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Date sent: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 16:26:58 +0900 I enjoyed reading the interview with Sister Nirmala. It is really appreciable that she has dedicated her life towards the service of the poor and downtrodden as did the respected Mother Teresa. We hope more and more people come forward to do something, even a bit, for that particular cause and help everyone to make a better world. However, it is a little bit awkward to see the chief of MoC airing her views about religion freely -- without any concern about feelings of other religious communities. Especially, I take exception to her view about religious conversions. I personally feel one should never feel proud about being a convert. Religion is a very personal matter and best be kept within oneself. But, if I see someone claiming herself to be Hindu once, and by the "call of God" has converted to some other religion, I find that claim to be not only superfluous but also quite instigating. In any case what does one mean by the "call of God." If anyone is to receive the "call of God," one is not required to be converted, more so, as I think the "call of God" can be received only if you have an "urge to receive the call of God" as was the case with Swami Vivekananda and may others like him. The point is that you can find solace if you want to, and do whatever else, by keeping to your original faith; you do not have to be a convert. I feel the people who convert, either lack tremendous amount of self-respect or they are gullible enough to be brainwashed by the so-called recipients of the "call of God," or they are provoked through money or force. And as far as working for the poor is concerned, well, the MoC is not the only one. Many Hindu organisations are also doing the same, although they rarely air there view as freely, and thereby don't get recognition. I will request Rediff, if they can which is very unlikely, to publish an interview with the chief of the Ramakrishna Mission and a story about what they are doing. Abhijit Deb
Date sent: Sat, 03 Oct 1998 17:27:51 +0000 It is rather unfortunate that we discuss about a person like Natarajan in our Rediff discussion. The people of Tamil Nadu have done many mistakes in the past 20 years, but I don't think that they will make one in Natarajan's case. Let me be clear. Ms Jayalalitha was one of the most charismatic leaders (after M G Ramachandran). I felt she enjoyed more support than Karunanidhi and Rajnikant. But now after her 5 year rule she doesn't have that charisma anymore. She may win elections depending on the mood of the people but those are just anti-government votes and not because of her charisma. I would request you to not give these people any publicity. Bala
Date sent: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 07:58:42 +0300 It is heartening that politicians are finally remembering those that are prepared to pay the ultimate price. George Fernandes needs to receive a standing ovation from every Indian for his care and concern for the armed forces. To think that the soldiers' hospital in Siachen did not have central heating for the past four years boggles the mind. Surely this reinforces his stand that defence ministry officials who sit and pontificate in New Delhi need to visit the frontiers and see the consequences of their decisions or the lack of them. By the way, have the original lot actually gone on their sojourn or have they escaped -- may be a follow up story from you would bring the real facts to light on that?? S Dayanand
Date sent: Mon, 07 Sep 1998 05:22:04 PDT I am so surprised to see the news of the place I visited just yesterday. I am an Indian working at St Albans. I also had a similar feeling that much of Southall is undiscovered. I felt as though I was walking through streets of Chandini Chowk in Delhi. It is great to see that Indian culture and food habits gain recognition in UK, people who ruled us!!! Well narrated Murali Krishnan. Kudos.
Muthiah
Date sent: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 11:41:57 +0400 Why does a chain-snatcher have to get 111 years in prison when our politicians, drug pedlars, Harshad Mehtas, underworld gangsters, corrupt cops, rapists, and the like (or should I say, the dislikes) roam around scot-free? Isn't it time somebody overhauled the entire judicial system?
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 21:01:50 PDT I appreciate the points raised in the discussion and fully agree with Professor Ghosal's conclusions that economic progress can be created only by entrepreneurs. I would just like to add that the government should play an active role in promoting entrepreneurship (remove red tape etc) in India and have a minimal interference in the functioning of the people. Once this attitude has been activated among the general public, it will be followed by phenomenal growth. Karthik
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 17:26:10 +0800 I must compliment Dilip Thakore for a well-written article. Having worked in Indonesia for about 1.5 years, he is right. He has not mentioned about the work culture -- Indonesians are very friendly and very nice people and very sensitive too. But all of them are not ready for hard work, particularly men. I find a similar trait in Indians too, go to the banks, insurance companies, public sector undertakings, railways -- you will find a lot of similarities in attitude. Corruption is rampant, though I do feel India has to still do a lot to catch up with Indonesia. You can trust our politicians and babus to do that! In my opinion the recent outburst in May 1998 was a fall due to the lopsided distribution of wealth, and an expression of anger on being let down by a leader whom they revered for 30 years. Here too, India has to be careful. We may not have a ruler like Suharto, but still, if the Indian leaders do not deliver the results quickly, nobody can guess how the reaction of the common man will turn. The poor has been too poor for too long. The only factor which may not be common between India and Indonesia is the dominance of trade/ commerce by the minority ethnic Chinese. India does not have a similar issue. But, we have other factors like religion, hostile neighbours and much a larger size of people and area to rule. We only hope our leaders will read Dilip Thakore's article and take the relevant lessons. K Vasudevan
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 09:33:04 +0800 Sorry to learn about the views of Mr Dilip Thakore.
Date sent: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 04:39:35 +0800 You've got a great web site. I like your reporting on exciting developments in IT in India. You are giving it the right focus and prominence that it deserves.
Arvind Mathur
Date sent: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 15:05:36 -0400 I read your excellent article on the rise of Madras as the new haven for the IT industry. It was a real eye-opener. My only concern is that Madras should develop its infrastructure to support this IT boom, and ensure that the boom doesn't go bust (as it did with Bangalore). Once again, kudos to you on your excellent article. Balaji
Date sent: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 17:00:27 -0400 The idea of declaring an education emergency is quite justified. However, one big aspect ignored by this article is brain drain. As was rightly pointed out in the article, there is a tremendous loss of talent, which is not even recognised and noticed. However, many of those who don't find opportunities inside the country, opt to go abroad and outperform even their own expectations. Such is the demand and quality of the Indian work force, that even big players like Microsoft and Intel are lobbying the US government to increase the number of visas issued in one calendar year. This point should have been noted in this article, or perhaps could be included in a follow up article Suvrat Joshi
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 02:03:45 EDT I think you are completely right. I too expected a lot from Dil Se. Considering it had big names like Mani Ratnam, Shekhar Kapur, Shah Rukh, Manisha... but I have to say that I am kind of disappointed. It turned out to be a 'duplicate' of Duplicate -- just big names, although it was better then Duplicate.
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 08:41:58 -0700 The feature is simply great. Sundip How readers responded to Pritish Nandy's recent columns How readers responded to T V R Shenoy's recent columns
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