This refers to the news report ‘These kids told: you are Dalit, go eat elsewhere’ (IE, December 16). We are progressing towards what? It is shameful to read of such uncivilised acts from the state where the great Mahatma was born. The chief minister of Gujarat should give his explanation for what has happened and arrest those involved in such incidents. —Mahalingam On e-mail Towering Wall With his innings of control and temperament, Rahul Dravid has shown that he is not only most reliable, but can also bat as the situation demands (‘I don’t have Sachin’s gifts, but I fight and do my best’, IE, December 15). He has proved that he is a keen student of the game. How one wishes that his example would be followed by many more Indian batsmen, especially the younger generation. Doordarshan should record the exploits of Dravid and Laxman for posterity and telecast the same off and on for all to view and learn from. — Kallil Dilip Kumar On e-mail • Kolkata-ki-kahani was repeated in Adelaide, Australia. The jugalbandi of Rahul Dravid and V.V.S. Laxman in Australia gave us a victory that will always be cherished. There was a time when Indian cricketers were reckoned to be “tigers at home, but lambs abroad”. Now they have roared in the land of kangaroos. —Bidyut K. Chatterjee On e-mail Great writing Is Rohit Brijnath a cricket commentator or a poet (‘India hold the edge in zero-sum game’, IE, December 16)! I immensely enjoy his writing. —Nirmala Subramanian On e-mail Joke’s on Ajit Well, the world knows that India’s performance depends upon how badly the other team plays (‘Mighty Aussie batting: It’s an Ajit joke. So what’s the big deal?’, IE, December 16). —Devraj Karkera On e-mail In real life too The story of Alka Yadav, a deceased taxi driver’s daughter, being adopted by an affluent Italian couple and taken to Italy reads like a fairytale (‘An Italian fairytale takes shape in a Neemrana village’, IE, December 15). —Ram Charan Chennai Pols and polls This has reference to ‘The Mandate and its pieces’ by Neerja Chowdhury (IE, December 15). It is a matter of irony that today corruption is not a major issue for any political party. It is absurd to say that the people give a clean chit to corrupt politicians by electing them. There are many factors which play a role in elections. In any case, the so-called public opinion can be manipulated with the help of money and muscle power. —Malkangiri Ravi K. Hyderabad Extend the net It’s time for Nepal to do that job too and arrest all top terrorists operating from its soil (‘Bhutan fights in India’s war on terror’, IE, December 16). Bhutan should be given financial and economic support for its assistance. —Ananth On e-mail
