Confession

(Previous confessions [1], [2])

Dear readers,

It is terrible, but I have to confess. You may remember the days when WWF (now WWE) used to be popular among kids. That is excluding myself. I hated it, and what I hated even more was those stupid trading cards and students trading them. So, driven by pique, I started informing the teachers, resulting in confiscation and punishment of students, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I was a snitch. I am sorry.

QOTD

I met Max Mosley at a party many years ago. Can't recall how the evening ended, but, if it had been on a table being flayed by an SS dominatrix, I'm sure I'd remember.*

Once again Mark Steyn

Why world needs p0rn

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Now that is rich, Part 2

Barabanki district authorities issued a notice to the Amitabh Bachchan accusing him of undervaluing the stamp duty on a plot of land he bought in the area.*

The ADM (Finance) said that the cost of the land was Rs 843,639 but it was shown as Rs 6,000 less and accordingly the actor paid Rs 695 less in stamp duty

So people now you know how Mayawati got the reputation for being tough. Reality is, she is vindictive as hell. Sadly this form of political vendetta is almost the norm, and not the exception in Gangetic belt. The place where I hail from, is the civilizational wasteland. It's a shame, really.

A pernicious equivalence (Updated)

Update at end of post

I must admit that there is something I find deeply troubling about Sarabjit affair.

The minor one is of course the propensity of BJP to turn anything and everything into an opportunity to bait our PM. Now I am hardly a fan of Manmohan Singh, but this kind of juvenile, knee jerk behaviour hardly behooves a party which leads a nationalist movement. Sadly this is something which the Delhi Darbar which holds the sway in BJP doesn't wish to acknowledge.

But the more troubling aspect is communal equivalence between Sarabjit and Afzal Guru. Now Afzal Guru has been found guilty after due process of law, and unwillingness of UPA government to carry out sentence to appease Muslim vote bank is shameful, to say the least.

However the demand that Afzal be hanged in lieu of Sarabjit is astonishing to say the least. I can understand the need of retribution, but in normal order of things law and legal process must be strictly adhered to unless the thirst for revenge wreak disorder and anarchy in the society.
Further I am discomfited by the notion that Afzal must be hanged, not because he is a criminal but because he is a Muslim and therefore by extension a Pakistani. Needless to say this kind of thinking process which associates even Indian Muslims with Pakistan (and a variant of which is observed in the argument that better relation between India and Pakistan will translate into Hindu-Muslim harmony in India), only worsens the situation.

As I have pointed out earlier that the only way that India can remain united forget aspire to become a superpower is if Indian Muslims are persuaded to discard the transnational identity of Ummah. This ill informed demand does the opposite, by its presupposition it only strengthens this allegiance, of more concern it ensures that Pakistan gets to act as a representative of Indian Muslims in what is an internal matter of India.

Update. As Frogji points out, this may be a case of rumour mongering.

Bravo Bhutia

Bhutia to skip Olympic torch relay. He has more guts than feckless UPA government.

What is my problem

With womynism. Two words. Vagina Monologues.

PS. I may have mentioned this earlier.

PPS. What I loathe even more is Indian males who cheer this crowd. Seriously being honorary womynist is passe.