Carry on, Dravid

8226; All said and done, cricket is a gentlemen...

8226; All said and done, cricket is a gentlemen8217;s game and you have rightly welcomed Rahul Dravid 8216;Dravid Takes Guard8217;,IE, Oct 15, who entirely fits in the spirit of this great English pastime by his very temperament, focus and, above all, his sterling performance so far. The beauty of cricket also lies in the modesty and grace displayed by the players in their behaviour on and off the ground 8212; the two most elusive qualities witnessed in the Indian cricket team in the recent past. All genuine cricket lovers will wish Rahul the best.

8212; G.S.Kulkarni Delhi

8226; The ouster of Sourav Ganguly is a welcome step as he was not fit. Rahul Dravid8217;s performance as captain so far has not been great. He should learn to be more positive in his approach to the game. Certainly, India needs a permanent captain till the 2007 World Cup, and Dravid must shape up to play this role. We wish him all the best.

8212; Ahmad Rais Siddiqi New Delhi

Strategy for BJP

8226; Apropos your editorial,8216;Second rung ringtones8217;IE, Oct 14, Pramod Mahajan8217;s appeal for 8220;collective leadership8221; and 8220;team spirit8221; in the BJP revolves around personalities instead of ideology and strategy. What is expedient for BJP is to identify issues in addition to Ramjanambhoomi, Article 370, and the common civil code which will mobilise substantial majority public opinion in its favour. It will not be sufficient for BJP to focus on UPA8217;s failures; rather the BJP and RSS should jointly chart out strategies to win over marginal and disgruntled elements in the Congress and form a wider NDA base and then emerge as a serious contender for power at Centre.

8212; S. N. Phadnis Mumbai

What about ads?

8226; With reference to Sonia Gandhi8217;s directive to party colleagues to stick to her austerity code IE, October 15, it8217;s a good move but has the Congress culture ever permitted such directives to be obeyed in the past? And what about the full page advertisements with coloured photographs of Sonia Gandhi herself appearing almost every day in all the national and regional dailies?

8212; Inder Nath On e-mail

Harsh on students

8226; The recent judgment of the Allahabad High Court questioning the minority character of AMU has been extremely harsh on the students who had got admitted through AMU8217;s 2005 admission policy by calling for the cancellation of their admissions.

8212; Huma Hasan Aligarh

The website way

8226; The Right to Information Act is a step in the right direction for the common person. The most simple solution is to make such information public in a pro-active way on a website exclusively developed for this purpose. All government departments should be linked to the site. Since this information is for public, everyone should have an access to any file through this website. Those who have no computers can access such information through cyber cafes.

8212; Mahesh Kapasi New Delhi