Chaos continued

Nehru’s fault

• By crediting the Nehru dynasty for all the development, if any, Manmohan Singh has proved he is also a typical sycophant like all Congressmen. The day Nehru became PM, India’s fate was sealed. He was nothing more than the average day-dreamer. People mistook his dreams to be his vision. It was because of his lack of foresight that a part of India is in in Pakistan and China. If Patel had become the first PM, India wouldn’t have been a third world country, euphemistically called a developing nation.

— Amit Sinha On e-mail

Us and them

• It is inexplicable that the Congress-led government, while willing to throw overboard the draconian Pota, is ‘‘firm’’ about retaining the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act which is equally, if not more, repressive.
Is it because Pota is related to Kashmir, while the AFSPA is, ‘‘after all’’, for the Northeastern states?

— K. R. Rangaswamy On e-mail

Gentleman!

• The manner in which our gentleman PM is going about instilling some discipline and sense of duty in his cabinet colleagues is a refreshing change. This is what the people have been longing for. If the PM continues to remind ministers of their duties, responsibilities, accountability and commitment to the CMP then the ‘‘sheen’’ of ministerial office will soon fade. Hopefully, our politicians will discover their real job.

— K.R.P. Gupta On e-mail

Save it

• This refers to ‘Crude shock, slick response’ (IE, August 16). It is as essential to save electricity as it is to produce it. Water tables must be raised wherever needed by check dams so as to save on pumping energy.

— R. Ganesan On e-mail

Shame, shame

• Arjun Singh’s recent utterances about the RSS are childish. He is immature, irresponsible and a disgrace to India.

— V.K. Joshi Liverpool

Thanks to Milkha

• Apropos of ‘Billion excuses, zero golds’ (IE, August 13), congratulations to this brave man, who has hit the nail on the head. The whole organising committee for sports in India should read Milkha Singh’s article, and take action. The officials of the Indian Olympic committee should be sacked.

— Suresh Sapre Erlangen