I hate the airlines in India. But i like to fly... and i used to think that the only bad guy was gravity. Of course nature gave gravity a monopoly on earth. But then  there exist many species of our feathered friends who defy it. but not us. and if we here in India really want to do so then we need to get on to those titanium things that are supposed to fly..alright it does fly.. but my point is.. the domestic aviation sector here is truly crowded.. when sensex was at 22,000(ok the whole thing was crazy).. but the craziest was the fact that the Jet Airways stock was trading at 660 and deccan too had a decent valuation in the market.. They were making loses to the tune of crores per day .. airline companies are not profitable because they are too many. Domestic aviation doesnt need a one rupee air fare.. total ripoff since they put in those surcharges for fuel this and fuel that and make you believe that the price is actually going to some oil company.. yea right.. and they complain of high oil prices when the rupee was being powerful day by day.. remember the good old days when it was 39. Ok so now they are forming an oligopoly and laying off stewards. Jet and Kingfisher are roping in good old air india to form a cartel in the sky. So that they can kick the weaker guys out. Do some real pricing ... show what flying actually costs to the Indian traveller and be in the green. Do that my friends!!! and you will see how prudent the Indian consumer is. Lalu prasads railway revenues will have an extra digit this year and people will unconciously give him a nobel prize for being a business person with great acumen(thats another story). QED. Domestic aviation is a bad business model.. and I dont have to invent teleportation to prove my point.

Causality. The relation between causes and effects. No not science. Wait a minute. I think it can be called a science. I am referring to conspiracy theories. A few documentaries that suggest that what we know is wrong because of how we know it. The conspiracy theory on 9/11, the timeline on man actually landing on the moon. Are these deceptive attempts or subliminal thoughts. An alternate view is always applauded. But cynics of cynics, the ones who are neutral that is and donot form a part of those being termed as malevolent or more in perspective the conspirator argue that they have an adverse effect on society. I recently read and article on spiked titled why facts won't demolish conspiracy theories. The thing is things have moved so far away from the centre of what we used to call normal. Violence, Hatred exetra are not proportionate to the humanity that we rejoice of. We would like to make sense of it all. And the facts in the media dont seem to suffice although they are true enough. We also like reason. And not all reasons can do. Only the ones that make you believe that it could have been controlled. Prevented is the political lingo for it, especially if you are from the other party. It also arises from the increasing feeling of powerlessness felt by the citizens of the rest of the world. And conspiracy theories help suffice such convictions with an a priori hail of fatalism. Loser are we? Already! More than we thought. On two accounts. One on the loss. And the other on the others gain on the loss. Its best not to go in for the theories then. But still we like to believe that nine eleven was caused by concerted efforts who had vested interests in the aftermath. And that the landing on the moon was faked in order to chaff the cold war adversary's technological prowess. We may as always never know. But there is no harm in knowing all sides. Atleast we will not qualify to be naive. And not being naive certainly gives you the escape door from feeling powerless.