What have we done to our IITs???

Don't be surprised, as I am again writing about almost the same topic, which I already have written about. I was surfing net today, when a news item caught my attention. To follow the news, click here. This news item has been titled "India out of global best campus list". Just to tell you the summary of it, in case you do not want to waste your precious time reading the news, as I have already read, this year's QS World University Rankings, 2010, has been published in London. Among Asian countries, Japan has 10 universities in the top 200; China and Korea have six and five respectively. India has one - IIT Bombay at No. 187, down from No. 163 in 2009. Now thats food for thought. Something wrong is happening. Now we people have a ridiculous habit of forming our own ranking systems, whenever globally our efforts are disrespected. Read on the article and you will find some excuses attributed to the reason as to why Indian universities don't figure in the top 200 universities in the world. Instead of analyzing the cause/causes, we have a brilliant plan. The UGC is all set to roll out its own rankings, I wonder the top slots will all be taken up by IITs, isn't that hard to foresee!!! While there is some good news too. Our honourable HRD Minister is leaving no stone unturned to revamp the Indian Education system. At least now Rancho (of 3 Idiots fame), will be happy, that someone in India, knows "ki padhate kaise hain" and will also be happy about the new grading system. Finally all boils down to just one thing, IITs are not doing what they are meant to do ... at least seems like this is true!!!

Multiplexes, breaking rules !!!

I hope most of us have visited a multiplex one time or the other. At least, I do, every weekend. Recently I went to watch an action movie with an "A" rating. To my surprise, I watched the movie, with a 10 year old kid, sitting next to me. Now "A" certification is given to a movie, if the movie contains stuff not suitable for viewing for kids and anyone below 18 years of age, as per rules in India. A movie having lot of blood shed, is also issued an "A" certificate. Here's my question - How many multiplexes actually follow  this rule of not admitting any person below 18 years of age, to a movie screening, with an A certificate? I thought that at least multiplexes, would be rigorously following all rules and regulations. A gross violation of rules, by most of the multiplexes, at least in Hyderabad. Seems like multiplexes have no respect for the Censor Board !!!