And I thought that this will stop after the last announcment by the Shia board

Jamaat threatens Sania, security beefed up from IE

" Indian tennis sensation Sania Mirza will receive extra security after an Islamic group opposed to her on-court dress threatened to stop her from playing in next week's WTA event, police said on Friday.
Muslim clergymen have denounced the 18-year-old player for wearing skimpy skirts and colourful sleeveless tops on court, which they say are un-Islamic. "

First I did not believe it... but I cross checked

Musharraf rape remarks irk many from IE

""It (rape) is happening everywhere. You must understand the environment in Pakistan. This has become a moneymaking concern. A lot of people say if you want to go abroad and get a visa for Canada or citizenship and be a millionaire, get yourself raped," he said."

Musharraf: No Challenge From Bush On Reversal from Washington Post

"Musharraf said that Mai was free to travel now -- though she has never left Pakistan -- and that he had no regrets about how he handled the incident. He said Mai had come under the sway of organizations determined to harm Pakistan's image and he did not think Pakistan "should be singled out when the curse is everywhere in the world." He noted he had seen reports or figures about rape in the United States, Canada, France and Britain showing that "it is happening everywhere."
"You must understand the environment in Pakistan," Musharraf added. "This has become a moneymaking concern. A lot of people say if you want to go abroad and get a visa for Canada or citizenship and be a millionaire, get yourself raped.""

This is his opinion on the women of his country???? Is this his reason for not giving cases, of likes of Mukhtar Mai, importance????? And Mr. Musharraf you are forgetting that some of these cases were against the the law makers of your country or were ordered by the law makers of your country. It is not a image problem, it is a real problem.

Backlash in Pakistan over the comment
Outrage at Musharraf rape remarks from BBC

I wonder if there is hope still?

wasn't IIT entrance tough enf?

A little ray of hope against hope for IIT aspirants from The Hindu

"While the first is the rule that the students can take the test only twice, the second relates to the one that bars students from appearing for JEE once they have taken admission to any of the IITs."

There is also an addisional rule that student with only 60% above in there XII can appear in the entrance exams.

What sort of justice is this???!!!!

Gohana burning from The Pioneer

"In one of the worst ever instances of a pogrom in Haryana, upper caste Jat villagers in the small industrial town of Gohana burnt down 54 homes belonging to Balmiki Dalits on August 31. Though no one was hurt, the 2,000 Dalit families living in Balmiki Basti fled immediately, fearing for their lives. According to reports, the damage was done by a mob of about a 1,000 carrying lathis, sambals and petrol cans.
The following Thursday morning smoke continued to spiral out of what was left of the homes. Littered in the midst of the debris were water coolers, televisions and refrigerators. The burning of the Dalit homes was traced back to the murder of a Jat financier called Baljit. The murder took place on August 27. One of the men accused of the murder, Lara, belonged to the Balmiki Dalit community. After the murder, a mahapanchayat of 52 nearby villages was held on the last two days of August, demanding that the men accused of the murder be arrested.
As the mahapanchayat was still underway, a rumour spread that Lara's name had been deleted from the FIR. A mob collected and marched on the Dalit homes, setting them on fire. "
...
"Hooda blamed the Opposition for having instigated the incident in view of the Rohtak Lok Sabha by-election to be held on September 23. Later in the evening, a Left parties delegation led by CPI(M) MP Brinda Karat visited the area, condemning the burning of Dalit homes."

quote

"It takes a minute to have a crush
an hour to like someone
and a day to love someone
but it takes a lifetime to forget someone"

Best coffee in town

Best Coffee 2005

Need to visit some of the places :)

quotes

Work like you don't need the money.
Love like you've never been hurt.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Learn as if you'll live forever,
Live as if you'll die tomorrow.

Great minds discuss ideas;
Average minds discuss events;
Small mind discuss people.

Cricket Crazy Country (no not India but England this time)

London crowds mob England's cricketing titans from IE

Did not think that this kind of celebration would take place place in any other cricket loving nation other than India. I think the joy of the English people is at par if not more than the elation that we (Indias) displayed when India had the winning streak in Pakistan or the last world cup. Finally, it seems that cricket is the British game.

This is from an article on cricinfo -
"And any chance to further rub the Australian noses in it is also not being passed up. "Buy your England car stickers here," proclaimed one souvenir seller, "then drive around the Australian embassy all day.""

and there are a lot of articles there to be read.

Tu Jahan

khoya hai sab kuch ya kudh ko paya hai.

(line from the song from Salam Nameste. very good movie)

hmmmm... lets see

Sharia law move quashed in Canada from BBC

"Mr McGuinty said he would introduce "as soon as possible" a law banning all religious arbitration in the province.
Ontario has allowed Catholic and Jewish faith-based tribunals to resolve family disputes on a voluntary basis since 1991.
Mr McGuinty, who had been studying Ms Boyd's report since last December, said he was concerned religious family courts could "threaten our common ground".
He told the Canadian Press news agency: "There will be no Sharia law in Ontario. There will be no religious arbitration in Ontario. There will be one law for all Ontarians." "

quote

If you can't ignore an insult, top it;
if you can't top it, laugh it off;
and if you can't laugh it off, it's probably deserved.
-- Unknown Author

(don't know how much truth is there in this one... )

Ashes back home!

England finally won the Ashes after 16 years. I never thought that this day will come. Revival of English cricket....

When will the revival of Indian cricket be?

I am glad to read this

Fatwa on Sania dress uncalled for: Shia Board from The Hindu

"Athar said it was regrettable that the clerics issued the fatwa against Sania who did the community and the country proud by becoming the first Indian to reach pre-quarterfinals of the US Open."

I would to hear more of this.

Segregated

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4230614.stm from BBC

"A 43-year-old Indian woman has been rescued after being locked up by her family in a single room for more than a quarter of a century.
Her family members in the eastern Indian state of Orissa said she was mentally ill and had to be kept apart because of her "wild behaviour".
Annapurna Sahu was confined in an abandoned outhouse - only a few feet high and without proper flooring.
The family said she was not mistreated and was given food and water regularly. "

Have they totally lost it!!!!!!!!

Sania Mirza faces 'fatwa' from financial express

""Veil can be dropped on certain occasions but not the way the girl is going about and playing in all those countries," the scholar told a private news channel on Wednesday."

Should Sania play in salwar kameez? from HT