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Journalism of Courage
8226; Fali Nariman is a great jurist with a powerful pen and a powerful voice. In 8216;The Jharkhand case: with due respect8217; IE, March 14 he expresses worry because the Supreme Court 8220;disturbed the delicate balance of power in our Constitution8221;. Neerja Chowdhury 8216;Ten days that shook the system8217;, IE, March 14 is upset because every constitutional institution has overstepped its jurisdiction. But no one says what should have been done when parliamentary democracy was being murdered in Jharkhand. It appears, they are arguing like lawyers on behalf of a policeman who was murdering a person in a police lock-up. Thank God, there is an alert Supreme Court in the country.
8212; Devendra Narain Gurgaon
8212; J.M. Manchanda New Delhi
8216;Purchased8217; ministers
8226; How strange and pathetic that NDA8217;s Arjun Munda after dislodging JMM-led UPA8217;s Shibu Soren government should take oath as a lone BJP member with five independent members who were sworn in as 8220;purchased8221; minister to save the BJP-led NDA government in Jharkhand. It8217;s a crying shame the UPA and NDA are slaves to the hands of such independents or smaller parties to form governments. Both parties must ask themselves whether forming the government is more important than cleaning up the political system.
8212; Bidyut K. Chatterjee Faridabad
Indian democracy
8226; Apropos of K. Subrahmanyam8217;s 8216;Call this democracy? Don8217;t!8217; IE, March 14, I disagree with his perception that elections in India are democratic, thanks to the EC. If elections are free and democratic, why do we need the police and army to provide tight security at the polling booths? I had visited several polling centres during the US presidential election and did not find a single policeman or security guard at the polling centres. I believe our Constitution is based on fundamentals of democracy, but in reality it has not been pursued in the right direction. 8212; Divyesh Raythatha Dover
8226; With reference to your editorial, 8216;A farewell to Razi8217; IE, March 14, it is indeed a sad commentary on the 8216;state8217; of democracy that after the imbroglio in Jharkhand only the hastily-appointed CM resigned from his post, but not the governor who had a much greater responsibility in choosing the right person for that office. Your editorial is absolutely right.
8212; K. R. Rangaswamy On e-mail
Strange, Sachin
8226; Amazing! The low sight screen was not an issue until Sachin Tendulkar had reached 50 odd runs in 70 balls. It becomes an issue when he manages 44 runs from 132 balls! Maybe he was playing on another ground until he reached his 50! It8217;s simple, Tendulkar was under pressure to complete his 35th century.
8212; Ali Nawaz Dubai
