praveen iyer

Came accross an article which throws some light on the role of eroticism in our culture. A nice read.

As per a bbc report, police come in top of the corruption list in South Asia. The survey conducted in five countries took into account seven basic public services offered by the countries. Interestingly, Judiciary also figures in the corruption list. Though the credibility of survey is questionable (5000+ surveyed in india), the suggestion of judiciary being corrupt itself rings alarm bell.

In a post cold war era, america still is going ahead with the missile defence project. The lone protest has come from russia, where as rest of the nations have opted to keep mum. Is america right in setting up a missile defence system, if its for its defence. Isnt north korea then justified in working on its nuclear programme?

Bihar is in news, for a reasons other than notoriety. US firm intends to invest in a project to generate power from Garbage processing. It is menations that as per the firm this will be the first of its kind in asia, which seems to be refutable. Banglore Mahanagar palike also seems to have plans for the same.For those interested in the technical aspects of generating power from garbage, here’s an article from green-trust.

Three people were sentenced to death for conspiring with terrorists. Though the sentence can be challenged in higher courts, this incident will be bringing forth the discussion about capital punishment. Capital punishment, which is rare in india was last carried out in 1989, when Satwant singh and Kehar singh were hanged for the assassination of Ms. Indira Gandhi.

Indian Government is planning to link all the major rivers by 2016. After an initial estimate of 30 years for this project, the Government scaled the project timescale to 14 years. Given the scale of the project, it remains to see if the government will achive this by the time frame given.

I would imagine that such a project will help our agriculture, tackle untimely draught and flood, and also open up transport routes, in addition to the employment it will generate. Way to go.

I didnt know Narendra Modi had a website, until I read this article in Times of India. Not only is his site working(i visited his site), its also upto date. He seems to be more in touch with technology than the opposition members.Congress will soon be a antique political party, unless they wake up to the present.

The editorial in times of india somehow drips bias in each and every sentence. No wonder the response to it also is a bit strong. There has been another report of congress bribing journalists, which if right, put our democracy in real serious threat.

Gujarat election results have come. BJP wins in a landslide victory. Now for the analysts to predict future.

Interesting to find that our government is furious over the release of Masood Azhar. This was one of the militants released by Indian government after the Indian Airlines Hijacking episode. I believe that the Indian Government lacked(still lacks) the guts to tackle the hijacking issue. Now the released militants, will cost more indian lives than that on the hijacked plane. Except issuing a strong protest, no action is being taken to protect the people of the country.

What could have happened when the flight was hijacked.

• When the Hijacked plane was in India, Commandos could have stormed it. A few lives would be at risk, but a strong message would have gone out to the militants.
• When the ransom-militants were released, they could have been exposed to some sort of slow-poison (radiation?), ensuring they lived for a max of 2 more years. (is someone talking about human rights here? Human rights of 160 people are more important than a few.)
• Embed some tracking systems on the militants freed, and a couple of RAF jets could have flown with them. After freeing the hijacked plane, the RAF could have just eliminated the convoy of militants. (Afghanistan ruled by Taliban was only recognised by 3 countries during that time)

There could have been more solutions, but I wonder if thinktank in New Delhi was(is) dry.