Opinion Hollow noise
Pakistans Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir has warned India against any misadventure.
Hollow noise
* Pakistans Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir has warned India against any misadventure (Indian tough talkers subvert Manmohans agenda: Pak,IE,May 6). If the US was wrong,why has Pakistan not taken any action against it? Was Bashirs a veiled and helpless verbal attack on the US? China has been covertly supporting Pakistan against India. This speaks of its mindset on terrorism.
K.V. Seetharamaiah,Hassan
Photo ops
* Barack Obama should release the pictures of Osama for the truth to be known. Osamas followers could say the pictures are manipulated and that Osama is not dead.
R.K. Kapoor,Mumbai
Lower the bar
* This refers to The message is the aim (IE,May 6). It has been identified not so long ago by Raghuram Rajan that inflation should be the only thing on the agenda of a central bank,as it has been for the European Central Bank. Burdening the RBI with growth,inflation and employment rate management makes its task complicated.
The government is debating Rajans recommendations and also of having an independent debt management office to shed the RBIs extra burden. Even with its best effort,the RBI will find bringing inflation down to 3 per cent tough. With our economy on the high growth trajectory,anything around 6 per cent should be considered a new normal for inflation.
Anurag Singh,Mumbai
End-o-sulfan
* The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee at its April 25-29 meeting decided to ban endosulfan. Though the ban is likely to take effect in mid-2012,certain uses are exempted for five more years. Surprisingly,the chemical has been in use since the late 1950s,with India being its single largest user and a major producer-exporter. Banning endosulfan has more to do with the spirited green campaigns in some parts of the country in general and in Kerala in particular. The ban is fraught with unprecedented problems on crop protection for a developing country like India,much to the chagrin of policy-makers. No viable alternative is in sight. Organic alternatives may be expensive and will push up food prices further. India may seek help from other countries for know-how on alternatives and also encourage the native wisdom of our farmers.
Bichu Muttathara,Pune
Charity ball
* The BCCI has decided to give another Rs 1 crore to the Indian cricket team that won the World Cup. Its reported this was done at the insistence of some senior cricketers. This is going from generous to obscene. No one complained when the players were being showered with money and gifts though it was felt that some moderation was desirable. Now,its pushing the envelope too far. The players were contracted to play for India for which they were paid and rewarded also. The BCCI could do well to donate the additional Rs 1 crore for each player to charity.
S. Kamat,Goa
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