Some comic relief. This is not an Indrajal but hope you like it. Stay tuned as there's more to come on the comics front and the tragedy of 11-July. It's weird, how we call it a date and get on with life but at least I got the 11/07 thing right instead of the americanized 7/11 which to me means 7th November.COVER 
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Friday, July 14, 2006
Comic #146: Phantom - Devil's story
Friday, July 14, 2006
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First! :-)
Yeah, I don't like 7/11 either...
2nd Not bad!! :-)))
Suman: agree wth you about accepting our responsility.
I've only visited bombay for a short while but I somehow felt it was a bindaas city..feels bad that it has been hit this way.
*&^%$#@ a second too late!!! for the second spot.
(rolling up sleeves) INDIAN MALAAAAAANG.. DEKH LENGE TUMHEN
but rs didnt claim 3rd, so here goes...i'm 3rd!
Dear RS, I am a veteran of being on Number One Spot. Ask Obi-wan and some other old members of TCP group. I was sort of semi-retired to give young kids a feeling of being number One. :-))))
Looks like I need to be back......
Challenge accepted :-)))))
(in a good way) !!!!!
By the way, TCP is doing a good job of letting us vent our feelings and at the same time calming us down w/ nice Phantom stories.
Soon more.....
P.S. - I would like to thank all those members of TCP group who came up with the name(s) for my company. I am sorry I was not able to get back soon as there was a family emergency. Once again, thanks for taking time and putting effort on my behalf.
Great job, as usual.
@Revealed: Have you heard from your friend?
hmm,, not a young kid, have been posting commets on TCP for a while now.
:)
and even otherwise.. hitting 30 next month. :(
Claim 4th! Yipee!!:p. @Cloudy n Sunshine, ty for the concern. I did hear back from him and I have been so relieved! Its amazing how you realise how much you love someone when you think you've lost them (I know thats trite but it was really brought home to me).
I think the spirit of the Bombayites is great, honestly but I also think that they have the inimitable Indian attitude of being fatalistic about life in general. Maybe we will change as a people when we stop being fatalistic!! Maybe we should lose the shrug of our shoulders!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Obi, glad you're ok. You have an interesting blog there.
Me 5th!!!Oye IM, yeh old member kise keh rahe ho tum???(Who are you calling an old member)??? I would like to believe that all of us are on this blog precisely because we are very young, children in fact :-)And as far as RS is concerned, she was definitely on this blog much before I hopped on!
revealed: Thanks :-)
7th for me..
Thanks TCP. :-]
@RS: me too, me tooooooo :-(
@Revealed: I know what you mean... a friend of mine was on another train when it happened...
@IM: Hey, you may be veteran of No.1, but RS (with Joe, I think) was the Inventor of this game!
Hi,
thanks for the link. you are right -- ppl upto mulund/thane have alternative options to travel. Beyond that there's really no option.
Last year after the cloudburst I couldn't go to my office for a week till the train services were restored.
Hey Buddies,
Indrajaal comics are OK. I don't think TOI will mind us posting the scans even if they come to know of it(as they are not making money out of it anyway). But putting the scans of these american publications is a risk I feel. I don't want this beautiful blog to die and that's why I thought I'd bring this to light.
Love
Guran
Dear RS@ Happy Birthday in advance! Sweet 30! Who said you are old?
Darling Obi-wan! I agree with you! We are all kids and hopefully will remain so if TCP can continue this wonderful site.
And if remember, if you are trying to get somebody mad.. what best thing to say other than challenging them and that is exactly what i did! :-)))0
And see the result!
I know rs is also a vetran but you know me.........always interested in a nice (not so clean) fight! :-))
@Cloudy: Well dear, thanks for acknowleging who is the king!!!!!
I hope RS reads your comment!
For such loyalty, next time, when I claim 1st place, will write your name instead! :-))))
first time visitor.
I am thrilled , being able to watch, my childhood favourite comics
d-shakya
Nepal
hi there
i m doing a project on `comics'' .. i need help frm people who are comic-savy .... i culd see sme phantom stories on th blog ... so felt i shld contact u ... i m a reporter frm indian express as well as a student .. i intend to make this project in a way tht it will be accepted in my newspaper...
my personal id :- priyanka.naik@hotmail.com
plz reply me on th above id frm ur personal id so tht i cn save it for future interactions !
this comic is excellent...a little longer than most, but maybe that is why it was good...curious though, they have changed the phantom's costume color.
(taking a bow) thank you , thank you .. cloudy, for the credit of inventing the game. and IM thanks for the birthday wishes ..I like a good fight as well..but be warned.. have had lots of practice with the siblings.
cloudy..would it be too weird to ask when next month?somehow we seem to have similar tastes was just wondering if we share our birthday as well. hi to tiny baby.
and like someone said..growing old is mandatory , growing up is optional!
After the No.1 spot on this comic, I can be very magnanimous about giving due credit :-)
@RS: I'm already senile, my b'day is not next month, but the month after... (tiny baby's is next month, and my head is full of that!!!) Mine is on Sep 22 - when is yours? For all the LOTR fans out there, I share my birthday with Bilbo and Frodo! Howzzzzzzat!
29 aug.
@rs n cloudy: that explains it, you're both Virgo:p (n i envy you your bday cloudy:D
It is almost confirmed that the blogspot domain was blocked by several ISPs on account of a government directive that supposedly wanted to restrict access to ‘terrorist blogs’ after the Mumbai blasts. Shivam Vij wrote an excellent and timely piece on Rediff that got the news out to the public and he has been working the phones to gather more information on the source of the directive. Of course, he hasn’t been completely successful given the nature of our bureaucratic machinery and ‘pass the buck’ mentality. However, one reaction from none other than CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team) - IN’s director Dr. Gulshan Rai takes the cake and reveals much about the government’s attitude - “Somebody must have blocked some sites. What is your problem?” Call him at +91 (11) 2436 3081 and tell him what the problem is.
Thankfully, desi bloggers - resident or otherwise have rallied superbly and are pooling resources to share information to get around the block. Also, the international media has picked up the story and India’s democratic reputation is at stake. I had imagined such censorship happening in China, Pakistan, and other Middle Easter countries but never India. We may trample on economic freedoms and do the occassional moral policing but never has an order come from the top to clamp down on free speech. People who think bloggers are off their rocker are already clamoring to justify the government’s actions as measures taken to counter terrorist actions. The recent bomb blasts, like 9/11 might even make curtailing civil liberties a bit easier to explain to the man on the street. But not many are aware that these may leave dangerous precedents.
I am not sure how did the government arrive at the conclusion that terrorists are using blogs to communicate amongst themselves. If I was a smart terrorist, I would use email and not post a call for Jihad and wait for comments. If you really want to be popular, you would have a page on MySpace. Come on, if there was a popular terrorist blog, we would have got a tip off at DesiPundit although some detractors might say we do link to ‘opinion terrorist’ blogs all the time.
Let us take the government’s argument a bit further and help them in curtailing the menance of terrorism by blocking or banning stuff. Let them outlaw all use of cell phones because if you have seen RGV’s Company, you know that you can run an entire gang from Malaysia. Terrorists use cars to make a hasty retreat so lets ban cars in major cities. Let the bastards run for their life and we can chase on foot. Run for 21 miles and we don’t even have to host a marathon every year. The terrorists target temples, busy marketplaces, and crowded trains. Let us ban all of them. No religion, no trade, and subsequently no commute. Ban any gathering of more than three people so the terrorists will have to bomb their own headquarters if they hope to kill more than three in one go.
Anything else you can think of banning that will curb the threat of terrorism?
Update: The MSM stories are trickling in now. Through Financial Express, we get a partial list of the 12-18 websites/blogs that the government wanted to ban for allegedly spreading hate. The list is:
hinduunity.org
hinduhumanrights.org
princesskimberley.com
bloodspot.com
dalitstan.org
clickatell.com
blogspot.com
geocities.com
typepad.com
The funniest one by far is princesskimberley.com which I checked and doesn’t exist. The article in Indian Express however mentions that URL as ‘Princesskimberly.blogspot.com’ (see, this one got all blogs on Blogspot blocked). But upon checking it, it is a two-year-old abandoned blog by some Kimi who happens to be depressed about her life and has just two posts. A depressed American (I think) hardly qualifies as a national security threat. Since the author of the IE article had written to me earlier today, I have informed her of this.
Now, as you see most of the websites (not blogs!) are religion-oriented and have hate-mongering material but still I don’t think banning them is the solution. Websites with “extreme religious views” are hardly national security threat material and more importantly, trying to ban or block them just gives them more importance than they deserve. Anyway, that is an issue for another day.
The Hindustan Times article has a priceless quote by ‘officials who defend the decision’ by saying:
“We would like those people to come forward who access these (the 12) radical websites and please explain to us what are they missing from their lives in the absence of these sites.”
I am gladly stepping forward and saying that Blogspot and Typepad (Geocities? really?) each have few million quality blogs that if blocked would drastically reduce our access to quality writing. So basically, Mr. ‘Officials’ , the correct number of ‘radical’ websites are much more than simply 12…say, give or take several million.
it was me.. chandoba
please inform the others (who r in india) that the blog (all blogspt blogs)can be still viewed at www.pkblogs.com.. just type the blog name and yipee
Wow bizarre. What's happening in India, folks? This must be a first. Never heard of anything like this!! To all you bloggers, you rock and I'm so glad you're actively protesting this. Is there anything a non-blogger can do to help?
Hi People, Know Dr. Rai personally (well dad does). Will ask dad to dig for info and comment. Dekhte hain
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