Problem solution

Manoj Joshi?s article too clever by half (January 11) rightly states that there are vested interests in perpetuating the ?Kashmir problem? in India, Pakistan and within the international community.

Manoj Joshi’s article too clever by half (January 11) rightly states that there are vested interests in perpetuating the ‘Kashmir problem’ in India, Pakistan and within the international community. If the problem is solved, it will spell disaster for many political parties and jehadis. For Kashmir is a testing range for weapons, a training ground for both armies, a problem for elections, an easy place to remit currencies and, above all, a strategic area. The problem easily could have been solved during Emergency.

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B.S. Chilad

Sagar

II

I endorse Manoj Joshi’s views on Pakistan. Islamabad claims not to support terrorists who target India. This is not true. Pakistan-based terrorists continue to wreak havoc in our country. India can never trust Pakistan and be sure of its intentions — which is why it is just as well that India is not responding to Pakistan’s proposal for demilitarisation of some areas in Kashmir. How can India trust the words of a dictator.

Ranjana Manchanda
via e-mail

III

Manoj Joshi’s analysis is well-reasoned. No Pakistani general is ever going to get anything from here, no matter his range of and access to munitions, militants, mullahs and propaganda.

Premendra Singh
Delhi

Change the number

There have been a lot of hue and cry about the tapping of phones of prominent political figures of the country. This was bound to happen sooner or later as a result of the thoughtless handing over of our country’s telecom network to private companies. The present episode involves only tapping of politicians’ phones for political reasons. But imagine if these phone taps are used for getting strategic information related to defence and handed over to unwanted agencies.The government should rethink its telecom policies and give more importance to use of indigenous technologies.

Equal to the task

It is correct to quash the quota policy for Muslims in Aligarh Muslim University. There should be a serious rethink on the whole issue of reservations. For the development and interest of the country, equality should prevail. It is ridiculous to demand for reservations as opportunities should be available to all.

Shilpi Chakravarty
Delhi

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