It is bad that a committee of UN General Assembly voted in favour of a resolution for suspension of death penalty worldwide: 99 countries voted in favour of the resolution, 52 against and 33 abstained. European countries, mainly Italy, led the charge against death penalty. Murders take place all over Europe. Mafia is active in…
Category: World
Thoughts on 7/10/2007
Marion Jones won five medals, three of them gold, in Sydney Olympics 2000. At that time she was tested and drugs were not detected. On 5/10/2007 she admitted to taking performance enhancing drugs. Many take drugs. Some get caught soon. Others are not caught. Some win medals and keep them. Some are exposed later. At…
Population solution
Many countries in the world want to increase their population. They are taking various steps to have more children. Australia, Japan, Singapore, S. Korea, Russia and countries of Europe want more children. In Australia for every child born the mother gets 4,000 dollars. India should learn from these countries and stop promoting family planning. Ministry…
Thoughts on 28/9/2007
Pedro Zapeta I came across this news item on CNN. Pedro Zapeta was an illegal immigrant working in USA. He worked as a dishwasher for11 years and saved money. Two years back he wanted to return to Guatemala. He wanted to buy some land and build a house for his mother and sisters. When boarding…
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…
The end of Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein was hanged at around 6.00 a.m. (8.30 a.m. IST) on 30/12/2006. He was sentenced to death for killing of 148 people in Dujail in 1982 by lower court on 5/11/2006, two days before American elections. He filed an appeal. His appeal was rejected on 26/12/2006 and he was to be hanged by 25/1/2007. He was hanged within four days, on Id-ul-Adha.
Thoughts on 24/11/2006
Christianity and Islam do not have caste system. Christians and Muslims who practise caste system go against their religions. In Christianity all are children of God. In Islam all are slaves of God. India should not interfere in Sri Lanka. LTTE wants independent Tamil Eelam. Sri Lanka is opposed to it. No compromise is possible….
Thoughts on 8/9/2006
Events in Jharkhand show once again why we need Presidential System. An independent member becoming the Chief Minister is a joke. Haj subsidy should go and Muslims should be free to go on Haj by any airline. Air India’s air fare for Haj was Rs.32,000/- and pilgrims were required to pay Rs.12,000/-. Every pilgrim got…
Tuesday the 11th terrorists strike
On 11/9/2001 terrorists hijacked four aeroplanes in USA. Three were used as missiles. One crashed. Around 3000 people died. It was Tuesday. On 11/3/2004 there were blasts in trains in Madrid. Around 200 people died. It was Tuesday. On 11/7/2006 there were blasts in trains in Bombay. Around 200 people died. As per Indian Express…