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Rajeev Shukla asks a good question: why do honest politicians lose? (IE, September 4). The answer is rather simple: how many m...

Rajeev Shukla asks a good question: why do honest politicians lose? (IE, September 4). The answer is rather simple: how many media groups tried to educate the public on the rights and responsibilities of a citizen? The past three months have shown that the media could not care less if criminals were sitting in the cabinet, as long as they can score political points against a political party that they dislike. Given the total lack of social responsibility and, worse, social conscience, the media gives the likes of Laloo, Mulayam, Uma Bharati and other “tainted” politicians positive coverage, completely ignoring their history.

— Peter Satyen Mumbai

Commission politics

• With the elections to some key states in the offing, votebank strategies have kicked in (‘Fire in Godhra…’, IE, September 3). If riots could be carried out all over India over the last 50 years, surely it means that politicians have no concern for either the minority or the majority, as long as they can cobble a majority? Citizens must resist this when they vote.

— Raghubir Singh Pune

• It is a good idea to expose truth and prejudice, not only of Godhra but what followed thereafter. After the Gujarat riots, how can the nation have any faith or trust in our political system? I also believe the only way to settle the BJP, RSS, VHP-led genocide is for the UPA to face the truth of 1984.

— Arvind Amin On e-mail

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• Laloo Prasad Yadav should also appoint a fresh commission of inquiry into all the cases against him and his party workers. This will prove that he is the only honest politician we have. Carry on Lalooji, but please don’t turn Gujarat into Bihar!

— Jayesh Shah Surat

The bias shows

• According to Amartya Sen, inflation up to 9 per cent is natural. When the inflation rate went up by half a percentage point during the NDA years, economists like him and P. Chidambaram attacked the government. Now they seem to have changed their mind! God save India from such economists.

— Bhattacharya C. Kolkata

Disturbing trend

• Apropos of Neerja Chowdhury’s ‘Manmohan’s Mandal moment?’ (IE, Sept 6), the revival of the reservation issue in the private sector is spearheaded by two Union ministers, Ram Vilas Paswan and Meira Kumar, because of the Maharashtra elections. After the depletion of government jobs, Dalit leaders are now “eyeing” the limited number of jobs in the private sector. Where are we going? Is the use of the “Dalit card” valid? Is it in India’s interest?

— S.K. Gupta Delhi

Mahatma’s return

• After a gap seven years, it’s refreshing to see the “old man with a stick” back in the news. The BJP, not very keen Mahatma supporters, understandably was not too keen on him. The Congress, back in power, seizes every chance to equate its vision to that of Mahatma Gandhi. So you had a black bust of the Mahatma behind Manmohan Singh as he gives his first speech to the nation; you had the HRD minister blaming the RSS for his assassination; then there was the I-Day speech referring to Bapuji’s thoughts. One just hopes that the Mahatma’s resurrection also resurrects his ideas, morals and values too.

— Shiju Jim Thomas New Delhi

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Wipro rejects Karnataka Govt request to allow public vehicles inside Sarjapur campus

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Wipro, a leading company in Bengaluru, has refused to allow public vehicles inside its Sarjapur campus to ease traffic congestion. However, they have agreed to finance a study to find a solution for the traffic problem. The founder, Azim Premji, believes that the issue is complex and requires expert analysis. Wipro has also committed to funding a significant portion of the study's cost.

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