The drain game

An excellent expose 8216;Crores meant for Bihar flood victims flowed into babu black hole8217;, IE, April 24...

An excellent expose 8216;Crores meant for Bihar flood victims flowed into babu black hole8217;, IE, April 24. The Rs 17 crore that disappeared says everything about the shocking state of affairs in Bihar. The question that comes to mind is, why don8217;t the Union finance minister and the CAG take steps to enforce accountability. Your report has stated numerous incidents of how relief money is being siphoned out of the Bihar treasury. Yes, at this rate our India will edge into babu black hole.

8212; Arvind Amin On e-mail

8226; I am extremely glad that your newspaper has had the guts to investigate and print all the details of this scam. I certainly hope that the Central government will take the right legal action against the culprits.

8212; Pratap Ahuja Naperville, US

8226; Don8217;t we have one honest senior officer, one honest judge to send these corrupt politicians and bureaucrats to jail?

8212; Sridhara Ramanna On e-mail

Reactionary act

8226; There are two main problems with this proposed legislation for communal violence 8216;UPA answer to communal violence: Army rule, Delhi rule8217;, IE, April 23. First, it seems to be created in the longstanding tradition of centralisation of powers that has been so detrimental to our federal polity. Unlike POTA that could be implemented by Union security agencies in tandem with the state8217;s security apparatus, this law would be a way of making state governments subservient to Delhi. Second, this law could easily be misused. Some members of the minority communities might feel it protects them. But think about this, governments in Delhi also change, and what if then it is used to target members of minority communities by a hardline, reactionary dispensation?

8212; Pritam Banerjee Washington, DC

Back to Nepal

8226; By meeting the Nepalese monarch, the Indian leadership has once again displayed a consistent inconsistency in foreign policy. It seems the initial stand of the government to close all diplomatic ties was a futile effort. And now, by changing our stance, we have indulged in dodgy diplomacy with liberal doses of flip-flops on the issue. Let8217;s either bat for the king or just stump him.

8212; Karan Thakur Chandigarh

Beyond politics

8226; We Indians have been lucky to get an apolitical prime minister to head the government at such a crucial time when the leadership has to look beyond political leanings 8216;A year with Manmohan Singh8217;, IE, April 25. I would always vote for a party with a prime ministerial candidate like Manmohan Singh.

8212; Mandeep Tiwana Hong Kong

Alternative ways

8226; This refers to 8216;Mumbai no bar, morality bar bar8217; IE, April 25. Anil Dharker is right when he demands that the Maharashtra government be more considerate towards bar girls to provide at least rehabilitation.

8212; Bal Govind Bareilly