It will pass

Shekhar Gupta8217;s interview with Montek Singh is remarkable for its despair-free realism. It inspires confidence in the common reader, and convinces him of the stability of our banking system while being devoid of facile over-optimism.

8226; Shekhar Gupta8217;s interview with Montek Singh is remarkable for its despair-free realism. It inspires confidence in the common reader, and convinces him of the stability of our banking system while being devoid of facile over-optimism. As rightly stated by Montek Singh, this is an unfolding story; it takes your mind off the panic button. It demands innovation, which has no set formula of its own. India is capable of such; doubtless we shall overcome the present crisis.

8212; Parimal Y. Mehta

Mumbai

Professional check

8226; Pratap Bhanu Mehta has rightly drawn our attention to the lack of integrity in the professions such as law, medicine, accountancy, management, academics.

Professional bodies have failed in their task. As he has pointed out societies cannot be held together only by coercion and money. Wealth really belongs to society whether it is in the hands of an individual or the state; that is why Mahatma Gandhi advocated the concept of trusteeship. It is easy to follow norms when a person considers himself as a trustee of the profession. It is time a reputed public-spirited institution brought together some of the leading lights of all professions, including politics, on a platform to discuss this issue and try to formulate some guiding principles of functional and institutional norms.

8212; M.D. Kini

Mumbai

Friends like these

8226; This refers to the wide-ranging interview with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The Chinese, till the very last, opposed India8217;s NSG clearance. It was stated that it took Condoleeza Rice and President Bush8217;s personal intervention to convince China to back down. Further, China soon after announced support for Pakistan8217;s nuclear energy programme.

8212; Ranjit B. Rai New Delhi

State of despair

8226; This refers to your editorial 8216;Unchecked, unbalanced8217;. Unmindful of the law of the land and the social responsibility incumbent on a political party, Raj Thackeray and his MNS are systematically spreading 8220;regional hatred8221; for vicious votebank gains. While MNS goons, contemptuous of socio-political norms and morality, indulge in their hate crimes against north Indian migrants, no political party in Maharashtra 8212; for obvious reasons 8212; has openly and vehemently condemned the despotic lawlessness of the MNS. Our leadership must wake up to the needs of a rational secularism before it is too late

8212; Ved Guliani Hisar

He is king!

8226; Congratulations are due to Vishwanathan Anand for retaining his World Chess Championship title and proving once again that he is the undisputed king of the 64-square board.

8212; S.N. Kabra Mumbai