Editor,
A reference to a letter by Robert Tanti ‘ Why the bias’ (ST May 19, 2012) is the reflection of what actually occurs off and on while travelling on the highway or in the city. We have an ignorant lot who love to have their sirens blaring accompanied by a bunch of lousy cops who shout, abuse and in some cases assault the common citizen. Then we have cops who double up as extortionists, albeit in uniform which is visible every day near Lad Rymbai and even on the highway. So does the government or the DGP have a solution to these incidents? Can the police chief clean up the mess in his backyard first? There are other pressing issues within society where conviction rate of rapists, murderers, corrupt government officials etc…is very dismal. So why is there so mucof hyper policing to implement an order that needs to come from the top? And by the way how technically efficient are the cops to judge the amount of tint in the vehicle windshields?
Yours etc.,
Dominic S Wankhar
Shillong-3
II
Editor,
Through your esteemed daily I would like to express that even after a week’s time for removal of tinted films from vehicles, most of them are still moving with tinted windows. The funniest part is that they move freely and cross each traffic point without any hesitation. Further, it is learnt that in some areas tinted films up to 70% visibility are allowed to be put on the vehicles. As such many vehicle owners have not yet removed the same. Hence it seems like there is no specific law for those who are flouting the law.
Yours etc.,
Sandeep Bhattacharjee,
Via emai
President- from North-East India?
Editor,
North East India comprises diverse ethnic communities with their unique cultural heritage. These ethnic groups have their own strengths and weakness. Their strength lies in their collective peaceful co-existence but their weakness is in their inability for collective bargaining power for important positions in New Delhi since independence. Despite all the developments made in the last 65 years, our policy makers in Delhi have not been able to bridge the people to people communication gap between mainland India and the North East.
North Eastern people are considered outsiders in their own country because of their features. Our looks, language, culture, food habits seem alien to our countrymen. The national parties must play a positive role in eradicating the feeling of step-motherly attitude towards this region. Recent racial attacks and comments on NE students in the rest of India has only aggravated this problem.
The President represents the soul of the nation. Let the leaders of this country rise above partisan politics and elect a person from North-East India to the August office of the President of India. None could be better than Mr PA Sangma whose statesmanship was well recognised during his years in national politics especially his sterling role as Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Mr PA Sangma has been the brand ambassador of this region. His election to the august office will bring a sense of pride to the otherwise restless North-East India.
It will help bridge the gap between the NE people with the rest of India.
Yours etc.,
Deepak Kumar Agarwala,
Nagaon (Assam)