Opinion Money order
Apropos the report RBI frees savings deposit rates,hints pause in further rate hikes,banks will try to offset higher interest on deposits by way of service charges.
Money order
* Apropos the report RBI frees savings deposit rates,hints pause in further rate hikes (IE,October 26),banks will try to offset higher interest on deposits by way of service charges. However,banks should clearly spell out to customers what services will be charged and how much. Anyway,deregulating savings interest would see customers moving to banks that offer the highest rates.
Harischandra Parshuram,Mumbai
Law & disorder
* That a judge had to flee Pakistan (Taseer case judge seeks refuge in Saudi Arabia,IE,October 26) indicates how fundamentalism has become entrenched in the country. The judge of the anti-terrorism court,Pervez Ali Shah,applied the law of the land to Salman Taseers assassin,Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri,but thats immaterial to religious extremists who have reportedly offered a bounty to anyone who would kill him. Whats more alarming is the radicalisation of lawyers. Those who are supposed to uphold the law have ransacked the courtroom. Pakistan seems to be caught in a vicious cycle and the government is out of its depth.
Suren Abreu,Mumbai
Drop the arms?
* This refers to the report As AFSPA debate hots up,multiple attacks rock Valley (IE,October 26). Its surprising that Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is bent on withdrawing the Armed Forces Special Powers Act from certain parts of the state when there are doubts on whether the situation on the ground is right for doing so. Abdullah shouldnt ignore the regions security needs.
M.C. Joshi,Lucknow
Sweet revenge
* Team India finally thrashed England in the one-day series. This was sweet revenge for Indias decimation this summer. India outplayed England in every department of the game and didnt give them a chance to dominate. The 5-0 whitewash was the perfect Diwali gift.
Bhagwan Thadani,Mumbai
A new journey
* Muammar Gaddafi was killed and then unceremoniously displayed in a meat storage facility in Misrata. The Libyan dictators sins are many,but he should have been tried in a court of law and not executed summarily,as seems to be the case. The people of Libya have a difficult time ahead. Regime change is never easy,and it often takes decades for a country liberated from the clutches of dictatorship to set up functioning democratic institutions.
Rajendra K. Aneja,Mumbai
Who is to blame?
* If an IITians life is precious to teachers and institutions as Ravinder Kaur points out in Making of a tragedy (IE,October 14),they should take concrete steps to help distressed students. The article,instead,blames parents and stereotypes middle-class families.
Rukmini Pillai,Greater Noida
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