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Reservations based on a Deprivation Certificate and a Deprivation Score

One of the comments on this post is the basis of this post.
Since the announcement of reservations for OBCs by the HRD ministry in last May, we have seen lot of ideas/discussions from either side of the reservation debate. Out of all this I have been trying to think how and if can caste be [...]

May 14, 2007   Posted in: Caste, Quota Reservations, Reservations  10 Comments

Bloggers from COEP

I am trying to put a list of bloggers from COEP (College Of Engineering, Pune). So far I have found these but if you know of more please do let me know and I will update the post.
Polite Indian
Funny Indian
666
crossStyx
Faithology
Avanti Ketkar
bvhks lair
page 4
The lotus elise
Vantage Point
Expressions
Project Aasara
Personality in Multiple Disorders
Nish-O-Nash
Ruminations
oF the top of my [...]

May 3, 2007   Posted in: COEP  No Comments

Manager and Secretary

Found this here
Recently, a large corporation hired several cannibals to increase their diversity.
“You are all part of our team now,” said the Human Resources rep during the welcoming briefing. “You get all the usual benefits and you can go to the cafeteria for something to eat, but please don’t eat any employees.”
The cannibals promised they [...]

May 2, 2007   Posted in: Funny Stuff, Humor, Humour, Jokes, Jokes and Humor  2 Comments

OBC Reservations - Supreme Court Verdict

The Supreme court has stayed the implementation of the OBC reservation in its current form.
The Court ruled that the 1931 census could not be a determinative factor for identifying the OBCs for the purpose of providing reservation.
I personally see this as being a good thing in the light of the recent developments. This means [...]

March 30, 2007   Posted in: Quota Reservations, Reservations  19 Comments

UN Body Slams India On Dalit Violence and rightly so!

When Manmohan singh equated untouchability to apartheid, I felt good that someone at the top is finally calling a spade a spade. I felt that international pressure be put on India to take some concrete steps to improve the conditions of Dalits. As Nitin pointed out in the comments section that sanctions against India might [...]

March 27, 2007   Posted in: Aparthied, dalit  No Comments

Corporal Punishment - Why is it needed at all?

I have always wondered why is it necessary to award corporal punishment to school kids? So far I haven’t found an answer. This particular incident once again got me thinking.

Ujjwala Andrews, a teacher in city’s Vinay High School, will serve one year of simple imprisonment for causing the grievous injury to Munir Patel 11 years [...]

March 22, 2007   Posted in: corporal punishment, school violence  20 Comments

What a weekend!!!

This has to be one of the most eventful weekend. It started with the snow and wintry mix weather on Friday and I decided to drive from New Jersey to Virginia. It was a brave (and stupid) effort to drive in that weather. Driving at 30 miles an hour it took me around 7 hours [...]

March 19, 2007   Posted in: blogging  No Comments

Nandigram - Shameful!

The recent events in Nandigram makes me hang my head in shame. I had seen scenes like this only in the freedom struggle movies but what I saw on TV was shocking to say the least. There was an open war between the farmers at Nandigram and the police. The police and the farmers were [...]

March 15, 2007   Posted in: Nandigram, SEZ  One Comment

Why Does The Govt. Always Fail To Pay Proper Compensation?

The Government Of India has a history of paying inadequate compensations to the residents if the land is to be acquired for development purposes. I wonder why? Is it because the govt doesn’t value people’s property? Or it because it doesn’t value people at all? In every case there is a lot involved and in [...]

March 13, 2007   Posted in: Government, India  3 Comments

God Goes To Court!

Recently an Avatar of Vishnu appeared in court and asked to be declared as god. But the courts turned him away.
“I am the supreme lord and the god of all religions. I am Jesus Christ, Lord Ram, Lord Krishna and even Gautam Buddha. Earlier, I was born as Alexander the great,” Dharmendra Mishra told [...]

March 10, 2007   Posted in: God, Weird  2 Comments