Well done

• There has been a lot of criticism of the Indian cricket team for their performances in the two finals ag...

• There has been a lot of criticism of the Indian cricket team for their performances in the two finals against Australia in the recent series. But all the hard work and superb performances by India in the whole tour cannot go down the drain just because they lost the last 3 ODIs against Australia poorly. Critics should not behave like fans, who praise Indian victories to the sky and burn effigies of cricketers after defeats. The bottom line is India outplayed Australia in test matches and Australia outplayed Indian in one day matches. So we should be proud of the Indian cricket team. Well done India, you come home with your head held high.

— Amjad K. Maruf Mumbai

Ungrateful Congress

• It is intriguing to see half page advertisements with Rajiv Gandhi’s photograph on his being acquitted by the Delhi High Court (not the Supreme Court) in the Bofors case. Not even one line was written by the Congress party when former prime minister P.V. Narasimha Rao was acquitted. Is it because Rao did not belong to the Family?

— S. Nageswaran Chennai

Against the odds

• Indian sportspersons are the greatest achievers. Because they manage to shine despite their own people trying to pull them down all the time. Witness the shabby treatment meted out to the national women’s hockey team in the recently concluded Asia Cup which our girls won despite all the hardships. By putting them up in the dorms of Nehru Stadium, while the other teams stayed in hotels, the Indian officials betrayed their prejudice against their own team. Six girls in one dorm room! The ministry must be sued for this indignity. Of course, once the Asia Cup was won, the officials went into overdrive to share the limelight, scrambling for space on the podium.

— Abhejit Agarwal On e-mail

Think again, CEC

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• The chief election commissioner should confine his utterances within the parameters of the law. Is it illegal for the government to take out advertisements using public money to show performance over the last five years? No, at least not till the dates of the elections are announced and the model code of conduct comes into force.

— Rajendra Aggarwala On e-mail

Way to go, Joshi

• There has been a lot of hype about the autonomy and hence the quality of education being affected due to drastic cuts in the IIM fee proposed by the HRD ministry. It would be a welcome first step if it is a beginning to bring down the sky-high fees prevailing in our existing mercenary education system to match the ground realities. It is time to free education from the grip of profiteering. There could be no more opportune moment to rationalise fee structures than the election season when the common man will be in the reckoning once again.

— Raghubir Singh Pune

Square one

• This refers to ‘Goa ‘freebie’ turns costly so Rudy signs, sends the cheque’ (IE, February 9). It is good that he has been made to pay his bill. He will make it up elsewhere. No minister will spend his personal money on such things.

— P.S. Kulkarni On e-mail

Day after PM Modi’s visit to the town, Manipur’s Churachandpur sees violent protest

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Protests in Manipur's Churachandpur turned violent as two men were arrested for damaging decorations for PM Modi's visit. The crowd demanded their release and attempted to storm the police station. The men were eventually released after a bail hearing. The incident occurred after a clash between locals and police on Thursday, but the situation had calmed down before Saturday's visit.

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