Even after such incidents

people in the US will not understand that the archaic Second Amendment should not exist. 

The ability to purchase such volumes of ammunition and guns sitting at home is somehow unbelievable. I mean make it a little harder; so that there are hints to the polic that some guy has gone nuts! For god's sake, if purchasing the guns were harder the nutcase would have found something else. I mean common! For no fault of theirs so many people who went to watch a movie perished. But still Americans for guns will argue if everybody had guns some person would have been able to shoot the guy. But it is just stupid talk. People do not go out everywhere with their guns; at least I hope they don't. Life should not be so scary!

Anyway!

What more can one say

Views | Cricket diplomacy or convenient passivity?

This is how we deal with the brutal hypocrisy of Pakistan. Well, as long as we have cricket who cares.

Wimbledon

Its that time of the year again. Will it be 17 or not is the most importnat question for tomorrow.

Go Feddie!

A nice preview from the folks at Wimbledon here

Well Can't

argue with Sukumar on this one!

Some excerpts

The message I got from the note was: “Don’t like the draft guidelines? Don’t blame me. You know whom to blame.”

 

Should such information

be published in news articles?

Sources say Jindal has given inputs about the Lashkar-e-Toiba's sleeper cells in the country to the police, based on which, police teams will be carrying out raids across Maharashtra. Police say Jindal used a different name in each incident he was involved in and has been questioned about all terror attacks that took place in the past six to seven years.

I am appaled.

A great piece

A bold piece on the state of our country by Bibek Debroy (via TGS)

Excerpts

 When the history of the Indian economy is written twenty years down the line, we will look back at the 2004 to 2014 decade as one that was just as damaging as mid-1960s to mid-1970s, if not worse, because the world has changed.  As was the case during that earlier decade, contrary views are not encouraged and are marginalized.  Advisers, bureaucrats and economists flow along with the tide.  That’s partly because views of many people are malleable.  That’s a requisite trait for survival.  

A sensible piece on the IIT exam issue

by Sandipan Deb here

The idea of including Board Exams is not a bad idea. However, the means in which it is incorporated needs to be considered. The weigtage should not have a part in direct admission to IIT. In its current form, it is used as a cutoff test; it is a good idea. however, the weigthage of 50% is still too high. Probably 25% is a more reasonable number. The wightage should be so as to encourage a complete education among IIT aspirants. However, the weightage should not be so high that you remove the deserving students during the cut off itself. It should eliminate people who have no apetite for a complete education. If some students who are good in math, physics and chemistry and suck at english and other languages they need to make sure they study them too. I dont think it is a bad thing. Again, the weigthage should ensure that people with low marks in math, physics and chemistry dont get an advantage just because they do well in langauges; because these students dont stand a chance in the Main JEE paper and are wasting the spots for deserving candidates. Thats my 2 cents!