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The world will take note of Dharavi now. Perhaps therell be a flow of money to improve the living conditions of Dharavis residents.....
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With 8 Oscars for Slumdog Millionaire,and two for A.R. Rehman,India has reason to feel proud (Slumdog sweeps the Oscars,expressindia.com February 23). The world will take note of Dharavi now. Perhaps therell be a flow of money to improve the living conditions of Dharavis residents. However,its also likely that our elected representatives will get their due publicity while Dharavi will stay the same. After all,the very coinage slumdog has been criticised time and again by Bollywood bigwigs and it has offended so many Indians sense of dignity. Nevertheless,less affluent Indians have been touched by the film.
Prakash Joshi Pune
Analyse this
Hormis Tharakans Is it a deal? (IE,February 21) usefully examines the men who now hold Swat. But is it necessary for India to feel sympathetic towards Pakistans predicament? The late Benazir Bhutto had a role in imposing Sharia in the region earlier. Of late,the Pakistani army and the ISI made only half-hearted attempts to control the situation. If Asif Ali Zardari is agitated about the Taliban threat to his country,surely India is not called upon to intervene. Indian analysts should instead examine why we repeatedly fail to prevent acts of terror as in Jaipur,Ahmedabad,Delhi and Mumbai.
M.K.D. Prasada Rao
Ghaziabad
Keepers,violators
You are right in saying that the Madras High Court lawyers behaved appallingly,(Order,order,IE,February 21). Since the arson indulged in by the men-in-black took place within the courts premises,and the attack on Subramanian Swamy in the presence of two judges,the routine procedure of notice and hearing before pronouncing these gentlemen guilty must be dispensed with. They must be made to pay at once from their pockets towards the repair of property destroyed. Why should the police be at the receiving end of sections of the legal fraternity agitating over extra-national issues? Does the rule of law now need to be saved from lawyers?
Prasad Malladi
Nidadavole
The latest fracas between lawyers and the law-enforcing agency,the police,was triggered by the lawyers objecting to a litigant,Subramanian Swamy,exercising his rights. This is common knowledge and has been condemned by all responsible people. But it is disappointing that the Bar Council of India has taken a partisan stance by considering only the police lathicharge.
This does not bode well for the judicial system.
S. Rajagopalan Chennai
Valid objections
The Delhi High Court Bar Association has raised valid objections to the Armed Forces Tribunal (Armed forces tribunal under attack,IE,February 22). While speedily dealing with cases filed by military personnel is desirable,there is no justification for doing away with judicial review. Armed forces the world over do not,usually,do full justice to their personnel.
J.M. Manchanda
New Delhi
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