Personality first

8226; In India, sports is always played in the ...

8226; In India, sports is always played in the political shade. Personality becomes more important than the sport or the nation. Greg Chappell has certainly not come to India to nurture this personality worship or political game-playing. He is here to improve the quality of the eleven players on the field and our winning capabilities. Ganguly, on the other hand, has lost his game and is a liability, on and off the field.

8212; Leela Kumar Bangalore

Next, please

8226; For the last 4-5 days, most of the space in the Indian Express has been filled with news regarding the Ganguly-Chappell saga. Admitting that the issue has some importance, even political importance, it is doubtful whether it has such overweening news value.

8212; Jayakumar K.V. Gandhinagar

Against Sourav

8226; I am dismayed at your paper8217;s anti-Sourav bias. Here we have a coach who talks about the captain8217;s retirement with other players, driving a wedge within the team. You say not a word. But you write one editorial after another baying for the blood of someone who has given Team India such wonderful wins.

8212; Rohit Chatterjee Delhi

Earning distrust

8226; At a time when it is increasingly clear that the stock markets are controlled by a few manipulators for individual gain or corporate interests, there is so much lobbying to place India8217;s pension funds in the same stock markets. In other words, the pensions of millions should be subject to the kind of whim and manipulation we have seen recently in the stock market.

8212; S. Gopalakrishnan On e-mail

One step forward

8226; The framing of charges against Laloo Prasad Yadav and others in Bihar8217;s fodder scam is one step forward in bringing to book those who have lined their pockets by betraying the poor whom they feign to represent.

8212; Sandeep Kampani London

Break out, BJP

8226; A political party should be capable of taking independent decisions. It should not function as an instrument for another organisation. The BJP should ask RSS to enter the electoral arena and fight on its own.

8212; S. Vasan Mumbai

Book, please

8226; Apropos of your exclusive 8216;India Empowered8217; series, it8217;s a great idea to know the minds of eminent personalities who can or will shape the future of the country. I request you to compile these articles in the form of a book.

8212; Manoj Agrawal New Delhi

Correction

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8226; The editorial 8216;A striking impasse8217; IE, September 28 incorrectly mentioned that a strike has been threatened in BSNL and MTNL. In fact, officers of the Indian Telecom Service, on deputation with the two PSUs, are refusing permanent absorption in the PSUs by September 30, when the five-year deputation comes to an end. The error is regretted.

8212; Editor