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 Struggling
phase
The formula system for higher education in India has failed to cope with
the rising number of students seeking admission. Getting into
institutions of higher learning is a big problem. The situation is worse
in technical and professional institutions; their hefty admission fees
deter the needy, but talented. Not only in Delhi but Pune, Mumbai,
Kolkata, Chennai and practically everywhere else it is the same story.
Does it not embarrass our educationists and policy makers? Or should we
admit that the system is failing?
Ruchi Ahuja
New Delhi
Analysis
Many things in The DayAfter attract
and persuade me to read it. Though it is a political magazine, the style
is direct and simple. The opening paragraph acts as a preface to the
article. Since the headings are straightforward, they act as a mirror to
the entire article. It carries articles on various subjects, namely,
political, social, business, interviews, health, travel, et al. The
topics are informative and generally encourages the masses.
Amardeep Kaur
Dehradun, Uttaranchal
Newspaper war
This refers to ‘Divya Bhaskar takes on newspaper majors in Gujarat’ and
‘Newspaper war in Taiwan’ (The DayAfter July 16, 2003). With Divya
Bhaskar trying for pre-launch supremacy in Ahmedabad, New Delhi too is
witnessing yet another phase of the media-war amongst the top two
newspaper-groups, namely, the Hindustan Times (HT) and the Times of
India (TOI). HT, in order to promote its Hindi Hindustan, not only
reduced the price of the latter, but also introduced an attractive Jodi
No. 1 scheme for monthly subscribers to get both the Hindi and English
dailies at a combined monthly subscription of just Rs. 75. The TOI group
had to follow to maintain the supremacy of its Hindi daily, Navbharat
Times, though only for monthly subscribers. Interestingly, the
commission to newspaper-hawkers is as before rather than in percentage
which would have drastically reduced their incomes. Now the hawkers also
are assisting the HT group to promote Hindi Hindustan. It is for the
first time that the two groups are giving the benefits of their
price-war to readers of Hindi newspapers!
MADHU AGRAWAL
New Delhi
Reservation
The need to extend ‘Reservation’ (Reservation is becoming game’, The
DayAfter 16 July, 2003) beyond the 15 year period stipulated by the
makers of the Constitution is itself proof of the failure of the policy.
India should abolish all caste-based reservations and create an
altogether new category for those sensible ones who have adopted
small-family norms with one or two children. This will make the progress
chart of the nation climb high leading to efficiency and minimising
corruption!
Subhash Chandra Agarwal
New Delhi
Pottermania
In ‘Harry Potter and Indian Writers’
(The DayAfter, July 16, 2003), the condition of Indian writers for
children has been rightly highlighted. When J. K. Rowling’s latest book
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was released, there was a lot
of publicity by the media all over India.Today, if Indian writers are
not getting their proper due, is the media totally responsible? To some
extent, yes! It is high time that we start thinking about our own
writers. Else, the day is not far off when foreign writers will
completely occupy our markets sending Indian writers into oblivion.
Joydeep Das
Guwahati
Congratulations!
It is nice to know that your magazine, The DayAfter, has successfully
completed 18 years. Wish you good luck for the coming years. The topics
included in the anniversary special issue were informative and
interesting.
Richa Sharma
New Delhi
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