Ganesan Take care and be safe... I understand that Bahrain embroglio has not hit the headlines as much as Egypt or Libya, and hence even diplomatic help might be difficult.Our wish is that you can fly back to India and once you get a sense of normality returning, then you can also return My regards to your wife and kid. Wishing you all the safety From: Ganesan.Ramamoorthy@xxxxxxxxx To: ravi.chandran@xxxxxxxxx CC: best_buddies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:52:40 +0530 Subject: [best_buddies] Re: Are you ok there? This morning, I took a bold step of driving with my family to Saudi. When I started getting into the highway, I saw huge smoke coming out from the middle of the town (I u/stood that is when army started bombarding the protestors to clear the place). The highway was clear of any traffic with hardly any cars. Along the highway, we saw masked armymen with guns pointed at cars and huge army trucks parked at all intersections. They were occupying two of the three lanes on the highway and was waving us to proceed faster. Finally, reached the causeway gate and at the checkpoint, a Pakistani policemen quizzed us “are you going to Saudi”. I said “yes” and he let us in. Saudi customs thoroughly checked our baggage before letting us in and finally entered Saudi territory. I u/stand that army has taken over the complete island and don’t know how many days this situation is going to be like this. I have come to a friend’s place and if the situation continues for some more days, will look at getting into a service apartment till the situation improves in Bahrain. Warm Regards R. Ganesan From: S.Ravichandran [mailto:ravi.chandran@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 12:22 PM To: Ganesan Ramamoorthy Cc: best_buddies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Are you ok there? Perusu, Understand that emergency has been declared in Bahrain. Are you ok there? How is the situation? Are you coming back? Regards, Ravi This e-mail, along with any files transmitted with it, is confidential and for the sole use of the intended recipient(s); it may also be legally privileged. If you happen to receive this e-mail and you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail, and delete this e-mail message, including any file(s), from your system. Any unauthorised review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited and may be unlawful. Further, while we scan all emails, we cannot guarantee that any email is virus-free, nor can we accept responsibility for any virus that has been introduced by this email or its attachments.