the big bad bruins

[profundamente]

I came across this yesterday in the Times of India newspaper.  Very worrisome interventions on professors are being encouraged.  Here's how Professor Vinay Lal at UCLA is a threat to the USA.

Much like comic book superheroes, Vinay Lal leads a double life.  During the day he is a mild-mannered Southeast Asian history professor, but in his office

Comments

[arunshanbhag]

THis is kind of scary. Ofcourse, the writers are themselves anonymous!

[reformedvesper]

wait. what did the times article look like?

and i'm sorry to be shallow, but this isn't a post on curly hair. *taps foot*

[profundamente]

oh, the times of india article didn't really say too much - just a few paragraphs based on the site i linked to. i don't really appreciate the TOI too much at all. it shows me more cleavage that i need, more angelina jolie updates than i need and more tasteless SMS jokes than i ever need. shah rukh khan got to edit their paper last weeK? whatisthis?

tell me yr golden advice: do cool folks read The Hindu?

[reformedvesper]

honestly, i think all the papers back home are going straight to *%it. i tend to ignore them completely. toi used to be decent, but its so bloody editorial now, the hindu drives me nuts, the writing in indian express has slipped. all the papers are becoming more page 3 than anything else. i listen to the radio and buy the economist asian edition to get my news fix.