Future of Kasab

Ajmal Kasab, the lone 26/11 terrorist is the most iconic prisoner Indian Government has ever captured. He has been charged with 86 charges including waging War against India and also entering CST Station without Ticket !

Yesterday Mumbai High Court upheld the Death Penalty given by the lower court. Now WHAT ?

Future Timeline of Kasab :

2011 : He will be included in the Indian Population Census and will face embarrassing question from the volunteer : "kya aap baccha plan kar raahe ho iss saal"

2013 : There will be separate Financial Allocation in the Fiscal Budget 2013-14 for maintenance of  Kasab.

2014 : Ajmal Kasab will get a special parole signed by Sheila Dixit and will get a Wild Card entry in the Bigg Boss house.

2015 : After huge popularity in Big Boss, Kasab will now get a offer for lead role in Vishal Bharadwaj's new film : 100 Khoon Maaf

2016 : Unable to bear the burden on Economy any further...along with Education Cess we will have Kasab Cess to bridge the deficit in Fiscal Budget.

2017 : After his hit picture "100 khoon maaf" kasab makes biggest blunder of his life, he signs 3 movie deal with ram gopal varma.

2018 : Supreme Court will finally upheld Death Sentence of Kasab. Some civil society wallas will appear on NDTV proclaiming that Kasab did NOT get a fair trial and will demand Re-Trial. Kasab will smile and think - "Picture abhi bhi baaki hain mere dost"

2019 : All 3 movies flop at box office. Later, citing issues of minority, Kasab will contest election. He will win an independent seat to Parliament.

2020 : A new defination will be included in Indian Economics - "Barter Exchange with Pakistan" : We Import Kasabs from Pakistan against the Exports of Sania Mirzas.

2021 : He will once again be included in the Indian Population Census and will have to face embarrassing question from the volunteer : "sir, aap apne baache ko BMC school mein daalenga ya terrorist school mein ?"

2022 : He will have to forgo his MP seat due to poor attendance in Parliament as he was in Jail. hence he will apply to www.naukri.com for a job and mention his key skills as swimming and able to fire Ak-47 & other guns.

and so on the story continues...

Meanwhile, Somewhere in distant Pakistant, kids ask their poor fathers : "dad, how to live a king-size life ?" their fathers merrily reply "go and bomb India, I dont know about Pakistan, but India will definately Honour you !!!"

Microsoft wants to buy Nokia or RIM

Are you shocked? OK, before you skip a heart-beat, it is better to clarify that this is NOT a confirmed news. It is just a rumor that is slowly building up and doing rounds in the international news.

From the Vantage Point of Microsoft

Since 10 years Microsoft has been developing and  innovating “WindowsMobile” as its predominant mobile operating system for smartphones and other mobiles but it has not gained enough popularity and market to live upto its reputation and brand name.

As of 2010, it commanded only 5% in the worldwide market share (against 18% of Blackberry OS and 43.5% of Nokia-Symbian OS). Hence the fact remains that it has not been able to catch-up in the race of mobile operating system platform.

With Microsoft’s latest OS “Windows Phone 7” launched just few weeks back, it has finally been able to impress many critics around the globe or at least that’s what Microsoft believes. If there is something that is missing for them in their goal to dominate the mobile market then it would be the “hardware” issue.

Microsoft might have to think about getting into the hardware foray (that is to manufacture/develop their own line of phones) to stay in the game and control the entire user experience because Blackberry develops its own phones, so does Nokia-Symbian and so does Apple.

The best possible option that Microsoft has got : is to go for buy-out because starting from scratch would not only be tedious job but also would consume lot of their resources. Talking of buy-out there are two possible contenders :

1. Nokia-Symbian
2. Blackberry-RIM

I may have raised quite a few eyebrows by citing these two giants name because I know what you are thinking : whether Microsoft can afford to buy any of two companies ? No one can substantiate this answer but it is worth noting that as of quarter ending December 2010, Microsoft had a cash surplus and cash equivalent of $39.98 Billion, whereas RIM-Blackberry’s Market Cap was $32 Billion and Nokia’s Market Cap was around $42 Billion.

From the Vantage Point of RIM and Nokia

Though any open offer made by Microsoft to any of these companies would have to be at a considerable high premium but one cannot rule out the whole bold incident of “attempted Yahoo buy-out” by Microsoft @ $47.5 Billion.

Techcrunch’s article few days back states that Nokia on the other hand was considering moving its office from Finland to Silicon Valley, US. Does that add to our speculation?

As far as RIM is concerned even though  its popularity it is way behind the well-liked apple and android backed phones but together, RIM and Microsoft may stand a chance.

To end I would say that Windows Phone 7 has been receiving good response but by the time it reaches pinnacle, Apple and Google might come up with something new, fancy and innovative as always.

Hence in nut-shell Microsoft is few years behind them and buying-out is the only option to propel its way to the top. Let us wait and watch whether this rumor becomes reality or Microsoft has something new in its kitty !