Survivor

December 1992:
Communal riots broke out in Mumbai after the demolition on the Babri Masjid on December 6.

I was at Nagpada on December 7, one of the most sensitive areas in Mumbai. Yet... I survived.

March 1993:
A series of bombings struck Mumbai's stock exchange along with trains, hotels and gas stations in the city, killing 257 people and wounding more than 1,100.

I was at home recuperating from illness. I survived.

December 2001:
Militants attacked India's Parliament in New Delhi, leaving 14 people, including several gunmen, dead.

I had come on a vacation from Delhi to Mumbai. I survived.

August 2003:
Two taxis packed with explosives blew up outside a Mumbai tourist attraction and a busy market, killing 52 and wounding more than 100.

I had gone back to Delhi after my vacation in Mumbai. I survived.

July 2006: Seven bomb blasts on Mumbai trains killed more than 140 people and wounded hundreds more.

I was on the road not on rail. I survived.


For how long can we ride our luck?

Meri Jung

Came across a friends fascinating blog and then eventually was led to take the Jung Typology Test.

According to the Jung - Myers-Briggs typology people can be classified using four criteria:
Extroversion - Introversion
Sensing - Intuition
Thinking - Feeling
Judging - Perceiving

Different combinations of the criteria determine a type. For example I turned out to be ENTJ - Extroverted Intuitive Thinking Judging. Precisely, it said I am:

* slightly expressed extrovert
* slightly expressed intuitive personality
* slightly expressed thinking personality
* moderately expressed judging personality

It then proceeds to give a pretty detailed description the typology and that made for some interesting reading and ego boosting.

ENTJ type description by D.Keirsey
ENTJ type description by J. Butt

So far so good... here comes the party-pooper. It says I share my personality with Jim Carrey... scary!