Debate July 09
Do you think single school-leaving exam as proposed by the new HRD minister Kapil Sibal is in favour of students?
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Well according to me this decision is totally wrong because govt. is considering only few percent students maximum to maximum 4-5%.
Govt. is playing with the future of 95% students. Ultimately 95% students will suffer.
— Gagan Bansal, Hisar
That's a good move by the govt. It will reduce the stress from the school students.
— Jitender Lamba, Gurgaon
I think that the single school exam has given the relaxation to students in terms of less burden of studies but on the other side it can prove to be more stressfull if they will come to know about the level of studies in +1 and +2 ,beacuse from the 10th onwards students get used to high level of studies due to the fear of board results .
— Parul, Hamirpur
I certainly do not find anything wrong with the idea of doing away with Board exams of level Tenth .But Yes,the implementation of such a decision would definitely have an oscillating effect on the over all education system.The main area of concern is that , the Subject matter and level of understanding which is required at +1 level for a Medico/Non Medico student is considerably high as compared to tenth level.Therefore I feel that in case the new system is adopted then their would definitely arise the need for reforms in the Syllabus of +1 and +2 level too.
— Gurneet M singh, Mohali
In accordance with the importance of board examination about the system of objective and lightening of changing process, hence in my opinion it should be changed because there is a lot of demand for the changing formation into everything..........after that the demerit of written test is also not forgettable and in the system of board examination, it should be amalgamated with both types of questions (75%describation method and 25%mcq).
— Rama Shanker Chaurasia, Faizabad
Board exams are necessary to keep a check on the performance of the students. If we do away with the board exams the students will get complacent and might not perform well in 12th, which is the most crucial part of any students life. Bad percentage in 12th boards can be a big drawback. Exams are the best performance tracker lets not shove away from them.
— Reetika choudhary, Delhi
Board exams increase competence, build pressure,...are boon, are bane...arguments galore.! But what they sure lack are their ability to judge the knowledge and understanding of the student, and have been reduced to mere test of memory...and hence either eliminating them or keeping them wont solve the purpose...what we need is to REFORM THEM
—Swati Joshi, Delhi
I don't think that leaving the exam can be in favour of students. How can you imagine a student to qualify an exam with flying colors if one has not even attempted giving an exam!Lets compare it with a child who has just tken his first step!If the child is scared of even walking or say, is scared that he can get hurt, do you think that the child will ever dare to take up any challenges in hs coming life, and that too in this competitive era of today!Measures should have been taken to check the alarming rate of suicidal tendency in students.
—Shriya, Varanasi
The one exam policy formulated by Mr. Sibbal is not approproiate as this will lead to lack of competion among studentsand also lack of quality students afterwords.
—Rajat Mehrotra, Bareilly
Single school leaving exam are not at all in favour of students.Board exams are considered highly crucial in one's school life,and thus inspiring even the most frivolous students to work hard.With a single exam to pass out, students wil loose the opportunity to compete at all india level,they will become lackadaisical about studies,thus badly affecting their future prospects in education.
—Manikant Likhdhari, Jhansi
The reforms in the Primary and secondary educations have been long overdue.The current education system in India imposes a huge amount of pressure on the young minds , more so on the partents.This step of doing away with the Class X board exam would do a world of good to the students ,who can look forward to honing their talent in other fields as well, owing to less pressure from peers and parents.
The onus for the conducting such exams would then be put on the school concerned.and the grades achieved by the students in these exams (conducted locally,so as to say) will decide the options of the stremas available to them for the next two years.
The opposition shown to the remarks made by the HRD minister are either political or not studied properly. The claims stating that the competitive spirit in the students will be dozed of is uncalled for , since its unwise to say that students build competition spirit in them only after coming to Class X when they have to appear in the Board exams.
Change is always diificult to imbibe , but as they say "Change is Good."
—Vikas Bhardwaj, Hyderabad
I appreciate the move made by mr Kapil Sibal.X exams create undue pressure on the students.Parents from year or two before start forcing the students to study.This creates a tense enviorment for that student at such a young age which may magnify into a bigger problem.
— Rahul, Panchkula
There is absolutely no way that, this one-exam scheme is going to help the students reduce their stress or in the betterment of the education system for that matter.
This is only going to add to the already over-burdened shoulders of the students and the resulting pressure from their parents, teachers and mentors for bettering their performance so that they may give in their best at the ultimate judgement day of that single exam.
For the ed. system part, I believe a grading system without any exam should be there, based on performance in class and other practical symptoms of the student.
Entrance tests should be there after schooling for evey college admission. All students must be at par and no discrimination based on marks should be there especially based on a single exam, because I and most of us here believe that "no result however good or bad can change one's fate irrevocably".
— Deshdeep, Dehradun
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Debate June 09
American President Barack Obama made a statement, which negates Samuel Huntington's theory of 'clash of civilisations', which calls for peaceful solutions to political conflicts in the Islamic world. Do you think it's just a rhetoric or a genuine effort towards creating harmony?
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The statment made by the US President,Barack Obama,is nothing but a rhetoric to soothe the Gulf countries.US' acrimonious remarks towards Iran are testimony to the fact that US" stands towards Islamic world will not change in the near future.Its stand on terrorism looks to be baffling as it is not doing anything substantial to control it , though one may argue against it taking into account of what it had done in Afghanistan . But , where are the results!
—Vikas Bhardwaj, Hyderabad
Though Mr. Obama's speech promises to herald a new era, one can't help but wonder about the real policies of Americans. The change in administration will not change the ambitious policy of WORLD DOMINATION being pursued by US.
— Rohit Mishra, Ghaziabad
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Debate
May 09
Why was the voating percentage in Mumbai low compared to general elections 2004?
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Post 26/11, many political analysts thought that mumbai electorate would turn the political cards round. Its very saddening to see such a low turn out.The high temperature in mid summer or fear of any such kind of 26/11 on the D-day or the frsutration of the mumbaikars on the political system and its inability to stop terrorism might be the reasons for low turn out
—Sravan, Hyderabad
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Debate
April 09
In the wake of the recent remarks made by Varun Gandhi, do you think there should be stringent laws to tackle such publicity stints by the politicians to woo the voters ahead of elections?
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The vulnerable and inflamable speech by Varun is higly condemnable and thanks to the Muslim community for being peaceful in this period of elections. These kind of politicians including Raj Thackerey, always wait for the time to get media attention and make themselves popular for all the wrong reasons by geting bad boy image.Only when all the educated exercise their vote and throw these kind of insects out of the farm then realization comes in these politicians.I feel even the national channels are playing an un wanted role by showing these kind of speeches repeatedly and making a debate.
—Sravan, Tadakamalla
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Debate
March 09
Do you think Indian security forces are efficient enough to handle IPL and elections together?
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Indian security forces is the only force which thinks about the security. for them giving security to all is there practice. No doubt they will give top priority to IPL and election security.
—Nandkishor saraswat, Belgaum
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Debate February 09
Apropos Mangalore pub attack, there seems to be another bout of debate on moral policing. However, 'what a woman wants' -- who should decide-- men or women?
Democracy means to live with freedom, do what we like but not the freedom to decide what others should do or not and also not the freedom to hurt or manhandle other linving beings.
These so-called "moral police" take it as their right to control the life of other people from where they should go to which day they should celebrate????
And all this 'publicity drama ' on the name of pub culture. who said that man are allowed drink but not women. I agree that drinking is not a good thing(in prespective of health), but thrashing and molesting women in name of saving Indian culture ...? WHAT A SHAME FOR THEM!!
visiting a pub is not against our culture.. enjoying the leisure time is never a bad act at all, just the way has changed over the sevral years with time.
—Rashi, Delhi
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Debate
January 09
Should Israel go ahead with military aggression in Gaza Strip, a territory occupied by Palestinians?
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Definately not, if we can solve kashmir problem with pease why not israel. they should meet together for problem resolution.
— Sushil Yadav, Kota
Definately not, if we can solve kashmir problem with pease why not israel. they should meet together for problem resolution.
—Sushil Yadav, Kota
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Debate
December 08
Indian public sentiment is in favour of eliminating terror camps in Pakistan. Do you think India can do in Pak, what the US did in Afghanistan and Iraq?
Well, I absolutly agree to the point because afterall it is Guns only which bring terror and then its Guns only which can bring roses.The terrorists had attacked the world trade centre, so peace and harmony was brought by the US army after they fought till their last blood drop.They were finally able to find SADDAM...ALIVE from beneath the surface of the earth.
If some body tries to dare you by scaring you....Will you get scared and run out of the place.If sombody scares you in your own house will you run away?????.......I think we shouldnt compare that what US had done in the past,we will also do that.As it is, we want to help Pakistan to nip the evil buds.
I think both, the Indian army and the Pakistans army should get united to fight this "terror".why are we saying India only....It is the duty of Pakistan also.
—Zubeda, Mumbai
Yes India can! There is no doubt that India can't attack pakistan for eliminating terror camps operating there.
But the point is whether India should go for an attack like America did on Afghanistan?
India, for sure has all the requisite and great potential for declaring war on Pakistan. If india choose this way like America then it will definately reduces\eliminates Pakistan's terror camps. BUt will a war like that with a BORDERING counrty, not be disastrous for India too? Yes definately. will innnocent Indians and Pakistanis will not suffer? will the bombs ask for an address of terror camp after deployment?
I think India too will be hampered by any war with Pakistan. So, India should take an aggressive step of making its internal security more stronger, more hi-tech, more intelligent and must go in accordance with UNO's working and should not hurry for this horrible step.
But at last if there will be any need of that.India will surely attack Pakistan because then India's attack on Pakistan's terror Camps will only be a defence for India.
—Nipun Aggarwal, Batala
Firstly sad things happened due to terrorism, most bad to have is terrorism due to might be because of our neighboring country,with which uniting together we can become more then developing economy in the world,regards controlling Pakistan like USA did to Afghanistan and Iraq for exiling osama & saddam in these countries India should also go forward for exiling terror camps from Pakistan ,if possible whole world should look forward for exiling the terrorism from our world.
— Bipin, Mumbai
i will put my openion that India can do whatever it wants. as far as this matter is concern india is not only can, but this will have to be carried out for the future respective of the naion.
but for this there should be a kind of cooperation which india will definatly need because if u individually proceding smthing in thin context it means u r having drastically approach u cant treat whole pakistan as a terrorist but for finishing dat part of virus india will have to make a commitment with india.
—Vikas dutt, Mathura
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Debate
November 08
Anil Kumble has quit. Do you think it’s time Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly should also call it quits?
Its only upto Sachin Tendulkar to decide that when he should quit.He is a great player and he knows very well when is the right time to go.. I think he still has a great potntial to make successive contributions for the team
— Sahil, Amritsar
Sourav Ganguly had already quitted . all of us knew that he retaired due to critisism . though he didnt have the form he was going to play for atleast one year . But Sachin have the form and he did lot of victories in odi series against england , in which india won the series recently. Sachin have the ability to continue in the team.
— Sreekanth
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Debate
August 08
Jaipur, Bangalore, and now Ahmedabad, have been subject to terrorist attack. How can India rise upto the challenge of terrorism?
I expressing firstly condem the terrorist attack. i think we are waiting for that they attack on parliament then only we will take decision to baet them we should make a stf like scotland yard like police some that we can save life of countrymen.
— Sushil Yadav, Kota
Firstly, we have to look on the main issue that why only muslims are there for terrorism, why only they held responsible for the blasts in the whole country. We all know that pakistan is the leader of the terrorism. India should take a strict action against the terrorists. They should hang till death. The security companies should also take some major steps towards it.
Some points are there by which India can try to stop the terrorism:-
1. Need a strong Prime Minister who can take action for the benefit of India not for their own pockets.
2. Alertness & willingness of the government.
3. Fire the corrupted leaders from India.
4. Should take an immediate action against Pakistan.
If these points are implemented than we are able to stop the terrorism.
—Aditya Chandak, Gwalior
Terrorists also the persons who have kindness, mercy on others. But their thoughts were differine
They wanted to change the world with a short period. So they try to do the blasts, and kidnaps e.t.c.. These all are due to their wexxing on the behavier of the publick And they forgot that they are also the part of the publick. So we must change their mindset and convert them into nation builders. Nation can't build in a moment. It takes a lot of time.
—Sreekanth
While discussing the issue on terrorisms we have to look on to the basics . why ? every times the muslims people are found inter connected with these blasts, why every time after a blasts there is a mud-slinging event took place between the political parties. they started blaming each other party that they are the responsible for those lives. instead of framing the blames oon others "we should start doing the basics work from fundamentals" each and every people shuold work on the humanitarian ground not on the base of castes , religions . the government should frame such apolicy to curb the terrorisms that the terrorists should think twice before they execute the ideas,the only way to handle the terrorism is to Hang till the death and no other mercy plea to be thought . this is the harsh and genuine way to curb the terrorisms. JAI HIND
—Krishna, Bangalore
As we are seeing from when the act POTA has been abolised the terrorist activity in india has incresed too much.even our indian people are involved in such a pathetic acitivities that has occured inahemdabad and banglore. as md. bashir of ajamgadh being a indian how can he involve in such activities.
the only way to be deprived of this kind of situation is to impose such laws like POTA(prevention of terrorism act) so that the terrorist who have entered in our land can be panicked from doing that and there should be more dangerous punishment for terrorist than capital punishment because terrorist don't fear from that.they prefer to die by a bomb blast with thousands of innocent people.
—Vishal gupta, Bhatapara
I suggest that india should take tight steps as well think about the steps to combat the terrorism in india . first step is to stop the illegal migration of the millitants in india , ban on the madrasa as they are doing nothing but only increasing the army nd soldiers for terrorism, third india should make a point to the terrorist by declaring a severe punishments on those terrorist who had been arrested by giving them death sentence.
—Arjit, New Delhi
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Debate
July 08
The Congress party seems to have made up its mind to go ahead with the nuke deal even at the cost of losing power at the centre, with left-wing members threatening to plug out the support. Should India go ahead with the nuclear-deal?
yes , definately energy security is the need of the day .a nation can be a true power unless it has a steady & independent energy resourses.
the nuclear poiwer can give india the impetus to be a true superpower .
— Tasueef ahamad, Pune
Yeah, india should go for this deal becs India should have to make any body ladder and i think US is going to be the best ladder ... for gaining indigionous nuclear strategy....
—Amit kumar, Suresh Nagar
Have you ever found that Poilitics and Ploiticians have ever done good to this world atleast when comes to democractic country ike India .The Congress party very well well knows that very soon they will thrown out whether they support nuclear deal or not The falldown of Congress isvery much there on the cards as in case if they support nuclear deal,Left will withdraw support and something inevitable will happen .Sencondly, even in case india does not support nuclear deal,though Advani have started with suport of BJP for getting all the independents to move to BJP as much likely Congress going to support the Nuclear dear,they want to leave an impact before their fall down .Hence,now the thing from an perspective of being a politician ,i say yes but being an india , i will say NO To NULCEAR DEAL beacuse India has to be protected by their neigbouring countries and Pakistan in major .If country like India went under this deal, it will no where India could innovate in the devlopment of misile and highly spohistoicated weapons and their testing to secure themselve from their neighbouring countries .Last thing,every Indian know about howmuch we can believe in Pakistan.A BIG NO !INDIA SHOULD NOT GO WITH NUCLEAR DEAL
— Pankaj Kumar, Kormangala
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Debate
June 08
Aamir Khan and Amitabh Bachchan hogged blogging space in recent weeks, trying one-upmanship in the star wars using this medium. Do you agree that blogs should be used to settle personal scores?
For settling personal scores why to use public media? even the celebs do not write their blogs themselves although they would claim to. this clearly reveals that they are using the penetration of e-media just to add to their fan bases and provide a new gossip to the people. it is apparently a way to remain into limelight throughout the year and of course an innovative way to earn huge bucks by entering into a contract with the corporate giants.
— Shivani Garg, New Delhi
Usage of blogs for settling personal differences is a strict no-no. Blogs should not be used for settling personal scores especially by celebrities as it attracts unwanted media attention and defames them.People should settle their personal differences personally. It shows the maturity of a person. It is derogatory for both Amitabh and Amir as this kind of behavior is not expected from stars of their Stature. If it is any kind of publicity stunt, then its really very cheap and bad in taste.
— Himanshu Jain, Delhi
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Debate
May 08
India’s growing middle class and its demand for food is the cause behind global food price rise, says the American President George W Bush. Do you agree?
Those who have houses of glass shouldn't throw stones at others. Its time Mr. Bush goes for some self introspection & some fact finding.
Its funnt to see someone from a country with te half the worlds obese people blames a nation like India with half its population reeling unde r malnutrition , for world food crisis.
It is also the insatiable greed for fuel in the west that forces them to divert large portions of agricultural land towards production of bio-fuel leading them to face food crisis.
Mr. Bush has to soon realise this and take staunch steps to improve the food situation in his country , than merely try to get away with the problem by blaming developing nations like India.
— Jaspreet, New Delhi
Our country is growing at a fast pace. And the consumer needs are also rising day by day.If a lower class family is now belonging to the Middle Class than their needs and standard of living is also increasing. And due to this the need of in the global market is also increasing rapidly.
We cannot blame on the middle class people because food is the necessity of the life, they need it to live their life. But on the other hand government should also pay attention towards the growing needs of the middle class people. Nobody has a right to blame INDIANS that they are responsible for the cause behind global food price rise.
—Aditya Chandak, Gwalior
The growing middle class in india cant be blamed as reason for the scarcity in food supply. there eare so many factors prevailing in the develpoing nations , which have been responsible for the menance .it is just that we are coming at par to the living standards of developing nations.everynation has the right to raise its living standard.
— Tauseef ahamad, Pune
The middle class people are not responsible for inflation because they also want to decrease it.
— Nami, Hissar
If we look at the reasons for the hike in the IIM-A fees then a normal conclusion one can draw is, this is the top most B-School & so admission to it should be made tougher, but if we look at the stats of the avg. & the highest salary packages of IIMA which is comparable to other institute's packages, so if an attempt is being made to increase the fees of IIMA, then every B-school's fees should be increased, otherwise it should not.
—Shweta Jain
Mr BUSH statement cant be neglected completely since INDIA & CHINA are the 2 countries having largest population of the whole world..
But he just pointed out one factor that is marginally affecting the price.There are other factors such as increasing CRUDE OIL price which is currently 135$ barrel.. this has contributed a lot in the price rise..
—Vivek Panwar, Gujarat
I am shocked that Mr. bush told this.Indian middle class is not responcible for this hike in prizes.They should look in his country first and then others.
—Robin Jain, Khowa
This is the crap, and I am shocked (to the core) its bring said by Mr Bush.. Rise in food price is accridted to other factors not due to food habits of Indians.
—Udisha, Moradabad
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