2G / 3G / CWG / Madam G
Your leader in your New Year issue under the above heading rightly calls on the media to turn its camaras towards itself. It is simply unforgivable for the media to put a blanket of silence on the wrong doings of top media celebrities like Vir Sanghvi, Barkha Dutt and Prabhu Chawla.

Pradip Bannerjee,
Kolkata

The good thing in India has been that businesses have been mostly inherited from one generation to the other. As you have rightly concluded, it is this factor which has made the Bania almost invincible in the global economic village which is taking shape before our eyes. And that surely constitutes India's competitive advantage.

Vineet Aggarwal,
Pune

Your Cover Story HOWZAAT on the cricket World Cup in your March issue is bang on the spot. I liked your opening statement that “India believe that the World Cup is theirs this time, by right. They have the advantage of home conditions. And they have Sachin Tendulkar, the ruling deity of international cricket who, they believe, is entitled to this tribute in his last hurrah. And faith can move mountains.” I don't know whether you wrote it in sarcasm but the Indian team and Indians have proved this statement to be true, your intended cynicism not withstanding. Why are you ever so cynical, anyway? Isn't Sachin Tendulkar, indeed, the r u l i n g d e i t y o f international cricket? Was he not really entitled to this tribute from the game which he has done so much to promote? But we agree with you that faith can move mountains. It was the faith of the team in its abilities and the faith of 1210 million Indians that has earned them the World Cup.

Thank you anyway for reinforcing this faith through your Cover Story.

Ramesh Dua, Vipin Gupta, Chandraprabha
Moudgil, Satnam Singh, Mumbai

During Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Bangladesh, I was reminded of your story on Assam elections in your June issue. You had rightly said in the introduction to the story that “for the victory in Assam, Manmohan Singh needs to send a 'thank-you note' to Sheikh Hasina Wajed for handing over the ULFA leadership”. Your contention that foreign policy can fetch political dividends at home has been vindicated by this visit.

It was indeed pay-out time for Manmohan Singh. Unfortunately, however, the cheque for this pay-out has to be picked up by India's garment makers in Tirupur and Ludhiana.

There is nothing for me to respond to this month. So I take this opportunity to thank you all and to wish you a very  happy and prosperous new year. It has been a very enriching year for me, reading hundreds of letters sent by you. Our editorial team has benefitted immensely from the feedback provided by you. My request to you on this New Year’s eve is to keep telling us every month where we have gone right and where we have gone wrong. That is what a free debate is about in democratic societies.