http://www.contra-legem.com Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:16:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you are Maldivian and planning on studying in the UK this year, you might have seen the high commissioner on TV talking about a changed student visa system a few weeks ago. Of course, anyone serious about studying in the UK in 2009 should have known this way before ... http://www.contra-legem.com/?p=40 I was eagerly waiting for the release of Dutch Politician Geert Wilders’ anti-Koranic film titled “Fitna” (meaning chaos in Arabic) for sometime now and when I knew it had been finally released about two days ago, amidst a world full of turmoil, I initially searched for it all over the ... http://www.contra-legem.com/?p=38 I heard the news only yesterday and was reading it in detail with an unfathomable amount of fury and sadness sweeping over me. As fellow blogger Simon passionately puts it "...an amendment to the draft constitution that, in one stroke of the pen, completely eliminated the one article that ... http://www.contra-legem.com/?p=37 In the frigid depths of Hades, an aging politician is secretly discussing the social aspect of his future ruling tactics with an international PR firm representative. Leader: [Sighs] Gone are the days when I could rule my beloved country with a-not-so-metaphorical iron fist... when nobody had the audacity to question MY ... http://www.contra-legem.com/?p=36 A Tribute to the Slimy Bastard For the inspiration   http://www.contra-legem.com/?p=35 Ever since I got myself a tripod about 3 days ago I have been going out with a friend or two on nightly photo expeditions. Last night we chose the Republican Square as it provided a decent number of sights from nearly all angles and it was also in the ... http://www.contra-legem.com/?p=34 Hello, I know I normally don't post such trivial stuff but I couldn't resist this when I unexpectedly stumbled upon it within the vastness of my hard disk. The following is a conversation I had with one of those MSN Bots during (circa) Christmas 2006. An attempt at self humor, ... http://www.contra-legem.com/?p=33 On a short walk home with a friend of mine, I asked, jokingly, if he would still consider me his friend if I were to confess my latent homosexuality to him. After a short pause to contemplate what I had just asked him, he sternly replied that he would not. ... http://www.contra-legem.com/?p=32 Normally, I don't write about my travels but this trip I took to Trivandrum just 2 weeks ago (I came back on the 18th) warrants a mention here.  I went to New Delhi (and Rajasthan) the same time around last year and I was glad to come back home. What affected ... http://www.contra-legem.com/?p=31 When every child asks his parents who created him, he is told that all people, living things, the earth, the celestial bodies, the universe and everything that there is and ever will be, is created by a very specific entity with infinitely vast supernatural powers who orchestrates every single occurrence ... http://www.contra-legem.com/?p=29