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When it comes to strategy adopted to encourage regime change uprisings in the Arab world, from Tunis to Syria, the Western diplomatic measures wear an exhausted look. “Pledging aid to meet humanitarian crisis,” issuing “deadlines” and “warnings” are high on its agenda to bring down the regime in Syria. Contrary to its tit-for-tat strategy in Libya and Egypt, the West and other nations engaged in bringing peace are moving on a slow track in Syria. Compared to the eliminated despots like Saddam Hussein and Muammar Qadhafi or ousted autocrats like Hosni Mubarak and Ali Abdullah Saleh, Bashar Al Assad was lucky to get a time-taking approach. He was moulded in liberal qualities and values of life than others. And naturally, the expectation on Assad was more on embracing reforms within a very limited timeframe. What do these tyrants smell like? Their wives are better to say that. Haven't they experienced nauseating smell of innocent bloods when they mate? Assad continues crushin...

"Pareshan karte he ye bachen-" A Punjabi lady on salwar kameez complained to me, a total stranger, about her grandchildren. I smiled at her. It was obvious she was looking for someone to share her momentary frustration.But she was all in smile and overjoyed with affection towards the kids. I think like me,they too were returning after a brisk shopping.I looked at the kids. One was drinking a juice and one playing with some toy and running around the pavement, the other one examining the waste bin and looked trying to learn its mechanism.While trying to empty the can,the juice spilled to the boy's face.Without wiping it off he rushed to dispose it in the waste bin. May be their parents were at work. And the grandmother took them out. When parents themselves could not manage one kid these days, how could an elderly take care of three naughty kids. They were doing all mischiefs just near the road. And I realised her next Herculean task will be to cross the road wi...