India is a country of people belonging to many religions. All the major religions have their religious holidays. Sometimes these holidays come together and combined with Saturdays and Sundays they stretch to three or more days. India should have only two public holidays Republic Day and Independence Day. Government employees have too many holidays. Those…
Category: India
Rape
National Council for Women (NCW) has recommended the replace the word “rape” with sexual assault in various sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC). Women activists said the word “rape” was derogatory to women. Two of their recommendations are as follows: 1) The definition of rape should be widened and not be restricted to vaginal penetration….
Death penalty II
Wrong is wrong even if said by a Chief Justice. Justice Brennan of Supreme Court of USA was wrong when in 1981 he said “I believe that a majority of the Supreme Court will one day accept that when the State punishes with death, it denies the humanity and dignity of the victim.” Let us…
Death penalty
President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam‘s actions have reopened the debate about death penalty. Very often a vociferous minority dominates a silent majority. This should not be allowed to happen. Punishment should be proportionate to crime and death penalty is suitable punishment for murder, attempted murder, character assassination and acid throwing. Abolitionists put forward following…
Names and Surnmames – VI
Surnames A. Bengali 1) Banerjee (Bandopadhyaya) 2) Chatterjee (Chattopadhyaya) 3) Ganguly (Gangopadhyaya) 4) Mukherjee (Mukhyopadhyaya) 5) Basu 6) Mazumdar 7) Das 8) Bhattacharya 9) Chakraborty 10) Dutt B. Sindhi 1) Keswani 2) Lalwani 3) Vaswani 4) Tejwani 5) Khubchandani 6) Mulchandani 7) Bajaj 8) Bhutto 9) Zardari 10) Jethmalani
Thoughts on 10/10/2005
(The series Names and Surnames is skipped this week.) Supreme Court has held the dissolution of Bihar Assembly as unconstitutional and yet has not ordered the restoration of the Assembly. It should have ordered the restoration. Even now it can do so. Election process for Bihar Assembly is going on but no polling has taken…
Names and Surnames – IV
The surname Young got repeated in the second list. I regret the error. Third list Male Names 1)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Eric 2)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Harold 3)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â James 4)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Kenneth 5)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Neville 6)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Roger 7)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Valerian Female names 1)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Adela 2)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Amy 3)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Agatha 4)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Karen Surnames 1)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Atherton 2)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Ashe 3)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Bond 4)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Boon 5)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Brown 6)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Bligh 7)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â …
Names and Surnames – III
Surnames derived by adding s or son to names are not included in the list e.g., Roberts, Robertson. Second List Male Names 1) Adolf 2) Arthur 3) Albert 4) Alfred 5) Bruce 6) Bernard 7) Benedict 8) Charles 9) David 10) Edmund 11) Frederick 12) Joseph 13) Patrick 14) Ronald 15) Raymond 16) Titus 17)…
Names and Surnames – II
First list Male Names 1)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Augustine 2)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Bonaventure 3)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Christopher 4)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Denis 5)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Edward 6)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Francis 7)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Gregory 8)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Joaquim 9)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Kevin 10)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Lancelot 11)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Maxim 12)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Peter 13)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Robert 14)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Stephen 15)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Vincent 16)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Walter Female Names 1)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Agnes 2)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Blesilla 3)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Clara 4)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Diana 5)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Flavia 6)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Grace 7)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Hilda 8)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Ivy 9)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â …
Elections, judges etc.
Elections in India should be held on a single day. Bihar elections are held in four phases. First polling is on 18/10/2005 and last polling is on 19/11/2005. Paramilitary forces could have been used for maintenance of law and order. Election Commissioners want to extend their importance and do unjustified things. Reasons given for such…