Headline Today - US mulling millitary strikes against Iran

Read an article from newspaper today morning which talked about possible US military action on Iran. It seems Uncle Sam is not happy with the the response of Iraq on the sanctions being imposed on it. Since there seems to be no affect, US might strike Iraq or entrust its ally Israel to do this for it. Frankly, I do not understand the rationale behind this, nor I understand the backing by European nations for this. On one side, European nations are struggling with their own economic crisis. Every other day, their is a news of one or the other 'nation' mired in crisis. On the other, they have time to impose sanctions on Iraq. I do not know whether Iraq is having intentions of creating nuclear weapons. I am least bothered about it either. There have been so many nations which possess nukes. Who is to decide which nation is responsible and which is not? Just being a superpower does not mean it is more responsible than Iran, North Korea or India for that matter? There are so many rogue states that posses nuclear weapons. Why was there no hue and cry when other weaponary was acquired? There always seems to be an agenda with US to attack nations, but it does not seem to decide what to do after that. It is very well possible that Iran might become another Iraq. It will be more dangerous situation to be in than what is now. Imagine, major block of West Asia without any proper control - Pakistan/Afganistan/Iraq/Iran/Libya. It will only mean that the world will be more unsafe to live in. I just hope that there are no hidden intentions behind these moves.

Foreign universities -Shoud these be banned?

Someone told to me the other day, that allowing Foreign Universities in India is bad for the country. It left me wondering whether it is actually bad or are we simply looking at couple of examples and making a judgement. I think this statement itself has 2 sides to it. Of course if we look at the run of the mill Universities which has opened educational centres in India, we really do not see any value-add being done by these universities. There are of course many universities opened which are no different than distance learning universities like IGNOU, Annamalai, Sikkim Manipal which only helps a person to get degree. Even for those there is no value add and having same universities is actually not making any difference. Having said this, I do feel that there are many examples where actually these Universities are making contirbutions to Indian economy. ISB is one such example. With parternipships with Indian Universities, these provide insight into the way other cultures think. Provide a totally different perspective to us, and a new line of thinking. Of course it is very important to ensure that all the Universities are accredited so that the degrees from these institutions are valid in India. Presently, without any such mechanism in place, thousands of students are duped of their money. The Universities are functioning, without being accredited by UGC. It should be made a punisable offense to operate universities as such. With these, i think we will be able to contol the cheating factor and risk will be mitigated. We cannot of course work in closed culture. Something like our economy. We had reaped many benefits after opening up our economy to the World in 1991.