Letters to the editor: The rage

This refers to Our Indian Feudal Service by Shekhar Gupta IE,December 21.

The rage

This refers to Our Indian Feudal Service by Shekhar Gupta IE,December 21. Gupta must be complimented on the balanced coverage of the Devyani Khobragade-Sangeeta Richard case. It seems as if Indias national pride and honour rests on getting the charges against Khobragade dropped. Preet Bharara and the US marshals can teach their Indian counterparts a lesson or two in how to discharge justice and implement the rule of law without fear or favour. It is indeed surprising that the Indian Foreign Service didnt seem so enraged and exercised about A.P.J. Abdul Kalam getting frisked at a US airport or Narendra Modi being denied a visa due to legally unproven charges against him.

Puneet Srivastava

Jalandhar

Shekhar Gupta8217;s article was deeply shocking. Not because he ridiculed the IFS for being feudal indeed,one may accuse most of our administrative services,and our society in general,of being so but because he totally missed the point. This is a plain and simple case of the Richard family wanting to migrate to the US. They used Sangeeta Richards employment with Devyani Khobragade as an easy way out of India. Is it Guptas case that Richard did not settle her salary and other terms of service with her employer before travelling to the US,or that Khobragade fleeced and defrauded her,violating the terms of the contract? Richard was paid what Khobragade negotiated with her. She was not fleeced. The US embassy in New Delhi,where Richards in-laws reportedly work,facilitated her husband and childrens evacuation to the US and escape from the Indian justice system.

M. Ratan

Delhi

Clean image

This refers to CM: Outsiders need not worry about cleaning Ganga IE,December 22. Narendra Modi apparently pulled the Samajwadi Party up in Varanasi for not keeping the Ganga clean. Ironically,the Lok Sabha member from Varanasi is a BJP stalwart Murli Manohar Joshi. Modi should ask Joshi what measures he has taken to initiate the clean-up of this holy city. Varanasi is not exactly a well-kept city. Has Joshi used his MPLAD funds for this purpose?

Alpana Chowdhury

Delhi

Holding hands

It is now true that Congress ka haath Aam Aadmi ke saath hai. It is another matter that the AAP government may probe cases of corruption dating back to Sheila Dikshits tenure as head of the Congress government in Delhi. That was one of its election planks. How long will the Congress be able to support the government from the outside?

Sudhir K. Bhave

Mumbai