The week

The economic downturn has hit Dubai hard if rumours are to be believed. Every day one hears a new rumour and as most of these come without any real proof and clarification, everyone hopes these are just that, Rumours and idle gossip.The lastest is that 30% of Emirates Airlines have been sold to Ethihad Airlines. If it is true it is shocking, but one can hardly believe it as the third terminal built only for emirates has just openned and surely all of us somehow trust in the immense capabilities of Sheikh Mohammed to create and deliver miracles even in the most difficult of times.
Another rumour I heard was that nearly 200 employees of a big MNC oil company were terminated. All the terminated staff were in the senior posts and they found pink slips on the desks when they arrived in the morning. All of them were told to leave in one hour, a lot of them went into shock and were screaming refusing to leave and were escorted out by security staff of the company. This is true because the person who informed me works in the company and was fortunate enough not to be terminated.
Then this week we watched the movie "Twenty 20", the tickets had to be booked one week in advance, due to rush and the late show was also housefull. The movie had a good plot, but I think the main attraction was to see, how they had done the casting as all big stars incliding superstars Mammootty and Mohanlal were acting in the movie. The casting was superb, as all stars had good parts and every fan came out feeling statisfied that his star had a good part.
Yesterday we end to bed hearing the news of the attack on Mumbai landmarks by terrorists and woke up with the situation still not resolved. A change in the central government might be the real solution we need to put an end to these attacks. The central government is too busy promoting playboy Rahul Gandhi to pay any attention to the real problems faced by the country.