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Journalism of Courage
8226; I believe there are three categories of players 8212; consistent performers, inconsistent performers and consistent non-performers. Anyone with basic cricketing acumen can put our skipper in the third category. Continuing to retain him in the side for 8220;good captaincy8221; will have a very negative effect on the rest of the side. Given the general mood of the nation, the selectors cannot wave off the issue with 8220;let8217;s give him one more chance8221;. If they do so, then in all probability he will accumulate some respectable scores in the tests against Zimbabwe in September only to be a bunny against tougher opposition. To be fair, the selectors can retain him as captain in the ODIs. Any technically unstable player can do well in ODIs.
8212; A.V.N. Sharath On e-mail
8212; Haridas Rao Lucknow
8226; The last day8217;s cricket match between India and Pakistan is a testimony that India is a secular state. The whole team played so badly as if they were determined to accept defeat to equalise the series.
8212; O.P. Sharma Delhi
Trend of the Times
8226; The interview with the Times editor, Robert Thomson IE, March 25 is an important and interesting one as it throws light on the media in general by an international authority in the field. It seems the problems focused by Thomson in Britain are the same everywhere, specially in India8217;s English language media. One felt Thomson was commenting on our English language media when he talked of spin and biases in reporting. The most important observation of Thomson8217;s 8212; and this again applies to our English language media 8212; is that their objective must be to be objective.
8212; G.S. Kulkarni Delhi
Water is life
8226; There is no use in observing one day in a year as World Water Day as the problem is a serious one and continuous efforts are necessary to conserve water and ensure its efficient use on a day-to-day basis. Further, children should be wholly involved in the campaign as they are the ones who have to face the consequences of wasting this precious natural resource.
8212; V. Padmanabhan Bangalore
Sex, please
8226; Apropos of the article, 8216;Immorality, where is thy sting?8217; IE, March 26, sex and exploitation is not new. We may be a poor country, our technology may be second-rate. We may not know how to speak either English or Hindi. But sex is certainly integral to our national identity!
8212; Amit Singh Bilaspur
