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I read with some surprise that John McCain didn't (know how to) use the internet. But I feel it isn't very justifiable to base his leadership abilities on his skill with the computer/the internet. Its hard for most of us to keep abreast of newer technologies and if that were the case, I'm sure Barack Obama wouldn't have any right to discuss the shortcomings of the US led war simply because he's never been a soldier. I don't think you need to know how to use the internet to connect with younger voters or to be able to govern a country. Funny how people seem to think that being a younger candidate with automatically make you a better leader. It'll inject loads of enthusiasm, but not necessarily good leadership abilities. I know many people personally who still don't have an email address. They rarely use the internet, and its not in any way a disadvantage in their lives.

July 16, 2008 | 2:58 AM Comments  0 comments

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The thing I will miss about this city the most is the farmer's market. It was around eighty years ago that it was first started. Small farmers from neighbouring villages came here to sell their produce. Now both sides of the entire stretch of this long road thrives with activity as early as 6 am. That's when the unloading from trucks and tempos begins. The sight by 12 noon is a riot of colour, noise, animals, people, blue skies and scorching sunshine. I am grateful to be a part of this. Its an artificial world when you constantly live in the glitz and glamour of a metropolis, and never stop and think where the food you eat comes from, where the green vegetables you are buying come from,who are the people who toil on their land and grow them. These are questions you would never stop and ask yourself because you are caught up in busy lives in a coccooned world. But here, I see the real faces, sunburned, tough and wrinkled maybe, who are the ones who grow the food you eat. I can't but marvel then at their resilience. And when you consider the difficulties that go into planting , harvesting, and travel to long distances to sell, surviving on that little income, you value the food you eat so much more. Its easy to eat food. Not so easy to grow all of it.

June 30, 2008 | 1:53 AM Comments  0 comments

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Educating Students About Civic Awareness
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A few weeks ago I visited the Sathodi waterfalls. It was a brief stop on my journey home after a local extolled its virtues. The path leading to the falls was littered with plastic bottles, plastic bags, and other stuff even though there was provision to throw waste. There were a lot of young people present there who were very noisy. I spoke to a few and they said they were from a college in Raichur, and all the hundred odd students had travelled by bus all the way for a picnic to the falls. I feel it is very important to educate children and young people and generally everyone about the importance of preserving our environment and also about civic sense. Its futile to have huge signs in kannada all along the protected forest areas that ask you to keep away from smoking or you might create a forest fire or anotehr sign which I remember "vanya pranigalannu rakshisi" which means protect the forest animals, when the importance of this matter isn't inculcated in our population. Firstly, jungle areas need a degree of respect from anyone who travels through these roads. Playing loud music and screaming and trying to hear if your voice echoes in the silence harms the ecosystem in the area. And I do not understand why tourists (int he form of students or otherwise) are allowed to bring food into such areas. Most of the time people eat food near waterfalls and wash their hands, their plates, their faces, use soap.. etc.. And waterfalls are areas where tigers frequent, and it was fascinating to hear a tiger;s cry, but we are encroaching on a terrotory that isn't our own and therefore its important to have some kind of respect. And very vital that all children in schools, all schools, and colleges, are taught the value of our environment, the need to conserve our country's forests and animals.

June 5, 2008 | 1:32 PM Comments  0 comments

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To Vote Or Not To Vote
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Whenever elections are around the corner, we have articles in newspapers and television adverstiements exhorting us to vote and each time I'm in a dilemma. Should I vote or not ? Looking at the kind of candidates who stand for elections, I would rather not vote, and never vote ever again. (As far I remember from school, political candidates aren't supposed to have any sort of criminal records.) But then again, I do vote thinking that my vote will make a difference. So far I haven't come across any tangible difference. I don't like the fact that many political parties are based on a manifesto or come to power on the basis of their promises to uplift a certain community or certain religious identity. If you keep dividing between people, how can you rule effectively. Why do we need a party that is for Dalits, or a party that takes into consideration the interests of Muslims, or a party that is striving hard to safeguard Hindus. The main goal of governance is to make sure every citizen and his/her needs are looked after. That's what I feel. So the question of differences doesn't really arise. If you lay a road in a village, everyone is benefitted, not just one group of people.
Politics seems like a lot of murky business to me.

May 7, 2008 | 2:17 PM Comments  0 comments

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The Race Of Life
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Every morning in Africa, a gazelle awakens. He has only one thought on
his mind: To be able to run faster than the fastest lion. If he cannot,
then he will be eaten.
Every morning in Africa a lion awakens. He has only one thought on his
mind: To be able to run faster than the slowest gazelle. If he cannot,
he will die of hunger.
Whether you choose to be a gazelle or a lion is of no consequence. It is
enough to know that with the rising of the sun, you must run. And you
must run faster than you did yesterday or you will die.
This is the race of life."
- African Proverb

May 7, 2008 | 2:16 PM Comments  0 comments

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