—Faiyaz M. Khan

Lucknow

Good Wednesday

• This is with reference to Kamal Mohammad’s article ‘Cinematic politics’. He wrongly accuses critics of missing the film’s disturbing aspects. If film critics only highlight the dangerous undertones of films, then no film will be unscathed, including those made by Mohammad. ‘A Wednesday’ was also appreciated because of its good acting, action-packed narrative, and tight editing. Mohammad ignores this to wrongly emphasise on only one interpretation of its story.

—V. Neelakantan

New Delhi

Don’t panic

• There is a common idiom: the party usually ends when the fat lady sings or dances. In stock market code, this means: the bull-run is over when investors start committing suicide due to bankruptcy.

People should never invest with borrowed funds in the stock market. Everybody makes mistakes in the stock market, but a smart investor is one who does not panic now, and waits for an upswing before selling his stocks. Nervous investors should keep this in mind in these troubled times.

— S.N. Kabra

Mumbai