Professional ethics

Pratap Bhanu Mehta8217;s article is merely a sophisticated extension of the argument that everyone in India is unethical and perhaps corrupt.

8226; Pratap Bhanu Mehta8217;s article is merely a sophisticated extension of the argument that everyone in India is unethical and perhaps corrupt. This impression that society has about our police, politicians, bureaucrats, judges, etc has for years been taken for granted. Mehta has now added another group 8212; professionals. If we agree with him, nobody in India is worth emulating. In India, opportunities have never matched the aspirations of the educated youth, forcing even morally upright individuals to compromise.

8212; Manas K. Chaudhuri

New Delhi

Forgotten betrayal

8226; It is good that Inder Malhotra has rekindled memories of the 8220;Thimayya episode8221;. The public can see for itself that ever since independence, the establishment has sought to humiliate the armed forces in the name of civil supremacy. Nehru did convince Timmy to withdraw his resignation in the name of national sec-urity while assuring him that he would convey his concerns to Krishna Menon. But then he criticised him in Parliament.

8212; Niharika Rai New Delhi

Cynical job

8226; The fact that the global financial downswing has begun to jolt salaried professionals and small businesses in India was demonstrated most convincingly by the aviation sector. Alarming as it is, both emotionally and professionally, the crisis only strengthens the cynicism towards the recruitment process that characterises the private sector today. Does an economic boom invite false, make-believe opportunities that encourage happy singing as long as the sun shines? Encouraging a career juggernaut like this could prove more malicious than any recession that8217;s going to affect us in the long run.

8212; Md Ziyaullah Khan Pune

Dangerous tussle

8226; The latest U-turn taken by the Mayawati government on the vexed issue of acquiring land for a rail factory in Rae Bareily 8212; now deciding to give it to the railway ministry within a week of its refusal 8212; sends out disturbing signals about Centre-state relations. Earlier this year, Mayawati refused to allow the Sashashtra Seema Bal, a force under the Union home ministry to carry out operations in border districts of Uttar Pradesh. While Centre-state conflicts are not new, the tussle between the two should not compromise the security and sovereignty of the country or affect the economic welfare of hapless citizens.

8212; Hemant Kumar Ambala

Unity needed

8226;In the recently held NIC meeting, the Central government highlighted its failures by continuing the policy of 8220;all talk, no action8221;. After every terrorist blast, the government just grieves for the lives lost, but desists from taking strong action. Even with communal violence spreading over Orissa, Assam and Karnataka, the Central and the respective state governments have done nothing. Bans are sometimes necessary, but they are never a final solution. The opposition, both at Union and state levels, must help build political unity to combat extremist actors.

8212; Anuvrat Arya Delhi