Opinion Chalk & cheese
Nitish is backed by the aam admi,eager to be a part of the success story.
Chalk & cheese
While Nitish battled caste,Mamata is up against class. Mamata is pitted against a deeply indoctrinated cadre that never had any pretensions of scripting growth for Bengal,but Nitish is backed by the aam admi,eager to be a part of the success story. Herein lies the difference. For the Trinamool to be understood in todays Bengal,its opening argument had to be violence. Mamata has an uphill task of overriding a decade of civil disconnect and deteriorating affairs in Bengal. Till education,skills and jobs return to Bengal in a big way,the state will remain confused. Nitish is a placid person even in the worst of times,Mamata a fiery specimen any day. It would be interesting to see how she holds both the state and her temper.
R. Narayanan
Ghaziabad
Fate foretold
This refers to Murtaza Razvis A death foretold? (IE,January 6). There are no two opinions about
the growing bigotry in sections of Pakistani society. The deafening silence of the progressive forces is a matter of concern. When the bogey of Islam under threat is raised to unite the people of Pakistan against their perceived or real enemy,its understandable. But when this strategy kills its creators and also innocent people,one realises the futility of such ideology. Today,Pakistan is not just facing an existential crisis but the very idea of Pakistan is increasingly proving to be defunct.
Amit Pradhan
Baroda
Truth be told
Apropos Riyaz Wanis Breaking the silence (IE,January 6),the recent bold statement by Abdul Ghani Bhat reveals the real story behind the killing of Maulvi Farooq and Abdul Ghani Lone. It speaks volumes on the changing political scene in Kashmir. This may become the bone of contention between Hurriyats factions as each claims to be the sole guardian of the Kashmir cause. In any case,it was long overdue for the people of the
Valley to know the truth. Geelani had so far made people believe they were killed by Indian forces. People also need to understand the gameplan of pro-Pakistan hardliners who try to vitiate the atmosphere by provoking the masses.
S.K. Gupta
Palace intrigue
There’s nothing surprising in Digvijaya Singhs describing as intriguing the timing of the ITAT order naming
Win Chaddha and Ottavio Quattrocchi as beneficiaries of Bofors kickbacks
(Timing of order intriguing: Digvijaya, IE,January 6). Nobody expects from him anything except slavish loyalty to the Gandhi family. The country expected him to clarify on the kickbacks that Quattrocchi received,his relationship with the family,his safe exit from India,the unfreezing of
his bank accounts,etc. Instead of appreciating the efforts of the IT department,Singh is pointing an accusatory finger at them.
Bhaskar Mehta
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