Pass marks for Maharashtra SSC Board used to be 35%. This year they were brought down to 29%. In maths paper questions of 30 marks were out of syllabus and all students were given grace marks and passed in maths. It seems people responsible for decreasing the pass marks percentage to 29% and put out…
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Marriage is between a man and a woman
Marriage is between a man and a woman. It is not between a man and a man, a woman and a woman, a woman and an animal or tree or sword or portrait. Homosexuality is a perversion. Lesbianism is not alternative sexuality. Homosexuality can not be decriminalized on the ground that consenting adults to it….
Blunders of the world
here have been several lists of Seven Wonders of the World. A private organization after phone, SMS and E-Mail poll recently came up with a list of Seven New Wonders of the World. I want to present a list of the blunders of the world. The list will not be restricted to seven. I begin…
Tridentine rite mass
Pope Benedict XVI has allowed the general celebration of the Tridentine rite mass by his Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum on 7/7/2007. With effect from 14/9/2007 Tridentine rite mass can be celebrated by priests without permission from the bishop. The 1962 missal can be used. Since 1970 the missal promulgated by Pope Paul VI has been…
Presidential election
Presidential election 2007 has turned nasty. Pratibha Patil’s record during emergency was dug up. Her comments about purdah created a controversy. Her role in the bankruptcy of a bank of which she was a founder and director, allegations of her brother being a murderer, her husband causing the suicide of a man, misuse of MPLADS…
Sunday sermons
One person wrote an article in Examiner criticizing the length of Sunday sermons. He found the sermons long and boring. Times and India and DNA reported about this article. From these reports I understand the writer has some views. 1) Sermon should not be more than seven minutes. The writer bases this argument on some…
Euthanasia is wrong
There is no right to die. Some people want right to die for those people who think they can not live a life of dignity. Some people want people who suffer for a long time to have the right to choose between life and death. Dignity is subjective. It cannot be a ground to end…
Woman President is Rashtrapati
Some say pati means husband and therefore woman president of India should be called rashtrapatni in Hindi. Little knowledge is dangerous. Pati has several meanings. It means hushand, owner or lord. There are words like bhupati, ashwapati, gajapati and prajapati. They do not mean husband of land, horses, elephants and people. Here the meaning is…
Pratibha Patil
When I wrote about Shivraj Patil I did not expect the situation to change in the next 24 hours. Much less did I expect Pratibha Patil to be the UPA candidate for President. Pratibha Patil was not in the picture. Left Front did not go along with UPA. They said no to Shivraj Patil and…
Shivraj Patil
It seems Shivraj Patil will soon be the candidate of UPA for Presidential Election. Mayawati will support UPA candidate. Left Front is likely to go along after expressing its reservations. Bal Thackeray has declared that Shiv Sena will support Shivraj Patil because he is a Marathi Manoos. Jayalalitha has declared that Third Front will not…