• How can Sania Mirza play tennis in any other dress? God would prefer her to be an honest tennis player and play in the clothes she is comfortable in. If people have corrupt minds, what is she do about it? I would suggest that those who object to her dress should be blindfolded and told to get lost. — Uma Shankar Vajpeyi London Just look away • This refers to the report about pandits in Pushkar fuming at the kiss exchanged by a newly married Israeli couple. It looks like clerics of all religions have started laying down the law for everything, from spelling out a dress code for Sania Mirza to telling couples they can’t kiss. Kissing in public is common in western societies and if Indians want the tourists dollars then they just have to look the other way. — Sidharth Sydney Car trouble • I Think Chandan Basu knows that he is caught ‘Now a Benz: Basu son says tough to ‘live in Bharat’’ (IE, September 9). Who has pushed the country into such a state? It is people like his father and those like him who have misused their powers. How come the common public cannot get such cars at such prices? — Ravindra Munvar Bangalore Options on NPT • The NPT had two aspects to it: one, that the nuclear-haves would reduce their arsenals drastically. Two, that the have-nots who signed it would not aspire to nukes. The nuclear-haves have not met their international obligations. And further, all countries have the right to defend themselves by whatever means possible. Since the US wants Russia-China-India to turn the screws on Iran, I would suggest that these three countries sign a peace and friendship treaty jointly with the Iranians — that way the Iranians would be assured of their security and these three countries would not have to go down on their knees when an oil block was imposed. — Zappos Mumbai Rethink on UK • Your editorial says ‘‘UK-India relations are at its best” (‘A Tony neighbourhood’, IE, September 9). But I didn’t see the editorial providing any evidence to that effect. The UK has been consistently acting against Indian interests for a very long time. As you point out, the EU is not helpful in the civilian nuclear tech field. But the UK has been categorical as well in denying the same access to this technology to India. — Ravindra Harsoor Chicago Not so fast • Saeed Naqvi’s suggestion that Jinnah House should be gifted to Pakistan deserves to be rejected forthwith (‘Hope runs through it’, IE, September 9). The location of the premises, the implications of the gesture, call for a clear and forthright denunciation of the suggestion. One fails to understand the inaction of the government in leaving the premises untenanted and unkempt despite the fact that a sign on the gate clearly mentions that it is for a SAARC sub-regional office. The Foreign Office needs to shed its sloth and bestir itself so that no more suggestions for ‘‘handing over’’ the premises are made. — Vijayan Nair Bangalore
