Different regions in India celebrate Vijayadashami for different reasons. For people around Mysore/Bangalore, Vijayadashami is about Goddess Chamundeshwari and her victory over Mahisha, in whose name the city of Mysore is named after.

Internet services suspended within a 4-km radius in New Delhi. The Ministry of Home Affairs has approved the temporary suspension of internet services. Internet services will remain suspended within a 4-kilometer radius around the Janpath–Kartavya Path crossing. Services will remain suspended from 10 PM on October 9 to 10 PM on October 10. Instructions have been issued to suspend all forms of mobile internet technology.

“Unless you don’t create such fright in the minds if the criminals ki ab kuch kiya toh mar jayengey (if we commit such a crime we will die) you will not be able to prevent such crimes” says Justice JB Pardiwala in a suo moto case that the Supreme Court initiated over the increasing rape cases and other crimes against women in Delhi. “You need to create a fright, a fear in the mind of a man who is prone to commit such officers”, the judge said. The Supreme Court has told Delhi police to be harsh if needed. Be very harsh, and there will be people who will talk about Article 21 (Right to Life), referring to human rights groups who advocate against mistreatment of criminals. The Court said the authorities can be inconsiderate of such groups and can be very harsh in cracking down on dastardly criminals who commit rape.

It is Gandhi Jayanti. Gandhi is one of the many unusual men who have lived in India. Gandhi was not a Newton or a Gauss; he lived life based on some simple principles and that in itself was unusual I guess.