— Tituraj Kashyap Das

New Delhi

• After an unparalleled and vociferous ruckus, the UPA has finally won the trust vote considerably. Strangely enough, the state of affairs prevailing in the largest democracy of the world is dismal. Though the current governing dispensation of India has won, the Parliament of India has lost. It has lost all its reliability and sanctity, thanks to its members.

— Gulam Jeelani

Aligarh

Coalition’s gift

• In this era of coalition politics, it was expected from the beginning that there would be such wheeling and dealing, but what we saw on Monday and Tuesday in the Parliament made one wince. We ought to be ashamed that we’ve elected such representatives to our parliament. Are these lunk-heads going to secure for us our rightful place in the world?

— Vidhu Rajpal

Delhi