Quick notes: Dance bars, evil night owls...

• Supporters of the dance bars fail to notice that they are validating a cultural environment that objectifies women as ‘social currencies'. It is a documented fact that dance bars were a front for prostitution and trafficking. Many of them perform in illegal dance bars and others prostitute themselves in Mumbai’s red light districts.



• Buddhist Monk blames Time magazine for Myanmar bombing.“Since their plan to fight me via Time Magazine has failed, they are now targeting my ‘dharma’ events, and the devotees, with explosive devices,”



• GM managed to fudge emissions tests on its models in India.



• The parliamentary committee on finance asks govt to ensure that Reliance Industries delivers for shortfall on production at $4.2 per mBtu rather than getting new pricing for previous commitments.



• Psychologists find that people who stay up late tend to have more evil personality traits than early risers. Related post: Morning People Happier Than Night Owls