Kasab's visit to India

Indians gave Kasab a fair trial and punished him with death. Kasab was sorry about what he did in the end. So many times there are comparisons of how Americans would have dealt with Kasab. If Kasab asked for chicken biryani, it became front page news and he was often called the national guest. Clearly, people saw that Kasab would not dare ask for chicken biryani in an American prison. The treatment America provides so called terrorists are far from fair and not even legal. The public is not involved in trials of so called terrorists. America gave Saddam Hussein a trial and that was the only decent thing they have done so far in the war against terror. India has fared far far better than America in dealing with criminals.

The unromantic diabetes

Diabetes is the biggest killer in the world but it roams free without garnering much attention. The movies have focused mostly on cancer and gorgeous pop stars died of aids. Diabetes never made it to the movies or to the mainstream news. So no one gets teary eyed when they meet a person suffering from Diabetes. Diabetes is leprosy from the inside affecting every part of the patient's body causing slow death. It is time to understand the true dangers of Diabetes.

A year without Gaddafi

Gaddafi came to power with his anti west rhetoric. But in reality he safe guarded western interests in Libya. He could not survive without the west. Now fundamentalists are in power. Unless there is an embargo like in the case of Iran, they will also lean towards western interests. Pakistan is an example of a democratic country that has no mind of its own. When the rulers become unpopular and still want to rule they look outwards to stay put. If Libya truly becomes free the world will pay a fair price for oil when all the battles are done. But this is a distant dream. For now things have only gotten worse for Libya.

Why religious frenzy is bad for women

I recently read a news item that described how a woman was stoned death by a group of men in Afghanistan for infidelity or some such reason. It was a bit shocking. The way to deal with infidelity would be divorce I would think in these civilized times. That got me thinking. That its not a particular religion that is mean to women. The Christians burned women for being witches and the Hindus burned them for being widows in yesteryears when religion was all too powerful. Therein lies the problem.

US facing third world problems

Unemployment and cultural issues have become new problems for the US. Who cared a decade ago what religion you followed in the US? I remember someone telling me that religious strifes were third world problems. I am sorry that US is now a changed place and dragged in to unnecessary controversies.

Chicago teachers strike out

Teachers are paid pittance and their lives are difficult. How can you teach children to dream if your own dreams do not meet you halfway? At the end of their lives teachers surely look at the low returns they got for a life spend teaching others to become rich. Its time teachers learn to make demands so that they can teach their students to demand their just rights from the world. The Chicago teachers surely have my support.

India's regionalism problems

India should never have been divided in to regions. Regionalism thrives so do the political parties that depend on these sentiments. I wonder why there are no popular nationalistic parties. Its time for young and dynamic nationalism that will overthrow the divisive forces of regionalism. India's constitution did not anticipate regionalism. Hence there are no good laws to tackle separatists. Its a sorry state.

Some habits that Democracy inherits from Autocracy

One of the main bad habit a democracy inherits from autocracy is that the soldiers must listen to the political leaders.  I think in a democracy a war should be fought with a consensus from the military. Every soldier votes whether the country should go to war or not.  Not just the parliament.

Greek athelete thrown out of olympics and rightly so

Greek athlete posts a joke about mosquitoes and African people and gets thrown out of Olympics.  Some people think it was a bit too harsh. I think it was just. Mainly because people are beginning to forget manners  and  say what they like. This leads to unpleasant environment in activities that involve global participation.  The Greek athlete would rather the players were all just Greek. She must play in only national sports then and not international. She has a choice.

The unrest at Maruti Suzuki

Workers beat up management and set the Maruti factory to fire. This is a Japanese collaboration that sells the majority of cars in India.  It is time to look at the worth ethics of this seemingly clean company. People who work there at all levels have been unhappy for some time. Physical violence of this scale is unheard of at other work places in India. I wonder what the Japanese management did to disturb Indian workers so.  

Lost glory of Joe Paterno

One is glad that people are angry with Joe Paterno though he is not directly committing the crime but rather did not actively stop the crime. If he was alive he probably face a jury. I think a lot of Penn state officials need to see some  jail time for ruining lives of so many young children.

Why the Asian countries are not affected by the current recession

Asian countries are faring well though there is a recession in the western countries.  This is because Western prosperity is directly related to middle east money. When the oil money was placed in US banks, people did well. But when that same money went to oil companies everything fell apart.  Oil money and  tax money build   the west in recent decades. Now both these sources are controlled by oil companies.  I say if the oil companies are so profiting by the war then they should fund the war, not the public.

World dependency on Pakistan

Whenever a regime any where in the world  wants a few military hands, it is Pakistan they turn to. Be it Bahrain or the USA - Pakistanis are part of every war.  Worlds supply of mercenaries come from Pakistan.  

Bal Thackeray pissed with the Karnataka Govt

Bal Thackeray has appealed to the President to do something about the Karnataka Govt's anti Maharashtra behavior. He is pissed. Unlike Maharashtra where there was only one Bal Thackeray to appease, there are many regional leaders in Karnataka. States are becoming increasingly regional. It is only fair that the Central Govt keep a watch on what clandestine and anti constitutional policies regional govts follow.

MLA gets beaten up in Assam

Okay, now the media is all upset about a woman getting beaten up for leaving her husband and running off with a lover. But when a man gets beaten up for doing this, all is mum, and even think justice is done. We have watched many a wife with a mob  beating up a husband and his new love interest and have not raised an eyebrow in objection. But surely a mob can get this close to an MLA says a lot about Indian security lapses.  I would not trust my life with Indian security. Having said that one is reminded of the song koi patthar se na maro mere deewane ko ................

Medical care in America wins this time

The Supreme Court of America realized that change in Medical care was long overdue in America. Cheers!

Satyameva Jayate

Amir Khan has done a wonderful job with his program Satyameva Jayate. He has brought to light many problems that plague Indian society.  It is indeed nice to see the Indian Government lending support and trying to help fix problem. I wonder if such a program happened in the US, would the government go gunning  for Amir Khan?

Assange needs to be free and happening

It is not about US. A free and happening Assange is a blessing to many problems in the world.  This kind of investigative journalism is the need for the hour. Governments are becoming very powerful and a free press can keep checks on them.

Extradition of Assange to Sweden

If  Assange has to go to  Sweden, he should.  He should  go and fight the cases against him. Win and then stand  for elections. Make Sweden the next best country in the world where people can breathe free and live a just life. Needless to say, every decent person on earth is disturbed by the trials and tribulations of Assange.  God bless. Its a tough almost impossible fight for honest people these days.  The world is controlled by liars and cheats.  But truth like always will overcome.

Outsourcing and the Obama viewpoint

There are many people in the world, but you cannot love everybody. Likewise, there are many people in the world but they cannot do that job. Mr Obama, grow up. Yes, in the Obama world, all the great work will be  done by true blood Americans.  The foundation of America's greatness  is immigration.  If Obama's father had not decided to study in the US, where would he be now?