'Advani will show his true colours once he gets the
votes of minorities'
Date sent: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 17:30:18 EST
From: <Idrf@aol.com>
Subject: Why was Bhagwat sacked?
Kuldip Nayar has a skill of putting stupid things in a nice way. And it is so funny, but he finally makes sure that they fall either in communal or secular categories... a progressive approach:
a. "Let us wear wigs and act as judges." But he has already decided to defend Admiral Bhagwat. So, as he says, it is just "acting".
b. "The government has given no evidence to prove how Admiral Bhagwat acted against India's security." Nayar always does it. When the army was fighting in Kashmir with terrorists, he was building a human chain on the border. He always proves that he is somewhat special. Now, he questions the government! Man, cool down! You will get some international award from some corner of this earth. Don't rush.
c. "Approached the Pakistan high commission directly... This betrays his unfamiliarity with the rules of diplomatic corps, not disloyalty to the country." Look Mr Nayar, I am not as intellectual as you are. But it is common understanding that the defence officials should not talk to the high commission of not just Pakistan, but of any country.
d. "...former defence minister Sharad Pawar had written to
the prime minister to take action against Vice-Admiral Harinder Singh for introducing communalism in the services." It is very difficult to understand how statements of a few
people appeal to Nayar so much. To justify, he quotes Sharad Parwar. But Nayar's progressive approach never helped him to think a little bit.
e. Regarding the Akali Dal's hand in Harinder Singh's appointment, Nayar writes "...the BJP-led government has punished Bhagwat for his secular views." I thought that it is the problem of favouring their people. What is communal or secular here? For Mr Nayar, issues fall in one of the two categories: secular or non-secular. Or, with his progressive brain, he can somehow force them to fall in one of
these categories. Always a new approach to look at the problem.
Yes. That's why he is progressive!
Nagaraj
Date sent: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 11:36:13 +0530
From: "G.P.Sam" <philips@aptech.ac.in >
Subject: Advani goes in for a moderate look
The report is all right. But I think he will show his true colours once he is able to get the votes of minorities and the liberal Hindus. The BJP was unable to get an absolute majority only because the above-mentioned groups did not vote for them.
G P Sam
Date sent: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 23:13:15 +0800
From: sujatha <sujatha@tm.net.my >
Subject: Sabarimala tantri's defiance
I commend the Travancore Dewasom Board's initiative to control and regulate the temple's affairs according to Kerala Hindu tradition. It's time these holy perfunctory positions were given to Malayali Namboodiris to maintain the Kerala tradition.
Date sent: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 13:03:05 +0500
From: Pradeep Hardikar <avelog@stpp.soft.net >
Subject: The Delhi-Lahore bus
Is it just me or did others also notice that the picture in daily newspapers showing the bus on a dry run to Lahore had the starting point and destination shown in English and Urdu? Is it a common practice not to write these in Hindi?
Date sent: Sunday, January 10, 1999 8:54 AM
From: shekar <shekar@alphalink.com.au >
Subject: Indian Test team
I want to highlight a problem or two of the Indian cricket team: Sidhu might have scored well on slower pitches in India or Sharjah. Does this mean he can bat well against swing bowling? What has Jadeja done to prove his place as a Test opener?
This brings another issue -- pitch conditions in India. What has happened to the committee headed by Kapil Dev? Please don't get me wrong here -- guys like Kapil, Gavaskar, Shastri can do a lot more for Indian cricket than what they are doing now.
Why can't they take a lesson or two from people like Clive Lloyd, Dennis Lillee... Kapil & the BCCI, get into the act? Do something about the pitch conditions in India. (It makes me wonder how the pitch in Delhi will be made ready in a week's time as per the curator of the pitch after the damage done to it.)
The quality of domestic games such as the Ranji Trophy & Duleep Trophy: Please, for heaven's sake, improve the quality of the game -- improve the pitch conditions, give more incentive to the players, get more sponsors, make the games more competitive. What we need here is quality and certainly NOT quantity. Why don't we study how the shield games are
played in Australia? Raise the level of the game to match the international games?
Arrange regular tours overseas for the Under 19 Team. You cannot have a good Indian Test team without having a good Under 19 team. Arrange overseas tours properly. Have a few more games prior to the Test so that the team gets acclimatised.
Indian team management & BCCI, don't look for excuses. Carry out a proper and objective post-mortem. Will these happen? If they don't, I bet nothing is going to change.
Chandra
Date sent: Saturday, January 09, 1999 8:22 PM
From: Wada9@aol.com <Wada9@aol.com >
Subject: Bowling attack
I wonder if anyone has given thought to the weak bowling attack of our team. To me it is a big cause for concern, especially with the World Cup round the corner. If we keep focussing on our batsmen to pile up the runs from one side but not be able to defend them with our weak fielding and bowling attack, a perfect example being the first one-dayer in NZ yesterday then, our chances of winning the World Cup this year look very gloomy.
In a country as vast as ours where cricket is the numero uno sport why is it that we can't find some really good fast bowlers? I was curious as to whether this is on anybody's mind in India. Are the selector's thinking about this? Is this the same team that we will be playing with at the World Cup this year?
I live in NY, so I am basically cut off from the action back home. I do read some of it in Rediff at times. But I have never come across any articles that have focussed on this major issue. I would appreciate some input from ur end on this.
Reetu
Date sent: Monday, January 11, 1999 9:20 AM
From: Sivakumar Srinivasan <ssiva@bellsouth.net >
Subject: Playing under lights
It was extremely unfortunate that the lights went off at a very crucial moment and the play had to be postponed for 45 minutes. For the past 15 days the New Zealanders have been talking about experimenting in Test cricket (playing beyond the regular time under lights). They actually
should think about doing the same thing in a one-day match. They could have easily played another 11 overs instead of revising the target.
New Zealand made a big fuss when India refused to play beyond regular time under lights. They should be more concerned about playing beyond regular time in a one-day match, because, someday New Zealand will be at the receiving end of the strange rain-rule. Though it is not in their hands, they can at least pursue the matter with the ICC.
Siva
Date sent: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 21:28:15 -0700
From: "Aliyah Shivji" <aliyah@portal.connect.ab.ca >
Subject: Udit Narayan
I'm so glad you carried an article on the best singer in the entire industry: Udit Narayan. It was wonderful!
Aliyah
Date sent: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 23:25:58 -0600
From: "Rajesh,Mathur Padmanabhan" <mpr@umr.edu >
Subject: Narayan Shanbag's Strand Book Stall
Hats off to this gentleman. Wish him the best of luck in future. Looks like a visit to this book shop is a must on my next trip to Bombay.
Rajesh
Date sent: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 14:20:46 -0700
From: Srinivasa Rao Paidisetty <srinip@Cadence.COM >
Subject: Matunga
I liked this very much. I felt like I was in Matunga tasting all south Indian food there.
Srinivas
Date sent: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 18:04:47 +0500
From: Nilesh Dholakia <nileshdh@bom3.vsnl.net.in >
Subject: Konkan Coast
The site is nice. But it would have made it more interesting by inserting the map denoting the places to visit. One could also add places of accommodation.
Nilesh
Date sent: Wed, 04 Nov 1998 17:07:53 -0600
From: Ashwini Kumar <ak@fluent.com >
Subject: Bithur
Very good article. I have been there a few times when I was a kid. I was born in Jhansi. Let's hear about it now!!!
Ashwini
Date sent: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 12:15:57 -0700
From: kanasen <nair@tm.net.my >
Subject: KKHH the best!
Rediff, what's your problem. KKHH was a good movie!
Date sent: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 15:02:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: Karthik Krishnan <kkarthik@Glue.umd.edu >
Subject: Bill se
I like your coverage of the events in the southern film industry. But somehow many times you don't get the names right. Example is the Kannada movie in which Shilpa Shetty has acted. The title of the movie is Preethisodhu Thappa. You wrongly mentioned it as 'Pirikoduthapa'. That completely changed its meaning. If you want to pride yourself as a
good publication make sure that you get these small things right.
Karthik
Date sent: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 12:18:29 -0400
From: Rishi Anand <Rishi.Anand@bell-atlantic.com >
Subject: 'I act all the time'
I really liked the interview.
Rishi
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