Different strokes

This refers to your timely and lively editorial 8220;Two Left feet8221; IE, November 2. The ideological extremism followed by the CPM ce...

This refers to your timely and lively editorial 8220;Two Left feet8221; IE, November 2. The ideological extremism followed by the CPM central politburo, blocking almost every policy measure of the UPA government aimed at LPG liberalisation, privatisation, globalisation, is becoming a headache for the Congress. Ironically, West Bengal8217;s CPM government follows an altogether different policy track. It concentrates on economic reforms, wooing FDI and encouraging privatisation. Does the Left not know what its 8220;left hand8221; is doing in West Bengal? How come this dual standard, one in West Bengal and another at the Centre? Left8217;s support.

8212; S.K. Gupta On e-mail

Don8217;t carp

8226; Apropos of 8216;The ground beneath China8217;s feet8217; IE, November 1, it is all very well to say that China8217;s economic growth is unsustainable etc. Let me remind everyone that the country is growing faster than ours. They have better infrastructure and quality of life as compared to India. They must surely have less of a corruption problem as well. Let8217;s look at the positive side. China poses the challenge to US and other developed countries 8212; be it in sports or in nuclear and space technologies. Let8217;s not carp and let8217;s learn lessons from China8217;s success.

8212; Manoj Rathi Bloomington

Belated anxieties

8226; After reading Arun Shourie8217;s special series on the issue of Bangladeshi immigrants IE, October 9-12, the question that came to mind is: Why is Shourie waking up now? The BJP completed its tenure in New Delhi and what did it do about the problem? While there may be disagreement on the numbers of immigrants, there is general acknowledgement that the problem certainly exists. As minister, did Shourie ever visit West Bengal, especially the border districts, to see for himself the state of affairs? Being a specialist on this subject, as it appears now, did he highlight the issue to L.K. Advani and Home Ministry officials? Did Shourie ask the External Affairs Ministry to take up this issue with Dhaka?

8212; Saleha Tahniyat Hyderabad

If there is a will

8226; This refers to Sheela Barse8217;s 8216;The little boy with spiky hair who could not speak8217; IE, October 30. Has there been any attempt to bring the perpetrators of hate crimes in India to book? The Jewish community pursued their persecutors several decades after the genocide in World War II. Therefore, if there is a will, it8217;s entirely possible to find witnesses against the leaders of the mobs who killed Sikhs in 1984. Letting those people go unpunished demeans the idea of civil rights for the entire Indian people.

8212; Monsheel Sodhi Nashville

You got it!

8226; It was refreshing to read C. Raja Mohan8217;s article 8216;Vote that8217;ll change the world8217;, IE, November 2 in the midst of the brazen support for John Kerry among the left wing, liberal dare I say, misguided Indian media. You got the big picture, as always.

8212; Jit Dutta Los Angeles