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Mahinda Rajapaksas victory has given him the required political legitimacy to address the concerns of the minority Tamils through a genuine devolution of powers....
Mahinda Rajapaksas victory has given him the required political legitimacy to address the concerns of the minority Tamils through a genuine devolution of powers. Otherwise the scars of the three-decade long civil war will not heal. India has its work cut out to continue developing working relations with its neighbours keeping in mind SLs strategic importance and Chinas not-so-wise overtures towards Colombo.
Sourav Roy Barman
Tripura
President Rajapaksa may have won the much-awaited electoral battle,but look at its aftermath. The encirclement of Fonsekas hotel by the Army,attempts to stop Fonseka from contesting the prime ministerial election,no faith shown in Rajapaksa by Tamil voters any of these may plunge the country into another crisis. Hasty decisions may undermine democracy leading,perhaps,to another Iran. Whatever happens,it will have direct or indirect repercussions on India.
Amit Joshi Nagpur
Economics fails?
Meghnad Desai,an eminent economist,has advice on poverty (Mumbai is for all Indians…,IE,January 28). He wants India to industrialise quickly,and grow at 11-12 per cent. When I read the suggestion of Lord Desai,it came to my mind: to eradicate poverty when one method fails,we try another. To end poverty,what India expects from thought-leaders is that they think for perhaps two hours on two problems faced by India: (i) How 85 per cent of poverty eradication funds can reach the poor and (ii) new ideas/strategies to fight poverty. Unfortunately,these two problems are not being dealt with by economists nowadays.
S.C. Aggarwal New Delhi
Sena hypocrisy
Does the Shiv Sena have a moral right to oppose Australian cricketers playing on Indian soil to protest attacks on Indians in Australia? (Wont allow Australian cricketers…,IE,January 26) The attacks are partly because some Australians feel that Indians are taking away their recession-hit jobs. Likewise,the Shiv Sena chases away other Indians from Maharashtra,convinced that these immigrants are taking away jobs that rightly belong to the Marathi manoos. When they oppose Indians working on Indian soil,the Shiv Sena have little grounds to criticise another country. Attacks,whether abroad or here,should be strongly condemned,but when the Shiv Sena does so,it smacks of opportunism.
Shireen Bharucha Pune
Asifs problems
The report that Pakistan President Zardari sacrifices one goat every day to ward off ill-luck shows him up as superstitious and insecure. Today Zardari is besieged on all sides. His own party is unsure of his ability to resolve Pakistans problems; the people in general look at him as corrupt; the Army gives the impression that he is sold out to the Americans. He has just been stripped of some of his powers. He would be well-advised to do something good to gain the confidence of his people rather than sacrificing poor helpless goats.
R.J. Khurana Bhopal
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