— Tarsem Singh New Delhi

• This refers to Shekhar Gupta’s article. He suggests that the Congress top leadership should open a dialogue with Muslims. But why does not the pro-Congress Muslim leadership attempt a dialogue with the Congress?

— P. Y. Mehta Mumbai

Each one counts

• A.L. Saiyed’s advice to Muslims ‘Repairing Azad’s vision’, to refrain from being misled by selfish clerics, and to interact with society with open-mindedness, is very apt. Instead of being instigated and provoked by fundamentalist groups inside and outside the community, educated Muslim youth should lead it out of its victimisation mindset. Devious leaders exploit Muslims’ real and perceived fears only for their own vested interests. They have a stake in the alienation and backwardness of the community. All Muslims must feel that they are important and proud citizens of India.

— Satwant Kaur Mahilpur

Graceless, Dada

• Sourav Ganguly’s outbursts against some selectors on the eve of his retirement, seem to be in bad taste. For more than a decade he was given many opportunities by the selectors, That was not just because of his periodic excellent performances but chiefly because of the able support his team-mates extended to him, as records will show. If sports lovers applauded him for his blazing performances, they also reserve the right to comment on his below average results.He should have gracefully retired when his form was at its peak, so that he would have been fondly enshrined in cricket-lovers’ hearts. This, sadly, is a graceless exit by a world-class cricketer!

— C.N.N. Nair Mumbai

On Chiranjeevi

• This is with reference to your editorial ‘Babu’s gamble’. Coming as I do from the coastal district of west Godavari, what I see is that Chandrababu Naidu’s “enormous gamble” is because of a large exodus from his party’s ranks, due to his autocratic conduct. Leaders of different parties in Andhra Pradesh have not exactly bothered to give importance to the aspirations of the people. One hopes that Chiranjeevi will conduct his campaign with care.

— Prasad Malladi

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