MS dhoni retires from TEST cricket

Like his wont, he remained "not out" until the end.

And like his wont, he announced like his last over, last ball six, in the end.

MS Dhoni retires from Test cricket, in his own style

Hats off!

Bombay high court- breach of promise to marry is not rape

MUMBAI: In one of the most significant verdicts delivered in 2014, the Bombay high court has ruled that every breach of promise to marry is not rape and premarital sex between couples is no longer shocking in India's big cities. This comes as a ray of hope as our judicial system seems to be acknowledging and adapting with the changing dynamics of relationships in our society.

The observations came earlier this year during the hearing of an anticipatory bail application filed by a Nashik resident, Rahul Patil, who was booked on charges of cheating and rape following a complaint filed by his former girlfriend Seema Deshmukh.

>PRE-MARITAL SEX NOT SHOCKING ANYMORE
"Nowadays keeping (a) sexual relationship while having an affair or before marriage is not shocking as it was earlier. A couple may decide to experience sex. Today especially in metros like Mumbai and Pune, society is becoming more and more permissive," said Justice Mridula Bhatkar, adding, "Though unlike western countries, we have social taboo... the court cannot be oblivious to a fact of changing behavioural norms and patterns between man and woman relationship in society."

>THE LADIES' EQUAL RIGHTS
"Today the law acknowledges live-in relationship(s). The law also acknowledges a woman's right to have sex, a woman's right to be a mother or a woman's right to say no to motherhood. Thus, having sexual relationship with a man whether is her conscious decision or not is to be tested independently depending on the facts and circumstances... and no straightjacket formula or any kind of labelling can be adopted," the judge said.

>OF COMPATIBILITY AND FEELINGS
"A couple in love may be having sexual relationship and realize they are not compatible, and sometimes love between the parties is lost and their relationship dries gradually, then earlier physical contacts cannot be said as rape. A marriage cannot be imposed," said the judge.

(Names of the couple have been changed to protect identity)

Are Women Really Safe at Home?

Are women even safe in their home? What happens when savior becomes monster?

The shocking figures submitted by the police to the Delhi High court have revealed that of the 1,704 of registered rape cases in the capital in the 1st 10 months of this year, 215 were instances of incestuous rape. More disturbingly, in 43 of these cases it was the father who committed the crime and in 27 cases it was the brother”.

The news that is flashed above brings a different face of the society.
It's true that girls are unsafe on streets in our country and this as well, that there are no solid measures to protect them. But what would one do when this heinous and inhuman crime is committed by the so called “First Superman” of her life - her Father or by her
“First best friend” - her Brother? The thought itself runs the
shivers down the spine. It is impossible to even think of this
situation occurring in a girl's life, where her Superheroes not only
rape her but also kill the faith, trust and love that exist in one of
the most beautiful and sacred relationships on the earth. In a
country, where it is believed that daughters are close to their
father and is even quoted, that “Daughters are father's pride and
mother's grace”, how would a girl feel when her Savior becomes the
biggest monster of her life? How inhuman and insensitive those
fathers would have been who committed this sin with their own blood?

Every girl child is taught since her childhood to maintain a distance from males and to ensure her own safety. But who will ensure their safety from these monsters at homes? The numbers
that are discussed here are only reported incidences in Delhi.
What about such reported/unreported cases in the entire nation? The
figure might be shocking. The same report says that most of the
accused were either illiterate or school dropouts. Does this mean
that, the lack of education or illiteracy is the reason behind such
awful acts? Well, here is a logical opinion towards this. First of
all, there is a huge difference in being educated and being a
literate. Illiteracy can not lead to this crime but yes being uneducated can and it cannot be taught in schools or colleges. India is one country which experiences two completely different behaviour
towards girls. One, in which they are worshiped as goddess and the other, in which they are physically, mentally and sexually abused. Both of these behaviour are prevalent in all the sections of the society, educated or illiterate and rich or poor. Therefore, it is irrelevant to put the blame on lack of education.

It is unfortunate that sexual violence against women is deep rooted in our society in a way that it is perceived as part and parcel of being
a woman but there has to be an end to it. The girls are taught since
childhood to stay away from strangers. Although in a few cases
families have come a step forward and have started teaching their
daughters to be more aware of their surroundings even if they include close relatives, but the time has come when mothers have to play an anchoring role in empowering their daughters. They need to be taught that the molester or a rapist could be anybody, a stranger, a known friend/relative or even her father or brother in cases like these.

Every child, irrespective of the gender should raise their voice against any kind of molestation or abuse at the very beginning, irrespective of how close the abuser is to the family. They need to overcome the fear of rejection. Parents need to believe their child, support them and re-establish their safety. And most importantly, make sure to let your children know that they were right to discuss it and you are glad they came to you.

bangaluru blast

BANGALORE: Two persons were injured in a blast on Church Street, the heart of Bangalore's commercial area, on Sunday evening.

The blast took place outside the popular Coconut Grove restaurant, on Church Street off MG Road, just after 8.30 pm.

The police said it was a low-intensity blast from an Improvised Explosive Device, which was filled with shrapnel. The bomb had apparently been placed in a drain on the roadside. A forensics team has been rushed to the spot.

One of the victims is an elderly woman who has been seriously injured. The other person, a man, has suffered minor injuries. Both have been shifted to a local hospital.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SALMAN KHAN

Doesn’t really give long moral gyaans,
Isn’t a self-styled samaj-sudharak
Doesn’t own IPL teams
Doesn’t claim to be the best actor ever
Doesn’t wear religion on his sleeve
Doesn’t play victim card
Doesn’t give two hoots about the haters
Creates stars out of nobodies
And adopts orphans

Love him, hate him , call him a non-actor, thug, goon, paagal…the fact is Salman Khan is, was and will always be one of the most brightest stars of Bollywood.

And this comes from somebody who is not his fan

Bhai ko Happy waala Budday, agli film ki waise hi utaarenge jaise pichli filmo ki utari hai 

boy hurled a stone at Kejriwal

A boy hurled a stone at Kejriwal ji in a rally. Kejriwal ji did a Jesus Christ and forgave him. Kejriwal accused BJP of throwing stone at him and told the BJPWallahs that these stones, joote-chappal, ande-tamatar are not going to deter his spirit.

My reactions:

1. I am looking for the store which sells BJP brand stones, the ones that you can instantly recognize

2. With the kind of achook Nishanebaazi BJP is doing these days, I am 200% sure that a BJP nishanebaaz would have cracked Yugpurush jee’s takla thereby spilling his krantikaari cerebrum out. The Nishanebaaz must have been a Congressi or a fallen AAPi.

Prime minister Narendra Modi is the number one global leader

Prime minister Narendra Modi is the number one global leader when it comes to citizens approving the development strategy of their respective countries, says a study by Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.

Modi, with 87.8% approval for his policies, comfortably pipped US President Barack Obama who is ranked 20th with 44.8%. The report is based on a survey of citizens across 30 nations on 10 influential leaders having a global impact.

Prime Minister Modi, the people of India have reposed immense confidence in your administration. Please, do not let us down. Our wait for you to act on your speeches and promises, continues. We are here to cooperate with you and contribute towards nation building!

INDIA vs PAKISTAN

After reading my earlier note about the Pakistani woman, many
people have asked, 'do you really think India is a completely safe place'?

No. I don't. No place in the world is completely safe. But, the India that we live in today is a vibrant, pulsating land brimming with optimism. Yes, we have a bright future and we know it.

Whereas, every sensible Pakistani I have met in Dubai, believes that their country's future is bleak. Very bleak.

I have spoken to Pakistani taxi drivers, plumbers, carpenters, boutique owners, mothers, professionals..and all of them think their country is set to implode. Many of them would like to move back, but all of them know that they cannot. EVER!

Whereas, for Indians settled abroad, returning back home is an achievable dream.

India and Pakistan started on their journey at the same time. Look where we are, and where they are!

A few years ago, some American newspapers carried two headlines side by side, on the same page, on the same day. One of them said, an Indian American was appointed the dean of the Harvard Business School. The other headline said, a Pakistani American man was arrested for the attempted Times Square car bombing!

That for me is the MOST telling commentary on the respective journeys of India and Pakistan over the last 67 years!

‪#‎India‬, ‪#‎Pakistan‬, ‪#‎PeshawarAttack‬

IS PAKISTANI GOVT SERIOUS ABOUT TERRORISM ?

A court in Pakistan has granted bail to Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Zakiur Rahman Lakhvi, key accused of the ghastly Mumbai terror attacks facing trial in Pakistan. Lakhvi has been charged with planning, financing and executing the attacks in Mumbai that killed 166 people in November 2008.

The news has come as shocker for India which the other day strongly condemned the massacre of children at an Army school in Peshawar. People on this side of the border joined Pakistanis in mourning the dead with schoolchildren across the country observing a two-minute silence in solidarity with their neighbour.

India has said it "cannot accept" that top Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, accused of plotting the 26/11 terror attack on Mumbai in 2008, is being released on bail.

"It will serve as a reassurance to terrorists who indulge in heinous crimes. Let us not forget that the financing of the attack was done in Pakistan," said Syed Akbaruddin, spokesman in the ministry of external affairs.

A Pakistani government prosecutor said on Friday he will challenge a court order granting bail to the alleged mastermind of the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai.

26/11 Mumbai attack plotter Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi was detained on Friday a day after a Pakistan court granted him bail, said a report. He has been detained under Maintenance of Public Order (MPO).

terrorists with no religion

A few months ago, more than a hundred schoolgirls were abducted and forcibly converted to Islam by the ‪#‎BokoHaram‬. The world outraged for a few days, there were ‪#‎bringbackourgirls‬ tweets trending and everyone and their grandmother were shedding real or faux tears for the poor girls.

Many of those girls are probably raising little Mujahideens of their own right now. The world has ceased to care. Media has moved on to the next tragedy.

The IS did terrible, unspeakable things to the Yezdi women and children in Iraq. There were brutal beheadings, mass executions, terrible tales of torture. The world outraged for a few days. Again, all was forgotten, as the media looked around for a fresh batch of victims to shed crocodile tears over.

Today, the world is busy outraging over the ‪#‎PeshawarAttacks‬. A few days from now, these children too would be forgotten. Their unmarked graves would languish in anonymity. Only their parents will live the rest of their lives with a wound in their hearts that will never stop bleeding. Media will move on in search of the next big tragedy.

There will be another terror attack somewhere. Soon. Too soon.

Another 'human interest' story will hold the world's attention captive. The perpetrators would be the same, their hatred, their ideology, their intolerance, even their outfits would be the same. The victims will be different. One more thing will remain constant though, the declaration that 'Terrorists Have No Religion'!

And then the world will sleep. Again. Till the 'terrorists with no religion' strike. Again. And again. And again!

gyaan ganga for new age relationships

Okay, so gyaan ganga for new age relationships (read: apni bhadaas aap par nikaal raha hoon):

1. If you have to say 'Aur sunao' within ten minutes of a conversation, phone call or FB/WhatsApp chat, don't talk to me.

2. Premiyon/premikaon: 'kya khaya?', 'brush kiya?', 'maine aaj tiffin mein rajma rakha hai', 'jaldi so jana' are all upping your bad relationship karma. This is NOT what 'Beta tu jaldi se bada ho ja fir hum DHHER sari baat karenge' meant.

3. Please hang up if you have nothing to say except making me listen to how you're chopping onions/filling up an Excel/making PPTs/writing code.

4. Talking politics is cool. Admitting to not caring about politics is also okay, though not as cool. Being opinionated without knowing what you're talking about is as sexy as a wilting cabbage. With big, brown, writhing maggots.

5. NO YOU CANNOT CALL ME SHONA ON MY PUBLIC FACEBOOK WALL!

6. I don't booze. You do. Go ahead: not stopping you and not joining you, but definitely judging you. And your friend who has to throw up after three pegs.

7. 'Our special together time' does not mean me accompanying you shopping, or you joining me for a football match. It means we must find something that we both enjoy equally. Which of course means what we both detest equally, like gardening, or finger painting, or going to a flute recital. Yayyy - not.

8. My friends stink like a shaggy dog. Learn to put up with them. Yours laugh like a horse, and I have always been able to control my urge to offer them some grass. Know this: they go back wayyyyy farther than you, and though it doesn't seem that way, they do actually like you in an abstract, Sheldon-ish way. Academic, as it were.

9. Women can cry. So can men. It does not give anybody any leverage over the other. Don't use them as blackmail, and don't play psychological games: the day it backfires, you will end up with a pitifully black, soot-coated face.

10. HOW CAN YOU NOT LOVE DOGS!!!???!

Phew! Feels good to get this out of the system - got any more gems?

who think that the judiciary should be lenient Areeb Majeed

So, there are people out there - in this very country - who think that the judiciary should be lenient on Areeb Majeed and give him a chance to complete his engineering and forgive his mistake.

Not surprising at all, since we are also a nation where sympathizers of Ajmal Kasab, IM, Yasin Malik and similar such scum, portray the latter as victims of mainstream and any criticism is branded as an attack-on and/or phobia-of the minorities.

But pray tell me, why do we need to be soft on Areeb Majeed?

He came back because he did not get to KILL people and was considered inferior compared to his Arab masters, was made to clean toilets and of course provide "Roohani Ehsaas" as-and-when his "pure blooded" Arabian masters demanded.

None of the above reasons say that the change in heart was because he realized killing "infidels" (unbelievers/nonbelievers/apostates who deserve hell) was wrong.

Now, why do you want mercy for such a malevolent terrorist who is not capable of tolerating the existence of fellow humans, unless he has subjugated them, or killed them?

Disclosure of documents of Netaji's death mistry

Disclosure of documents contained in these files would prejudicially affect relations with foreign countries. As such, these files are exempted from disclosure under Section 8(1)(a) read with Section 8(2) of the Right to Information Act
~ PMO, in its reply to RTI activist Subhash Agrawal

Compare this statement with Rajnath Singh's tweet.

I understand that campaign promises and being in the government are different animals, but ‪#‎AgyaatAdmin‬ ye toh hadd darze ka U-turn mara hai aapne