Reactions to Rape, Part II

The unfortunate victim of this incident has been christened with such names as Amanat, Damini, Nirbhaya and so on. All over India, people are mourning the death of “India’s daughter”. People are lighting candles on the streets. Grief has spread to all corners of the country. This is what I don’t understand. Whilst I do not condone the actions of the six accused in any way whatsoever, I believe that India as a nation is blessed with a serious problem – a problem that links directly to its middle class, its spine.

Quote (section taken from Times Of India’s website)

Honour Nirbhaya by making this pledge

- We will personally treat all women at home and elsewhere with respect and demand the same from others

- We will not practice discrimination against women at home and in the workplace and will fight it wherever we see it

- We will intervene in whatever way we can when we see a woman being harassed whether verbally or by deeds. In all such cases, we will insist on FIRs being lodged and acted upon

- We will not vote for politicians who treat women with disrespect

There’s a fundamental problem with the mindset here. I do not intend to dwell on the rather optimistic pledge outlined above. Instead I would like to take this opportunity to quote a simple statistic. In Delhi this year, there were 635 rape cases. And one conviction. One. ONE. More than zero, less than two. If we didn’t waste all our damned money on buying candles for one victim and organising mass protests demanding that Manmohan Singh find a new job then maybe we’d be able to think of the other 634. I mean no disrespect to her memory but it certainly looks like India doesn’t care about the memories of all those that suffer in silence.

This brings us on to what aggravates me so much. Why does a girl have to be raped, beaten, thrown off a bus and unsuccessfully hospitalised for two weeks in order to raise awareness about an issue that has plagued India since god knows when? What can be more hypocritical than that? Do we wait until a family member suffers pancreatic cancer before demanding access to healthcare? As a cricket mad nation, do we ever pass up the most miniscule of opportunities to dig into the team and its players? No. And no. Then why we wait so long to finally react to this is beyond me.

Speaking of reacting brings me on to the next big problem. How we react. It is unfortunate that blinded by rage over recent events, the public is basically picking up every statement made by figures of authority and twisting them into anti-feminist, anti-change statements. Obviously in some cases this hasn’t actually been necessary – cue Botsa Satyanarayana’s “That particular woman (the Delhi rape victim) should have applied her mind before boarding the private bus. Anyway, it was a small incident” statement. However, twisting Manmohan Singh’s “theek hai” (it’s ok) remark to a cameraman into an anti-feminist statement is nothing short of pathetic. It just highlights the dismal urge everyone seems to have to find a scapegoat.

Like Lassie before me, I’m not trying to play down the issue. I also think that change will come eventually. All I believe is that reacting and retaliating like hooligans makes us as human as those six men.

- Chap

Reactions to Rape, Facebook Style

This is dedicated to Damini, Nirbhaya, Amanat. Not just the unfortunate but brave Daughter who passed away this morning, but all the Daughters who have passed away because they fell victim to heinous crimes. 

13 days ago a 23 year old girl was raped by six men on a moving bus, beaten with a rusty rod and thrown out. She passed away this morning, after being shifted to Singapore for medical treatment (the political reasons for that, I am not interested in).

For once, I am stepping away from taunting politicians and policemen and the establishment in general. Today, I want to talk about the phenomenon I like to call “social (networking) activism”. Succinctly put- sorry activists, no revolutionary work to be done here. Changing our cover photos and display pictures to inspirational quotes about women equality and the injustice of rape doesn’t “spread awareness” about anything, it just makes distinguishing profiles from thumbnails alone impossible. I recognize that there is nothing we enjoy more than rallying around a common cause from behind our laptops but honestly, there’s nothing to do here other than develop a sort of sensitivity regarding degrading comments that isn’t going to come with updating your profile picture and raking in the likes.

Men reading this- I dare you; the next time you see a girl in a dress or a skirt, think of her as a person with a family and a brother and a mother and father and dreams and a life of her own, and not as ‘maal’ (an object). Every single male out there who has changed his Facebook status or tweeted about India being in the dumps- I ask you- when was the last time you made a joke about women in kitchen? Munni and Sheila are relatively safe because they dance on screen- what about those who don’t? I dare you to ask yourself whether they ask to be raped. This is the first time in a long time we’ve come across such a horrifying case of rape, but honestly this isn’t the only time. In no way do I intend to belittle what just happened- this article is dedicated to Braveheart- I just want to know where everyone’s conscience is when so many girls in our country are being raped as I type this and as you read this. I confess, I am referring to the Guwahati molestation case when I say that just because some of the more sensational cases catch the media’s attention doesn’t mean the others are less important. Just as quickly, however, they are forgotten. Quick FYI- the lead rapist in that case got 2 years in prison and an overwhelming fine of Rs. 2000!! Justice system at work, ladies and gentlemen!

Another piece of advice men- next time you go out on the streets, don’t go out alone lest you lose control! Take a woman with you to keep you safe. Hey, that isn’t very fair of me- terming all men as rapists who need watching over. Well, maybe it’s time to stop terming all women as rape victims who need the same.

Social network activism means very little and achieves even less if everyone gets caught up in a frenzy over everything. Remember Kony? Remember that one time everyone changed their display pictures to cartoons to spread awareness of child abuse? Let’s face it- everyone wants to do something because everyone else is doing it. If I sound cynical because I’m slamming down attempts to take a stand, make a change, it’s probably because I am. I know there’s little scope for organizing rallies and protests in the country I reside in, but your time might be better spent developing respect for women when it really counts rather than making statuses and logging in every 10 minutes to see who ‘liked’ it. India has risen up in solidarity in a way we rarely see and change is arguably around the corner. Personally I believe that laws will be passed but on the grassroots change, if any, will be slow to take place, but this article is not about that. I am not denying that social networking activism gets nowhere- nobody can deny Occupy Wall Street or the Arab Spring. I am simply pointing out that updating your status pleading to fellow men about something that you yourself need to be reminded about is pathetic, at best. There are men and women out on the streets of India, silent in solidarity. I am not saying you shouldn’t do nothing- I am saying do something that wont result in nothing. And if you’re going to do something that you wont remember to do in a month or two, don’t bother doing it.

This is a plea.

-Lassie

Chap and I are collaborating, for the first time, to present to you something we both feel very strongly about. His article will come very soon. 

Source: 

http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Guwahati/Guwahati-molestation-case-Amarjyoti-Kalita-convicted-journalist-walks-free/Article1-969757.aspx

(Poetic) Justice Finally Served?

extremism |ikˈstrēˌmizəm|

noun

the holding of extreme political or religious views; fanaticism

November has been an interesting month for a number of reasons starting from the (apparently disappointing) release of Jab Tak Hain Jaan and ending with the (extremely shocking) surprise hanging of Ajmal Kasab 5 days before the anniversary of the day he waged war on India 4 years ago. It is only fair that this post explores who Kasab was, what he did and the poetic justice that was delivered to him 5 days ago.

One amongst 10 men handpicked from a bunch of recruits taught to swim, sail, shoot and manipulate explosives amongst other skills probably required to wage war against a country, Ajmal Kasab was part of the high-profile 2008 Mumbai Terror Attacks that saw an organized series of strikes in the soul of India (assuming Delhi to be its heart only because of geographical positioning), killing 164 people and wounding at least 310. This Jihad group was trained in and came from Pakistan and began their attack on 26^th November and lasted till 29^th November. Kasab was the sole surviving terrorist.

I actually remember pretty clearly when the attacks happened. My parents were glued to NDTV in the living room for 3 whole days as we saw the same footage being played over and over again while India attempted to grapple with what exactly was happening.

Kasab confessed to the majority of it and explained in detail as to how the operation was carried out. However, in December 2009 Kasab retracted his statement and claimed – I’m not making this up- that he had come to Mumbai to try his luck in Bollywood. A large part of why his trial took so long was because no lawyer wanted to represent him on ethical basis. I can see why. Along with the ethics and all, he did have an 11,000 page chargesheet charging him on no less than 86 counts. Try the phrase “legal suicide”. Fast forward a couple of years and he was sentenced to death in 2010.

Of course, anybody even remotely familiar with the Indian death penalty will know it can be likened to what we unfairly associate blondes with- a joke (no offence). Kasab appealed the decision, which was rejected by President Pranab Mukherjee (like he had a choice, to be honest). Nevertheless, nobody actually thought anything would happen. Like I said, the Indian death penalty was kind of a standing joke- nothing illustrated this better than the fact that before stepping down from the post of president, Pratibha Patil changed the death sentence of a rapist to a life term in jail. The awkward moment when the president finds out that rapist she granted life to had died 5 years earlier…

The last time we hung someone was in 2004. That is 8 years ago. According to Amnesty International, at least 200 people have been sentenced to death since 2007, but not a single one has been hung. Till now.

21^st November, 2012, 7:30 a.m.: Kasab was placed in a special cell, with no other inmate being aware of his presence. Hung quietly and without any prior announcement to the media or the public, the execution was carried out with efficiency and discretion one does not usually associate with the Indian government. Makes one wonder what we could do if we really wanted to.

The government has been praised, obviously, as they should be (unless you are opposed to capital punishment in general). The opposition has given them their due credit as well, and this is really a rare moment of the country working the way it should (although long overdue- better late than never though). This might have given the UPA government the emotional leg-up that they will need in the coming parliamentary elections. Brownie points to them! Relations with Pakistan have remained, to a large extent, unaffected (although hopefully this isn’t the calm before the storm). Pakistanis are all up (as they usually are) demanding retaliation but the government has chosen to downplay the hanging. Neither the Lashkar-e-Toiba nor the Taliban have been as quiet though- they have threatened to “kidnap Indians and not return their bodies”, apparently mirroring the manner in which Kasab was executed. They’re angry about Kasab not being given a proper Islamic burial. What about all those times we fed him mutton biryani because he threw a tantrum in jail (biryani is arguably one of India’s finest culinary achievements. Proponents of butter chicken & naan might disagree though)?

This article is dedicated to those who lost someone they knew in 26/11. Kasab’s death may not bring them back, but it takes us a step closer to a number of things from closure to a glimmer of faith in our government. 

-Lassie

Cartoon Sources:

http://faadooindia.com/2012/11/microsofts-next-os-will-be-called-kasab/

http://www.indiatimes.com/india/kasab-just-a-gunman-world-media-needs-to-wake-up-47988.html

The EU – Taking fish out of water since 1973

Over the past few weeks, the limelight has been hogged rather selfishly by the United States of America’s presidential elections. Now that we are prepared to see absolutely no change whatsoever over the next four years, it is time to find another bucket to put all our eggs in. (Apologies to any vegans, you can just put your sawdust in or whatever it is that you eat)

Happily, however, some recent research has yielded a very promising candidate – the EU’s now-defunct Common Fishing Policy (CFP). To understand just how hilariously appalling this policy was, it is necessary to take a history lesson. In the early 1970s, nations with rich waters (the UK, Denmark, Ireland etc) applied to join the EU. The EU’s erstwhile members decided to engineer a rather clever underhand strategy to “share” the entire fishing catch. The resulting policy outlined exactly what fish were to be caught, what quantity they were to be caught in, who would catch them and where they would go.

On paper, this sounds like a rather brilliant idea. Rather than bear the stench of a street-side fish market (Lassie is Bengali so, sorry Lassie) the EU’s members could satisfy their needs in a more organised way. Except the CFP came with one tragic flaw – because the quantities were clearly defined, any excess fish were considered “illegal”. Since it’s impossible to tell what fish has been caught until it’s caught, this was a bit of an obstacle. And since fish die when they’re caught, they can’t be put back. And finally, since commercial fisherman catch huge schools of fish, the EU’s seas turned into mass graves.

While many environmental groups have found this to be a major concern (Lassie is in tears at this point), I just think the situation illustrates just how bureaucratic and impractical politics can be. Consider the following situation. Fifty English fishermen catch 120,000 tuna in a week. Since they were supposed to catch some other fish, they throw the fish back into the sea. At the end of the month, the English food authority spends £120,000 buying some Danish tuna – whereas it would be much cheaper to buy it from English fishermen. In 2009, a research paper was published saying that 88% of the EU’s fish stocks had been overfished and that 30% were outside safe biological limits. Basically what the EU did with the CFP was to make countries pay extra in order to damage the environment.

As far as the newspapers go, an” EU Crisis” is when an old man in Athens can’t afford to buy Starbucks coffee or when David Cameron and Angela Merkel argue over what flowers to plant outside Trafalgar Square. Personally, however, I feel that the CFP saga should rank among the EU’s largest crises. On one hand there are billions of people dying because of malnutrition and on the other hand you have the EU willingly throwing away tonnes of healthy, protein-rich food. We keep hearing about how the developed world does its best to aid the less fortunate and how they bleed money and food and water. Absolute nonsense. Why would the EU, a group of some of the world’s most respected and financially powerful nations, throw away huge fish stocks, if they actually had the best interests of the world or their own people at heart?

It really is a shambolic state of affairs and one can only hope that the EU replaces the CFP with a policy that actually works. It’s not like vegetarians buy meat and then set it on fire.

PS: Dear Lassie, I’m sorry for taking so long to write an article. Also, I hate fish.

- Chap.

If Romney Wins..

I'll be updating this post throughout the day with quotes from the people I hear around school (sneakily of course)- enjoy!

• "F*&^, I'll cancel SAFAR"- Yasmin, head of fashion for upcoming event SAFAR
• "I'll be very sad :( "- Steve Park, arguably the cutest human in my Economics class right now
• "I'll drop out of MUN"- Niki Mathur, an already hassled student who doesn't need the added pressure from the White House
• Not a quote but worth a click
• "These are probably the most politically unaware students in our entire grade"- She Who Must Not Be Named
• "mitt romney is a dush i don't understand y ppl lyk him excuz d chtspk"- respected alumni Sanya Mansoor, Journalism Major from Northwestern (pretty obvious from her grandiloquent language)
• "Mitt Romney is not a politician, he is just a man in a suit who gets up on stage and says whatever the f*#% he wants and people vote for him because they just want a hot president or something i'm so FRUSTRATED"- Sanjana Sankaran, elite model/dancer and my math buddy
• (Diya's brother was fraped and the person liked the Mitt Romney page on Facebook) "Do you still expect me to pay for your college education?"- Mr. Varadaraj, Diya's brilliant father
• "Women, non-heterosexuals and non-upper class folks will basically have a shit 4 years"- alumni Ahana Das, IR major from THE HEART OF IT ALL Washington DC 

AND FACEBOOK EXPLODES- Congratulations President Obama on the behalf of (most of) UWCSEA's student body!

2012-2016!

XOXO GOSSIP DEMOCRAZIES

6 (potentially) Useless Facts for the November 6th Elections

Because useless is what we do best, this post is long overdue. The original title of this was "10 Things You May or May Not Know About Today's Election" but I ran out of patience and useless (enough) facts so I sneakily renamed it to the above. Nevertheless, here you go-

1. The elections have been held on Tuesdays since 1845, when voters used the Monday to get to the voting stations by horse and carriage.
2. Even if Obama wins a majority of the votes, Romney can still win the title of President and vice versa. In 2000, Al Gore won the popular vote but Bush won the electoral vote (there was a huge mess with Florida). Wikipedia explains this fairly simply:
   In the United States, each state conducts its own popular election for President and Vice President. However, the voters are actually voting for a slate of "electors", each of whom pledged to vote for a particular candidate for each office. Most states, including Florida, award all electoral votes to the candidate for either office who receives a plurality of the state's popular vote. Any candidate who then receives an absolute majority of all electoral votes nationally (270 since 1963) wins the Presidential or Vice Presidential election.
   
3. As of yesterday, President Obama had 0.4% advantage over Romney.
4. In the crucial swing state of Ohio itself, with 18 electoral votes up for grabs, Obama and Romney’s combined expenditure on advertisement and campaigning have reached roundabouts $144 million- far more than the GDPs of Afghanistan, Nepal, Ethiopia, Kenya and Libya combined (as diligently calculated by yours truly).
5. Thomas Nast has been credited with designing both the Republican Elephant and the Democratic Donkey. He is also credited with popularizing Uncle Sam, the bearded man that every history student is so familiar with.
   
   
6. If Obama wins this term, it is the last term he will ever be able to serve as President of the United States. If he does win, he will be the third president to win two terms consecutively in the last 50 years. The law for number of times one can be elected got changed after Roosevelt won four times in a row. 

And because I'm in a good mood- BONUS FACT: The next time both the Chinese and the American leadership will be handed over together won't be for another 20 years. 

-Lassie

Third Presidential Debate- Liveblog

Greetings,

I lied a bit in the title. Not strictly 'liveblog', but more of a minute to minute commentary while watching it on YouTube. Either way, I didn't fast forward it which I'm pretty proud of seeing how BORING it was.  Full link here.

02:30: O hello Romney. “Nice to be funny this time not on purpose- let’s see what happens”. Yes Romney, you’re quite the funny guy, I’m looking forward to this too.

03:20: He’s talking about the Arab Spring. This should be good. “Al Qaeda type of individuals”- terrorists?

04:00: He’s congratulating Obama for “taking out” bin Laden. OH MY GOD “WE CANT KILL OUR WAY OUT OF THIS MESS” DID HE JUST MAKE THE MOST UN-AMERICAN STATEMENT OF THE YEAR! “To help the world of Islam”- oh dear this cannot end well.

05:45: “What happened in Libya?”- Obama. He makes a good point about the cost of the war in Libya for America.

06:30: HE’S TALKING TO ROMNEY YESSSS. “Your strategy has been all over the map”.

06:52: “My strategy is to.. go after the bad guys” #thingsIhearduringlasertag. HE SAID “TO KILL THEM” wow someone rewind 3 minutes please.

07:30: Please stop saying “we need to help the Muslim world” my head is aching.

07:52: Stop talking about gender equality Romney.

08:15: WHAT PROGRESS IS LIBYA MAKING YOU NUTSACK?

08:55: THE 1980’S CALLED AND ARE ASKING FOR THEIR FOREIGN POLICIES OH SNAP OBAMA

09:15: Well. Apparently Romney loves the good old 20^th century.

10:20: “Strong steady leadership”- well said Obama, that’s a very good thing to say (kidding)

11:00: “Attacking me is not agenda” I disagree Romney, both of are you doing the same okay shut up.

11:30: “Rose colored glasses where it comes to Russia”- heh okay well said Romney.

13:00: Okay to be fair Obama has the distinct advantage of having been PRESIDENT FOR THE LAST 4 YEARS!!

13:30: How nice, Obama’s making a list of ‘to do’ in the middle east as well.

14:25: Ooooh Syria. Let’s go!

14:40: Obama speaks sense. To be fair, if they got militarily involved they’d be slammed even more. “Syrians are going to have to determine their own future”- cant help but agree. Wondering what Romney will say. Obama speaks well. Assad’s days are numbered.

16:05: ROMNEY!! “Syria’s an opportunity for us”- is that the most diplomatic and humanitarian thing to say right now? When you say replacement government do you mean puppet government, you capitalist scum? He’s basically saying Obama’s thoughts in different words. He’d do well in IB.

18:20: How much more of a leadership role does Romney want? God’s?!

18:50: I wouldn’t say the massacre stopped IMMIDEATELY Obama…

19:20: Gaddafi was a “friend of America”- want to say something about that Romney? “Friend of America” is NOT and I repeat NOT synonymous with “correct” or “right”.

21:25: This is beginning to sound a lot like an MUN debate- everyone saying the same thing in different words and disagreeing with everyone else just for the sake of it. I’m bored.

23:20: I kind of like Obama’s tie. It matches the background very aesthetically.

24:00: Are they going to start talking domestic policy now?

24:20: I wish YOU had a better vision of the future Romney, I wish you had a better vision full stop.

24:55: Hey the red on Romney’s ties matches the red stars in the background. Not bad at all.

25:11: “We want a peaceful planet”- is he actually saying all this?

30:10: Best education system in the world President Obama? I don’t think so. 

32:15 “Latin America’s economy is almost as big as China’s”

33:00: This guy is giving me a stomachache.

33:20: OOOOOH YESSSS IS THIS AN OPENING FOR BAIN CAPITAL?

33:45: Never mind. Education policy it is.

34:00: Don’t lie to yourself Obama, your schools suck. Have you ever SEEN Glee?!

34:11: MATH AND SCIENCE- call Divesh Shah.

35:22: “Every two years we have tests that determine how our kids are doing”. Romney, shut up.

36:35: Back to military. “Where are you going to get the money?” Well asked moderator.

37:05: “Come on our website”- Romney. NO, DON’T DO IT, I’VE BEEN ON HIS WEBSITE IT IS NOT WORTH YOUR 5 MINUTES.

39:30: I’m no mathematician but that sounds kind of impossible to me too, well said Obama.

40:10: True, his business was pretty successful and his budgets seemed to work just fine for Bain. Fair enough Romney.

40:45: “Our navy is smaller now than any time since the 1970’s”- Romney.

41:15: We’re fighting one conflict, not two, at once- uh hello Romney not necessarily a BAD thing?

42:00: “FEWER HORSES AND BAYONETS” OH MY GOD OBAMA YOU ON A ROLL! “We have these ships that go underwater”- not a game of battleship or counting ships- yes Romney does like his games.

43:11: “Is an attack on Israel an attack on the United States- would either of you agree?”- oh dear. OH DEAR.

44:40: “Their economy is in shambles”- well, agreed Obama, but it isn’t as much deterrence as you’re making it out to be.

45:30: Premature military action? Bad idea Romney- “don’t do it”.

45:48: WHEN I’m President of the Untied States- ooooh Romney you cocky scumbag.

47:00: The EU isn’t in the best position right now bro, wouldn’t drag them in into this Romney.

47:45: “Military action is the last resort”- Romney……….

49:10: HAHAHHAHAHHA “You’d do the same thing we would but you’d say it louder and somehow that would make a difference”- that just woke me up (kind of). Okay 11 minutes more and then I take a break.

51:20: I think Romney just really likes saying Ahmadinejad.

57:20: “Lets not go into hypotheticals of that nature”- Romney, shut up.

58:00: I can’t stop yawning. “Iran is four years closer to a bomb”- if I had a dollar for every time he said this in the last 58 minutes.

59:00: Obama’s face when he’s watching Romney speak..

1:00:40: OBAMA JUST MENTIONED PAKISTAN okay now I’m awake.

1:01:00: And in less than 20 seconds I’m sleepy again.

1:01:36: Okay, now I really need a break.

1:02:00: I’m back

1:02:10: America’s longest war in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Hopefully they don’t turn this around and go back to their damned domestic policy AGAIN.

1:03:55: “I now that some people feel like they should brush their hands and walk away, and I don’t mean you Mr. President”- ouch Romney.

1:04:20: Pakistan as a failed state would be extremely dangerous- well observed Romney. Any child who did their Extended Essay on the country might be able to say the same.

1:06:20: Why is Obama still talking? Oh dear, back to “roads, bridges, schools”- this is the debate regarding foreign policy but nobody can really tell anymore.

1:07:55: “Is it time for us to divorce Pakistan?” “No it is not time for us to divorce a nation that has a 100 nuclear warheads”. I agree. Finally, Romney. “If it becomes a failed state- there are nuclear weapons there. You got terrorists there. Pakistan is technically an ally”.

1:09:55: Did he actually speak sense for 2 minutes? Kudos.

1:12:25: “We stood on the side of democracy (during the Arab Spring)”- Obama. Not much choice there Obama. It’s kind of what you’re supposed to stand for.

1:13:13: RISE OF CHINA. Predictions? “They steal all our jobs and their navy is pretty damned strong”

1:14:00: “JOBS BEING SHIPPED OVERSEAS” (Obama)- score!

1:15:20: “If we don’t have the best education system in the world”- but Obama, you don’t?

1:16:30: Romney almost sounds… reasonable.

1:17:25: Jobs mentioned again, by Romney this time. CURRENCY MANIPULATOR OH MY GOD I should have seen this coming. Damn.

1:18:50: So according to Romney they lose jobs trading and not trading with China.

1:19:50: YES SUBTLE REFERENCE TO BAIN CAPITAL- how predictable Obama.

1:22:00: SHIPS HAVE BEEN MENTIONED (therefore an indirect reference to their navy therefore I win)

1:22:44: “I like American cars”- Romney. Good on you mate, I like chairs.

1:24:40: “I want to invest in research. Research is GREAT! Companies? No.”- Romney. He was doing pretty decently; he should have quit while he was ahead.

1:27:10: How is it that they always manage to come back to the same damned domestic policy EVEN THOUGH 1) they’ve been debated a trillion times and nothing new comes out of it 2) THIS ISNT A DEBATE REGARDING DOMESTIC POLICY.

1:29:30: Is Romney trying to justify education budget cuts?

1:30:10: Obama’s closing statement. He’s such a cool guy, genuinely.

1:32:20: “Our roads, our bridges”- Obama should patent this phrase.

1:33:00: Romney’s closing statement. Saying the same thing he has been for months in a span of 2 minutes. His hairstyle is weird.

1:36:00: Done. I’m so proud of myself.

 -Lassie

P.S. I watched Student of the Year- it was a better use of my time than watching this debate was.