Slush story

8226; Though we are notorious for not learning any useful lesson...

8226; Though we are notorious for not learning any useful lessons from calamities befalling our cities, one certainly hopes that the 8216;Sahara in Slush8217; story at country8217;s busiest airport proves an exception 8216;How India8217;s busiest airport got grounded8230;8217; IE, October 12. This incident makes it necessary for non-government experts from aviation, environment, management, engineering and other fields, to come together, form a think tank, and evolve solutions to Mumbai airport8217;s many problems.

8212; Kishore Karnad On e-mail

Sourav8217;s out

8226; Your report,8216;Round 1 to Greg: Dravid is captain for the next 2 ODI series8217; IE, October 14, was along expected lines. Sourav8217;s poor performance brought him down. Actually Rahul Dravid8217;s reinstatement as captain of the Indian cricket team is the victory for coach, Greg Chappell. It is sad that the country8217;s most successful cricket captain, Sourav Ganguly, has forgotten that a cricketer8217;s popularity depends upon performance.

8212; Bidyut K.Chatterjee Faridabad

What8217;s up, Doc?

8226; A person who can do 12 heart surgeries in 12 hours and do them justice, apart from handling tasks of administration and marketing like Dr Naresh Trehan, is truly great 8216;Somebody runs away with Rs 600 crore, there8217;s obviously no question of morality here8217;, IE, October 11.

8212; Navdeep Singh Manchester

Congress legacy

8226; This refers to 8216;The Congress is shifty8217; IE, Oct 13 by T.V.R. Shenoy. Actually, the rusted Congress party instantly needs a teacher to learn the meanings of some hard words. They have forgotten to understand and act according to the Constitution.

8212; Mahesh Adelkar On e-mail

8226; In his article, Shenoy makes mention of the 8220;three bunders8221; and Abu8217;s cartoon on Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed8217;s bath tub. It8217;s not only the three bunders governors who made the PM dance to their tunes, he also has a madari in Prakash Karat.

8212; Inder Nath On e-mail

Bandh 038; politics

8226; The BJP and Shiv Sena had to pay a fine of Rs 20 lakh each for calling a bandh in Mumbai in 2003, consequent to the judgment of the Mumbai High Court. Yet, in a democratic system, all political parties have the right to protest peacefully against any action of the ruling government. Arun Jaitley, as BJP spokesperson, called for action against those who organised the one-day nationwide general strike on September 29. He sounded like a school boy sneaking to his teacher. He has unconsciously allowed the right of parties to conduct mass protests to be forfeited.

8212; S. Sathiyamoorthy Nagpur

Some queries

8226; Apropos of your editorial,8216;Purses and Hearts8217;, IE, October 13, the Mirwaiz8217;s complaint is not reasonable. Compared to both Bhuj or Latur, Jammu and Kashmir is far less accessible and the terrain is more inhospitable, as pointed out in your newspaper on the same day. Also, about 72 hours after the earthquake, militants massacred nine Hindus in Budhal Tehsil of Rajouri
district. Would the Mirwaiz be able to assure full safety to relief workers who may go to Kashmir as in, say, Bhuj or Latur?

8212; Surendra Sundararajan Baroda