The uninformed informer

Here I am back with my rantings against the IPL. So, the IPL III is over (on the field,but certainly not off the field). While CSK walked away with the trophy, the opposition ensured that Thashi Sharoor walked away from politics and the BCCI told Malit Lodi to take a walk. And since all of us are definitely consuming the selectively fed news to us I will not elaborate why the business part of the IPL seems nothing more than a can of worms. What also amused me in the finals is a dance performance by a scantily clad actress.Mumbai was the venue of the finals and it is the capital of the state that not so long ago took a stand against bar-dancers and banned them all, since it allegedly promoted other activities too. So a couple of thoughts came to my mind. If the paying public are entitled to performances by socially-accepted actors to mindless lyrics and costume designing, and the actor being paid a hefty fee for it, and we find nothing wrong with it then what moral right do we have ...

In most of the states, the SSLC and HSC exams are on the verge of conclusion. For the students, a much hyped psychological barrier has been completed. This is also the time when we read news of students commiting suicides due to poor performances and news such as " the flying invigilation squad of the PU education department successfully caught 4 students cheating in exams .The students have been debarred for one year,said the chief of the vigilance squad". What a joke. I would like to spare a moment for these students who have been outdone by the alacrity of the successful education department's vigilance squad. There are times when students are alleged to have copied because something was found written on their desk or a scrambled piece of paper was found near their legs etc etc. Some invigilators bask in the reputation that they are known to have a terrific eye to catch students trying to cheat, so watch out if he is coming. It is like telling children stories of Cri...

Foodgrains,Arms,Ammunitions,Aircraft,Computers,Mobile Phones,Bullet proof cars for our VVIPS,Clothing for soldiers,Foreign Coaches etc etc are some of the things which our country has always imported from abroad. Apparently these things have to do with economics in some cases and a national inability to produce world-class products in some cases. Now education will be imported into India because the government believes that only foreign universities which set up shop in India can provide the students of this country with an option for pursuing quality higher education within the country. The government feels that it is indeed a shameful situation that our students are unable to get quality higher education in the country. This measure will be a reward to the students for having endured mediocrity in primary education,secondary education and if you managed to make it beyond that an outdated college degree which you would have received wearing an "archaic" gown and h...