Any Sania solutions?

•This refers to your editorial, An unsuitable girl?. A few irrational fanatics should not be allowed to persecute such sporting talents. India is a secular republic. The pity is that the politicians and the lower judiciary are generally on the side of fanatical tormentors. This seems to be so because of the orthodox mindset of the ruling class. True, the victim can go to the higher courts for redress. But then having to run to law courts for years is itself a punishment.

The Central government together with the Supreme Court should appoint a legal commission to see that complaints about hurting religious feelings, showing disrespect to national symbols, etc are genuine from a secular and human rights point of view before allowing any court to proceed with such cases.

— N. Kunju

Delhi

Pak bastion

• G. Parthasarathy’s ‘How Kandahar hijacked us’ as also Ritu Sarin’s despatch, ‘...Pak couldn’t care less, US didn’t help either’ are instructive for two reasons.

One, Pakistan will not help as it is hand in glove with the terrorists, besides running training camps for terrorists on its soil, making India the principal victim.Two, as for the US response, it is not difficult to understand its indifference towards us vis-a-vis terrorism. If the terrorists shower their depredations on India, it is simply due to the fact that it cannot let down Pakistan, because our western neighbour is helping combat the Taliban terrorism and the Al-Qaeda menace.

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