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LETTERS
 Quid
Pro Quo
"The Taliban destroyed
the WTC in New York. Now the US and its coalition should destroy Afghanistan's
WTC — the Worldwide Terrorist Centre."
— Vishal Chawla, Pune
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Laying Siege
The terrorist attack
on the US is worse than a crime ("Sixty Minutes of Hell", September
24). It is a blunder for it gives the US the opportunity and power to
command the whole world . Also, the call for Osama bin Laden being taken
"dead or alive" is likely to end up as abiit, excessit, evasit,
erupit-he is gone, he is off, he has escaped, he has broken away.
— A.S. Raj, on e-mail
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Cooking Up a Controversy
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Taslima Nasrin is doubtless the most fearless
writer of our generation, Salman Rushdies of the world notwithstanding
("Djinns and Sins in Mymensingh", September 24). The theme
of her latest book, My Girlhood-An Autobiography, only underscores
her courage. We need more writers, particularly women, to write
like Nasrin and show the world the reality of the lives of those
who are marginalised by society. Upcoming authors should follow
Nasrin's example and develop their skills in such a way that they
can be a part of popular literature and yet tackle uncompromisingly
difficult and controversial themes.
— Rama Gupta, Delhi
Taslima Nasrin is one of the growing band
of writers who write only to create a controversy, thereby publicising
themselves and improving their chances of winning literary awards.
She is an expert at sensationalising events. Besides, how can the
veracity of her life's episodes be checked? Frivolous readers always
love such spicy tales but the publishing and literary communities
should not encourage this.
— Harvinder Anand,
Ludhiana
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A month before the September 11 attacks, the
Pakistani Army started combing madarsas and showed the world the spoils:
arms and terrorists. And just two days before the dastardly attack, there
was detailed coverage in one of Pakistan's magazines on Dawood Ibrahim's
lifestyle in Karachi. Was this all a deliberate attempt by the Pakistani
Government to clear itself just prior to the incident and show itself
as a peace-loving nation? It somehow gives the impression that Pakistan
was aware of the things to come.
— Pankaj Gupta, on e-mail
However morally repugnant the terrorist strikes,
how were they worse than the half-a-million Iraqi children who were starved
to death to curtail the powers of Saddam Hussain?
— Biswapriya Purkayastha, on e-mail
The words on your cover are misleading ("Jehad
Against the World", September 24). The concept of jehad is misunderstood
by present day leaders and statesmen, thus compromising the rational Muslim
mind. Islam teaches brotherhood and not war, whereas jehad is a holy war.
How can a Muslim carry out jehad against another Muslim?
— S. Rifaquat Ali, Patiala
Smoke Without Fire
Your snip-pet about the Maharashtra Chief Minister
Vilasrao Deshmukh is baseless ("Sell it to Bal", September 24).
The chief minister, who categorically denies the statements attributed
to him, says that the question of suggesting to his bosses that money
be raised by auctioning his office does not arise as he has never been
harassed by the AICC general secretaries. Also, Motilal Vora, in his capacity
as AICC treasurer, has to visit Maharashtra to get himself acquainted
with the implementation of the Congress manifesto and also guide party
workers in view of the forthcoming municipal and zilla parishad elections.
— Ajay Ambekar, pro to CM, Maharashtra
Analytical Graft
In an otherwise excellent analysis, P. Chidambaram
has missed another "plenty" which is responsible for the paradox
of people dying of hunger in the midst of overflowing godowns: corruption
("Problem of Plenty", September 24). It is this plenty which
has pulled us into the dungeons of poverty, misery and filth. I have only
to look at the three-storey house and a fleet of gleaming Tata Sumos of
my ration depot holder to find out how "successful" the Public
Distribution System is.
— Govind Pershad, Faridabad
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