The giant screen displayed a photograph, which evoked audible gasps from all people in the room

.

"It's the crazy guy, Prazy!" someone shouted, admist the buzz in the huge room.

The president said nothing, but continued looking at the manic smile in the photo.

"Yes, indeed." said General Bullpit. "He has been in our radar for close to a year. We suspect he has been involved in nefarious activities, spreading false rumours about us through his Waistline Today editions, and trying to instigate our allies against our policies and influence in the east world countries. He has also been charged with kidnapping US citizens and torturing them with his banging-head-on-desk PJs. Mr.Nikhil Kulkarni was kidnapped by him two months ago, and subject to unspeakable violence to weed out as much information from him about the US."

"What the hell? I am gonna kick his ass!" The president turned to his left, to see the oversmart Tom Cruise pound his hand on the desk. "I will take my jet to India, skydive to Bangalore, and give him a good reception in his hideout."

"Shut up, moron!" the president said angrily. "This ain't a goddamn movie, and I will make sure your butt is roasted if you try any more showboating and tomfoolery. You just stick to ur movies and your Katie Holmes, and leave the handling of the REAL THING to us."

Tom Cruise slunk further into his chair, wishing the earth would swallow him. The president was satisfied with his choice of words, and adjusted himself comfortably in his seat. He turned to General Bullpit. "This is really bad, but did you say he returned from a meet?"

"Yes,sir. A meet with his partners-in-crime - all wanted by FBI, CBI,CIA,Mossad, MI5, KGB and every damn covert intelligence agency. We used one of our super telescopic satellite cameras to get a photo of the attendees of the meet. The photo was not fully clear, considering the distance from earth, but we managed to identify almost all the members."

Another press on the remote, and the screen became blank."I had my people painstakingly identify each perp, and gather crucial information about each of them. We have managed to identify most of them, and are still doing research on the unknown ones. I have given their profiles in brief." The screen was now filled with a single box having a photograph, and information about the criminal. Each subsequent click of the button displayed a different box.

Another click on the remote.

A murmur rose through the crowd again. "Batman is also part of the criminal gang eh?" someone quipped.

General Bullpit hurriedly pressed the button, and glared at another girl next to Alicia. "Martha, I told you to check the preparation thoroughly before giving it to me! Silly girl!" he said angrily, as laughter punctuated the air. Tom Cruise looked at the screen in shocked silence, a twinge of jealousy striking his heart. Damn, that Bale guy has captured more hearts than I did. Gotta do something about it.

"Sorry general!" said the girl, head bowed down. She whispered to Alicia "Damn! I was drooling over Christian, and must have mistakenly copied his pic to this presentation. Now the president knows I am a big fool." she said with a sigh. The laughter had died down by now, and everyone's attention was directed to the monitor again.

"Groan! So many wanted people? Why the hell are they still scot free, Bullpit?" grumbled the president, rubbing his eyes. His head was spinning, and he felt the urge
to go to the restroom now.

"Sir! This is as far as we got, regarding known ones. There are some unknown ones who attended the meet. We have just found out their identity, but don't know their motives and why they are in the meet." Bullpit continued pressing the remote button. "The new faces!" he announced.

General Bullpit continued "Mr.president, we have drawn up a contingency plan for this new threat. We are trying to assess the purpose of the covert meet. I have ordered that our available satellites keep track of Prazy's movements, and we have placed our moles in Infosys to ferret out more details. All we need from you is permission to go ahead with the operation, which we have christened "Operation DUMBO".

"Heh?" asked one of the bigwigs, scratching his bald head.

"DUMBO - Deal with Undercover Meetings of Blogging Occult" Bullpit said with a flourish, his nose pointed up. He turned to the president, waiting for a response from the latter, hands on his fat waistline.

"Well. General, I am impressed with your team's hard work. But first make sure the US is not in any way linked with this operation, should it fail to prove anything significant. It's not my idea, so you will be held accountable for this DUMBO thingy. You have the green signal now!"

"Thanks, Mr.President." the general curtsied, and crossed his arms, seemingly satisfied with his session.

The president got up and walked calmly with Wayne to the exit. The steel doors opened for him, and once he had stepped out of the room, he whispered hurriedly to his bodyguard. "Wayne. Where's the restroom? I can't hold it in my stomach any longer."

One of the guards came up to the duo. "Mr.President, I know the way. Please follow me." The trio then exited the curving hallway, walking fast across a huge hall. They took one of the doors at the other end of the hall, and arrived at a room with the 'male' sign on the door. They went inside, where Wayne and the guard waited while the president went inside one of the toilets.

Wayne walked over to the wash basin, proceeding to wash his dull and tired face. He didn't notice the other guard sneak up behind him, and before he could turn around, the guard smashed the butt of his automatic on the back of his neck, and he slumped down.

The guard smiled at his handiwork, and returned his attention to the toilet where the president was seated. A gurgling noise emanated from within, causing him to grimace in disgust. His gloved fingers reached out under his shirt collar, and he lifted the mask from his face. The disguise was very good, and he was proud of his handiwork.

Ravisher smiled as he waited for the president to come out. The laxative in the president's drinking water had worked. He had to give credit to his sorority's intelligence in using the meet as a decoy to lure the president to pentagon, and then take care of the rest. No one can beat the InfyBloggers in their own game!

Disclamier: No presidents and bodyguards were harmed in the story. None of the bloggers have a criminal record. :P

P.S. Sorry for the very long read. But it was fun drafting the whole thing up. :D

P.P.S. I do not have any idea about the new bloggers, so i have not added their crime information. Don't mistake me :P

P.P.P.S. Do you know how I came up with the names Nicole Razzcode and Roger Basett? ;-)

Then out of the blue, he heard a loud sound which reverberated through his ears. He paused for a second, looking for the source of the sound. Taking advantage of the momentary distraction, the other guy threw a mighty uppercut at him. Two seconds later, he was on the ground, disoriented and bloodied in the face. 1,2,3..8,9,10 – he vaguely heard the referee shouting them out, but his mind was elsewhere.

“Damn damn!” he muttered through his clenched teeth, tightly clutching the gameboy in his pale white hands. “What is it, Wayne? I lost a boxing match because of you. I told u to knock the door before coming in!”

The athletic sandy haired man in front of him watched him silently, trying to suppress a sigh of exasperation and bemusement.

“Ok? What is it, Wayne?”

“We have a situation, Mr. President.”

"Wait. I am THE PRESIDENT?"

"Yes, sir!" Wayne rolled his eyes in bewilderment.

The president looked at the white ceiling for a moment, his eyebrows furrowed, stroking his chin. "Oh yeah, my bad!" he said. Then his eyes fell on the gameboy in his hands. Mentally he formed the headlines "World's most powerful man found playing gameboy in oval office, White House." Well, nothing of that sort would ever happen - his PR department was the best in the world, and twisting words were child's play to them.

His mind focussed on the issue at hand. "What's the matter, Wayne?"

"Sir. Nicole Razzcode requests you to be present at the Pentagon. General Bullpit has uncovered some startling information that could indicate a serious threat against the United States of America. She asked me to say the words - Code Rabbit."

Code Rabbit. This was not good news. This meant an attack on a huge scale, that all eminent personalities would have to take refuge in the underground cellars, like rabbits escaping from predators. And the worse thing was, he himself was the most eminent person. In the US. In the world. In the spoofs and parody section too, he thought with a bitter taste in his mouth.

"All right, Wayne. Let's go."

"This way, sir. The chopper is ready." Wayne then spoke into his earpiece, checking all security measures along the path the president was to take to the helipad. "All clear. We are on the move now, sir."

15 minutes later, the escort arrived at pentagon, and the president was accosted to an intimitating gray building, with heavy steel doors guarding the entrance, and with number keypads for the access code next to every door. He was met by the secretary of state, Nicole Razzcode and the secretary of defense, Roger Basett at the entrance. Nicole punched in a combination in the number lock, and the huge steel doors slid open, revealing a curving corridor, lined with shiny walls. Cameras were situated at strategic positions along the route to keep track of the entire stretch of the walkway.

Baxter Harris, the president, found the walk uncomfortable, being surrounded by heavily armed black suited men behind,and a creased line faced Roger on his left and Nicole,with a grim look on her face, to his right. Damn, why did I agree to be the president? he thought. I should have been fishing on Harry's creek, sharing jokes with Harrison Ford(former president and his best buddy). Here I am stuck with people who forgot how to smile, and tell me all the problems of the world, rather than what is relevant to our country. Sheesh!

The congregation arrived in a large room, where the walls were covered with computer monitors and televsion screens. In the centre was a long rectangular metal table, and the rest of the top brass in the White House were already seated. All were wearing the navy blue 'costumes' of the military, decorated with stars and stripes and all objects which they believed someone would give a damn about. One big guy was even adorning an earring in his right ear!

"Rise. The president has arrived." Roger shouted loudly, startling Baxter. The congregation seated at the table stood up, removing their caps.

"Damn you Roger. Watch where you speak!" Baxter grumbled, fingering his left ear, his left eye closed,  keeping the right eye open.

"Sorry, Mr. President." Roger lowered his face in embarassment.

Baxter took his seat at the end of the table, and he scrutinized the faces in front of him. He recognized the Chief of Staff, the CIA director, the Commandant of Marine Corps, Tom Cruise, the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence... wait, Tom Cruise? What the &^%$ was Tom Cruise doing in such an highly classified and top secret meeting?

Baxter beckoned to Wayne, and spoke as his bodyguard bent down to hear him. "Wayne, how did Tom Cruise land here?" he whispered.

"Sir. It was you who instated him into the cabinet. You were impressed with his Mission Impossible movies, and with his war strategy and sword skills in the Last Samurai. You believed his grasp of latest weapon technology would give our military force an edge."

Baxter recollected how drunk he was when he had told the good for nothing actor to join White House, but he let go of the thought. The truth would be easy to tweak, as usual. "Well, it's time to replace him. How about Chuck Norris? Heard a lot of folklore about him. Anyway, time is running out."

He redirected his gaze to the rest of the crowd. "General Bullpit, what's the latest problem now?"

A murmuring went through the lines of men and women at the table, as they waited for General Bullpit, the Chief of Intelligence to stand up. A minute passed by, but the general was no where to be found. The president was tapping his fingers on the table, feeling bored with every passing second. He threw a sly look at Nicole Razzdale shuffling papers on the desk, and wished her face was as good looking as her long shapely legs. A gleam suddenly came in his eye. If I can get Tom Cruise into the White House, then I can have Scarlett Johansson replace Nicole too. Wow! Imagine the hottie on my side all the time....

His reverie was disturbed as a red faced General Bullpit stormed into the room, and he came to the opposite end of the table, pressing his pudgy hands on the edge, panting for breath.

"Sorry, Mr. President. I think i had too many donuts today." he raised his hands in an apologetic gesture.

The president waved him on. He didn't want to hear about the General's exploits in the restroom, in case that was next on the General's mind.

General Bullpit took a remote from the table, and pressed a button. The projector came to life, displaying a satellite image of India. "Sir, we received intel at 06.33 am on our recon satellites, which is roughly 5.05 pm in Indian time. It appeared to be harmless data, but one of our staff did more analysis on the stuff, and we have uncovered something else.

Another press on the remote zoomed in on the satellite image of India, narrowing the field of vision continually, revealing Karnataka , then Bangalore, and then on an obscure spot on the map, marked with a red dot. "This is a place in a city called Banngalore, in a state called Karnnnataka in Inndia", Bullpit said in a nasal twang, pointing to the target region with a red laser light. It houses many software industries in Bangalore, and is also home to the famous Infosys campus."

Baxter straightened in his chair, and crossed his legs. "Ok. So what about Infosys?"

In response, Bullpit zoomed further, zeroing in on the Infosys campus. A huge circular structure was now visible on the big screen, as everyone craned their necks to get a better look. "This", said Bullpit, " is Terminal, the one of the food courts at Infosys."

"I hope you are not using our satellites to find chocolate donuts in India, General." Roger said with a smile. The other men chuckled in laughter, as Bullpit became red with embarassment and fury.

"Silence!" Baxter thundered, and a disconcerted quietness immediately filled the room. "Carry on, General." he said, throwing a glowering stare at Roger, who began to fidget his hands nervously.

"We know its just a normal foodcourt, but Alicia's quick eye spotted something." he tilted his head towards a lady in her early thirties, standing against the wall on the president's right. The president nodded at her in acknowledgment, and the woman gushed with pleasure. "We found a guy who has been on our wanted listed for quite some time." Bullpit continued gravely. "What was even worse, was that he had just left from a meeting."

Baxter had to give it to the General; though Bullpit sounded odd for a name, this man certainly knew how to avoid bullshitting superiors. He was always to the point.

With a grave face, the general now pressed another button on the remote, and a magnified photo appeared on the giant monitor. The sight of the person invoked audible gasps from some of the staff members, as the president stared at the enlarged photo, his mouth twitching in silence.

To be continued

Alla fine ce l'abbiamo fatta.

Fa ormai parte dei libri di storia il 1° Reggio Calabria Blogger Meet.

Alla presenza delle autorità civili, militari ed ecclesiastiche, nonchè di qualche mignotta l'incontro ha visto una massiccia partecipazione di pubblico, accorso da tutte le parti del mondo per ammirare i partecipanti all'evento.

Grazie e complimenti a tutti, ma, soprattutto, a Massimo Calabrò, certamente più bello, piacente e affascinante (così va bene?) del geometra Filini, con il quale, però, condivide l'enorme spirito d'iniziativa e di organizzazione.

Alla fine abbiamo ceduto alla tentazione: si è parlato di politica, benchè Antonino Monteleone non ci capisca assolutamente niente; si è parlato di calcio, cercando di spiegare le regole del gioco a Peppe Caridi; si è parlato di donne, anche se Massimo Calabrò non è un vero intenditore del ramo; abbiamo ricordato, con nostalgia, i tempi in cui Antonio Morelli aveva ancora i capelli; abbiamo assistito, con delusione, all'assenza/presenza di Pitos nella persona del legale rappresentante.

Insomma, abbiamo fatto tante cose.

Di seguito due foto (tra le migliaia scattate...) per testimoniare la veridicità della cronaca sin qui fatta e non incappare in querele.

P.S: Un ringraziamento alle tre dolci donzelle che hanno permesso di tramandare ai posteri l'evento (non avevano fretta...).

Mumbai blogger meet

27/04/2008 at 15:00

I have also prepared a small presentation on Choosing a blog platform based on the article of the same title at problogger.net. If I have time, I may talk a bit on that.

The intro video Vineet had done for the Pune blogger meet was fantastic and can be downloaded here.

This time the media was also present with two articles appearing on the Sunday edition of Express and Times. And we had a "celebrity blogger" - Just a mother of two, who also happens to write for another magazine.

The skit with some help from a couple of volunteers went quite well. Great!

And some great reviews online at the following sites. Thanks guys! Thanks for attending and having fun at the meet. Please read the reviews below for detailed meet related stuff.

http://godyears.blogspot.com/2008/03/pune-blogger-meet-2008.html

http://naiveindian.wordpress.com/2008/03/16/indiblogger-bloggers-meet-at-pune/ or http://mutiny.in/2008/03/16/indiblogger-bloggers-meet-at-pune/

http://blog.tarunchandel.com/2008/03/pune-bloggers-meet.html

I took away some very interesting things from this meet. I am not going to say what they are since I am looking at the next blogger meet.

And Microsoft was also good at the presentation and people were amazed that livewriter was free. Seriously!

I am sorry, if I am not mentioning anybody specially in this post. Its just that I suffer from short term and long term memory loss. Really!

Below is a picture of the indiblogger thug team.

P.S:- I was unable to find the online versions of the newspaper articles. If anyone finds them, please let me know. Cheers!

Update: Forgot to add one more review by Preethi http://justamotheroftwo.blogspot.com/2008/03/when-virtual-became-real-pune-blog-meet.html

Some reviews are given below along with excerpts:

http://sudeepdsouza.blogspot.com/2008/03/hyderabad-indiblogger-meet.html

On the whole it was nice to meet many of the people who commented on my blog and make new friendships and relationships. Hoping that there will be more meets like this in the future to build the blogging community in India that is sure to explode onto the world stage. Thank you Indiblogger, Balaji and all the folks from Microsoft for making this meet happen.

http://lifeizlikethat.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/hyderabad-bloggers-meet/

I think it was a good thing on the part of the indiblogger team to organize the event and would like to thank them for the opportunity provided by them for the bloggers of Hyderabad to come and meet each other.

http://marutiborker.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/indi-blaaagers-meet-a-review/ 

There was one interactive event where u had to identify your comments . And then do a small “Shake ur booty” kindaa step .

And a pic, of course.

We made a few changes to the agenda this time around. We worked on some of the feedback that we got in Bangalore and decided to set a time limit for the blog introduction. We also looked at giving the bloggers more time to socialize. As the evening wore on it was quite evident that everyone was having a good time. Some experienced bloggers however seemed weary of the fact that this could be a one-off meeting like some other local meets before this. Before indiblogger there was really no one who had this level of focus and maturity in dealing with blogger meets. All the more reason for the indiblogger team to return quickly to Hyderabad for another smashing meet!

It’s off to Pune now for the indiblogger team. We hope to spread the word and ensure that aspiring bloggers like Balaji (who organized the Hyderabad meet) have something concrete to work with in-terms of building the blogger community, educating them and finally the ulterior motive – making the difference! As for the indiblogger team, with 120+ bloggers from two cities alone and a flurry of new registrations, we have contributed to encouraging new bloggers, giving purpose and a roadmap to the more mature ones and finally giving everyone an identity and a place where they and their ideas will always be welcome! Now that’s Indiblogger.in!

We did have the bloggers introduce themselves and their blogs. There was nice variety in the 50+ bloggers who attended. The point most interesting to note here was that everyone had a passionate view of their blog and also a deep sense of pride. It gave IndiBlogger.in an opening to connect to these bloggers on a more personal level. With the expectations that come with a web 2.0 initiative, it was important for us to serve as a networking platform for these guys to exchange information/ideas/ideals and we did just that! We also prepared a skit to encourage the bloggers to join our fight against spam and entertain we did! Renie, the founder of IndiBlogger.in has already implemented some ideas/suggestions from the bloggers. Some of these ideas were so insightful that we had a new respect for the level of experience and initiative that these bloggers had.

Microsoft supported us with the environment for the meet. This gave Microsoft an opportunity to stretch out a hand towards the blogging community, and spread awareness on their blogging tool Live Writer. There was a lot of feedback that Microsoft took home and it gave them a first hand experience in understanding their position in this intellectual and diverse community.

All said and done, the efforts of IndiBlogger.in were very well received. Several of the bloggers took the time to blog about the meeting and what they learnt from it, which has sparked off a slew of registrations for the next meeting at Hyderabad. We left the venue with a sense of quiet satisfaction, fully aware of an even greater responsibility on our hands. Every blogger had something to say to us at the end of it all and some of them held onto that line on the IndiBlogger.in T-shirt – "We blog, therefore we are"

Anoop Johnson, the IndiBlogger Team

तो इसी प्रयास को आगे बढ़ाते हुए इस माह, 14 फरवरी 2008 को, एक और ब्लॉगर भेंटवार्ता आयोजित की जा रही है। यह पिछली बार की तरह लंबा चौड़ा कार्यक्रम न होगा, मात्र दो घंटे का कार्यकरम सांयकाल में होगा जिस पर ब्लॉगों और समाज के लिए उनके महत्व पर चर्चा की जाएगी। सिलसिलेवार जानकारी निम्न है:

चर्चा का विषय: ब्लॉग और समाज के लिए उनका महत्व
स्थान: गुलमोहर हॉल, इंडिया हैबिटाट सैन्टर (India Habitat Center), लोधी रोड, नई दिल्ली
तिथि: 14 फरवरी 2008
समय: सांयकाल 6:30 से 8:30
रूपरेखा: ब्लॉगर्स/चिट्ठाकारों ने विश्व भर में अपनी एक पहचान कायम की है और भारत में भी यह हो रहा है जैसा कि हालिया पिछले समयकाल में विदित हुआ है। अब इसी पर आगे बढ़ते हुए ब्लॉगर/चिट्ठाकार नागरिक पत्रकार(citizen journalists) की अपनी भूमिका निभाने के लिए क्या कर सकते हैं? इसी पर चर्चा की जाएगी एक संवादात्मक सत्र में जिसको निम्न भागों में विभाजित किया गया है:

1. उन वाकयों के उदाहरण जहाँ ब्लॉगर्स/चिट्ठाकारों के कारण बदलाव आए हैं
2. पत्रकारिता के श्रेष्ठ सिद्धांत जिनका ब्लॉगर्स/चिट्ठाकारों पालन कर सकें
3. कैसे ब्लॉगर/चिट्ठाकार इस सब पर एक साथ कार्य कर सकते हैं

आमंत्रित: इस भेंटवार्ता में सभी आमंत्रित हैं, वे भी जो मौजूदा ब्लॉगर/चिट्ठाकार हैं और वे भी जो ब्लॉगर/चिट्ठाकार बनना चाहते हों और वे भी जो ब्लॉग पाठक हैं।

इस भेंटवार्ता और सभा में भाग लेने का कोई शुल्क नहीं है, केवल आपको समय निकाल इसमें पधारना मात्र है और चर्चा में भाग लेना है क्योंकि यह आपकी अपनी भेंटवार्ता है और अपनी चर्चा है।

यदि अपने आने की पुष्टि/कन्फर्मेशन यहाँ टिप्पणी के रूप में दे देंगे तो हम लोगों को भी अंदाज़ा रहेगा कि कितने साथी लोग शिरकत करने वाले हैं। यदि कन्फर्मेशन नहीं भी देंगे तो भी आपका स्वागत है, इस भेंटवार्ता में शिरकत करने और भाग लेने के लिए कन्फर्मेशन देना अनिवार्य नहीं है। :)

तो मिलेंगे 14 फरवरी 2008 को सांयकाल साढ़े छह बजे लोधी रोड(नई दिल्ली) स्थित इंडिया हैबिटाट सैन्टर (India Habitat Center) के गुलमोहर हॉल में। :)

 
अधिक जानकारी के लिए यहाँ देखें।
 

मीडिया में भी इस ब्लॉगर भेंटवार्ता को काफ़ी कवरेज मिली और ब्लॉगजगत तथा ब्लॉगरों के बारे में खबर दूर-२ तक पहुँची। इससे अपेक्षित है कि ब्लॉगिंग का मर्ज़ बहुतों को अपनी चपेट में लेगा। :)

भेंटवार्ता से एक दिन पहले अंग्रेज़ी के हिन्दुस्तान टाइम्स की अनुपूरक पत्रिका एचटी सिटी(HT City) के मुख्यपृष्ठ पर भेंटवार्ता संबन्धित यह लेख छपा था। हालांकि इसमें पत्रकार/लेखिका से एक त्रुटि हो गई और अंत में वेबसाइट के पते में वो delhi लगाना भूल गई, असल वेबसाइट www.delhibloggers.in है। एनडीटीवी (NDTV) ने इस पूरी भेंटवार्ता को कवर किया था और पत्रकार गरिमा दत्त ने एनडीटीवी (NDTV) की वेबसाइट पर भेंटवार्ता के अगले दिन यह लेख छापा। सिर्फ़ छापे वाले मीडिया में ही नहीं, टेलीविजन पर भी इसकी कवरेज दिखाई गई।

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