Two news items!

Two news items y'day made me think.

First one is regarding the Jessica Lal murder case.

The entire investigation has been a circus. A lot has been said about this case. This is fresh news and hence sharing it.

Tehelka people did a sting operation on the key witnesses who turned hostile. Links below:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2030283.cms
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2030310.cms

If true, these are startling facts!

A young model is killed without any fault of hers. More than seven years since the murder, the charge is not proved, key witnesses have turned hostile and the victim's family is living through hell!

Justice served, M'lord!

Another news item is from Karnataka. This is related to Karnataka government's order on shutting down English medium schools:

http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/sep/27spec.htm

An immediate question is that if the schools accepted to abide by the language policy, why they didn't? However, the real question is what could be the reasons for the state to have such a policy in first place? The policy should have been protested way back in 1994 when it was formulated.

Anyhow, easier to be wise after the event!

I still can't understand why the government took such a drastic step in the middle of a term!