Terrible Times...

India is going through some low times off late. First there was the failure of the Agni missile, then the very next day the GSLV went down - the satellite and the effort of all the people who worked on it blown to bits.
But the worst disaster by far was obviously what happened in Mumbai. How pissed off do you need to be to decide to blow off the people around you?? I mean really......beyond the limited capabilities of my tiny brain (big head small brain) this is.

At least the mistake of 93 was not repeated...at least the city didn't go nuts...but I wonder if it is a case of showing greater tolerance or just the numbness, the indifference. I don't know what to do except shake my head...

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Came across an article that suggested a brilliant resolution to the school dropout problem. It suggested that grading for certain sections of the society should be discontinued in the subjects of Math and Science...I would have fallen off my chair laughing if the report had been talking about some other country but sadly it wasn't. The proposal apparently has been mooted by our own Minorities Commission. Well this is such a tempting issue for a long long rant...but I sadly I don't have the time...

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Now on to the blog ban...there is nothing new in governments seeking a ban on certain sites...but it would have been better if the government had done so in a more transparent manner...maybe then the ISPs would not have been too eager to impress the authorities by blocking the entire domain. I don't think the ban will last very long...but for the time being at least India has joined the group of nations actively indulging in internet censorship....China, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Ethiopia being the other major nations...
What was more annoying was the reaction of the media to it...polls were carried out...and people who can't differentiate blog from blob decided to vote that banning the blog was a good thing.

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Saw a show on Star World the other day…Rockstar Supernova…a bunch of has beens trying to form a rock band…the participants were just as 'interesting'…It was like watching American Idol With Eyeliner AND Tattoos :) The annoying bit was watching a lady literally massacring ‘Lithium’. But then at the end she started running around and jumping around like a mad man or woman……and it was annoying no more…;)