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Some food for thought "Well, my deliberate opinion is - it's a jolly strange world. " —Arnold Bennett (English Novelist, 1867-1931) Word for the day Decoration (n) A badge, medal, etc., conferred and worn as a mark of honor .   First thought this morning For past five days, mainstream media in India is busy dissecting the popular mandate for constitution of 17th Lok Sabha. A large part of the analysis is naturally devoted to analyzing the region wise, caste wise and religion wise vote share of the winning party, to find out what did actually work for it. Besides, three issues have garnered bulk of the highlight. (a)    Number of members with criminal records is perhaps the highest in this Lok Sabha. (b)    This Lok Sabha has highest number of women representatives. (c)     The winners from Bhopal and Rampur constituencies are widely known for extreme religious views that may ...

Some food for thought "Always behave as if nothing had happened, no matter what has happened." —Arnold Bennett (English Novelist, 1867-1931) Word for the day Seriatim (Adv) In a series; one after another. First thought this morning The recent fire accident in a coaching center in city of Surat in Gujarat is devastating and unpardonable. Administration in many cities have since ordered safety inspections of these caching centers. It is unfortunate that it took loss of 20 precious lives for authorities to wake up to the potential magnitude of this problem. Millions of such coaching centers are operating in almost every town and city of the country. Everybody has seen this. Everyone knows about their conditions and callousness toward safety of students. Children of local politicians, government officers, and police officers also attend classes in these centers. Most of these centers are right there on the main roads, blocking traffic ...