Fuelling fire

Apropos of the report Anger and loathing in Valley (June 26), there is increasing resentment in the Valley with the UPA government for taking little interest in the scandal involving senior officials and politicians.

Apropos of the report Anger and loathing in Valley (June 26), there is increasing resentment in the Valley with the UPA government for taking little interest in the scandal involving senior officials and politicians. It seems these big shots have support from the government. The extremists will exploit this situation to serve their purpose.

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Prashant K Shee
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Check price rise

Self-sufficiency in the production of foodstuffs has been a benchmark of achievement since Independence (Perishables, the thought, June 26). Now there are reports that India is to import wheat and sugar to tide over existing shortages. What a testimony to the progress made over 58 years. Let’s stop playing politics and help the common people, particularly those living below poverty line.

SC KAPOOR
Noida

Honour merit

Apropos of Barkha Dutt’s article The English divide (June 24), action should be taken against schools who turn down meritorious students on flimsy grounds. Arjun Singh should stop politics of reservation and act fairly to provide opportunities to students.

Anushyuta Basu
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II

My only advice to students like Garima Godara is that they must continue to speak English irrespective of their accent. English-speaking scholars who learn to speak our languages cannot speak like us; similarly it’s not possible for us to speak like native English speakers.

N Nagarajan
Secunderabad

Repent

While posing for photographs and cutting a birthday cake, V.P. Singh should have thought of young persons like Rajiv Goswami. Politicians like V.P. Singh and Arjun Singh should celebrate their birthdays by observing two minutes’ silence as a mark of repentance for their deeds.

Rajesh K Ranga
Delhi

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