Letter of the week

If various political players continue to politicise terrorist investigations, the investigative agencies will suffer unduly.

On the ATS

The editorial, ‘Take no prisoners’ rightly assessed that “Advani has sacrificed good sense and national interest to short-term ambition”.

State of affairs

Political doublespeak may come naturally to the political class and may also help them capture certain vote-banks; but when they forget the issues or the context, it could have dangerous consequences for the institutions of the state.

It’s terror

The arrest of terror suspects of radical Hindu outfits is very alarming.

Fixing the future

This refers to the editorial ‘Anything’s possible’. Coming out of the insecurity caused by centuries of racial prejudice...

Letters to the editor

Vikram Mehta’s ‘The shape of things to come’ has rightly pointed to the effects of the IT and communications revolution.

New lessons

This refers to Shekhar Gupta’s ‘The fright and the wrong’. It should be pointed out that another message has emerged from the global financial crisis...

A new dawn

Congratulations are due to Barack Obama for his election as the first African-American president of the US.

It’s terror

The arrest of terror suspects of radical Hindu outfits is very alarming. It was a trend to blame Islam for any bomb blasts or terror attacks in the country and no one was ready to look beyond that.

We’re fine

This refers to Shekhar Gupta’s column ‘The fright and the wrong’. India remains a strong market economy with high growth.

Look Inside

Even today, the continuing internal — familial, feudal, caste and parochial - terrorism causes far more violence than external terrorism.

A helping hand

This refers to Shekhar Gupta’s ‘The K-deal’. It’s about time the states involved, India and Pakistan, realised the practical dim-ensions to the issue.