Blasé about bombs

The report Two days after Mehrauli, blasts again in Gujarat and Maharashtra (September 30) points to the inability and impotence of the government at the Centre.

The report Two days after Mehrauli, blasts again in Gujarat and Maharashtra (September 30) points to the inability and impotence of the government at the Centre. Regular killing of innocent people has become so common that the system merely acknowledges it before moving on. Even the security forces take their own sweet time to react, with no sense of urgency and alertness. Terrorists are striking at will and one wonders when the government will get its act together to instill some faith in the public.

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Krishna R Patel, Narsinghpur

The Muslim motherhood

After a series of reports on Muslim grievances and fake encounters in the HT series War within, I came across a refreshing story of the Muslim motherhood taking a new initiative to rally those Muslim women who have been affected by the violence (Blessings v/s bombs, September 30). It was a realistic and rational analysis of the menace of terrorism, and might also be the only hope to initiate a process of reform in Muslim society and eschew violence in all forms. No wonder, these women are spurned by a majority of their co-religionists.

PN Razdan, via email

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Apropos of the report Firms shun Jamia Nagar after encounter, refuse pizza delivery, phone connections (September 30), it is ridiculous that non-delivery of pizza to Jamia Nagar appeared as the leading story in Hindustan Times in competition with such news as the civil nuclear deal with the US and France and the historic financial bailout in America. Since the non-delivery was seen as an aftermath of the encounter, reports like these will create hatred where none exists and can easily provoke a certain section of people. The media should be more responsible in their reportage.

Kewal Krishan Sethi, via email

Breach of faith

George Menezes’ views in An old testament (September 30) are partial, focused only on the Christian community and thus blurred. His assertion that Christians have become soft targets because of their blind faith in the Congress fails to convince if one looks at the Muslim community, which has been trying to lobby with every party in power. Unless the masks come off the ostensible ‘saviours’ of communities, their killer game-plan will continue to succeed.

Balvinder Singh, Chandigarh

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George Menezes is right in saying that Christians are paying a heavy price for trusting the Congress. But the BJP is responsible for the perpetration of violence against Christians.If there are forcible conversions, why has not a single case been prosecuted despite the draconian laws against such conversions?

Thomas Antony, Delhi

Reel life mirrors the real

Peerzada Ashiq’s article Way beyond Dal Lake (September 26), giving interesting historical references, made us reflect on the deeper meaning behind the movie Tahaan. The movie mirrors the contemporary situation and strikes the right note for understanding things better. Thank you for the incisive piece and we would love to read more such views on the present scenario in Kashmir. We took our parents to see the film in a theatre and we felt the film and its message could reach more people if it was dubbed in Kashmiri with sub-titles.

Anita and Ratan Kaul, via email