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New study suggests math skills are not correlated with genetic variations between male and females. It seems to be more correlated with the gender roles in society.

Recent opinion about Anna Hazare's movement has been getting some curious reaction from the chattering classes in India (which are predominantly "liberal"). The linked article written by Arundhati Roy is a very typical example. Anna Hazare movement is dangerous because: 1. It subverts due process (which in this case is democracy). 2. It uses Hindu religious iconography (like Bharat Mata) and is hence communal. 3. It is a middle class movement with no participation from "real india". This reminds me of the liberals in India who opposed Gandhi for pretty much the same reasons. Gandhi's method was considered to be unacceptably communal by none other than Jinnah, although his demands (like that of Anna) were never communal. The British establishment refused to negotiate with the Churchill's "half naked fakir" because he was subverting due process and bypassing elected "Indian" assemblies that the British had setup to administe