Cheerleaders & Moral Policing

What are we actually debating about ? Is this the only Issue left in the country ? Ok I agree that many people doesn't like the idea of Cheerleader, then my humble request to all of them is please don't watch them, its as simple as that. I read a very good blog on the same by Amrita Triptahi. Read it here

Yesterday Bal Thakrey went to the extent of saying that the Cheerleaders are turning the cricket stadium into a "Dance Bar" Well Mr Thakrey I don't think so, probably you have gone to a number of such places in Mumbai that is why you are sounding so desperate after the dance bars closed that you are seeing them everywhere. Sometimes these Netas go to any extent, and you never know they are the ones who is enjoying seeing them in short skirts. But I personally doesnt see an issue with the attire as well. If people are okay with Kareena Kapoor wearing a Bikini in Tashan, Aishwarya Rai wearing a swimsuit in Miss world (who actually made India proud according to the then Prime Minister), then why do these people have an Issue with some group of girls wearing short skirt. Bal Thakrey is an exception, that old fellow anyways doesnt have any work, but what came as a shock to me is Mr Venkaiah Naidu standing outside the Parliament holding a Newspaper with Cheerleaders photograph and shouting out in the Media that this is indecent. Mr Naidu if you have forgotten your duties I want to remind you that as one of the leaders of opposition you are supposed to shout on much more meaningful debates and not this, but it seems the opposition is busy wasting the Tax Payer's money.

Neta: Please get involved in more constructive activities, at least prove that you are not doing a time pass in the parliament.

Calvin

SC Upholds OBC Quota....

A dark day, 10th of April 2008, today finally the Supreme Court of India upheld the Law which provides 27% quota to OBCs. So this ends the protests by innumerable Doctors and students in the country, this is an end to a lot of hopes, spoon feeding is never helps the needy. It is like paralyzing their next generation, because this reservation would run in the blood ?

Read Here

Till now the 27% Reservation was only given in the states, but this law would mandate this quota in premier institutions like IITs and IIMs. Atleast these were the two places where there was a fair competition

And by the way this is my 100th post on this blog!

Anyways sometime back Nitin wrote a good post on Reservations and "Affirmative Actions" so giving it here:

Is reservation right or wrong ? I think reservation or affirmative action is required to pull up categories who have been historically weak in their social standing. There can be several implementations of "Affirmative action". The present one of blanket quotas in education is the worst. I would list out the problems in the current policies and possible solutions

• Reservation percentages are too high. They are more than 50% in some states. The propose d 50% in central univs would be devastating for general category.
  
• Creamy layer. The current policy has created created a "creamy layer" withing SC/ST and OBC category. The children of beneficiaries, who have a good education and good financial status, still avail the quota. Creamy layer should be removed from the reservation since they already are at a higher social and financial standing.
  
• Reservation Benefits are allowed multiple times for a single person. A person shouldnt get benefit of quota in education, then higher education and then in job, and then again in promotions. A person should be given the benefit possibly once or twice in a lifetime. From then onwards he/she should prove himself/herself on pure merit.
  
• Not much emphasis of the government on education. India needs a hell lot of skilled people at all levels - technicians, engineers , doctors etc. Education oppurtunities are scarce, thats why reservation is such an issue. If we have enough education oppurtunities then reservation becomes a non issue. Some of the european countries actually have free education for all. We should strive for universal basic education along with more colleges at the higher education level.
• [UPDATED] No onus to remove the quotas. There is a deep concern that quotas once started would not be removed. They would remain forever. Quota percentages should decrease at a constant rate every year.

Ayeena

View Point No 1:

Kaun kahta hai ki humne faisala badal diya.....
yeh baat aur ki raasta badal diya
Bandishe to thi bahut
aur hum bhi shaatir kam naa the
Na surate badal sake to aaeena badal diya

View Point No 2:

Zindagi se Badi Saza hi Nahi,
Aur kya Jurm hai pata hi nahi,
Jad do Chaandi main Chahe sone main,
Aayeena Jhooth bolta hi nahi

Calvin Rocks.....

while coming to office....

- Observed today that the Times of India's initiative "Unlock Bangalore" is actually picking up. all the red lights were manned by Traffic police cops. But I really wonder are we aiming for this, or a better civic sense among Bangaloreans

- Missed RJ Vasanthi Hariprakash on the Radio City breakfast show, this new chap, who calls himself Mr Repairy, is irritating has a pathetic voice and is damn boring, so I have resorted to CDs in my car

- laughed over the pathetic sense of humor the Fever 104 FM RJs have...

- had apple in the car, thats my regular breakfast :-P

- Realized that the bikers ride pathetically, I nearly banged a rider who gave me a bad cut from the left and zoomed, they need to understand that I am anyways in the car, they will be the fellows on the receiving end.

Quote from Calvin:

I say, if your knees aren't green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life.

Song Today: O meri jaan
Film: Life in a metro...