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Journalism of Courage
This refers to your editorial 8216;Mufti8217;s long year8217; IE, November 7. Mufti8217;s coalition government in J038;K has certainly surprised the nation in the way unprecedented progress has been made. He has affirmed that the principles of accountability and responsiveness to the aspirations of the people, are key for better governance.
Mufti8217;s performance puts to shame the central government for supporting Narendra Modi and his criminals in Gujarat. While in Gujarat, Muslims continue to suffer the loss of their relatives, their homes and livelihood, in Kashmir Mufti is making genuine efforts to bring back the Pandits rotting in refugee camps around Delhi.
8212;Arvind Amin, On e-mail
Bravo!
The prime minister8217;s speech 8216;Shrug off the Cold War, this is a new world8217; IE, November 7, showcases his understanding of the international scenario and India8217;s role in it, post-Iraq war. It is evident from the speech that the PM8217;s is an authoritative and wise interpretation of world affairs. Indeed, we are fortunate to have him at the helm.
8212;K.V. Sastry, On e-mail
Laws won8217;t do it
The CEC J.M. Lyngdoh must give lessons in moral conduct to present day politicians. Sadly, the likes of Ashoka Mehta that the letter writer remembers in 8216;Then and now8217; IE, November 7, are extinct. Now we only have hollow and loud codes of moral conduct whereas earlier we had the moral conduct and no codes. But mere laws will not render elections free and fair.
8212;F.S.K. Brar, On e-mail
Attitude problem
After a sound start to the triangular series, the Indian cricket team has taken such a beating that we now face the prospect of making a disgraceful, early exit from the tournament! Our body language in both the matches against Australia and New Zealand, that we lost, left much to be desired.
Against the Aussies, after the dismissal of Tendulkar, the remaining batsmen did not put up any fight and meekly surrendered the game. In the match with New Zealand, things were fine as long as the Kiwis lost wickets at regular intervals. Once they started dominating the proceedings, everything fell apart for our team. Our fielding floundered and our bowling appeared to go completely wayward, all of which helped ease the pressure on the Kiwis and helped them to cruise along comfortably towards victory.
It is hard to comprehend why our boys get so demoralised so early in the game. They should know cricket is a game of ups and downs where the team which holds its nerve and temperament without allowing its killer instinct to die even for a moment ultimately walks away with the honours. If we do not overcome this
attitude, even the return of Saurav Ganguly may not help in swinging fortunes
in our favour.
8212;V. Rajesh, On e-mail
Year of hockey
The year 2003 is the year of Indian hockey. After winning three tournaments, India8217;s win over Pakistan by 3-1 in the final of the first Afro-Asian Games at Hyderabad deserves applause. Especially in a cricket crazy nation, it must be pointed out that our young hockey players are in it for the winning haul.
8212;Bidyut Kumar Chatterjee, Faridabad
