Opinion Good old Dara
Dara Singh was not just another wrestler with rippling muscles. He was kind and humble: he helped the needy,but shied away from publicity
Good old Dara
* Dara Singh was not just another wrestler with rippling muscles. He was kind and humble: he helped the needy,but shied away from publicity. Though he became famous for playing the part of Hanuman in Ramanand Sagars Ramayan,he will also be remembered for the fine roles he essayed in films like Hercules,Thief of Baghdad,Lootera,Awara Abdulla,Rustom-e-Hind and Daku Mangal Singh. He did more than a dozen films with Mumtaz as the leading lady and these were commercially successful as well. He made good money and was always ready to provide moral and financial support to upcoming wrestlers.
Yash P. Verma
Wait and watch
* APROPOS Costs of waiting (IE,July 11),the Congress,which is in denial mode when it comes to the problems besetting it,may not understand the import of Salman Khurshids statement on the drift in the party. The Congresss inability to reorient itself ideologically will prove costly. It is only obsessed with hero-worshipping the Gandhis. Meanwhile,there seems to be no consensus between the party and the government on crucial issues. Coalition mismanagement,inflation and the weakening of the rupee have worsened the situation. Thanks to policy paralysis at the Centre and the economic slide,India is no longer the second engine of growth in Asia. This dangerous situation does not allow the party or the nation the luxury of waiting.
Ved Guliani
Hisar
Questions for Saudi
* THIS refers to Why the Saudis deported Abu Jundal (IE,July 13). The article analyses well the difference between the Salafists and their radical counterparts as well as Saudi Arabias attitude towards granting asylum to foreign terror suspects and its enmity with Iran. The article also informs that the Saudis,who have helped spread the Salafi thought and movement across the world,advised Kashmiri Salafists to promote only knowledge. Thankfully for the Saudi royalty,its two sworn enemies,Osama bin Laden and Muammar Gaddafi,have both been eliminated in the recent past.
S.C. Panda
Bhubaneswar
Turning a blind eye
* This refers to the disturbing news report Molestation aired on TV,Gogoi sets up task force (IE,July 13). It is shameful that two television channels in Guwahati recorded and aired the incident of a few men assaulting a woman in public. By telecasting the scene,the violence inflicted on the woman was turned into an even bigger public spectacle. I also wonder about the apathy of the people who passively watched what was happening,without coming to the rescue of the woman being sexually assaulted. This has happened many times before. Had those who looked on showed some courage,the men could have been caught and handed over to the police.
R.K. Kapoor
Faridabad
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