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Journalism of Courage
8226;This refers to the editorial 8216;Delhi8217;s Durand Line8217;. Pakistan8217;s objection to NATO forces targeting terrorist hideouts in its territory shows its ambivalent approach to the US8217;s war on terror. Even when Pervez Musharraf enjoyed real power, Pakistan8217;s support to the US on this issue was opportunistic and a tool to extract as many dollars as possible from the Americans. The monetary aid and arms would obviously be used later against India. However, since Pakistan was always playing both sides of the fence, one wonders why the US never saw through its game.
Satwant Kaur
8212; MahilpurPunjab
One-way ticket
8226; Anant Sudarshan has done well to highlight the significance of innovative entrepreneurship in providing low cost, sustainable and profitable solutions to India8217;s problems 8216;The other social engineering8217;,. In the United States, strong ties between industry and academia facilitate the movement of technologies from laboratories to markets. Unfortunately, Indian universities are yet to enjoy such a relationship with the industry. Nor is the curriculum designed to provide practical expertise to the student. Therefore, in India, the student has no option but to turn to the academy for whatever intellectual resources and experience the latter has to offer.
8212; Faiz Mohammad
Aligarh
Hidden pockets
8226; The editorial 8216;Cheques, balances8217;, on donations to political parties by individuals and corporate entities, deserved serious attention. Of late, electioneering has become so expensive that, even for a panchayat poll, large sums of money are required by the parties. The adverse consequence of this is the fact that criminals and opportunists readily enter the election arena, pushing aside more deserving candidates. And once elected, these people exploit every available resource to compensate their campaign expenditure. MPLAD funds, for example, are one of the newest sources of campaign money for corrupt MPs.
8212; Shariq Alavi
Ironic intelligence
8226;For India, the idea of 8220;government intelligence8221; is an oxymoron 8216;Infiltration levels down to new low8230;8217;. On the one hand, India8217;s intelligence agencies conclude that Pakistani infiltration has dropped, with less than 20 terrorists successfully entering India till May this year. On the other hand, they are 8220;seriously concerned8221; that attacks by ISI-backed terrorist groups based in Bangladesh, such as Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami, are on a sharp rise, the latest atrocity being the Jaipur bombings in May. Is it beyond our intelligence services to realise that Pakistan-backed terrorists long ago learnt that it was much easier to enter India from Bangladesh, rather than cross the well-defended Indo-Pak border?
8212; R.P. Subramanian
