The torture teacher.

We often talk about teachers being strict on students; to inculcate discipline or to make students excel and shine. But there have been incidents where the limits have been crossed and the teachers have gone overboard. I call them torture teachers or terror teachers or terrorist teachers. They might not at all be the majority, but some baddies spoil the name of the entire teacher's clout.

One such incident has happened in Delhi in one of the Municipal Corporation schools when a child was punished severely. On not doing her homework, Shanno Khan's head was banged over a bench and then asked to stand in sun for hours on before she became unconscious. Then she was shifted to a nearby hospital and kept under life support. But nothing could save her, as she succumbed to the corporal punishment.

I would consider it as a failure in the system. The government should provide counseling to teachers and parents on sensitivities involved and care to be taken while handling a child. The accused torture teacher should be treated as criminals by our legal system. It is the collective failure and thus collective responsibility of all of us belonging to the civilized society to ensure that incidents of such gravity should not happen. Only then this world would become a better place to live in for us and for our future (generations).

Sehwag - the sizzler !

That's true and when he starts, the opponent only wonders when the action is gonna end. He is the bowler's nightmare. He can be accused of inconsistencies but he has provided is with some moments to cherish with his tremendous shots. Well, if you are a bowler not from the Indian team, you would certainly not be happy with this. Here is a man who is a bowler's nightmare.

His stunning innings has led to India's historic victory over the New Zealanders in their own land. A win after 41 years is considered to be really a great moment for India. When such a batting is evident, even records are definitely destined to be broken. This was seen in Sehwag's ton in 60 balls which is the best knock ever by an Indian, thereby breaking the record of Mohammad Azharuddin with a 62 ball ton.

Hope this is carried on forever. India needs ro create many

The terrorising numbers

This is a shocking email I got recently. This might be in circulation, but still thought might be in the interest of the civilized society. Here it goes.

"Please take care.

If someone asks you to dial '#09' or '#90', please do not dial this when asked, please circulate urgently.

This is the new Trick of Jehadi Muslim Terrorists to Frame Innocent People!!

If you receive a phone call on your Mobile from any person saying that they are checking your mobile line, and you have to press #90 or #09 or any other number. End this call immediately without pressing any numbers. Friends there is a fraud company using a device that once you press #90 or #09 they can access your SIM card and make calls at your expense. Forward this message to as many friends as u can, to stop it.

This information has been confirmed by both Motorola and Nokia.

There are over 3 million affected mobile phones. You can check this news at CNN web site also."

Recovering Bapu's heritage.

Some of the most priced but yet priceless possessions of the father of Indian nation, Mahatma Gandhi are all set to come back to India. These are the glasses he wore, the plate he used to eat, a tumbler and his blood count report from Lady Irwin hospital, New Delhi.

The items were under hammer as they were put on auction in the wee hours of today. Even after much protests from India and all across the world and the last minute pull out attempt by collector James Otis, the auction went on. There was also a Delhi High court stay on the auction. So, Indian g9vernment could not participate directly in the auction. It claims to have worked in close cooperation with Vijay Mallya, a leading industrialist and owner of the United Breweries group here. His was the highest bid of $ 1.8 million or Rs.9 crore. This has saved India's legacy. There are speculations that these will give donated free of cost to the Indian government.

There is a short waiting time for these items, for 1 week for the auctioneers to see whether there are any other claimants for these before they could be handed over to India.

My views: Why does the Indian government on the first place ignore such objects of national importance? Now that the legacy has been retrieved, they should try to declare these as items of national prode and heritage. The government should also try to make a list of all similar items that could have been looted from India in the past and make efforts to recover them.

We as people should see Gandhijis vision and the mission he accomplished to achieve his vision. It is not only through our thoughts, but also care for all the movable and immovable properties related to this great man, can we really claim really that we are following his footsteps.

Jai Hind !

The cricket carnage.

Now, this is too much. It was the civilian population which was targeted by the terrorist attacks. Sportsmen were fired upon by unidentified masked men in an area that is supposed to be high security. The road leading to Gaddafi stadium was in utter commotion this morning when such an incident hapened with the ill-fated Sri Lankan cricket team. But they were lucky enough to escape without casualties.

The bus in which they were traveling wasn't a bullet-proofed one. With so much of security presence this could have been avoided. Why was the Pakistan team's cavalry not attacked? Why did thye Sri lannkan team at the first place go to Pakistan when they knew the situation there? With all these questions unanswered, I leave it for the viewers of this blog to decipher what would have hapened.

Democracy's D Day.

The poll dates for the 15th Lok sabha (lower house) elections are announced and we will have the elections in 5 phases between April 16th to May 13th this year. With this announcement, the moral code of conduct of the Election Commission of India will be in place. The ruling party cannot use government machinery for their election campaigns as this would give them the undue edge over opposition. The latter would not have access to such a facility.

With all this happening, political parties in India have started their alliance game. We are all set to witness the elections to be held in one of the largest democracies in the world.