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Date sent: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 19:56:12 -0800 Why is Shahabuddin (MP) is given such special favour by the RJD. What is happening in India? It is very shameful. Politicians are misguiding innocent citizens in the name of religion. Both Hindus and Muslims can live as brothers under one roof. We all believe and worship the same god. I come from a village where both communities are living together in harmony. My father's best friends were Muslim. Why can't we live together? The main ingredients of religion are truth, non violence, compassion and peace. In the name of religion, we are creating hatred among ourselves. What a shame? Indian leaders should take lessons from leaders of countries like Japan and UK. In the last 50 years, India has gone backward due to these leaders. These leaders put their selfish interest first. They have looted the country. People should revolt against these leaders, and elect leaders who can provide direction to common people. If these things continue, only god knows where the country will be.
Date sent: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 15:45:56 -0500 I really enjoyed Dr K Kasturirangan's interview as it is very difficult to get details about ISRO's activities from anywhere else. Please keep carrying such interviews. Why don't you have a separate section for science in Rediff? Saravanan Alagirisamy
Date sent: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 11:06:03 +0530 (IST) It was a very good interview. I had heard Seshan before at IIT Delhi. Some how he manages to give words to thoughts that originate from my heart. I hope you keep on producing more such articles.
Date sent: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 08:00:18 -0800 Shobha you have done an excellent job again in prodding retired Seshan into answering some difficult questions. Seshan is still roaring but his roar has no sound. He has not mentioned about the population growth which is the only impediment to our progress. He has not mentioned about the judiciary which is full of babus. Seshan has not mentioned that in democracy the electorate should be educated to make tough choices for the good of the nation, whereas in India, people like Mulayam and Laloo can still get elected unopposed. Of course, one can go on and on and reach no conclusion. India's problems are population, corruption, arcane laws, fusion of religion and politics, casteism and illiteracy.
Date sent: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 10:33:44 AST It was very informative to read T N Seshan's interview. As a country, we are so confused today that when we ask ourselves what went wrong there is no answer. We had such a great civilisation, history, culture, wealth what not? Then what is the reason we are in doldrums now? We have so many problems -- reservation, corruption, lack of national pride and self respect. The major issues as they appear to me are:
1. We have a complaining nature. We wait for someone to put our home
right rather than do it ourselves. We have to make a start and continue before it is too late. Gopal
Date sent: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 16:14:22 +0800 The interview was thought provoking. We need people like Seshan to keep hammering till our indifference breaks down and we, as a nation, are goaded into action. Ravi Shroff
Date sent: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 23:06:36 +0530 The government in power has got its priorities all mixed up. It is about perverted power and not governance. I am disappointed with its attitude. They insult Hindus at every possible opportunity. They do not know Hinduism is above fanaticism. Parthasarathi Ray
Date sent: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 08:06:36 -0700 While growing up in Maharashtra I have seen eunuchs perform, we were always told by the elders that they were neither men or women, a nature's freak. As we grew older, we did know that there was no truth to that statement. Finally in a book about Calcutta called The City of Joy there was a vivid description about castration. I am sure as usual we have the police and politicians in cohorts with the gurus who perform such heinous crimes against children. Since the poor give up their kids voluntarily for domestic help, it is difficult to pinpoint who the real criminals are. Society should show no mercy to the perpetrators or the crimes.
Date sent: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 09:58:04 +0530 I fully agree with you when you say Mark Taylor is perhaps the only gentleman cricketer left in the game today. Who else would have the courage of conviction to declare at the overnight score of 334 not out, so tantalisingly close to the world record? It speaks of the great respect and admiration that Taylor has for Sir Don Bradman and his fierce determination to force a result in a match that was definitely heading for a draw. Certainly no other player who was nearing a threshold of a world record would have let go of the opportunity. I also agree with you that the former greats of Australian cricket were being too harsh on such a gentleman cricketer. I have the greatest respect for Ian Chappell, but I was greatly disappointed when he went hammer and tong at Taylor. Anyway, this only goes to prove that good men have the last laugh. Shivkumar N
Date sent: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 18:07:00 -0400 It's not that I always agree with you on cricket, but I have been crestfallen ever since I heard about Bajju not being picked for the Indian side. I really wonder if he is seen as a "Bhindra" camp guy or discovery or anything and the "Dalmiya" camp is out to teach them a lesson. It is total nonsense and I feel very angry with Lele. I feel ashamed of being an Indian where the people who are supposed to defend you are baying for your blood. But, then I guess we'll appreciate a foreigner but won't recognise our own countrymen. Your article is not going to make a difference overnight, but keep doing the job and I am sure your efforts will be appreciated. I think the way you documented his case was also extremely nice.
Satish Kumar
Date sent: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 10:50:39 +0530 I totally agree with you on the selection of the Indian team for the Wills Cup in Dhaka. In fact, Khurasia was a must in the team. I would say even before Rahul Dravid and Laxman have a poor strike rate. No big scores against his name, lack of temperament are supposedly the qualities the board was looking for. Vidhika
Date sent: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 16:59:14 -0400 Those prophets of doom who predicted a heavy price of sanctions while criticising India and BJP, should eat their words now. I will appreciate if they don't write those kind of anti-India, fear-creating articles at least for some time now. While granting 500 million dollars immediately within two months from May 1998 to Andhra Pradesh created big news and journalists were full of praises for Chandrababu Naidu, nobody will congratulate Kalyan Singh because he belongs to the BJP. Chandrababu Naidu is certainly an example amongst the rare breed of CMs but Kalyan Singh is also doing good, especially in managing a difficult state like UP. Now with this almost $4 billion loan, I guess we can see a more prosperous UP within the next 5-8 years. Credit must go to Kalyan Singh!
Wed, 16 Sep 1998 19:19:12 +0530 Hats off to Pritish Nandy. This is one of the best articles describing what is happening to Bombay?
Fri, 4 Sep 1998 06:20:36 -0700 (PDT) As an Indian working abroad I was shocked to hear about the Tatas dropping this project. I would like to also inform you and your web viewers that the news was right there the very next day on the Wall Street Journal. India rarely gets a mention in the WSJ and other key business/economic publications of this part of the world, and when it does it is presented through such a message. And yes, Jayant Malhoutra is correct in his assessment of what transpired for the situation to reach this stage. But I do vaguely wonder if the lack of interest in the project now is also because of the reorganisation within the Tata group that would have obviously presented the folly of trying to run another airline. I mean the Tatas did not really expect to make money in this venture for a really long time.....did they? I understand that the Tatas are not interested in the airport too. Manish
Date sent: Tue, 04 Aug 1998 13:02:18 -0500 Yet another half hearted measure by the Government of India. Why Re1? Why the free five year period? Then what? Is the government waiting to see if the ISPs make money and then raise the fee? What the government needs to know is that ISPs have a very high failure rate. If India wants to take its place as a technologically progressive and dynamic hotbed for computer and computer development, rather than a mere nuclear whoosh in the tea-cup, they must absolutely and without any hindrance, make full Internet access available to everyone who wants it. Even to the extent of subsidising the costs out of the government or DOT funds. We are talking of flooding the Internet with Indian news, Indian e-mails, chat rooms and multimedia. After all, there are 900 million plus Indians. As an Indian on the Net, I believe NRI stands for the Net Roaming Indian. My message to the Government of India and DOT is -- set my people free!!! Firoze Rao
Date sent: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 16:46:28 -0400 When I met you in the meeting of SIPA a few years back, I did not believe that a simple looking IAS will achieve what you have done. Through your charge you have surcharged the atmosphere, and it seems not only possible but probable if we can find such 100,000 people. The public telephone booths in India to which you have referred, are a testimony that Indians may be illiterate but not ignorant. Given an honest leadership it is possible to do it. But can we? The political field is full of so many wrongs, both by the Congress and the BJP. Yet there is nothing wrong in trying, we can only fail. If we don't, failure is already there. Sandip K Dasverma
Date sent: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 13:50:10 -0600 I have always been marvelled by the ways and means of Malayalis. I thought they had done it when they achieved 100 per cent literacy. But the grand plan of the Kerala Information Infrastructure is the limits. Why can't other states take a cue from these guys? Sandesh Sharma
Date sent: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 01:16:55 +0530 Please give us more pictures and clippings.
Date sent: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 15:06:18 +0530 Too verbose. Takes a long time to read. Should have been dotted with more examples for proper introduction of the personality.
Date sent: Sat, 3 Oct 1998 11:16:31 +0530 Very well conducted and succinct. The typical larger-than-life template used for innumerable bollywood-Stardust/Filmfare/Cine Blitz symbiotic "interviews" is given the go by. One looks forward to many more of these. Good show!
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