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Date sent: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 11:23:41 -0800 It was an excellent report and gave in-depth information on the life of Mr Nanda, who was almost forgotten these days. Keep up this good work. Prabhjot Gill
Date sent: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 14:51:51 -0700 It's about time! I am happy to note that the Bharatiya sarkar has bestowed this honor to our dearest M S Subbulakshmi. She deserves it. Finally, some sense seems to dawn upon individuals who decide on such high honours. Hope they continue to maintain greater regard for the home grown talents, rather than hoping to get a certificate from the West regarding the talents present in India. This honour is in the right direction as far as recognising individuals during their life time. My regards and best wishes to MS. Sachchit Pandey
Date sent: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 14:51:41 -0500 Thanks for quick and good coverage. Rediff is the best web site around. Keep up the good work.
Date sent: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 12:37:30 -0600 It is a nicely written, informative article. Thanks for the good information. Sarada
Date sent: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 11:16:31 -0800 In your report on MS getting the Bhrarat Ratna award, you have said ... 'Tears welled up in Mahatma Gandhi's eyes as Subbulakshmi sang Vaisnava janato tere kahiye, jo pir parayi jane re (Only those who are religious understand the sufferings of others).' Now, that's a disastrous translation of the bhajan! What it really means is: Only those who understand the sufferings of others can be called religious..!
Date sent: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 12:29:44 -0600 There have been countless such tragedies in the country, and this one must be the third such event in the past year. Regardless, our administrators turn a blind eye to gross violations of traffic rules. Isn't it high time that there be a regulation regarding the maximum load that can be carried by a "passenger" bus? That too when it is the question of young lives? Or is this a governmental way of controlling the population in the country? Srinivas Murthy
Date sent: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 07:04:19 PST It is a pleasure to have such a wonderful site as Rediff on the NeT. It is an even greater pleasure to have Dr A P J Abdul Kalam to be voted as man of the year!! I too have great respect for him!! I have created a site which honours the missile man. It is an Indian military site which has five sections (Army, Navy, Air Force, Space and Missiles). I am the web master for the Missiles page. The site address is: http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/MISSILES/index.html This is my way of showing appreciation to a man who truly has dreamed. Rakesh Koshy
Date sent: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 20:45:18 EST Sitting thousands of miles away from India, when one reads the tensions that choke the Indian subcontinent, one wonders if at all there is any end to this, like the Dalai Lama who practised non violence from a point of weakness in confronting the Chinese. We have talked of peace from a terrible point of weakness and found it did not work for all these decades. May our strength now give us the peace that all of us have been dreaming of, thanks to Dr Abdul Kalam! Radhika Srinivasan
Date sent: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 10:45:39 -0500 0 + 0 = 0, therefore BJP *plus anything* equals 0. I know his flock beats everybody else in the world as far as multiplication is concerned, but that does not mean addition is multiplication! Where did he get his Ph D in Math from? We've already seen the damage that can be caused (IAF unrest) when people like him get portfolios like defence. It is in our best interests to keep such people from getting into the PMO. If he does succeed, the consequences will make today's problems seem like child's play. As I've said before, balanced coverage is one thing, but do use your common sense before you put these characters on the front page. If he talks about teaching Prasar Bharati a lesson, can your kind really escape?
Atul Varde
Date sent: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 23:39:59 PST Actually on what basis do you pick the person for an interview? You pick all someone like Mulayam Singh Yadav? In the whole world was MSY was the only one available or what? In the interview he has unscrupulously talked about the BJP and other political parties. He has no right to talk like that. Has he done any good work during his tenure as defence minister? It's a shame on you people at Rediff for interviewing a person like him. Please don't publish such articles in future.
Date sent: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 18:49:56 -0500 (EST) After reading Nandy's interview of Mulayam, I really have only one thing to say: Mulayam's threat to the Prasar Bharati is disturbing, to say the least. Not only that, the manner in which he put it is indicative of his poor grasp of civility and manners. I can only pray he never gets anywhere in national politics. Abhijit M
Date sent: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 21:32:31 -0800 This has reference to the "quote" by Mulayam Singh in his interview with Pritish Nandy. For one thing, Mulayam didn't have anything different to say other than harping on his pet topic, the BJP. People haven't forgotten either Mulayam Singh's association with gangsters in UP, or his casteist policies of divide and rule. Does he have anything positive to claim about himself or his cronies, other than BJP bashing?
Date sent: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 02:04:23 EST I can't help but feel sorry that even senior journalists like Pritish Nandy are being fooled and taken for a ride by these modern day Aurangzebs like Mulayams and Laloos. I guess Mr Nandy considers himself as a "broad-minded" "yuppie" journalist that goes around interviewing the morally and intellectually bankrupt, whose sole aim in life is to grab power and perpetuate fraud on democracy. Journalists like Mr Nandy are aiding these crooks by giving them a platform to crow about their "secular" credentials". I would dare Mr Nandy to define secularism. I can think of one definition. 1. Justice for all religions and appeasement of none. 2. All citizens are equal under the Constitution. Secularism is *not* caste politics. If religion divides the country into two, (Muslim and the rest -- the other religions in India I believe have always been patriotic and nationalist) caste politics divides the country into thousands of pieces. The headline of this article is ridiculous. The BJP was the single largest party in the dissolved Lok Sabha. Millions of Indians voted for them in a free and fair election. To call it a zero -- well god save Mulayam and Mr Nandy for cleverly choosing this quote as the title, clearly betraying where his loyalties lie. It is journalists like Mr Nandy that are the biggest culprits for the sorry state of affairs in the country. They have consistently played up the BJP communalism bogey by conducting such interviews and helped these people carry out a large scale campaign. I happened to read an article (circulating on the Internet) from Mr Nandy about citizens's responsibilities, and why we shouldn't be blaming politicians for all our woes, as *we* vote for them. The blame should squarely rest on journalists like Mr Nandy for cluttering up issues and misleading people and encouraging criminals. I urge the editors not to let their forum be hijacked for such purposes. Ashwin
Date sent: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 18:33:42 -0500 This guy who happens to call himself a messiah of the poor and the downtrodden is a goofy character, and his intentions are difficult and too early for anyone to predict. How can one imagine this person to lead the most populous democratic nation on earth? Well if it happens then it would be a tragedy and a national disaster of course. One more thing I would like to remind you is that whilst canvassing for the last general election he had promised to unite Pakistan, Bangladesh and India into one country. What happened to it? Maybe he forgot where those countries are. I most honestly think the BJP is far more better than these high profile criminal infested parties. Ronald
Date sent: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 12:46:58 -0800 Mulayam's responses were utterly rubbish. He had nothing to offer other than hateful words. Find a thoughtful person to interview next time. Dr Varinder M Sharma
Date sent: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 20:36:10 EST Interview was good. I am just amazed that these so-called villains of modern era Indian politics calls themselves secularist. The unfortunate thing is that there is a section of the crowd which believes them. In Mr Yadav's state, UP, or Bihar, ruled by the other Yadav, is the worst case of caste politics. Wouldn't India be better without these so-called opportunist secular hypocrites?
Date sent: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 15:19:57 -0500 (EST) So far we have seen two so-called political interviews by Bhosle and Nandy. And in both cases, the major issue is secularism or communalism. When do you plan to publish interviews which deal with real life issues which effects real people? Do you really believe that the Indian public will choose or dump their candidate just based on his/her belief in secularism or otherwise? I hope you will continue to balance your excellence in journalism by publishing more balanced interviews. Ernest Joseph
Date sent: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 14:02:19 -0500 This clearly shows that Mulayam is so desperate that he has no election manifesto other than the BJP. What does one have to say about his credentials as a nationalist: 1. He abolished anti-copying and gave way for chaos in the merit system. 2. He supported illegal immigrants in India. 3. His first statement as a defence minister was that the Bangladeshis can come and go as their free will and nobody would stop them. 4. He supported the statement of a person who said that he would see that all Hindus who eye Babri Masjid will be plucked out and they would be killed. How can he be called as secular? His secularism is nothing but 'pseudo secularism,' and Pritish is doing nothing but interviewing cheap and dirty politicians like him to augur his 'pseudo secularistic' attitude. Ajay Gannerkote
Date sent: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 16:53:48 -0800 I got to hand it to you, you always manage to get a response from me. Did Mulayam convince you too that zero plus anything is equal to zero? Anil
Date sent: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 15:49:45 -0800 Look who is talking about morals and ethics! India will always be a nation of sycophants as long as people like Mulayam are at the helm. Venkat
Date sent: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 08:27:17 +0000 First of all it's absolutely stupid as to what's happening to Indian politics, especially parties like the Congress. One day they are all fighting for each other's skin, everyone wants to be party president. A party which has split into numerous sub-parties, a very common facet of Indian politics. If a minister has even the slightest problems with his counterpart s/he is free to float a party. First of all it's a foolish move for Sonia to enter the election. She was better off staying aloof from mainstream politics. The main thing that India needs is a drastic change in its decaying Constitution.
Date sent: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 08:20:05 EST Keep up the good work. It would be nice to have more interviews like this, perhaps done a bit more in depth. M Mazumdar
Date sent: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 14:14:08 -0800 Definitely a car worthy of appreciation. The Indian small car segment has at last received a much needed alternative. In a market which is driven not by choice but by what is available, the Maruti definitely needs to clear up its sales and service record. Being the pompous car company for a long while and dictating terms to the customer, it has finally met a match.
Date sent: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 13:46:00 -0800 I think that India should open up its markets as fast as possible if it is to catch up other Asian tigers, and this is a very good start. India is a huge market and thus has a great potential for success than other Asian nations but lacks much in executing it. The government which is corrupt to the core jeopardises it all.
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 1997 05:31:07 -0600 Very interesting article. My thanks to Dilip Thakore!
Date sent: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 18:07:50 -0500 Very good article!
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