So what was all that talk about teaching IITians "social science"/"liberal arts"

Ivy League professor threatens to sue her students, claims violation of civil rights by their hostile and "anti-intellectual" behaviour (which was questioning her theories and arguing with her).

Should women wear burqa.

Answer is yes. (via)

Iron Man

I left the theater when the credits started rolling missing Samuel. L. Jackson as a result, which is a shame, as I am unabashedly Jacksonian.

That aside I don't what to say about movie, not havin read Iron man, I was not connected to the franchise, that way movie does a commendable job of introducing protagonist Tony Stark and following development of his alter ego.

Robert Downey Jr fits the role to T. His flamboyance and swagger reminds you of Captain Jack Sparrow. Actions sequences are flawlessly and never fail to induce thrill and rush.

Having said that, I didn't find the story engaging, there was a lack of coherence possibly due to introduction of political angle in form of military industrial complex, further in attempting to explain the back story the pace gets bogged down, which was a major distraction.

I must confess here, I am not a big fan of superhero genre, the only movies I genuinely liked being Spider-Man, and Batman . I was bored to death by X Men franchise, Fantastic Four etc, though I felt that Superman Returns and (surprisingly) Hellboy were passably good

That pretentious bitch

Cerebral actress Nandita Das speaks about her latest film, “It is a small way of dispelling the myth and perception that Pakistan is our enemy. There is this whole idea tha t Pakistan is another country, but I don’t feel like an Indian living in Pakistan. In fact, to do a film in Malayalam and Tamil is in some ways more difficult than doing one in Pakistan.”

Speaking of which what exactly goat lover finds attractive in her. Now, I can understand if people are fascinate by superficiality and narcissism of pretend intellectuals, but, by God, she is so mind numbingly whining.

"The bikini scene celebrated Kareena's edginess"

Well whatever.

These Brits are way crazy

British planners feared tea shortage after nuclear attack. (via)

The party rule

You have got to be kidding me.

I know it may sound hysterical, but tyranny that results from error of judgment of masses is most dangerous because it is dismissed as will of masses until it is too entrenched in the body politic.