Saudi woman judoka allowed to compete in hijab at Games

Saudi woman judoka allowed to compete in hijab at Games (news) .........One wonders weather the Organisers would have allowed if the lady had been from Iraq or Afghanistan or Libya........

Villagers hold liquor langar to bring rain..

Villagers hold liquor langar to bring rain.http://www.hindustantimes.com/Punjab/Patiala/Villagers-hold-liquor-langar-to-pray-for-rains/SP-Article1-893397.aspx........................ Did it rain after that? Dont ask me!

Hon’ble Supreme Court of Pakistans’ order on ‘samosas’.

The Hon’ble Supreme Court of Pakistan has set aside an order of the Lahore Governement (which had earlier been upheld by the Hon’ble High Court of Lahore) fixing the price of ‘samosa’ at Rs. 6 per piece. (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Bitter-row-over-humble-samosa-in-Pakistan/articleshow/15159060.cms)

The Flop Show

Oh come on, you do know what I mean... ...

Minor resists marriage, gets father arrested in Odisha...news

Bravo young lady!

Shri Arvind Kejriwal as PM?

Q: Would you like to see the young, non-corrupt, committed and dynamic Mr. Arwind Kejriwal as the Prime Minister of India? Possible answers: (a) Yes; (b) No; (c) You are not serious!

Shame, Shame!

Some members of an Indian Youth team (touring China) made disparaging comments on Chinese girls and did not spare some of their own compatriots from the Northeast...News (http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-22/india/32787718_1_youth-delegation-indian-girls-youth-affairs) My take: Remaining part of their tour should be cancelled. They should be flown back to India and formally charged and arrested on arrival at the airport. The punishment should be swift and the maximum permissible under law for such crimes. Our lawmakers are requested to seriously consider reintroduction of the Indian Whipping Act for offences like rape/molestation and eveteasing (Remember that the British ruled us by freely using the provisions of this dreaded Act). The Indian Penal Code can be suitably amended. There should be provision of a minimum of 12 lashes to be given in a public place for proven offences of rape/molestation and say ten for eveteasing. Tell me what would you prefer to see in India - women being raped/molested/teased in public or the offenders of such crimes being whipped in public, following the due process of law? Now dont tell be that whipping in public would be uncivilised, barbaric and primitive as if raping, molestation and eveteasing are less uncivilised, heinous and barbaric crimes!

President gifts roll to Patil museum...news

Please dont do it Your Excellency! Please let those gifts remain in the Rashtrapati Bhawan's archives/museum.

UN To Appoint Earth's Official 'Ambasador To Aliens'

UN To Appoint Earth's Official 'Ambasador To Aliens' (news September 2010) http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/6852142-mazlan-othman-un-s-first-official-appointed-ambasador-to-aliens When aliens arrive on Earth, they will no longer have to worry about who will greet them.....The United nations, tackling head on the problem of what to do if an alien says "take me to your leader' is poised to designate a specific individual for the task.... ... This news item is a little dated, but very exciting none the less!

Sangma to move SC against President Pranab...news

"Sangma to move SC against President Pranab"-news....... Come on Sangma Sir, be gracious.

CVC's Anti-Corruption Initiative Gets World Bank's Praise

CVC's Anti-Corruption Initiative Gets World Bank's Praise (http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=766463) Come on be gracious....do take note of and encourage the good work being done instead of only criticizing all the time

"Monkey in Jammu hospital"-news

"...Chief Minister Omar Abdullah expressing “shock” over the presence of a large monkey at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), the largest hospital of the winter capital of the state... ...The monkey was recently found dozing in the hospital bed for over three hours, while two patients shared a bed in the ward some distance away." http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120705/j&k.htm#7

Rain & CAG's Special Audit

"The BJP government (in Karnataka) has set aside Rs 17.5 crore to be spent on prayers to invoke the gods to bless the state with rain, ... On Friday, the muzrai (religious endowment) department issued a circular to its 35,000 temples across the state to hold special pujas to propitiate the Rain Gods. The pujas, comprising Varuna Mantra, Jalabhisheka and Parjanya Japa, will be held on July 27 and August 2. "We've released Rs 5,000 to each of the 35,000 temples to conduct special pujas on two different days,'' muzrai minister Kota Srinivas Poojary said." (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Karnataka-to-spend-Rs-17-5cr-for-rain-puja/articleshow/15068743.cms) This raises some other issues. Since the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Karnataka has already declared that he is an athiest, what if the religious places of say Muslims, Sikhs, Christians etc. also demand such a grant.... If successful, this may become a replicable model and and get repeated for invoking Gods for ending the heatwave, the cold wave, increasing the agricultural yield and who knows, even for increasing our GDP. Bahut potential hai.... And after the next round of elections the BJP may set up a Committee to debate if this move increased their percentage of vote share.... Of course this grant given by government will have to be followed by sending a Utilization Certificate by each recipient that the money was spent for the purpose for which it was released. Thereafter the Accountant General Karnataka will audit the accounts of the Department which gave the grants. And ultimately the Comptroller and Auditor General may conduct a special audit to asess if spending of the public money did result in rain ...the cause and effect ...And heavens forbid if that report gets 'leaked' before it is presented to the Parliament... Slippery ground, no?

Curiouser and curiouser....

Is it true that the Time cover and story of MS as Underachiever was meant only forinfluencing the Indians?...Was it run only in the Asia edition of the magazine....the U.S.A. edition didn't even carry the story let alone the Cover photo!....So much for the 'domestic compusions of the US politics' theory...

The Guwahati Shocker

I remember having seen a film over a decade and a half back in which Dimple Kapadia/Khanna plays the role of a tough lady cop. Three goondas rape her. She decides to teach them a lesson with the help of a lady doctor friend. They manage to catch hold of the three, one by one and castrate them. I was quite taken aback by the fact that the censor board had cleared the film. In India the British ruled us with the help of the dreaded 'Indian Whipping Act of 1864'. After gaining Independence, this enactment was repealed in 1955. Now my take on the subject of rape/molestation/outraging the modesty of a woman and even such an attempt: (i) Make castration of those found guilty a compulsory punishment, and (ii) Reintroduce whipping as a punishment in such cases with a compusory award of minimum ten lashes, and (iii)Telecast the photo of the person given such punishment on the National Tv informing the viewers that this person has been found guilty of this offence and as a punishment he has been castrated and given the sentence of whipping. By the way Singapore has mandatory punishment of whipping for defacing public building (graffiti etc.)and in Malaysia all illegal immigrants are compulsarily whipped. (May like to see my article: 'Whipping in India: Cruel Past and hazy future' http://anaap-shnaap.blogspot.in/2011/11/whipping-of-prisoners-cruel-past-and.html )

Bravo Bibipur

Bravo Bibis of Bibipur

"Cops tap astrologers to net criminals"-news

"Cops tap astrologers to net criminals" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Cops-tap-astrologers-to-net-criminals/articleshow/14921325.cms

Alien hunt: UK 'X-Files' reveal UFO sightings:

UFOs are something which really interest me. Her is is the latest: http://news.yahoo.com/uk-x-files-reveal-ufo-sighting-over-chelsea-235534649.html

British PM forgets daughter at pub (news):

David Cameron got home from a Sunday lunch with family and friends — and discovered he had left his eight-year-old daughter in the pub. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/politics/4365514/David-Cameron-left-his-daughter-aged-8-down-pub-after-lunch.html

MLA attempts to let loose stray dogs inside civil secretariat (news)

MLA attempts to let loose stray dogs inside civil secretariat (news) ... http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120712/j&k.htm

"Send stray dogs to North-East": Punjab MLA"

"Send stray dogs to north-east," suggested an honourable MLA in Punjab Vidhan Sabha and "brought a resolution to tackle the stray dog menace. We can make arrangements to catch the dogs, put them in jungle or zoos or maybe send them to China, Nagaland and Mizoram where they are more needed. Stray dogs are a big nuisance now, even going on an evening walk has become dangerous because of them." (http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-29/india/32471851_1_stray-dogs-dog-bites-dog-population)

"Obituary references to cows made on CM’s asking" - news

Chandigarh, June 19 The Punjab Vidhan Sabha today made obituary references to cows slaughtered at a bone crushing mill...CM ... ...announced elevation of the Punjab Gau Sewa Board to a fullfledged Commission with powers to punish those indulging in cow slaughter ... ... announcement earlier to turn the premises of the factory at...into a memorial for cows... (http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120620/punjab.htm) “Any offence against cows will be punishable with imprisonment of upto 10 years” Badal said. (http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-20/india/32335228_1_three-factory-partners-cow-slaughter-mansa)

"Rescuing troubled EU: India makes a $10 billion gesture"

"Rescuing troubled EU: India makes a $10 billion gesture" http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120620/edit.htm Feels good, notwithstanding that one keeps on finding faults with the government.

Napoleon in India - Ah bon!

My French readers would be pleased to know that we in India too have a Napoleon- he is Hon'ble D. Napoleon, Minister of State for Social Justice & Empowerment in Government of India. He belongs to the D.M.K Party

"Conjugal visits in Punjab jails soon?"- news

The proposal reportedly is "to allow select male inmates to have sex with their partners in a designated area of the jail....applications by inmates would be screened and cleared...", reports The Times of India (edition dated June 8, 2012)... Dont you think that this is a sexist proposal as females prisoners are not being proposed to be given this facility!

Liberte Egalite Fraternite .......

French tennis player Gilles Simon has criticized pay parity between men and women tennis players(news). Isnt France the country which first coined the slogan 'Liberte' Egalite' Fraternite'? Come on Monsieur Simon... ...

"No God? Oh my God!" by K.J.S.Chatrath

The just declared result of CERN experiment brings us a step closer to finally conceding that there is no God and the universe was not created by 'God'. May be the physicists-mathematicians are the new Gods...

French diplomat (in India) arrested for sexually abusing daughter

French diplomat (in India) arrested for sexually abusing daughter...(news) What a shame!

MLA can buy car from development funds:

MLA can buy car from development funds: Akhilesh Yadav...(NBS News) "In a controversial move, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav placed a proposal in the state assembly which allows MLAs to use up to Rs 20 lakh allotted under local area development (LAD) fund for buying four wheelers. However, the MLAs would have to pay back the depreciated value of the car after their terms get over." Would these four wheelers speed up the development of UP? Dont ask me!

Wanted....