Today’s Highlight
Narco-tests
There has been an increasing resort to narco-tests in criminal investigation – mostly forced. Now the Supreme Court has ruled them unconstitutional, as noted in “Should We Extract Truth By Deceit?”
 Bob’s Banter 
Who is Pilot?
The blame game following the air-crash in Mangalore, the pilot readily comes as a villain. Bob takes a different view in More….

A statement I keep hearing after the crash is that it could have been a ‘pilot’s error’ that led to the crash, which made me wonder, “Which pilot?”
“What do you mean which pilot?” asked the official from the aviation ministry angrily, “There’s a pilot and a co-pilot, that’s all!”
“What about the one who piloted the More….

Today’s Highlight
Pocket Money for MPs
Though the Supreme Court has given legal imprimatur to the Rs 2-crore-per-year constituency fund for MPs, there are other considerations that impinge against it – as noted in “Should MPs Get Pocket Money?”
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Women-bashing
Bob has his passionate take on the multi-tasks heartlessly piled up on working women as a matter of More….

She stood in the doorway of her house, a home she had just moved into after her marriage, she was weeping quietly, a pretty girl large tears welling down her cheeks, a newly married bride who was also holding a job, but even today, a holiday she looked tired as she held onto the doorpost, More….

Today’s Highlight
Pet Obsession!
Pets like dogs and cats are showered with love and affection even in access. Yet, like painting the lily, the government plans to have inspectors to protect them -  a case of barking up the wrong tree as noted in “Do Pets Need Protection?”
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Plane crash
Bob has his take on the tragic plane More….

To weep is to make less the depth of grief…William Shakespeare
With the tragic news of the plane crash at Mangalore a pall of gloom seems to have descended on us. Suddenly everything else is immaterial, whether stocks have gone up or cricket matches won, whether our children have done well or husbands promoted is More….

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Bonanza for MPs
The MPs have voted for themselves a large bonanza as noted in “Should MPs rob state till?”
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Dressing Down!
Bob has his inspirational take on how dress can a difference to perception of humans in “Clothes Make A Man..!”
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CocktailPlaza
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“…Actor Sir Ian Mc Kellen was mistaken for a tramp in Australia as he sat outside a theatre in costume…” Mirror, May 12th
Well I don’t blame the person who mistook Sir Ian to be a beggar and actually tossed a few coins into his hat! I’m sure the actor must have been thrilled to More….

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Today’s Highlight
Net-terrorism?
The new technologies, like internet and broadband, can enslave us and make us dysfunctional as noted in “Are we net ensnared?”
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Dog’s Days
Bob has his satirical take on politicians calling their rivals dogs in “Every Dog Has Its Day..!” More….

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Filthy Lucre
Should we make a background check on the donor before accepting his cheque is the theme of “Should We Spurn Filthy Lucre?”
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Misguided shot
Bob has a light take on the alleged shooting at a Bangalore ashram in “A Potshot at The Shri..!”
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