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Journalism of Courage
• Pratap Bhanu Mehta’s article ‘Why Bapu matters’ has put the unpleasant truth in black and white. The unpleasant truth is that Gandhiji is respected more because he is no more. The truth will bite many who avoid speaking it, though it is a fact that Gandhiji had said: ‘Truth is God.’
This truth is clear from the fact that almost all of Gandhiji’s noble principles are forgotten by politicians in power. Gandhiji had evolved the idea of trusteeship, which is exactly opposed to the large-scale corruption that we have today in our country.
— K.G. Acharya
Stop the spat
• Apropos of your front page report ‘MNS workers clash with SP supporters’, Mumbai is a cosmopolitan city and a large proportion of its population is made up of migrants from the rest of the country who have come and settled here to earn a living. Mumbai is in fact a mini India and the demographic composition of the city should be protected by all means. Why should the poor people suffer on account of some issues relating to Amitabh Bachchan and Raj Thackeray? Hence the incidents of violence must be condemned by one and all.
Mumbai’s strength lies in its work force. Its public should remain united at all costs to make our city even greater. Raj and Amitabh should have coffee together, end their differences and work jointly for the betterment of Mumbai.
— S.N. Kabra
Mumbai
Outsider bashing
• Raj Thackeray’s comments on Big B are ridiculous and stupid. I fail to understand this concept of nationalism where people tend to create divisions on the basis of their states rather than being proud that we all belong to the same country.
— Deepak Joshi
Mumbai
• It would have been better for Jaya Bachchan to stop short of reacting to Raj Thackeray’s comments. Everyone knows his antecedents as well as the policy and programme of MNS and his former party, the Shiv Sena.
— Sandeep Ghiya
Mumbai
Scalpel spot on
• The piece (IE, February 1) by Bibek Debroy, is an incisive account, exposing ground realities, facts and deficiency in state’s responsibility towards providing easy and affordable access to organ transplant facilities for people. I think ignoring the helplessness of people waiting to die due to lack of an organ transplant policy and a responsive public health system is a sure recipe for social implosion with disastrous social and economic consequences.
— Vitull K. Gupta
Bhatinda
Iron ladies
• This refers to the report ‘Table women’s reservation Bill, demands BJP Mahila Morcha’ ‘Save lives, not laws’. The demand for reservation of 33 per cent of seats in Parliament and state legislatures is raised every now and then. The founding fathers of our Constitution had reserved seats in Parliament and state legislatures for weaker sections of society who were not expected to get representation in open electoral battles.
Indian women in the 21st century should not need any such reservation. We should not forget that an iron lady (Indira Gandhi) ruled India for more than a decade and that our president too is a woman.
— Dalip Singh Ghuman
