On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Zainab Bawa <[email protected]> wrote: [...] >> The lack of condoms is typical of our hypocrisy.... >> >> > Jace and I once requested a friend if he could let use the bathroom in his [...] > girls were not allowed inside boys' rooms in this Infosys guest house!
Indian middle class morality for the win! I went to this institution of "higher education" *cough* *gag* *sputter* run by a certifiable lunatic who in a past life had been a well known gangster and political thug. He employed his now out of work goons as college minders to spy on any male / female contact. Totally serious when I say that the boys weren't allowed to even speak to the girls, let alone sit on the same row of seats as the girls in class; and the girls were always made to sit up front under the watchful eyes of the loyal lecturers. Heck, there was a physical barrier that divided the interior of the college buses by gender; with separate entrances. There's lots more craziness that I am leaving unsaid, but I fail to see why Infosys would be any different. Most of my classmates would have given their eye teeth to get a job with them. And my crazy college had parents longing to send their kids there to be "educated". The only education I got there was an advanced course in subverting authority without drawing attention. My basic courses in the said art form were received in various other previous educational institutions. I hope one of the 19 year old kids in Texas driving the drones over Pakistan somehow ends up diverting it to Madras and nuking a certain person. [0] Cheeni [0] Yes, a little impractical, I agree. But, from what I hear the bit about 19 year olds playing war games is quite true.
