Life is fun. Most of the time.

Those famous words - Life is like a box of chocolates. You don't know what you got until you open it.

Most of the times its the routine stuff though - the same Cadbury's Eclairs or Gems. Not that the routine stuff isn't sweet. It's just that the delight you get out of novelty is missing. Like those little ones that have some coffee, caramel or nut inside them.

I guess what makes them nice is their rarity. So lets enjoy the routine sweets until then next liqueur-filled one comes along.

Whats wrong?

Read the readers' comments at the end of this story. There are few things I have realized about Rediff readers. Most of them are educationally-challenged juveniles. This is just one example but most of the other stories have similar banter.

Coming to the point in the article, it fails me why we Indians are so sensitive to what the western world says about us or doesn't say about us. We are so passionate about geting to the Security Council. All we want is a seat at the high table. I wonder what we bring to the table. What value have we added at SAARC, ASEAN, G20, i don't know.

Is is just a case of super inflated egos?