— Raghu Seshadri

Chennai

Best man

• Nandan Nilekani deserves to be congratulated for being named chairman of the UIAI. His job is unenviable but important; if implemented properly it will do an immense good to every Indian citizen. It is a big developmental step and Nilekani is the best man for the job. However, though he’s resigned from Infosys, there may still be conflict of interest as he continues to be one of the largest investors in the company.

— S.N. Kabra

Mumbai

Jeans politics

• Those who put forth a “no jeans” view in the interest of women’s safety indulge in crude hypocrisy. All men susceptible to such easy provocation should be made to wear chastity belts whose keys would be in the hands of

the self-appointed guardians of morality and women’s honour.

— G.A. D’Costa

Goa