Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Easy to Ignore English, but Tough to Survive, says SC



The Chief Justice of Supreme Court observed during the hearing on medium of teaching in Karnataka that it is difficult to survive with the mother tongue only.

"It is easy to say mother tongue is important. How do we survive in this world? Parents do not want their children to be taught in their mother tongue. It is a question of survival. English medium students get through in entrance exams and get admitted in engineering and medical colleges. But students who have studied in their mother tongue as a medium fare poorly," he said.

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Who Created Evil?

The year was 1902 when the Professor questioned his student whether it was God who created everything that exists in the universe?
Student replied: "Yes."

Professor questioned again: "What about evil? Has God created evil also?"
Student was silent.

Then student requested whether he may ask a question?
Professor allowed him to do so.

Student asked: "Does cold exists?"
Professor replied: "Yes; don’t you feel the cold, dear?"
Student said: "You are wrong, Sir; cold is the complete absence of heat."

Student asked again: "Does darkness exists?"
Professor answered" "Yes."
Student replied: "You are again wrong; there is no such thing like darkness; its actually the absence of light. We can study light and heat but not darkness and cold. Similarly, the evil does not exist. Actually, it is the absence of love, faith and true belief in God."

The student was Albert Einstein.

Pope Drives In Washington

One day, the Pope is visiting America and driving around Washington in his limo when he gets an idea.
"Driver? Can I drive for a while?"

"Sure," says the driver. How can you say no to the Pope? So the Pope takes the wheel and starts driving like a maniac all around Washington -- dodging in and out of traffic, going eighty, cutting people off. Soon, a cop pulls him over. But when the Pope rolls down the window, the cop stops dead in his tracks, and goes back to the car.

"We got somebody really important here," he says to his partner.
"Who is it? Is it a senator?"
"No. More important."
"The president?"
"No. More important."
"An ambassador? Who?"

"I don't know. But the Pope is his driver."