Opinion Let truth prevail
It is distressing that the countrys premier investigating agency couldnt solve an ordinary murder case and chose to submit a closure report.
Let truth prevail
It is distressing that the countrys premier investigating agency couldnt solve an ordinary murder case (Closing the file,IE,December 31) and chose to submit a closure report. Hopefully,the court may ask the CBI to collect convincing evidence in the Arushi murder case and bring the culprits to justice. The role of the Noida police may also be investigated.
Sharda Bhargav
R&D needed
The editorial Closing the file (IE,December 31) saddened me. The CBI stands for Confused Bureau of Investigation. Not only were people misled,even Arushis parents were harassed and humiliated by the CBI and the police. Do they have the decency to apologise? The government has to answer some serious questions: how can the CBI investigate scams involving crores of rupees when it cant solve a murder. Its time to build a competent investigating agency.
S.N. Kabra
More the merrier
The argument that India needs more states is an eye-opener for policy-makers (The 50-state future,IE,December 31). Smaller states enable efficient,effective and practically implementable governance. Corruption spreads through contagion. Through the small-state machinery,good governance can gradually be ensured throughout the country.
Sandeep Krishan
Abohar
Big & small
There are vast differences in populations,areas and resources of our states. While UP has 71 districts,Tripura has only four. Progress is not equal and the implementation of development schemes isnt properly managed. The article,The 50-state future (IE,December 31),rightly suggests that only small states can ensure balanced development,benefitting most people. We must constitute a second States Reorganisation Commission.
S.C. Vaid
Greater Noida
Ménage à trois
This refers to Kishore Mahbubanis The trouble that comes in threes (IE,December 31). Mahbubani has conveniently forgotten to mention Pakistan,which is acting as a spoilsport vis-à-vis Indias relations with the US and China.
Because of regional and international political compulsions,Pakistan is succeeding in this game and keeping both the US and China on its side. This ménage à trois is going on well. Mahbubani must know that if the US is trying to use India as a counterweight against China,China and Pakistan are also using each other to counterbalance India. Relations between Pakistan and China are based more on the enemys enemy is my friend policy than ideology. India,therefore,doesnt need to be apologetic or on the defensive about its growing ties with the US or with any country. If China wants to tango with India,it needs to stop its provocations.
Tarsem Singh
New Delhi
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