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Despite all her foibles, Mrs Gandhi is still considered a giant of a leader. While Tavleen Singh says that most of the politician who followed her have been little men and women, the fact is that one of them will be remember for atleast having a big heart: Atal Behari Vajpayee, for forgetting the rancour of the Emergency days and ‘‘letting’’ DD show the Indira documentary.
— R K Malhotra

Tavleen Singh’s column (To Mrs G, with love from NDA) highlights how the NDA Government tried to present Indira Gandhi on Doordarshan, which reaches out to 89 per cent of TV viewers in the country. In fact, the NDA Government deserves the heartiest congratulations for this act of generosity. However, I do not agree with Tavleen opinion that Indira Gandhi’s faults should also have been highlighted. Although her argument is reasonable, what is the point of trying to rake up old issues which will yield nothing.
— Dalbir Singh

What Tavleen Singh terms as the large heartedness of the NDA government, led by Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee, in showing a film on Indira Gandhi on Doordarshan is in fact a criminal act arising out of total mental bankruptcy. The government had no moral or ethical right to rake old wounds of those unfortunate common Indians, who became innocent victims of the brutalities unleashed by the totalitarian dictatorial regime of Indira Gandhi during the infamous internal emergency. Indira Gandhi was a national calamity who neither deserves remembrance nor pardon.
— A.K. Sharma

I’m glad Rashmi Uday Singh (‘Fat Lot of Good’, Body and Mind) tried tackling the misleading information pertaining to the effects and ill effects of fats. To exclude fats from one’s diet altogether would be harmful for the eyes, bones, teeth and the immune system. It is the quality and quantity of fats that we consume which requires careful attention.
— Vivek Khanna

With reference to the November 3 issue of The Sunday Express (‘‘Sleeping with the television on’’), I would like to point out that without TV, one definitely finds more time for meaningful work and household chores. There is more time for socialising and interacting with friends and family. TV is also corrupting young minds as the onscreen violence increases day by day.
— Mahesh Kapasi