What the hell were they thinking????

15-yr-old surgeon's parents detained, face probe via CNNIBN

Dr Murugesan and his wife Dr Gandhimathy were taken into custody and detained at the Valanadu police station, police sources said. Police questioned Dr Murugesan and his wife, the parents of the 15-year-old boy who allegedly performed a caesarian on a woman at Mannaparai in Trichy, Tamil Nadu.

The Caesarian was done three-months ago allegedly by 15-year-old Dhileepan who is a class ten student to create a world record. Murugesan now denies that he allowed his son perform the C-section operation. Reportedly, the CD of the surgery was shown at an Indian Medical Association meeting.

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On Thursday, the team interrogated the boy, Dhileepan, and his doctor parents for nearly eight hours. However, the case remained on a shaky ground with the crucial video evidence having reportedly been destroyed.

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Qoutes

Be fair with others, but then keep after them until they're fair with you.
-- Alan Alda

Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won't come in.
-- Alan Alda

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Thought

Some things you never thought would happen with you... but they do
Some feelings you never thought would develop in you... but they do
Some decisions you never thought would shake you... but they do

How your ideals get shaken when reality hits?
Where you find the way to continue when your strength is taken from you?

After all life was never fair for us and it will never be...
but we still have to fight it out and be what we want to be.

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Quotes

There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.
-- Unknown

If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.
-- Catherine Aird

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This is my wish for you:

Comfort on difficult days,

smiles when sadness intrudes,

rainbows to follow the clouds,

laughter to kiss your lips,

sunsets to warm your heart,

hugs when spirits sag,

beauty for your eyes to see,

friendships to brighten your being,

faith so that you can believe,

confidence for when you doubt,

courage to know yourself,

patience to accept the truth,

Love to complete your life.

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Thought

There is time for everything...
And there is no time for anything...

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Is this what the police is for

Cop asks Rs 20K for rape complaint from IBN Live

Why the do they join the police force... no body compells them to? Pathetic.

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nothing could be worse

No CBI in Nithari yet; UP, Centre begin blame game from IBN Live

This is the state of the gov. in UP. I think along with the two accused mulayam should be hung. I can't imagine why the hell is it taking so long to get justice in this case. For once I wish kill these people without any trial... they don't deserver to live.

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US strikes again...

UN Secy. Gen. worried over US air strikes in Somalia from The Hindu

Just because it is the most powerful nation does it have the right to kill people that do not belong to its country??? Is it the beginning of WWIII???

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What do I say... read it urself and decide

Wanting Babies Like Themselves, Some Parents Choose Genetic Defects from NYTimes

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UN permanent seat... British support

UN seat: Britain backs India's claim from The Hindu

The British Foreign Secretary, who is just back from India after a six-day visit, said "one of the strongest impressions I took away from my trip to India was one of a country that is today an absolutely indispensable strategic partner for Britain.

"And equally, I sensed a country that was willing to engage in real debate on the global agenda."

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Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.
-- Bernard Baruch

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Finally....

Jail for Imrana's father-in-law from The Hindu

MUZAFFARNAGAR: A local court on Thursday convicted 70-year-old Ali Mohammed of raping his daughter-in-law Imrana and sentenced him to 10-year imprisonment. After the June 6, 2005 incident, a Muslim panchayat directed Imrana to treat her husband as a son, sparking a nationwide furore.

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I completely agree...

Skills Gap Hurts Technology Boom in India from NYTimes

India still produces plenty of engineers, nearly 400,000 a year at last count. But their competence has become the issue.

A study commissioned by a trade group, the National Association of Software and Service Companies, or Nasscom, found only one in four engineering graduates to be employable. The rest were deficient in the required technical skills, fluency in English or ability to work in a team or deliver basic oral presentations.

The skills gap reflects the narrow availability of high-quality college education in India and the galloping pace of the country’s service-driven economy, which is growing faster than nearly all but China’s. The software and service companies provide technology services to foreign companies, many of them based in the United States. Software exports alone expanded by 33 percent in the last year.

The university systems of few countries would be able to keep up with such demand, and India is certainly having trouble. The best and most selective universities generate too few graduates, and new private colleges are producing graduates of uneven quality.

As I was educated outside India plenty a times I was subject to the criticism that my education was not good enough. But over a period of time I have realized that maybe primary and middle school education in India might be good but after that very few institutes are there in India that provide even reasonal education. I have seen fellow students and collegues (educated in india) struggle with what should be easy. But I won't just blame the education system here... each individual is to be blamed. Cause all that we worry about is getting the marks and not actually learning what we are doing. Maybe with time this mind set will change among the Indians

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(Diwali)Thought

Reminds me of the song Pal Pal hai bhari form Swadesh. Why do we celebrate these festivals??? It does not to have the same value... Seems to be just another holiday no one thinks about them. Some just do the rituals and others don't that is the only difference. Those days are gone when the every festival stood for a trait that was to be learned, a virtue to be added in once life. Now it is just something to show... But show what? That we are Hindus? Does lighting a few diyas or chanting few lines of sholaks actually makes us Hindu? Or just a good enf reason to buy new clothes? chillax at home?

I wonder does virtue actually has any value in life? If not why not? There is a trend in Hinduism in India that I am seeing these days... There no information, only misinformation. Too many (wrong)things are being done in the name of religion. I use to think that it is a problem faced more by other religion(recently) but now it seems to be fast spreading again in Hinduism.

But none the less I will enjoy my diwali to the fullest and hope u all do the same. Will continue on this thought later.

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