Be constructive

The UPA government has begun a policy of vindictiveness 8216;Raj Bhavan axe falls...8217;IE, July 3. It forgets that the N...

The UPA government has begun a policy of vindictiveness 8216;Raj Bhavan axe falls8230;8217;IE, July 3. It forgets that the NDA lost because of a similar approach. The spread of education to all children and providing working classrooms in each and every village is of far more importance than the so-called detoxification exercise. Providing drinking water, electricity and shelter to everyone is more crucial than removing governors seen as ideologues. Similarly, the NDA should not waste Parliament8217;s time on the 8216;8216;tainted8217;8217; ministers. Let them be driven out by their own inefficiencies. It is time our political class starts working together constructively.

8212; R.C. Dikshit Vadodara

Bad defence

8226; Apropos of 8216;PM speaks, NDA no less tainted8217; IE, July 1, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is credited with the statement that 8220;the previous NDA government, with several chargesheeted members in its Cabinet, was no different8221;. I am surprised that the prime minister is treading this path. So far Dr Singh seemed on a higher plane and drew respect for it. But with such a disingenuous argument, he is in danger of losing that respect. The fact is that he is a helpless prisoner to the 8216;criminals8217; and other obnoxious characters in his ministry. As such, he should choose to keep quiet. One 8216;crime8217; does not justify another.

8212; N.A. Prabhu On e-mail

8226; What a shame to have a prime minister who admits that since the NDA has chargesheeted ministers, his government too has the right to have them. During NDA rule, prisoners escaped from Tihar jail. Will the UPA prime minister now claim that his government has the right to allow prisoners to run away? Strange logic.

8212; Varinder Sarin On e-mail

Over to Congress

8226; Now with India having notched an 8.2 per cent rate of growth next only to China, would the Congress 8212; which has been saying that the NDA govt had put the country8217;s economy into bad shape 8212; like to comment?

8212; Ashok Gupta On e-mail

Nice guy

8226; Jayant Narlikar is a nice guy 8216;When my husband, the astrophysicist, was smitten by a star8217;, IE, July 2. And, in science circles, when a guy is called 8220;nice8221; it means he is not a scientist anymore. Years ago when S. Chandrasekhar came to India he was so annoyed by the perpetual questions over Narlikar8217;s work 8212; which scientists know is irrelevent ever since the Big Bang theory established itself 8212; that he asked reporters to go and put their questions to Narlikar himself.

8212; Metric Feinstein On e-mail

The civil way

8226; The very concept of talaq is not good for women 8216;All eyes on the Muslim board8217;, IE, July 3. The Muslim board should follow the civil law for divorce. Muslim women should know that even if the men are adamant on this issue, they are doing nothing wrong by seeking equal rights for themselves.

8212; M. Shanthakumar On e-mail

Great line

8226; Harsha Bhogle is one of the finest writers we have. I just loved this line in his column on July 2: 8220;Pride is a peculiar thing though; those that have it can8217;t imagine life without it and those that don8217;t wonder what the fuss is all about.8221;

8212; Siddharth G. On e-mail