Australian cricket players will have to learn that opposing players will not continue to take their rude behaviour on the field. Also, they will have to learn that this is a new age in cricket, in which India generates most of revenue from the sport.

— Gopal Gupta

Melbourne

Organic community

•Your front page report,

‘Father donates son’s organs to set an example in the call of duty’ made for interesting reading. Eye donation is fairly popular but donating other organs is not. Once a person is dead, the vital organs of his body are of no use, but they can save the lives of many people who are suffering from terminal diseases. Organs such as kidney, liver and even heart can be transplanted. Organ donation after death should be popularised through campaign and offer of incentives to the (dead) donor’s family.

When vital organs are available for transplant, organ scams too would become a thing of the past. One must not forget that organ donation is a noble deed, and would it not be great that our organs would be of some use and functional even after we are gone?

— S.N. Kabra

Mumbai

Fed signals

•The second rate cut by the US Federal Reserve in less than a week is a clear admission that the US could be in a recession cycle. Already huge home loan defaults have eroded the capital of many large US banks. Though US banks do not admit it openly, credit card defaults are also a serious cause of concern.

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