Rajdeep Sardesai has shown us the real state of affairs and quality of governance at the highest level in India (Look, it’s Teflonman!, February 3). Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been given a lot of room to govern all this time. But it’s high time he got into the driver’s seat before someone takes over from him. For that may not necessarily be a change for the better.
Singh should also not join in the chorus of sycophancy so much in evidence in the Congress.
S.B. Agarwal, Delhi
A price to pay
In her article Did we kill him? (February 2), Barkha Dutt’s analysis regarding Gopal Kashyap needs a little modification. In our country, if one wants to be heard by the men in authority, one has to approach them with cash in hand.
Dutt’s conclusion that extremity was the only way to be heard in this tone-deaf world of politicians and the press is not correct. It is money that makes them listen to you. Since Kashyap had no money, he could not have hoped to be heard. He had to pay a heavy price for his ignorance.
V.K. Marwah, Delhi
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Kudos to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel for bringing the strike by AAI employees to an end. This is obviously much to the chagrin of the opposition, which was eagerly awaiting chaos and confusion in the country.
By his resolve to not be cowed down by pressures from any quarters and by making the AAI employees come to the negotiation table instead, the prime minister has proved that he is strong enough to face any contingency.
D.J.C. Fernando, Chennai
Bring them cheer
I was pained by Harsh Mander’s article (Hunger artists, January 24). He is correct in saying that millions of people are going hungry every day in an agricultural country that produces everything in plenty. Who should be blamed for this? Not the poor but the governments who have failed to address the problem.
Will the Union government led by Manmohan Singh bring a cheer in the lives of so many citizens.
Basheshar Bhanot, via e-mail