Food for thought

Harsh Mander in Hunger artists (January 24) makes a forceful statement in reminding us of India?s flawed democracy.

Harsh Mander in Hunger artists (January 24) makes a forceful statement in reminding us of India’s flawed democracy. Do we have a ‘democracy’ or is it a ‘demon-cracy’? With a sizeable population still starving, semi-starved and malnourished, will it be fair to call ours a civil society?

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What stops foodgrains from being rushed to any remote area where people are facing starvation? The situation is appalling considering that our godowns are overflowing with grain.

Yadavar
Chamoli

II

I endorse Harsh Mander for his insightful remarks. In a developing country like India, there are over 200 million people who still go to sleep hungry every night and children are still being sold. Jawaharlal Nehru had said that “children are the future of our country”. It is shocking that we let our future rot on the streets.

Abhishek Singh
Delhi

Shameless

Even after having been indicted by the court, Buta Singh had the temerity to stand his ground and choose to resign after the R-Day parade salute. Let us salute Buta Singh and others of his ilk who choose to flout bypass and ignore the most respected and hallowed judicial authority of the country.

S.C. Kapoor
Noida

II

Buta Singh has shown the nation to what extent power corrupts. It’s a pity that even after six decades of Independence, we have to suffer such colonial attitudes to governance. The Centre can’t absolve itself of responsibility as it was equally accountable for the miscarriage of the constitutional system.

Sudip Verma
via e-mail

III

The Governor was at fault, as was the Centre for not having verified the governor’s report. But the decision from the apex court took too long. Had the judgment been passed earlier, taxpayers’ money would not have been squandered in another round of elections.

R.P. Mehrotra
Delhi

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