A sense of deja vu...

On a day when I was happy, even gloating for my proud nation, for having 'scaled another peak' and having finally delivered justice, notwithstanding the maxim 'justice delayed is justice denied' I see this and I feel like puking.

Dara Singh may or may not have killed Graham Staines, but for the statements he made after getting arrested and in the lead up to it, I think he definitely deserves to rot in jail till he dies and to rot in hell after it. I would prefer he goes to hell sooner rather than later, though. He is a major threat to peace & communal harmony in Orissa and the rest of India, and I seriously think the court might have erred in acquitting him for even if he didn't personally kill Staines & much of his family, his statements were inflammatory enough to have precipitated the whole thing.

Overall, I think India's record in condoning 'mass action' is too bad. Riots, pogroms are too often easy shields for people to hold up and give reasons why something bad happened and could not be controlled. What happened with the Ujjain professor is a case in point on how mass action can used to finish off political rivals or 'inconvenient' elements in the system.

A case of misplaced priorities

When the focus should really be on this, the focus seems to be on this. I really don't care whether Shabana has had Islamic education. While her freedom of speech allows her to have an opinion & express it, and whoever has taken umbrage at her statement is well within their rights to criticize her opinion, I feel sad that things which are far more important such as children's education and how the nation is faring in it are seen as much less important.

It is not really just the media's fault; for they devote more time & energy to report what they think people find interesting. Why can't there be protests, even bandhs, against the government's inability to do better on education?

If the BJP really wants to be a credible, righteous opposition, why isn't there a 'shiksha-yatra' ? Hell, transient benefits such as keeping kerosene prices down seem to attract so much more of the government & opposition's attention than working on issues that really matter in the long-term - such as education, public health & population control. Of course, with governments of the day focusing so much on 'providing stable governance' and opposition focusing on making quick gains by protesting against more visible issues such as inflation, corruption etc. (which really aren't as important problems as lack of overall development) you can't expect too much. But why are the people not complaining?

this is wonderful

another large deal in the steel industry.. and this time it is a true blue Indian company looking to take over a much larger rival to establish itself on the global scene ..

It is especially interesting given Tatas are generally more conservative (than the Mittals) that they are going for it.. A revised & significantly better offer is expected and should take Tata Steel to the top 5 in the world... If SAIL gets going as well, India's dominance in the steel industry would get even more stronger.

How stupid can it get?

A delhi-based 'NGO' has apparently recommended Sonia Gandhi's name for the Nobel Peace prize. How stupid can we get?

To even start the debate on what she has done to deserve it is to belittle other Indian Nobel prize winners and peace prize winners worldwide.

But I am sure whoever had this hare-brained idea is getting an MP ticket next time.