Monday, December 3, 2007

More mid-east musing

In India, conflicts in the Middle East are far detached from the reality of daily life and other than its effect on the price of oil, pretty much impactless on the collective conscious.
Living in Dubai now, the Middle East situation hits home much hard. You are the region and the Palestinian you meet here has a sense of that as well. Even the odd Israeli businessman that may visit the country and might bump into you say, at a tennis tournament, is not so dismissive of borders and settlements. And the body count doesn’t seem statistical any more.

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