Regarding AFSPA,army personnel are trained to guard the borders,and to kill enemies efficiently.

This refers to your editorial on the vexed question of food security (‘Grains of change’,September 8) in the light of the prime minister’s comments to the media that free foodgrain...

As I read C. Raja Mohan’s ‘He helped India weather a prolonged nuclear winter storm’ (IE,September 7) in the wake of H.N. Sethna’s passing away...

Shekhar Gupta has rightly said that half the Congress leaders “are already in campaign mode for 2014”

Syed Ali Shah Geelani says,“This has been the tactic of India that whenever the streets of Jammu and Kashmir are turned red by the blood of youth.

Scenes of stone-pelting youth taking on security personnel and the police on the streets is an indication of the disappointment and disenchantment of the younger generation in Kashmir.

In a country like India,the wasting of foodgrain is nothing short of sacrilege.

Shekhar Gupta’s recall of the sad fate of the Congress,and of Nehru and Indira Gandhi,as a result of the leftward tilt in their policies,contains a timely warning.

With reference to your editorial ‘Between the ayes’ (IE,August 27),the consensus between the Congress and the BJP is worthy of note....

History continues: when Left loses politically,its ideologues return ‘home’ to Congress — and to its delicious crumbs

The HRD ministry’s goof-up on the honorary PhD for Vishwanathan Anand by the University of Hyderabad came as a shock (‘For 3 months,Govt used red tape’,IE,August 25)....

Shekhar Gupta’s ‘Rajiv’s tri-triumph’ (IE,August 21) was insightful. His peregrination of Rajiv Gandhi’s contribution,with hindsight,is nuanced....

Almost every problem in India today is linked to land one way or another....

The editorial ‘My vote,my pay’ (IE,August 18) says that a pay increase for MPs is overdue.

The argument that Delhi’s failure to control Kashmir and its Pakistan relationship will bring in the rest of the world is partially correct.

Despite the veil of satire,the author has unambiguously highlighted the chaotic nature of governance and the widespread confusion on almost all major issues of national concern....

A law to protect whistleblowers is fine in letter and spirit. But it all depends on how this protection is actually implemented.

Balraj Puri’s take on the J&K turmoil is one more effort to break the logjam in the arena of public discourse (‘Rebellion without a cause’,IE,August 12)....

Meghnad Desai’s open letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh throws new light on the resolution of an intractable issue....

Shekhar Gupta should be thanked for injecting some fresh air into the relentless media campaign about corruption in the preparations for the CWG...

SHEKHAR GUPTA distinguishes the need for holding the Commonwealth Games from reports of corruption ...

Pratap Bhanu Mehta’s ‘Snap out of denial’ (IE,August 5) was worth reading.

Besides education and profession,food and clothes are also matters of personal choice in a democratic society.

What the author has said is absolutely true. Sohrabuddin,killed in an encounter by the Gujarat police,is being cast as an innocent victim of police excess....

I fully support the Centre’s stand that “law and order must be restored” before steps to deliver any political or development package in the Valley....