Friday, September 28, 2007

News Roundup

India wins the Twenty 20 Cup! Hooray , everyone's hooked into cricket again, Will we beat the Aussies? Let's hope so.

The Iranian president is called to Columbia University and is roundly insulted. I have no pity for the Iranian president , but still, he was a guest. What is it about American's that they feel they have to insult the other guy in order to show they disapprove or disagree?
Laughable really , the president's answer to how badly gays are treated in Iran , he said they aren't any gays in Iran , which caused everyone to laugh. Not a laughing matter and people should have been able to show lists of the people executed for their sexual preference in Iran. Sadly no one seems to go into a debate prepared.
Someone on the net had written. Ahmedijinad and Bush , a dangerous maniac and a nutcase. The only question is which is which.

Ram Setu. Sigh.

Hindu Muslim riots caused by Twenty 20 celebrations. Sigh.

It looks like there is nothing that a bunch of extremists cant spoil. The moral ground gained after the Pak captain's comments has been lost. Perhap's shah rukh khan should bring out a national integration movie after his success with Chak De! Speaking of which , its quite surprising how a cliched predictable movie can be quite entertaining.(Perhaps the company in which you watch the movie has something to do with it :) )

An interesting question raised by the high court. if various castes can be added to the list of Backward castes for reservations, how is it that none of the existing castes are dropping off from that list.? Speaks for the (lack of) success of caste based reservations, no?

I wonder if like Musharraf we can also deport most of our politicians to saudi arabia or someplace far away?