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This refers to your report 8216;Man who drew Punjab IT roadmap gets his reward: jail8217; IE, February 13. It is a disgrac...

This refers to your report 8216;Man who drew Punjab IT roadmap gets his reward: jail8217; IE, February 13. It is a disgrace that a techno-savvy officer wanting to do good to society should be held in judicial custody in a jail! Shame on Punjab. Pirzada should be released forthwith and a full investigation launched to nail the corrupt politician who put him in jail.

8212; Ram On e-mail

Bush-Mush axis

8226; Musharraf is a great tactician. He has silenced A.Q. Khan on the issue of Musharraf8217;s deep involvement in clandestine nuke sales to Libya, Iran and North Korea. Bush is making heavy weather of N. Korea8217;s efforts to make nuclear devices. With this, Bush is trying to show to the world how greatly he is concerned with nuclear proliferation.
There is no panic in Pakistan over Bush8217;s statement. Pakistanis know that even this storm will die down soon. Musharraf may be keeping Osama bin Laden in a safe place in Pakistan to ensure he continues to gets US support. The greatest danger to the world today is the Bush-Mush axis of evil.

8212; Arun Ogale On e-mail

Degrees of farce

8226; Apropos of your editorial 8216;Kalyan, once again8217; IE, February 13. How about a similar analysis of the DMK alliance with Congress. If Kalyan8217;s return to the BJP is remarkable, isn8217;t DMK8217;s alliance with the Sonia-led Congress even more ridiculous?

8212; Sriharsha On e-mail

Costly circus

8226; The vulgar display of self-indulgence by big moneybags and politicians seems to see no end. Only the other day readers were made to feast their eyes on press coverage of the blatantly ostentatious extravaganza of Amar Singh8217;s birthday celebrations, a bizarre affliction for a self-proclaimed Samajwadi, specially when the bulk of his party vote bank defecates in the open, has little potable water and subsists in a state of sub civilisation through neglect
and design.

Now we have a yet bigger circus with hundreds of crores being washed down by the Sahara family in which even the PM joined in.
8212; A.P.S. Chauhan On e-mail

Life and death

8226; BJP and its allies are at it again, building up a needless furore around playing cricket in Pakistan. This is just the sort of attitude which makes cricket between the two countries a life and death question for the players instead of a game played to provide entertainment and have fun.
8212; Sriram On e-mail

Don8217;t destroy IIMs

8226; THE reduction of fees in the Indian Institute of Management by the HRD Ministry reflects the increasing attack on the autonomy of these institutions. There is growing interference by the government in the management of IIMs and IITs. It is a dangerous trend and needs to be curbed.
Cutting of fees does not make any sense because admission to these institutions is through competition at the national level and candidates from all income categories appear in the competition. Those who get admission can avail of subsidised loans from the banks/financial institutions.