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Journalism of Courage
8226; Your editorial 8216;A sagging magic8217; IE, September 30 draws public attention to a very urgent issue. The India Science Report is an eye-opener for the scientific communities and for policy makers. In fact, there is a big question mark over the selection procedures employed by academic institutions as well as in autonomous scientific organisations like ICAR, ICMR, etc. There is complete lack of transparency. Merits sits on the back bench and nepotism rules.
8212; D.K. Mandal Nagpur
Come to the point
8226; It would have helped ordinary citizens to appreciate the stand of the 8216;8216;left and democratic forces8217;8217; if only Prakash Karat had told us where exactly lies India8217;s national interest 8216;Betrayal on Iran: Costs of India-US partnership8217;, IE, September 30. We are not interested in facile arguments that we should have voted with Brazil, South Africa, et al or with Pakistan and Sri Lanka or coordinated with Russia and China. The point is not whether Iran is right or wrong. The point is, where our national interest lies.
8212; S.C.N. Jatar Pune
The gap, stupid
8226; The root cause of the Ganguly-Chappell fracas is the communication gap between the two. It is the BCCI which is responsible for this. It should have clearly defined the specific and overlapping roles of the coach and captain. Both the persons should be asked to solve the matter between themselves, and in case of a deadlock, refer the matter directly to the BCCI, and not involve the other members of the squad and the media in it.
8212; Arjun Chaudhuri Kolkata
So what8217;s new?
8226; Indian Communists and hypocrisy have been intimate with each other ever since Das Kapital hit Indian shores. That should no longer evoke any surprise among enlightened Indians, least of all a serious paper like Indian Express. Your editorial comment 8216;Radical hypocrisy8217; IE, September 30 seems unnecessary and a waste of valuable space.
8212; G.S. Kulkarni Delhi
See it through
8226; Once again, the CBI has hit the national headlines by raiding the top guns from our corrupt bureaucracy to unearth treasures that would make even the richest tycoons turn green with envy. The crores of cash, tons of gold, and array of other properties that have been discovered in houses of our 8216;8216;babus8217;8217; across departments have only confirmed the mammoth proportions of corruption in India.
Just for once, the people of this country would love to see that these big-wigs do not get away and are handed out exemplary punishment through speedy trial culminating in justice. To me, that would be empowerment.
8212; Kishore Karnad On e-mail
In a UPA mess
8226; India has had friendly relations with Iran long centuries before the US came into being. Iran8217;s keenness to proceed with a Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline showed how much that country valued good relations between us. On the other hand, the US has a record of using other countries to further its narrow interests and discarding them when their utility is over. The UPA government has made a hash of India8217;s foreign policy and the fall-out will bedevil us for years to come.
8212; C.J.M. Mathew Faridabad
