On A Day Like Today

If anything has come out from last week's NSG waiver for India its this: the Congress has finally achieved something in its four-year reign, while its opponents, the Left and BJP have lost much of the ammunition they would've used to ensure its defeat in the forthcoming state and national elections. The BJP still says that we may have indirectly lost the right to test our indigenously built nuclear weapons. The Congress refutes such notions and says that there is no mention of a bar on testing. The entire thing will be clear once the text is made available shortly. I am surprised at the opposition's failure to notice a hidden plot behind this so-called success story. For all I care, this Congress-led government had been at the mercy of the Left for four years. Repeated blackmail by the Left parties ensured the Congress fell in line, each time it tried flexing its muscles. Finally, the government broke up with the Left and braced itself for an acid test on the floor of the h...

Absolutely Stunning! These are the two words which come to my mind for the description of Sunday’s Belgian grand prix at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit. The commentators had kept reminding us the possibility of rain time and again, which was conspicuous by its absence for the entire race save the last two laps. And these last laps were to change the entire complexion of the world championship. Kimi Raikkonen, who had led the race from the second lap, following Lewis Hamilton's error at turn 1; had driven a near-perfect race. The Ferrari pit-stop strategy had worked wonders as it managed to put some traffic between Kimi and Lewis, as Kimi sped away for a five-second advantage over his rival. Kimi's season seemed to be coming together at last. Cometh the hour, cometh the man seemed to be his mantra. Winning this race would have made the championship much more interesting. Unfortunately, it wasn't to be as the rain drops fell slowly, and then heavily. Suddenly, Kimi backed away...

This is the meaning of democracy as per dictionary.com, "The principles of social equality and respect for the individual within a community" After 58 years of independence, modern India still cannot be considered as a true democracy. Two stories that have been doing the rounds in newspapers and media have added fuel to this fire, the anti-quota protests and the Aamir Khan controversy. There are bound to be people on both sides, but this is what I have to say on the quota issue; The reservation for backward castes was brought into the nation's constitution as an exceptional clause only and was to be followed only for 15 years. Those years have long since gone by and politicians have made merry, indulging themselves in vote-bank politics. I am not against reservation. What I am against is the fact that this government is hell bent on dividing the country on caste lines, thus tearing the social fabric apart and giving rise to tension in communities co-habited by people of a...

If you ask most people, the answer would be "Brazil". Of course, as long as Ronaldinho plays, they have every reason to believe that. Add to that, you have the ever present Ronaldo and the dangerous looking Adriano, they are always in the hunt for goals and more goals. Seriously, I dont think any team has a chance of stopping Brazil if they do not have any injuries. The only team that may have an outside chance of doing that are the hosts, Germany. Inspite of some indifferent form in the pre-world cup friendlies, I think Juergen Klinsmann has got his team combination right. It was a bold decision to replace Oliver Kahn with Jens Lehman in the goal, but was the correct decision too. They have a good mix of youth and experience. Players like Lukas Podolski and Bastian Schweinstieger have tremendous potential to come good. All the hype and hoopla surrounding England is just because most of us follow the Premiership. It's not the toughest league in the world. The La Liga come...

So finally the AICTE is coming tomorrow to rate our college. It has been a long time coming, and it would be good if they give a good rating to our college. Our college is affiliated with an esteemed institute in Europe, but not associated with the AICTE and hopefully tomorrow, things would change. It could also mean that we get an M.Tech degree rather than an M.S. when we pass out. I have some plans of doing further research down the line, and an M.Tech degree will surely help the cause.