And the way out?

I have read the four-part article by Arun Shourie on ‘The Silent Demographic Invasion’ with great expectation. Indee...

I have read the four-part article by Arun Shourie on ‘The Silent Demographic Invasion’ with great expectation. Indeed I feel disappointed that at the end of the day, he has nothing concrete to suggest. Without questioning his facts, one would like to know why the NDA government, of which he was a prominent member, did not take any concrete action to deal with the situation as recommended by the Conference of DGPs in New Delhi. One would also like to know, having lost the general election, what line of action he would suggest to the UPA government, apart from his repeated advocacy for the repeal of the IMDT Act? Would he like India to adopt the Bush line of unilateral, pre-emptive action and seek US support for such action as a continuance of his Global War on Terror?

— Syed Shahabuddin New Delhi

• Excellent analysis by Arun Shourie. The problems of the country needs to be identified because they can be fixed.

— Nitin Desai Los Angeles

Transfer & forget

• The transfer of he judges concerned is no remedial action whatsoever (‘Supreme Court begins clean-up: 10 HC judges shunted’, IE, October 12). In fact, the judiciary has behaved in the same manner as the bureaucracy when it wants to bail out its members. The transfer, for example, of Justice Singhvi of the Punjab and Haryana High Court to Gujarat seems to be only an eyewash. As he belongs to Rajasthan, how does it matter to him whether he is posted in Chandigarh or in Ahmedabad?

— Satish Kumar New Delhi

Invisible persons

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• I was pained to read ‘Echoes of a missing voice’ (IE, October 13). I recollect a news item years back. Dalit students at the Delhi University campus canteen had to sit aloof at a separate table and there was no intermingling of all the students, as should have been the case. It is such attitudes — inculcated right from the beginning — that have led to the current situation where a search for dalit journalists produces no one. Dalit uplift is not thus not just political rhetoric. It needs active and sincere involvement. There would be several more areas in public life where you would have to hunt for dalits.

— S. Subramanyan Mumbai

Come on, Saurav

• The Indian team’s string of failures is really upsetting. Saurav Ganguly and his team must do something to reverse the situation. Irfan Pathan, for instance, should be given a chance to bat higher up the order where he has some experienced batsman at the other end so that his contribution can be maximised. And Ajit Agarkar must be included in the bowling attack in place of Zaheer Khan for greater variety.

— Tahir Naseer Lahore

Inspired man

• Christopher Reeve was not only a superman on screen but also in real life (‘A super man for our times’, IE, October 12). His death is a great loss.

— Rajiv K. Bhadravati Shimoga

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