“The old JEE (is?) destroying school system, leading to rampant coaching industry, biased in favour of urban areas and boys.”
“IITs cannot pursue excellence at the cost of the school system. They must also have a stake in Board exams.”
via Firstpost.
What Kapil Sibbal says is maybe true. But the damage is already done. Lets see what is the outcome of this.
Under the terms of the international bailout, the new government must fire up to 150,000 civil servants, slash spending by 11 billion euros this month, sell off a swathe of state-owned companies, improve tax collection and open closed professions to competition.
via Divided Greece risks social explosion | Reuters.
Of course, the only way is to make more space and opportunities for private companies, less social welfare.
यावेळी कलमाडींच्या चेह-यावर आपण काही मोठे कर्तुत्व करून आलो आहोत आणि जमलेले लोक आपल्या स्वागतासाठीच आले आहेत असा भाव होता.
via Maharashtra Times.
आता काय म्हणायचे?
To quote A K Antony on the current state of affairs in the nation.
“Our country is passing through a transparency revolution. Walls of secrecy are crumbling gradually. But politicians, bureaucracy, judiciary, business people, armed forces, and journalists are still not ready for this transition to transparency,”
And then he adds:
“But they will have to follow the transition and I don’t think anybody can take any step in a different direction,”
Lets see how much of this comes through, within our life times.
“Every time I think we’ve hit rock bottom, I find both countries have shovel in their hand and are digging further down trying to find a new bottom, one Pakistani security official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
via Pakistan squeezed by Afghan-India pact – Hindustan Times.
This reflects the current state of affairs between Pakistan and US. What is interesting is that this is going on for quite some time and one does not know what both countries are upto. Hope that this situation is resolved in the time to come.
People should enjoy freedom, democracy and self-determination – but only if this involves overthrowing governments that America doesn’t like.
via Palestinian UN bid: is the US losing grip on world politics?
This is very much like a cartoon I saw a few years back, If you don’t come to democracy democracy will come to you [in form of bomber planes and invading tanks!]
“You’re never going to end negotiations unless you begin it,”
via BBC News – UN Security Council to consider Palestinian membership.
But if the negotiations are going to be one sided, as they have been so far, what is the use of such things. With US using all its might to crush the aspirations of the people of Palestine, what more can one say. Each day the kind of media attention [read propaganda] that is shown across media channels in favour of Israel is a lot [is it due to all the Jewish media barons?]. And you speak anything against the state of Israel, you become anti-semitic. Maybe Israel should look into its own past to understand what it is up to. Santayana says
Those who forget history are condemned to repeat it.
I had the power of my tongue but had no power to take decisions. I am not a saint. But I am neither a villain as is being projected.
via Amar Singh tapes hint underhand deals?.
What can one say more? If there are such shameless confessions, and still they are out?
