Letters To The Editor

— P. Vinayagam, New Delhi

Page turner

• The editorial, ‘Striking difference’, ‘Ways to defeat ourselves’ by Ajit Doval and ’One answer to 5 tricky questions’ by M. Rama Jois in the Indian Express of June 2 make up an interesting convergence on the hot topic of the day. Kudos to the editorial board for thoughtfully placing together these opinions and comments on the editorial page. They are all an overall answer to the unwarranted controversy on reservation. These articles will enlighten the people concerned, telling them to not to fragment the society and not to misread that the so-called unanimity among all political parties as a proof of its constitutional sanctity.

— Kedarnath Aiyar, Mumbai

Strange encounter

• Instead of killing the terrorists at the RSS headquarters, the police could have taken care not to kill all of them in the interest of investigation. And then there is no merit whatso in the police making public sensitive information such as how the militants arrived empty-handed from Ahmedabad and got their arms just a day before the attack. Our police must learn from how similar situations are handled in the US and the UK. UK secret services (MI5 and MI6), for example, would go deep in their investigation into a matter quietly for years to forestall terrorism of the kind that is happening in our country.

— R. Venkatanarayanan, Noida

• I condemn the attack on RSS headquarters. But why would the terrorists attack RSS headquarters when there was no one there? Terrorists plan their attacks carefully, don’t they? Instead of killing the terrorists, why can’t they be just injured and taken into custody for collecting precious information? Encounters these days do not exactly inspire trust in us.

— Amjad K. Maruf, Mumbai

A caveat

• This refers to the Supreme Court’s intervention in the strike of doctors’ strike. The judges say that, since they were seized of the matter, the striking doctors’ fundamental right of protest in a democratic system was asked to be given up? The striking doctors are being painted as black sheep for the distress caused to the public. But isn’t the state getting away with causing more grievous hurt in thwarting the careers of thousands of meritorious students for generations, who would have become good professionals. The striking doctor’s meeting earlier with the PM fell through. If the PM had offered to implement reservations from the 2007 session and proposed that expansion in education infrastructure would take care of the OBC needs, that would have partly met the striking doctors’ demands.

— S. Kamat, Panaji