This is a historic moment. Let me register my total delight at Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore winning the silver at the Olympics! Congratulations, well done and I hope the government rewards Rathore suitably! — Saurabh Sharma Chennai • At least we got one silver medal. — Pramod Singh Dubai To be civilised • The SC has taken a laudable decision to urge the review of all Gujarat riot cases. If the nation has to find peace, the mayhem created by the Modi government has to become public and the people behind it punished. A blot upon the reputation of a nation cannot be a closed chapter. To safeguard future generations, we must show that we belong in the league of civilised nations. — Ramesh Lahoti Navi Mumbai Old mantra? • Bunker Roy must know that corruption is deep rooted in our country (‘The road to the last man’, IE, August 17). The only way to deal with it is to remove governmental control. Due to reservations, large numbers of government employees are from the backward classes and they cannot be touched. Else, they will play the caste card. Also, one has to understand that people who return from Cambridge or Harvard slog hard most of the time; they deserve their high salaries. Roy babu seems to be a communist chanting the rotten mantra of social equality at all cost. — Amit Saxena Pune • I agree with the thoughts expressed in this article. World Bank inspired policies seem to ignore the last man. The current policies are furthering the wedge between the two worlds that coexist in our country. — Vidushi Chaturvedi New Delhi Help Male • This refers to ‘Sudden disquiet in Male rings a quiet bell in New Delhi’ (IE, August 17). Being an ordinary Maldivian, I highly appreciate your support for the pro-democracy movement in my country. The ongoing arrests are unjustifiable and unethical. We want the Indian government and other independent agencies to help us in any way that is possible. — Ahmed Adam On e-mail Shame • The incessant turmoil and the current agitation taking place in Manipur don’t surprise me. Decades of tortures, rapes, killings of innocent people by the so called law keepers in free India have hurt the sentiments of the people. The central government is obviously not keen on solving the problems of the state. Rather, their interest is in suppressing the democratic rights of the people by imposing draconian laws like the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). Now the situation is not less than a battleground between two warring armies. Is not this a shame for Independent India, the second largest democracy in the world? There is negative growth in Manipur, unemployment has hit rock bottom, and educated youth are frustrated. — N. Haokip On e-mail
