts - reports CNN IBN