A few Points

1. I have signed up for google alert at Google Alert Login name is badri & password is alert&&&&&###

2. Not too many people are in the "connectors" business trying to integrate and seamlessely making disparate technologies work together. These businesses sign up as partners with each of the different vendors in developing integration tools and license them. They play a main role in todays technology which has gone more with open ended architecture and no longer monolithic , customers still do and dont (on the increase) want to develop all their solutions from single vendor or single suite of products. With increase in competition and customizable plugins forming a part of the core products, the customer is given the option to choose a core product and different effective plugins/connectors or modules from another a vendor , since all of them cater to a open standard integration.

3. I have finally acheived to display my homepage in google. If you type in the search text "badri google" or "badri narayanan google" or "badri pastimes" you will find my site displayed first.

4. Bob Marley the Rastafarian (Rast Tafari makonen - Self proclaimed Emperor of Trinity of Ethipoa) reggaist of jamaica, is yet another person in the planet to remind us truly music has no color, language,geography or political ideologies and one of the easiest ways how we can bring people together and in peace. No wonder why we see so many musical concerts for world peace. Well on another note do you believe someone like Ganshi really said this ? "It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence". I see Bob marley as one true person who wanted to redeem the afro population and raise them up to fight poverty & violence.

5. I finally succeeded in a GoogleWHACK by typing "quintessential mirage" and hit resulting just one site.

6. The state and religion should be always seperate in any country. Having said that BJP religious stands in politics and it being used for vote gathering, exploiting communal violences in favour of votes is not good for a country like India with so much diversity calling itself a secular state in long run.

7. India's military balance i strongly hope needs these alliances

Russia - on cheap and joint manufacturing of arms , space technology ventures
Israel - more of buying satellites , radars, and survelliance and espionage equipments
France/Germany- help would be required to strengthen India's stand in Euro Land
( not sure who is better in naval exercises & warfare. France would be an option because it is a permanent member in the Un security Council)

India relationship with US is the most complex of it all , we do not know where we stand, nor we know where US stands eventhough US wants to increase trade and military relations with India but maybe also for selfish purposes to counteract China in South Asia. How far Us can lend its hand to India would be another question in the wake of pakistan being a front end ally against terrorism , helping US to catch more al qaeda members and terrorists everyday.

India's partnership with China is out of question

India doesnt need to partner with UK ( which is not independent and bold in its political views against US , even when there arises a time to do so)

8. Pastimes means passing times or time in past..... wonder what my own Title means here