Honor Killing and it's impact

Honour Killing has become a new matter of concern today where a man is killed for disobeying the racial and social custom. In north India honour killing is common news while other parts of independent India are not far away. Recently a mother had locked her daughter up for 5 days without food and water and threatened to kill her.

The guilty she did by marrying secretly a youth from a lower caste.

The girl, a Metro Rail employee, was rescued by police after her husband complained that his mother-in-law had been torturing his wife for over a week and was planning to kill her.

Police reach there and rescued the girl from the locked room. Her mother had also tried to end her life by slashing her wrist. She was discharged after first aid while her daughter had to remain in the hospital for few days.

In another incidence the family members of a girl allegedly killed her and her teenaged lover and hanged them as exhibits in their house for the village to see their "fate."

Both the girl and her lover were from Jat families but their relation was not accepted to the girl’s family. For that reason they brutally killed the girl and her lover in order to keep their heads up in the eye of society.

Is this a good step what the families have taken? If this type of customs reign then what would be upliftment of Indian society Indian culture and its education?

The smallest winner of Mental Mathematical Calculation World Cup, 2010

A small girl walked into the world arena and won. This is how an eleven year old Priyanshi Somani showed her skill and extra ordinary mental prowess by winning the Mental Mathematical Calculation World Cup, 2010.

The competition was organized in Madgeburg city of Germany on June 7 and 8. She attended the competition and won by beating 37 contestants from 16 countries. She scored the highest in mental square root calculation and beat her two Spanish competitors MarcJornet and Alberto Coto Garcia.

Awards in each category like identifying days based on cue of a date were also given. Priyanshi was the overall winner for the fastest calculations and was awarded a trophy and a medal.

The mathematicians at the University of Leipzing Ralf Laue have set up the questions where a contestant is to answer all the different task categories like addition, subtraction, multiplication, extraction of square roots and even calculating the day of the week for a given date and Priyanshi managed to answer all the questions faster than a calculator.

Priyanshi Somani Maths Competition

26/11 Mumbai carnage accused Ajmal Kasab got the verdict

Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving Pakistani gunman in the Mumbai carnage was held guilty after seventeen months of probes, confessions and denials. The 22 year terrorist has been charged with killing a total of 166 people, including 25 foreigners, and injuring 304 others on November 26th, 2008.

On 26^th November, 2008 he along with other nine slain terrorists unleashed death and destruction at iconic Taj and Trident-Oberoi luxury hotels, the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus(CST) and the Jewish Centre at Nariman house. Their targets included Cama Hospital and Metro Cinema Junction also. They planted bombs in two taxis which exploded killing many people.

Based on the information, evidence and 658 Special Judge R H Tahliyani delivered a 1,522-page verdict, where 86 charges had been framed against him. The Judge awarded him death punishment as he was deserved this capital punishment.

The evidence also established that absconding accused, including Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba(LeT) commanders Hafeez Sayeed and Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, were involved in the terror attacks.

Kasab was brought in front of Judges. He appeared in a white kurta and was unshaved. The Special Judge read out the verdict prepared against him. He showed no emotions and sat impassively with his head bowed down as the verdict was pronounced in the high-security Arthur Road jail.

The other two accused Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed were acquitted by the Court though they were accused of helping LeT in plotting the terror attack. They were acquitted on the ground of benefit of doubt.

The evidences against Kasab were so strong that none could help him out of this verdict explained Special Prosecutor Ujwal Nikam. He said that he was happy that Kasab was convicted and unhappy that Ansari and Ahmed were set free. "We would appeal against the acquittal," he said.

He was charged under various sections of the Indian Penal Code where his prime crime has been counted waging war against country. Besides carrying and using explosives was also considered as serious crime. Kasab was also charged under the Explosives Act and the Arms Act, Foreigners Act, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and the Passport Act.