

Technology is coming in to address two of the biggest issues that education in India faces: leakage of question papers and forgery of marksheets and certificates.
Institutions like Bangalore University and Visveswaraya Technological institute are considering a technology that will enable them to print question papers at the examination venue just an hour before the test.
Times of India
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There’s an old saying that in polite social circles one should never discuss religion, politics, or sex. Well, I never promised to be polite here so, since this article isn’t about politics, I guess that just leaves sex and religion, still, I’ll try to stay as “polite” as possible.
Sex and religion will always be interwoven with judgments; it’s just… Continue reading
“Fools think that this is just nonsense. Something left over, old-fashioned. But there’s always a purpose in nonsense.”- Ayn Rand
One of the most fascinating aspects of Schools, which attracts its fair share of media attention presently, is sexual harassment. What? Is that what we send our children to school for? Is that what you are tempted to ask? Surely, you… Continue reading
Sexual selection & abortions, it is often argued, would break up the natural order and balance in the ‘society’. No one cares to ask the question- ‘Natural order’ and ‘balance’-For whom? The inanimate matter doesn’t have any rights; nor does a ‘fictitious body. What would it mean to state that it is not the individuals as such that matter, but it is the interacting individuals -‘Society’-that matter? If the individuals doesn’t matter one way or another, & the interacting individuals do matter, it can only imply that it is the interactions that matter. Or else, it could mean that the benefit derived by some of the interacting individuals takes precedence over the rights of others. Continue reading
“Charity is not a primary virtue”, said the great philosopher Ayn Rand. True enough. Charity is not an all excusing virtue. We aren’t sacrificial fodders for others need either. Is that all there is to it? In my opinion, Ayn Rand was the most charitable of all of 20th Century writers. What more could be done for poverty alleviation other than to enter the intellectual battlefield and fight for liberty? Continue reading







