Crime teachers?

• The gang-rape of a dalit student by the six professors of the PTC College in Patan is not only a blot on the educational institutions in the state but also a beastly act that cannot be pardoned. What a bad example these teachers set before the students who are going to be teachers one day!

It’s also a poor reflection on the police that because of their inaction the parents and the students had to take the law into their own hands. Since violence begets violence and mostly the poor have to suffer in such situations, it is high time the government took stern measures to prevent such incidents. The culprits should be arrested and dismissed from the college.

— Fr William

Ahmedabad

Crisis beneficiary

• Even after the results of Super Tuesday have come in, none of the candidates looks like a real winner in the primaries. Hillary Clinton won the big prize: the states of New York and California. Barack Obama also won many states, and even in the states where Hillary won he secured sizeable votes. On the Republican side, John McCain was the clear winner.

The fight is far from over. The bad news coming from Wall Street and the loss of manufacturing jobs can only help Clinton. People may feel that they cannot take a chance by voting in a president who has less experience in handling the economic situation that is rapidly becoming a full-blown crisis, and recession is round the corner.

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