Opinion Achievers all
Apropos the report Dalit Inc ready to show business can beat caste
Achievers all
* Apropos the report Dalit Inc ready to show business can beat caste (IE,December 15),the entrepreneurs prove the futility of the argument that reservation is the only way for the uplift and empowerment of those who have been left behind. These businessmen reached where they have not because of any identity-based concessions,but on the strength of their capability,skill and hard work. It is unfair to compartmentalise them as Dalit entrepreneurs. They are businesspersons like all others and achievers in their field.
M.C. Joshi,Lucknow
Rivered earth
* Over the past few weeks,politicians from Kerala and Tamil Nadu have been making a hue and cry about the Mullaperiyar dam (Mullaperiyar row: SC asks Tamil Nadu,Kerala to show restraint,IE,December 14). While Kerala fears the dam would collapse,Tamil Nadu worries that a few of its districts,for which irrigation water is supplied by the reservoir,would turn barren once the dam is dismantled. Tamil Nadu is also not willing to take Keralas word that there will not be any change in the amount of water supplied from a new dam. The Supreme Court has advocated both states to observe restraint.
They should heed the apex courts words and work towards restoring normality on the border.
P.R.A. Nair,New Delhi
Whos clean?
* Apropos the editorial The Lokpal plot (IE,December 15),it seems you are already biased toward Team Anna. They are a group of people who have come together to demand action against corruption. Are they wrong in doing so? Every person has the right to demand good and clean governance.
Noni Dhindsa,Devlali
Lost reformer
* Manmohan Singhs reformist image is slipping. He is now a shadow of his former self the finance minister who boldly signalled liberalisation in the 1990s. When major economies are being tested,and the world looks to India and China for a growth impetus,we should not be giving the excuse of coalition compulsions for not pursuing reforms.
Rahul Mudholkar,Pune
Fire fighting
* Apropos the editorials An urban hazard (IE,December 10) and Playing at fire (IE,December 12),the sad fact is that the state of our civic infrastructure is often in a shambles. There is gross violation of rules and fire-safety norms,and some horrific tragedies have rudely reminded us so over the years the Uphaar fire,the Dabwali inferno and now the AMRI disaster. There is a pathetic lack of disaster preparedness and safety consciousness in the country. It is shocking that we do not even have fire drills; that we are not taught the basics of fire safety.
Ved Guliani,Hisar
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