News of the day…
India-origin doctor filmed patients with camera hidden in watch.
London: A dirty doctor who used a James Bond-style spy watch to secretly film intimae examination of women patients was warned he faces jail. GP Davinderjit Bains, 45, was found with more than 350 high-quality recordings of his unsuspecting victims made over three years.
(Me: Women, beware:. u really don't know who is who.. Indians seems to carry their baggage – casteism, ill-treating women/bahus, dirty tricks, honour killings, white collar crimes – where we go… How shameful!))
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Weird world…
2-year-old swallows used condom at McDonald's..
Chicago: McDonald's Corp. has been used by a woman who said her two-year-old son ate a used condom he found in the play area of one of its restaurants. She accused McDonald's of negligence for failing to clean hazardous debris from the play area. The lawsuit seeks at least $50,000 of damages.
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Good news for the hungry masses in poor countries, on the food front…
Study finds a possible gateway to feed an increasingly hungry world…
By tinkering with the reproductive life of moss – and solve one of the fundamental questions about plant evolution – a Melbourne researcher has accidentally discovered a possible gateway to feeding an increasingly hungry world. Monash University geneticist John Bowman – in collaboration with researchers in Japan – went in search of what the common ancestor of all land plants might look like, at a genetic level. In solving part of that puzzle, Professor Bowman has taken a step closer to finding one of the holy grails of agriculture – a process called apomixes – in which high-yield, drought-resistant plants would clone themselves via their seeds. It would make new crop varieties both cheaper and more widely available, said the Professor.
(Me: It is a sad truth that we Indians lack a scientific temper and suspect a monster in every development. When even the apex Court puts a ban on research n development in genetic engineering on seeds for 10 years on the demand of some ignoramus or faddist lobbies that the country is being used by some MNCs as guinea pigs, what can one say…. Some wise guys forget that often you have to and you should be prepared pay a price in the cause of science and the larger interests of the masses)
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Health tips..
Avoid a heavy meal afer 8 pm. It protects you against indigestion, heartburn and weight gain.
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Mindchow..
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweeter.
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Tongue very much in cheek…
Laugh alone and the world thinks you're an idiot.
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Fracas over the murder accused Italian marines leaving the country for good and rotten eggs in our face…
(Me: Was watching an episode of Mahbharat in Tamil today, in which the redoubtable Ved Vyas comments to Bhishm that there is no such thing that is seen as an absolute truth – right or wrong - from all concerned and all sides – (and remember, Duryodhan and his brothers thought till the very end they were right); you do and you ARE expected to do things in your best interest or in the best interest of your country. There is no absolute black or lily white either – it all depends on situations, convenience, interests of the concerned.
This is exactly what every country worth its salt does, whether it is India, Pakistan (on the Afzal hanging) or Italians do.
On the Italian marine case, I quote Karan Thapar in HT:
"Given that from the very outset Italy did not accept the jurisdiction of the Indian courts and, second, that India's claim the incident happened within Indian territorial waters was patently incorrect, should the government have agreed to take the matter in an international tribunal or even arbitration rather than force the Italians to accept a verdict under Indian law? (that would of course be favourable to us!)
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A man wanted to prove the effect alcohol had on the human body, to a group of alcoholics. He brought two jars, one containing water and the other containing alcohol, along with a very healthy worm. He asked the audience to watch carefully. First, he dropped the worm into the jar of water. The worm floated up and swam to the side. The man then dropped the worm into the jar of alcohol. The worm struggled to survive, and died.
The man asked the audience: "What would you say to this?"
After a long silence, someone from the rear stood up and said: "If I drink alcohol, there won't be any more worms in my body."
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