This blog posting has nothing to do with Tampa Bay, but here goes.

We have a saying in my country that when two people fight, it always benefits a third party. The people who are in the fight always lose.

This story in one of the Indian newspapers mentions people from my state in India being killed in another state.

I don’t understand the political or ethnic motivations we have behind this kind of extreme action, but I do know that this is wrong. There is no argument in this world that justifies killing people.

There was another story a few days back of unrest in another state involving the same issues. So my question is, don’t we have enough enemies all over the world to contend with? Why do we need to fight amongst ourselves?

It just seems that since Pakistan and China are occupied with Al Qaeda and Tibet, our politicians have no one left to focus their energies on; so such unrests within the country are a great way to divert the attention of the Indian people from real issues and the failings of our politicians.

What we fail to understand is that we are presenting an image to the world that shows us as divided and belies our great culture based on universal harmony and all inclusiveness.

The same fight seems to be happening in the US too. Mrs. Clinton and Mr Obama are so focused on winning their party’s nominations that they have almost forgotten that an election is held to serve a Democracy. Working together would prove much more beneficial than working against each other. I know there is a lot of power involved in being the president of a great nation, but in my naivety I would like to think that the good of the nation should be of utmost importance.

And in the fight between the two Democratic nominees, John McCain will benefit.