It’s the view

• The decision of the government to hold banquets for visiting foreign dignitaries with India’s monume...

• The decision of the government to hold banquets for visiting foreign dignitaries with India’s monuments as backdrops must be applauded (‘State banquets gets stately with monuments as official venues’, IE, March 22)
Although the NDA ministry may have done an “excellent” job in beautifying our historical structures, the fact remains that in the overall analysis much still needs to be done in this regard. This latest move of the government is bound to spur those entrusted with the job of proper maintenance of our ancient treasures to address their task more professionally. Also, this will provide a boost to our tourism sector.

— V. Rajesh On e-mail

Promises, promises

• Today, the Indian National Congress (INC) could well be designated the Indira Nehru Congress, given its dynastic inclinations (‘1999 to 2004: Between key rewrites, Cong slips in Rao photo’, IE, March 23).

— I.R. Sharma On e-mail

• The Congress has promised 10 million new jobs as an election promise. Someone should inform us how many new jobs the NDA government created in 2002 and 2003.

—James D’Costa On e-mail

Prelude to justice

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• Good work by the Indian Express team to ensure that Satyendra Dubey’s cause is not forgotten (‘Dubey gets global award before he gets justice’, IE, March 23). The question must be asked once again: how can one have faith while disclosing some important facts to the authorities if one may have to pay with one’s life for that? Is this India Shining?

— Tapan Jindal On e-mail

Cricket matters

• What a pity that the Indian political leadership wasted so much time before discovering that sport can help win hearts on both sides of the border. Well, better late than never.

—Saeed Chaudhry On e-mail

Left of history

• In his article ‘Left(over) front’ (IE, March 11) T.V.R. Shenoy has made a realistic analysis of the communists’ future in India. Although the Marxist philosophy of economic development came to India in the 1920s, it gained strength in the 1950s when Jawaharlal Nehru adopted socialism as the basis of socio-economic development of the country. There was a time when people believed that socialism was the only solution for the country’s ills. However, with the break-up of the USSR, the whole scenario changed. This also affected India. Liberalisation and globalisation of the Indian economy in 1991 — albeit at the instance of the IMF — made the Left parties almost irrelevant. One should, therefore, not be surprised if the Left becomes a part of history, sooner rather than later.

— Vidya Sagar Delhi

Oops

• In ‘Whose spring is it, really’ (IE, March 20) the phrase “notwithstanding its elected government” inadvertently went as “notwithstanding its un-elected government”. The error is regretted.