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While all human rights violations must be dealt with strictly,it would be a mistake to divest the security forces of special powers to deal with incidents of mass violence in the Valley.
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While all human rights violations must be dealt with strictly,it would be a mistake to divest the security forces of special powers to deal with incidents of mass violence in the Valley. Desperate situations like the current one in the Valley need equally drastic tools.
The security forces are constantly being maligned,but they work under very difficult conditions. Who asks children to come out on the streets and pelt stones on the security personnel and destroy public and private property? Not the police,but the separatists. They should be blamed for the casualties. The people in the Valley must sit around the table to seek solutions. India is ready to walk the extra mile to accommodate their demands. But they must stop violence and stop speaking the language of separatism.
R.J. Khurana Bhopal
Going nowhere
Shekhar Guptas Go,or get going (IE,September 11) shows a sense of urgency in the context of Kashmir,the depredations,and the political situation in AP and Maharashtra. But Gupta might agree that we are betting on the wrong horses look at Prime Minister Manmohan Singhs dilemma,his difficulty in packing off even his non-performing colleagues from the Congress,leave alone those from other coalition parties. He has to look towards the Congress president for approval. Meanwhile,she has not imposed discipline in the party or shown political will in Andhra Pradesh,making a lame duck of the Rosiah government. The Maharashtra CM is also no match for the warhorses in his party. Given all this,it is unrealistic to expect any better from this government.
Prasad Malladi
Nidadavole
The big spend
This refers to M.K. Venus article My data versus yours (IE,September 9). There is another dimension that adds complexity to the problem of defining the poverty line the availability of easy financing options has virtually pushed people from a lower income bracket to a higher consumer bracket.
If a person chooses to spend on one item rather than the other; how can we set consumption pattern as a scale to determine poverty lines? There are enough examples of this,especially among the economically deprived sections. Some people spend money on drinking toddy rather than on their childrens education,and poor shanties of Dharavi often have TV antennae sticking out of the roofs.
Siddhartha Mukherji
Making new friends
This refers to Dhiraj Nayyars article A new gold rush? (IE,September 14). President Pratibha Patils visit to Laos and neighbouring countries makes sense,given the new business opportunities in the east. When our economy is being adversely impacted by US policies like the hike in visa charges,the outsourcing ban,etc,we must move into new frontiers. These efforts into will be productive and the warm welcome given to our president indicates their eagerness for us.
Nikhil Jha
Madhubani
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