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LETTERS
 The
Man Behind the Mask
"General Pervez Musharraf should quit playing hide
and seek. Mullah Musharraf's mask is now badly ruined. It's time for Pervez
Attaturk to come forth."
—Shaheen Niazi, on e-mail
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Curtain Call
General Pervez Musharraf is nothing if not a
great actor, well-versed in the art of dissimulation ("At Your Service,
Sir", October 1). He can blow intensely hot and frigidly cold in
the same breath. Yet he is walking on the sharp edge of a sword-a momentary
loss of balance and he tumbles down, consigned to the dustbin of history,
hated and reviled by the same people who are singing paeans in his honour.
—Santosh Kapoor, Noida
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Changing Colours
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issue of the nurses' uniform has nothing to do with male ego or
about the army being a male bastion ("Nursing a Uniform Grouse",
October 1). Instead, it is about nurses trying to be something they
are not-army officers. The fact that all nurses are females has
been exploited. Had it been about male vanity alone, there would
have been strong objections to the female doctors in the army and
hundreds of other women officers.
—Flt-Lieutenant Manisha
Rao, Hyderabad
Members of the Military Nursing
Service who were wearing a white uniform since 1943 said that they
didn't like "western-styles" like skirts and requested
the army authorities for a change of uniform. An easy answer would
have been an Indian dress but by a series of manipulations they
tricked the authorities into allowing them the olive green uniform-the
exclusive privilege of officers who are subject to the Army Act.
Nurses are part of the auxiliary service. It's clear that they simply
wanted the uniform of the officers of the armed forces.
—Brigadier R.S. Randhawa,
Delhi
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Musharraf has always adopted a dual role: that
of a rigid fundamentalist at home and an extreme liberal abroad, but it
is time to take a decisive stand on one. However, he is right in asking
India to "lay off". After all, of what use is India when he
and his fellow hypocrites are adequate to destroy Pakistan?
—Premchand Beura, on e-mail
Musharraf's present predicament is symptomatic
of the age-old saying: "Men fall into the ditches they dig for others."
— A.U.S. Lal, Kolkata
The Pakistani general cannot soar with eagles
while working with turkeys. He is caught between the devil and the deep
blue sea and it is only a matter of time before he is forced to step down
or is thrown out in a coup.
—A.S. Raj, on e-mail
Unholy Anomaly
Terrorism should be treated as a social problem
("Jehad Against the World", September 24). Associating a religion
with terrorism is objectionable. Terrorism, in whatever form, is a criminal
act and no particular religion or its followers should be targeted for
a condemnable act of a few insane minds.
— Mohd. Amir Idrees, Lucknow
Whatever action US President George W. Bush
opts for in retaliation, his presidency will go down in history as a period
of enlightenment on two counts: one, it exposed the weakness of the "world's
most dynamic democracy" in handling tightly fought elections because
of the inability to count votes properly. Secondly, it showed that the
world's superpower could be flummoxed by a few well-wielded scalpels.
—Devraj Sambasivan, Allappuzha
The way India and Pakistan are going all out
to offer support to the US is indicative of the fact that America is a
superpower without an iota of doubt. Sadly, our Government does not possess
the same capability. We allow our people to be killed in our country and
do nothing about it, except go on the defensive and launch monologues.
Yet we go out of the way to extend logistical support to a foreign country.
I wonder if Pakistan would have pledged similar support to India in case
of such a strike here.
—Prateek Kaul, Pune
What about America's own involvement in various
terrorist activities in other countries conducted without fear of a backlash
from the oppressed ("Fusion Reaction", September 24)? It is
like a pot calling the kettle black. This attack, although condemnable,
has demonstrated that it is brain power, rather than money power, that
reigns supreme.
— Sophia Ajaz, Delhi
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