Archive for February, 2009

IQ rating – The B-SCale

February 25, 2009

On certain days, Ladies and Gentlemen, I want to look at someone in the eye and say to them – is your IQ 20? Well, I certainly can’t do that. Can I? What I can do is give them a rating on MY scale, that way, all disagreements will be promptly disagreed with. And while [...]

Slumdog Millionaire creates history

February 23, 2009

And it creates history…
And while Slumdog Millionaire is in the limelight for all the awards, let’s not forget the atrocities being committed against these children. (link)

His’ in hell, her’s in hell.

February 18, 2009

TOI reports:
It seems hell has different ways of punishing male and female sinners, for a study claims that men are most likely to commit lustful misdeeds while women are beholden to conceit.
Wait till Renuka Chowdary gets there. But why would the Vatican propagate the idea of gender inequality? Oh, because they just came to [...]

Rs 300 crore debt

February 16, 2009

Tucked away in the fine print of every Budget since 1948-49 is an unvarying entry: “Amount due from Pakistan on account of share of pre-partition debt (approx) – Rs 300 crore”.
In 1948-49, Rs 300 crore was more than the size of government’s budget – expenditure of Rs 257.37 crore against receipts of Rs [...]

Erase bad memories

February 16, 2009

A pill to erase bad memories.
A drug which appears to erase painful memories has been developed by scientists.The astonishing treatment could help sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder and those whose lives are plagued by hurtful recurrent memories. But British experts said the breakthrough raises disturbing ethical questions about what makes us human. [link]
Another option that [...]

Monkeys and Morality

February 15, 2009

What’s more interesting is that the study found that monkeys have consciences as well as the rudimentary ability to remember obligations. [link]
What’s even more interesting is that without any study, just based on news the Ram sene neither has morailty nor civic sense, and behave worser than monkeys running riot. Wait, I just insulted the [...]

Keep Right – Radicalization Ahead

February 8, 2009

A friend recently asked me what I thought of the recent Mangalore ‘pub attack’ and the ensuing events between the clowns of Ram Sena, the politicians and other parties involved. I e-mailed her saying this – it’s a circus. A small group relatively unheard of  like the Ram Sene wanting to make it’s mark in [...]