Smoking on screen
The I&B Minister’s consent to certify smoking scenes as ‘A’ is a welcome decision. The young tend to blindly imitate their role models. Banning scenes portraying sex, violence and smoking might help curb anti-social activities to some extent.
Soumi saha, Kolkata
Solve border disputes
The reopening of the Nathu La symbolises a great leap towards the strengthening of bilateral relations between India and China. It will not only boost trade and commerce but cultural exchanges as well. However, the leaders of both sides should solve all border disputes as soon as possible so that future generations can live in peace and tranquillity.
Syed Hasan kazim, Muzaffarpur
Cover-ups
Apropos of Barkha Dutt’s article Remote control (July 8), the draconian Bill will make it difficult for the common man to know the real story behind any mishap or wrongdoing. It will enable cover-ups, and allow the rich and mighty to go scot-free.
Akshat, Chennai
Religion less important
Apropos of the article The cosmic glass ceiling (July 7), what Sagarika Ghose has ignored is that religion no longer occupies the kind of place in society it once used to. In ancient and medieval India it was the religious heads who wielded power. Today, it is the intellectuals and the capitalists.
And a woman wields far more power as an intellectual, much like Ghose, than as a god-woman or religious scholar. So not much is lost by being disbarred from Sabarimala.
{{/usCountry}}And a woman wields far more power as an intellectual, much like Ghose, than as a god-woman or religious scholar. So not much is lost by being disbarred from Sabarimala.
{{/usCountry}}Shruti Rajagopalan, Delhi
Blasphemous article
One fails to understand how the HT found Ashok Row Kavi fit to write on Christianity. His article spat more venom than anything I have read in Panchajanya.
Tomy Varghese, Cochin
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