Letters To The Editor

TV crew or police?8226; The conduct of the television crew at Gaya is unethical and criminal 8216;TV cameras get Gaya man to burn himself...

TV crew or police?

8226; The conduct of the television crew at Gaya is unethical and criminal 8216;TV cameras get Gaya man to burn himself to death: Police8217;, IE, August 16. Contrast this behaviour with that of the BBC correspondent in New Delhi several years back. A Tibetan, on the eve of the visit of the Chinese defence minister to New Delhi, was threatening self-immolation at Jantar Mantar. Someone from the crowd rang up the BBC man to rush to the spot and cover the 8216;event8217;. The latter admonished the caller and asked him instead to ring up the fire brigade. Our TV channels need to learn their basic lessons in how to be humane, apart from improving their own standards and desist from using the same clips of news from dawn until midnight. In this particular case, the print media needs to name and shame the channel which employed this camera man.

8212;S. Subramanyan, Mumbai

Rough-housing

8226; Every thinking Indian citizen feels that most of the so-called elected MPs have absolutely no interest in the issues of the common man, even though this was the primary reason for which they were sent to Parliament. As Vandita Mishra highlighted in her piece, 8216;The House we live in8217; IE, August 16, they come with their personal agendas to settle their scores with their rival parties. Perhaps, individually, they face no problem as they have enough security and enough perks to lead luxurious lives. Meanwhile, we citizens are helpless and can do nothing but raise our hands in despair and learn to live with bomb blasts, corruption, lack of drinking water, floods and so on.

8212;Parvathy Ayyar, Delhi

Attend to Surat

8226; We must salute the resilience of the people of Surat 8216;A tide not taken at the flood8217;, IE, August 16. I am sure the city will be on track and will go back to playing a leading role in shaping the economy of India. The city has had to pay a heavy price for the mismanagement of a few babus in New Delhi and the irrigation department in Gujarat. What the state needs is a state-of-the-art weather monitoring and advance warning system. It also must have the services of a special task force which will help in rebuilding the infrastructure that has been damaged in these floods.

8212;Anirban Banerjee, Pune

Letting Pak see

8226; Apropos of your editorial, 8216;Hit the LeT8217; IE, August 15, you have rightly questioned the role of the US in not pressuring Pakistan to take concrete action against the Lashkar-e-Toiba LeT. This outfit has, evidently, been aiding and abetting terrorists the world over, even though it was banned some time ago. The issue becomes even more urgent given the evidence thrown up in the latest plot to bomb 10 airliners in London, which indicates LeT involvement. The ball is now in the court of the US and UK. They must hold a mirror up to Pakistan, so that it can see its true face.

8212;S.K.Gupta, Delhi