Small is beautiful

8226; Excellent! The pruning of ministries will definitely curb the horse-trading business 14...

8226; Excellent! The pruning of ministries will definitely curb the horse-trading business 8216;Over 300 Ministers to lose their jobs, happy new year8217;,
IE, December 19. For a change, let all the ministers concentrate on
public service.

8212;C.R. Ramanujam On e-mail

8226; It is a good thing that the number of ministers in a council has been restricted to 15 per cent of the strength of the Lower House. Parliament should now consider enacting another much needed legislation on debarring criminals/tainted politicians from contesting elections.
8212;K. Sivakumar On e-mail

8226; The biggest democracy in the world, despite all its drawbacks and shortcomings, has in a show of magnanimous unity decided to rescue democracy.

8212;Mahipatsinhji On e-mail

8226; The legislation passed in Parliament this week to restrain the size of ministries at the Centre as well as in the states and also to bar defections may restore principle and ethics in our politics.

8212;Ramesh On e-mail

Help from the hills

8226; This refers to your editorial 8216;Good job, Bhutan8217; December 19. Bhutan has shown the way for our other neighbours 8212; some of them are actually assisting in training militants.
8212;Gaja On e-mail

8226; What speedy action. No other nation has been able to crush foreign extremists so decisively and definitively as Bhutan has. In doing so it lost some of its military personnel, whose families will be remembered in our prayers.
8212;Surajee On e-mail

Shocking bias

8226; It is so sad to see that discrimination against Dalits and other minorities is now filtering down to the level of schoolchildren 8216;These kids told: you are Dalit, go eat elsewhere8217;, IE, December 16.
How can we expect our future citizens to be open-minded and free in a country where these practices are allowed?

8212;Nila Vora On e-mail

Ajit8217;s no joke

8226; 8220;Admittedly Agarkar had the match of his life and is unlikely to be as effective8230; played to the limits of their abilities, in Agarkar8217;s case beyond them.8221; This is an extract from the column by Peter Roebuck 8216;Now, India must raise their game to keep Aussies at bay8217;, IE, December 18. This is really an insult to a player who has been instrumental in a phenomenal victory for India.

8212;John Sab On e-mail

Saddam the movie

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8226; The story of Saddam Hussein is like a science fiction movie 8216;Saddam now part of US secret universe8217;, IE, December 19. The American administration supported Saddam with military assistance and funds to fight Iran. They created this monster.
Then this monster became either useless to them or a possible threat. The monster survived for a decade after Gulf War I. Now, he has been captured, at great cost. Saddam is really part of America8217;s secret universe.