Churumuri has a post on recent accidents under the title Nature kills. Nature seems to be at the fringe of the accidents.
However what caught my eye was a comment that IITs and scientist presidents are not able to get safe highways.
As for scientist president, the president is as much a scientist as saibaba could claim to be God.
Our esteemed president had never been a scientist. He was a diploma in aeronautical engineering from Anna university. But by some typo got a Dr. added into his CV. When this was later pointed out to him he went on to get 30 honorary doctorates from various universities- using his influence.
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