We've come a long way, baby

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Yes, Aamir Khan is back!! All over the place and not too shabby either...Is it me, or is he quite the articulate star?! I particularly admire the way he uses the media as and when he feels like (especially around the movie releases) and then disses them/us when it suits. Aspersions have been cast about how frivolous media coverage is, but then again Mr K, what about your views on Narmada being blown completely out of proportion and plastered all over the visible universe? Though of course his freedom of speech is integral to public debate, and personally I'm glad he sticks by what he says. But it's pretty funny that this enters the political sphere at all. Initially I too did think (I'm going to invent a new word or rather popularise it...thunk instead of did think...it's so much less clunky!)so yes, i thunk at first that he....

How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Went Wild...Get a life!

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So, the plagiarism debate has been done to death, you think? With anyone and everyone waxing eloquent on how it's immoral/unethical/plain stupid, or was Kaavya Viswanathan just a poor young thing - naive and under pressure to live up to the $500,000 advance? It's hard to tell. Her apology certainly was "disingenuous", but she's likely to face a little more than just loss of face - US universities in general and Ivy Leagues in particular have extremely strict views on the subject of plagiarism. People have been suspended, and had visas pulled, and been practically deported as a result of minor infractions of that 8th commandment, Thou Shalt Not Copy. Not that she's a Third Worlder by any stretch of the imagination. It's not just the cheating that's led to a lot of those "How COULD she" responses. It's the fact that she's young, relatively talented, and got a....