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While the government continues to figure out how to deal with the Naxalite problem,its actually scaling up with notable speed in affected states....
• While the government continues to figure out how to deal with the Naxalite problem,its actually scaling up with notable speed in affected states (The insurgents mind,IE,September 25). The recent arrest of Kobad Ghandy proves that development is definitely not the solution. The problem lies deep,so does the solution. The government needs to upgrade its way of looking at Naxalism and dealing with it. Merely pointing to the low literacy rate and designing the special educational programme will not help faster education. Rather,most of it may end up helping the growth of rebels like Ghandy. Since the consequences can already be seen,there shouldnt be any further delay in digging deep and finding the actual roots of the problem.
Divita Yadav Jaipur
Not needed
• Why should we listen to the likes of Kobad Ghandy who remain infatuated with a discredited philosophy when similar conclusions were drawn by the Planning Commissions task force? Poverty,low literacy,high infant mortality,low per capita foodgrain production,etc are pan-Indian problems that cannot be extenuating circumstances for left-wing militant groups to instigate violence selectively in certain states. While all underdeveloped areas deserve a share in the development pie,no particular group or region should get priority by pointing a gun at the government. Both the Union and state governments are conscious of the need for containing insurgency,accompanied by developmental programmes. So the services of latter-day revolutionaries are not needed.
Ajay Tyagi Mumbai
Tough love
•This refers to K. Subrahmanyams Explosive disclosures (IE,September 25). Is it not strange that America thinks nothing while demanding that India sign the NPT? Theres too much duplicity in US foreign policy vis-à-vis India. Whats more,India is Americas friend who perhaps can be deceived while Pakistan,its ally for six decades,could do what it did,whether nuclear proliferation or using American arms against India. Military and financial aid given to Pakistan for fighting terrorism could be diverted. After all the revelations mentioned by the author,should India take US posturing on the NPT seriously?
Prasad Malladi
Nidadavole
Austerity proof?
•The editorial Proof of austerity (IE,September 26) exposed S.M. Krishnas futile efforts to blunt public criticism by paying his hotel bills from his pocket. His son-in-law settled the payment out of compulsion,as the MEA failed to get the urban development ministry to pick up the tab. Even if the payment was made with legitimately earned money,such opulence leaves a bad taste when the common man finds it difficult to make both ends meet. Anyway,the austerity drive means nothing since lakhs of rupees are being spent on the renovation of MPs and ministers houses.
Satwant Kaur Mahilpur
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