Amma and cases

This refers to 8216;This time, Amma has nowhere to hide8217; IE, November 19. The Supreme Court has proved that everyone i...

This refers to 8216;This time, Amma has nowhere to hide8217; IE, November 19. The Supreme Court has proved that everyone is equal in the eyes of the law. I hope that in all other pending cases of national importance, this rule will be followed. Nobody, from the highest echelons of power to the lowest, should be exempted to appear in the court of justice. Bravo.
8212; M. Mahmood Ali, On e-mail

This is only the tip of the iceberg. The real tamasha will start when the Tansi case verdict is out, which is delayed for unknown reasons.
8212; Partha Ghosh, On e-mail

An ignorant electorate is the bane of Tamil Nadu. It is clear that Jayalalithaa prefers arrogance to governance. The people who voted her in deserve to suffer. Let us hope that the case will proceed in a more free and fair manner once it is tranferred to Karnataka.
8212; Mura, On e-mail

Regional Railway?

The unfortunate violence in Assam, Bihar and now in Mumbai is a result of growing regional disparities and competitive sub-nationalism in some states of the Indian union. The fact that Railway Recruitment Boards fall in certain regions doesn8217;t make that part of Indian Railways the property of that region8217;s populace. Besides, who is preventing the eligible youth of that region from appearing in the examination?

The Centre should take steps so that the Railways remain a vehicle of national development and not a source of inter-regional conflicts.
8212; Bodhlal Prasad, On e-mail

Caught!

Apropos of 8216;CEC wipes a bit of Cong8217;s Judeo smile8217; IE, November 19, it is a matter of shame that Sonia Gandhi, who is quite loud in her criticism of Vajpayee, has been caught breaching the Conduct Rules framed by the EC.
8212; M. Jagruti, On e-mail

The Parsee way

This refers to Coomi Kapoor8217;s 8216;Minority report, Parsee way8217; IE, November 19. Modern and westerised leaders have always had a greater influence at every crucial stage in Muslim politics. Sir Syed was an exponent of modern ideas. He was opposed by religious leaders but he eclipsed his opponents. Then came the Oxford-educated Mohamed Ali Jauhar. He was followed by Mohammad Ali Jinnah. His Muslim League defeated the religious leaders.

Modern Muslim leaders have a vision and know what the problems of their community are. But no Hindu leader would like to give opportunity to educated Muslims to represent their community because they would demand equal opportunities in education, economic activity and employment.
8212; Mukhtar Ali Naqvi, On e-mail

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I take strong exception to Kapoor8217;s condescending tone and her 8220;melting pot8221; recipe for integration. Kapoor seems to commend the Parsees for not being different or perceived as different. Such a stance speaks more of our tolerance thresholds than of others8217; idiosyncrasies. Parsees are part of us not because they shied away from being different but because they live their own life and do not bother about us living our own.

It is time we stop this drift towards the 8216;melting pot8217; and revisit the 8216;mosaic8217; idea that we cherished not too long ago. Freedom is when I can do my own thing without being a nuisance to the others.
8212; K. Narasimha Rao, Hyderabad