Miranda Musing

"A slipping gear could let your M203 grenade launcher fire when you least expect it. That would make you quite unpopular in what's left of your unit." Army's magazine of preventive maintenance. "Aim towards the Enemy." Instruction printed on US Rocket Launcher "After the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend." U.S. Marine Corps "Cluster bombing from B-52s is very, very accurate. The bombs are guaranteed to always hit the ground." USAF Ammo Troop "If the enemy is in range, so are you!" Infantry Journal "It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed." U.S. Air Force Manual "Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons." General Douglas MacArthur "Try to look unimportant; they may be low on ammo." Infantry Jour

The recent rains in India and Mumbai particularly have brought out the woes of infrastructure in the financial capital of India. “India needs $ 320 billion investment in infrastructure alone” said Mr. P Chidambaram , Finance Minister at a conference in London. As India gallops in to a 10% average GDP growth for the next 10- 15 years, the infrastructure needs to cope up with the potential growth. India prides itself in possessing an intellectual labour force, world class business practices, a stable political climate and an effective legal system, however loses out on the infrastructure. How do we revamp the infrastructure and bring it to world class? Sure enough our population is going to be a big challenge, but can also be an opportunity as China showed it to the world. We have a large labour force for infrastructure development, but sadly need the financial muscle for it as the Finance minister pointed out. It can come only from foreign direct investment ( FDI ) in real