Expressions - Bhagwad Jal Park
My thoughts, haikus and freelance musings
Supreme Court hearing on Article 377 scheduled for 30th September 2009. The primary petitioner is called “Bhim Singh” who seems personally upset by the Delhi HCs decriminalization of homosexuality. Read on for more details…
India’s Unique Identity Number is all set to ride on the country’s large cell phone database which has around 500 million subscribes. It’ll be a challenge to collect the subscriber’s biometric data and prevent duplicates. But most importantly, will it be misused by the government to create a police state as has happened in so many other countries?
I really wish the media would take the trouble to keep us posted of important court cases when they’re scheduled for a hearing. We were all waiting for the SC to arbitrate Article 377 on the 14th of September 2009 and when the date arrives, no report in the media to keep us informed of … Read more
There’s some good news and some bad news for those who feel that the Unique Identity number for Indians will be an invasion of their privacy. First the good news. It turns out that the ID will be linked to only four pieces of information namely: Name Address Date of Birth Fingerprints This means that … Read more
Update (November 28th 2009): Now that Mininova has been forced to lose most of its torrents, I’ve removed it from the list. It will be sorely missed and we all mourn its demise Update (July 16th 2009): I’ve updated the command for the new Ubiquity 0.5 Parser (Version 2) Having implemented a Ubiquity command to … Read more
There is a certain attitude amongst middle class society in India, that I would like to share, having come under it’s unappetizing effects rather recently. The other day, my significant other (Don’t know what else to call her – I never liked to tag her as my wife), informed me, that in the ET Awards … Read more
I’ve developed an online system for the firm I work for. It’s an online reporting system. It sucks up all the marketing activities from the executives, and feeds it into a MySql database in Canada. I’ve developed it in ASP which I learned for the purpose. I’m very proud of it, and look at it … Read more
Modern day living has given rise to a new sort of entertainment which is unique, to my mind, in the history of mankind. The resources of television and the silver screen, commercial novels and shopping malls make it possible. To understand this, I must first make clear the difference between pleasure and joy. Pleasure can … Read more
This isn’t a topic I spend sleepless nights over. However, since the West seems to be particularly interested in it, I’m going to have my say. For me the issue is a no brainer. Abortion is ethical. And for the following good reasons. First. Let’s open up a different view of looking at a foetus. … Read more
There are two ways of looking at the world. One view is where everything is scarce. The other, where there is enough for everyone. In the scarce view, all resources have to be fought for, and fighting for these resources becomes the main focal point of a person having this view. He will go on … Read more