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While the global trend is to optimally utilise water transport,theres little awareness...
• While the global trend is to optimally utilise water transport,theres little awareness of this in Maharashtra. Maharashtra is blessed with a long coastline. There several major,medium and minor ports along the coast. Till 1984,ships used to ferry passengers between Mumbai and Goa. Not only passengers but also cargo can be transported at a fraction of the cost incurred otherwise. Its sad that neither the government nor the public is serious about sea transport. With many SEZ projects coming up in the Konkan region,it is advisable that all ports are developed to their maximum potential without delay. This will also generate employment and promote industrial activity.
Firoz Batliwala
Wind of change
• It is in fact amusing to note that both the opponents and proponents of gay rights within the Delhi high court have inadvertently reduced the issue to a Freudian debate. This judgment is an endorsement of personal liberties,rights and inclusiveness and the fact that the state has recognised this is welcome. However,there has been unnecessary glorification by the media of the LGBT lifestyle are heterosexual lives any less interesting? The issue is about inclusiveness and not validation.
Rahul Gaur
Gurgaon
Keep it private
• This refers to 377 steps and On freedoms avenue. The judgment of the Delhi high court in decriminalising Section 377 is a step in the right direction. However,saturated media coverage of the high court decision with suggestive photographs of consenting couples,despite their cause for celebration,is unnecessary. The media should not be a medium for the promotion of any kind of sexuality. In keeping with custom,gay couples should carry on in private.
M. Ratan
New Delhi
Law for all
• Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily should,in his endeavour to reform the judicial system,take account of the following. There is a need to realise that the police and subordinate judiciary are critical components of justice for the common man. There is a need to reform both these institutions for further improvement in the judicial system at the district level and further below. Improved service conditions,recruitment standards,training and salaries will help these organs perform better. There should be an attempt by the government towards streamlining the selection and appointment of judges; this would further ensure that vacancies on various benches are kept to the minimum.
Mathew Oommen
Right focus?
• French President Nicolas Sarkozys remarks over the burqa have understandably started a fierce debate. One can question if the burqa actually protects women. The perception is that while several women may wear the veil by choice,many others do so under compulsion. As far as crimes against women are concerned,the onus must be put on the keepers of the law and the victimisers,not the victims.
A. Banerjee
Pune
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