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Apropos 8216;Living with the Sena8217; by M. Wajihuddin IE, October 26, as a foreigner with a spiritual interest in the Bh...

Apropos 8216;Living with the Sena8217; by M. Wajihuddin IE, October 26, as a foreigner with a spiritual interest in the Bhaktivedanta Hospital, I am sorry to hear of the tribal behavior exhibited by Suryakant Mahadik, the Shiv Sena and the BKS.

Now as far as Suryakant is concerned, although I am nearly 60 years old, I cordially invite him to my home, where I would greet him, give him Bhagavan prasad, then personally thrash him to within an inch of his life. The great Chanakhya Pandit has said that low-class persons like Suryakant can only be made to understand through such strong treatment.
8212; Michael Wright, On e-mail

A draconian act

Your timely editorial on Pota IE, October 2 graphically draws attention to the 8220;dangers inherent in a law that can so easily be manipulated for reasons of political expediency8221; as was done in Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh. You have also assailed it as a 8220;draconian act8221;. It attracts this odium because it tramples on the fundamental rights of individuals enshrined in the Constitution. Yet, you have not thought it fit to call for its repeal. Why?

According to Indian jurisprudence, any person facing criminal proceedings is deemed to be innocent until proven guilty by due processes of law which have to be free from the odium of being 8220;draconian8221;. The Indian law-enforcement agencies seem to be uncomfortable in following this maxim and, left to themselves, would prefer it to be the other way round.
8212; K. R. Rangaswamy, On e-mail

It has been reported that the PM will consult Jaitley on removing M. Kannappan from the Union Cabinet for his alleged remarks supporting the LTTE. I cannot understand this dithering attitude when Kannappan has all along been openly supporting the LTTE.
8212; R.K.Babu, On e-mail

Engineering education

This refers to government8217;s decision to open five new IITs. It shows that the government views IITs as being 8220;yet another brick and mortar flyover8221; for their elections or whatsoever. IITs are brands which the government sees as part of its short term goal to give 8220;Indian education8221; a global facelift. But shouldn8217;t the government be thinking in terms of ensuring 8220;quality8221; education rather than trying to encash on the 8220;little good8221; of an IIT? I also see no logic in using franchising economics for IITs. Franchising is a concept for money making. And that too in the very short term. What the government should be doing instead is to streamline the entrance exams and provide better education in other institutes as well.
8212; Nitin Gupta, ex-IITian, Delhi

Everybody is talking about medical admissions but nobody seems to be bothered about engineering admissions, which have been stayed by the Supreme Court wef from September 14. Admissions before that date were allowed to remain. Colleges have started, classes have started, and practicals will soon start. What about those students who are waiting for admissions in the management quota? These students, through fault on theirs, are left in a limbo, running from one college to another. It is time that the stay on the admissions for the management quota in engineering colleges is removed forthwith or at least classes be suspended till the issue is resolved. Will someone please take note of this and help students who are already frustrated?
8212; Anjali P. Iyer, On e-mail

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Great cartoon

Unny8217;s cartoon 8216;Freeze frame8217;, October 2 substitutes for a thousand words.
8212; Chandran Nair, On e-mail