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• Tavleen Singh’s article (‘Hostage to terror, always’, Sept 5) looks like a populist public address made by any quasi-educated, road-side political leader. Her article asks the Government to formulate a policy on terrorism but avoids defining ‘terrorism’. She even fails to differentiate ‘fundamentalism’ from terrorism. In her rhetoric, she appears to derive inspiration from the US anti-terror policies as she quotes Dick Cheney without realising that President Bush himself has accepted that his policies have failed grossly in countering terrorism after 9/11. Tavleen needs to do a lot of serious reading and re-thinking on our socio-political scenario instead of making low-quality rhetoric that damages the credibility of a newspaper like The Indian Express.
Ishteyaque Ahmad

• Tavleen Singh is absolutely right. We can’t really talk about Islamic and Hindu fundamentalism in the same breath, although both of them propagate hatred. We have seen the worst of Hindu fundamentalism in Gujarat. However, Islamic fundamentalism is more dangerous and has wider implications and repercussions. The tragedy in Beslan is an example. It’s also pathetic to see the virtual non-reaction of the Islamic world, including countries like Pakistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria etc, to the horror. The international coalition against terrorism, led by the US, should not merely focus on Iraq or Afghanistan.
Sandeep Kuulshrestha

• In order to create a research hub in India (‘Let the Grey Matter Rock and Roll’, Sept 5) and attract the most talented people in the world in it, India needs to recreate the environment and culture that exists in most such institutions around the world. For example, India could attract the best research institutes in the world by giving them incentives on land and taxes.
V Ramachandran

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