— Satwant Kaur

Mahilpur, Punjab

Andhra trip

• The Andhra bypoll results may or may not be a referendum on the Telangana issue. But the outcome, and Chandrasekhar Rao’s thin margin of victory, do raise serious questions about the Telangana sentiment. Development of the Telangana region doesn’t depend on statehood, nor is it going to be determined by these results. Proper cooperation between the Central and state governments is necessary to ensure that Telangana doesn’t turn into another basket case.

— B.K. Chatterjee

Faridabad

The vulture’s return

• Jaithirth Rao’s message extends beyond the grounding of the Indian vulture. In fact, all that used to be good about India is being grounded, and the consequences are for everybody to see. Rao also makes clear that the pleas of civil society are casually treated or ignored and the authorities remain unmoved. Rao stands vindicated as his feathered friends have indeed survived but taken the form of politicians and bureaucrats who go scavenging in order to rid the natural and human environments of their assets.

— Kedarnath R. Aiyar

Mumbai