Opinion In a spot
This refers to TV sting entraps cricketers,throws shadow over IPL (IE,May 15).
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In a spot
This refers to TV sting entraps cricketers,throws shadow over IPL (IE,May 15). It is indeed a shame that the gentlemans game has been sullied by spot-fixing,black money and other malpractices in the course of the current season of the Indian Premier League. Young cricketers seem to have fallen prey to the lures of ill-gotten wealth. If found guilty,the cricketers involved should be banned for life and made to surrender their signing amounts.
Deepak Chikramane
Clip its wings
CON AIR (IE,May 15) provides an excellent analysis of the malaise that Air India has been suffering from for a long time. AI is a grossly mismanaged national carrier. It is now at the mercy of its pampered pilots and other opportunistic employees. The former British prime minister,Margaret Thatcher,may have earned the dreaded title of Iron Lady,but just such an iron-fisted approach is needed to fix serious problems like these.
V. Subramanyan
Dombivli
APROPOS Con Air,Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh has shown gumption by holding out against the untenable demands of AI pilots. An employee has no moral right to ask for additional benefits if the company is performing as dismally as AI is at the moment.
Shib Sankar Mukherjee
North 24 Parganas
Trouble in the ranks
APROPOS Behind Army Leh clash,breach of rules,failure of command (IE,May 13),the incident at the Mahi firing range near Leh shows the growing indiscipline in our army. Recent controversial events involving senior army officers have had a negative impact on the relationship between jawans and their officers. The incoming army chief has his work cut out.
S. Kamat
Bardez
All work,no play
GOPAL KRISHNA GOKHALES famous observation What Bengal thinks today,India thinks tomorrow has been borne out by recent events. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had no sense of humour when it came to cartoons that ridiculed her. Now,parliamentarians in New Delhi seem to have followed suit. Our politicians have made a concerted effort to banish humour from our lives. One recalls the good old days when newspapers carried daily cartoons by masters of the art. Nowadays it is all work and
no play.
S. Sengupta
WHY include controversial cartoons in students text books? The cartoons have not particularly contributed to the students performance. On the contrary,sprinkling the text with such cartoons can be distracting for schoolchildren. A survey of students from all over India should be conducted. Their opinions should be factored into future policies on cartoons.
Vijay D. Patil
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