Presenting the Custodians of Our Judiciary
The Noida serial killers were beaten up by lawyers on Thursday outside the CBI court in Ghaziabad, near Delhi.One of them, Moninder Singh Pandher fell unconscious. The lawyers were angry because they were not allowed into the court. [via NDTV] I think we should just stone the accused to death, in public, instead of wasting […]
WWW: Why Are We Wimps
I read, I think in Tony Greig’s book on Cricket, about how an Indian Hockey team, back in the 60s, was sent to Pakistan with strict instructions to —I kid you not— to lose the series. I don’t know if this is a hangover from the SatyaGraha movement, we tend to place a lot of […]
Vamsi Krishna Nakkina wins Google Wordmasters creative writing contest
Vamsi Krishna Nakkina wins Google Wordmasters creative writing contest. PJ for Tamil speaking readers: Appo Nakkalenna?
Steve ‘Crocodile hunter’ Irwin Dies
Steve Irwin, the passionate conservationist who shot to international fame as the Crocodile Hunter, was killed today in a freak accident while diving off the north Queensland coast.In a bitter irony, the man who risked his life handling one of the world’s most dangerous reptiles was mortally wounded by a stingray, a usually passive sea […]
Students of India
What the **** is up with students?
CNN-IBN Rewrites Chiranjeevi’s Career
In a news article titled ‘Fans cheer for Chiranjeevi on b’day‘, Prachi Jatania wrote, “In fact, there were near stampedes at city’s cinema halls during the release of his last two movies – Gangleader and Tagore.” Gangleader was released in 1991 and Tagore was released in 2003. Chiranjeevi acted in more than 20 movies between […]
Curtains to Caps Lock?
“The antagonism toward the Caps Lock key extends beyond its misuse by 13-year-old trolls and naive users. Caps Lock is also responsible for failed entries of passwords and other case-sensitive phrases. Users of word processors are forced to retype any text that was entered with Caps Lock accidentally turned on.” [via Wired]
Requiem
The death of merit. The obliteration of the soul of this country’s youth. The initiation of catastrophe. Welcome to the beginning of the end. No where in the history of our country has truth been murdered so methodically and brutally, the fair and just were trampled over, and the deserving were crushed to submission, like […]
Moral Policing May Strike Bangalore University
“Bangalore University Syndicate is considering segregated seating for male and female students, and may even be prescribed a dress code.” [Link]IMHO they should ban co-education. Send them girls to a girls college. That kind of segregation will ensure their protection. Actually they should ban education for either boys or girls. That will simplify a lot […]
The boon bane of quota
Read on NDTV about Yashpal Jaware’s achievement. He is from Nandurbar in Maharashtra: One of the poorest districts, which is notorious for malnutrition deaths. What most fail to see it that at the end of it all, it is the individual’s desire, passion, and industry that count. Take a look what he lists when he […]