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N ever mind the UPA bashers, Sonia-baiters and Manmohandetractors, Dr Manmohan Singh has done the impossible in the very first year of his regime. What leaders of India and Pakistan could not accomplish in more than 58 year since the creation of Pakistan he has accomplished. As you have pointed out in your editorial "MANMOHAN MAGIC," even hard boiled journalists like yourself are beginning to realize that if Dr. Manmohan Singh and General Pervez Musharraf continue talking together, walking together and working together, new possibilities are bound to emerge for the protagonists of peace and progress in India. Pakistan and rest of the region. Despite what the small and big political parties and petty-minded Congress and Manmohan bashers might say or do, even they cannot deny that the single act of melting the ice between India and Pakistan puts Dr. Manmohan Singh among the category of the greatest leaders of the world in the 21st Century and the melting of the ice between India and Pakistan the greatest success for the India foreign policy.— S. Dutt, New Delhi Let Us Make The Magic WorkY our editorial "MANMOHAN MAGIC" was really thought-provoking. Why could not the harsh-speaking, harsh-thinking and harsh-behaving self-styled angry old men of India and Pakistan do what the soft-spoken, soft-behaving but hard thinking Dr. Manmohan Singh of India has achieved, at least in making Pak leaders like General Pervez Musharraf to "change his heart". Knowing how keen some of the opposition leaders at the national and regionals levels, including some of the constituents of the rulling UPA itself are to embarras and bring down the present government, one hopes they have the good sense of not trying to undo what Dr. Manmohan Singh had done to melt the ice in Indo-Pakistani relations of acrimony and hostility. Pleased let the Manmohan Magic work.— Yogendra Mohan, New Delhi Peace Is Not Impossible F rom your well-timed editorial "MANMOHAN MAGIC" one thing is very clear, peace is always possible if you change your mind and heart. If the wall of Berlin could fall, why not the wall of violent hatred between India and Pakistan. The new peace process started by the Manmohan-Musharraf interaction has taken the peace prospects between the two ever confronting neighbours into a new era. The two leaders have at least proved that peace is not impossible. Think of the good and great things it can do for the people of the two countries. God, give them both the strength to carry on the march towards a peaceful partnership.— Sohan Singh, Chandigarh Magic Can Work D r. Manmohan Singh has certainly somemagic, and it works. Your editorial "MANMOHAN MAGIC indicates that soft words and friendly attitudes can work were armed invasions and violent terrorism fail. Why has one Manmohan Singh succeeded were many other Prime Ministers belonging to many different ideolgies failed. Why have two leaders of India and Pakistan been able to usher a new era of peace while dozens of war-mongering politicians and blood-thirsty terrorists had failed for more than five decaees? It shows that magic can work if you are honest, sincere and patient, the qualities Dr Manmohan Singh has in abundance.— Zohra Khatoon, Hyderabad Justice Phukan in the lurch I t refers to Tehelka enquiry-head Phukan confessing the use of IAF helicopter approved by NDA regime for a family-trip shown as usual ‘official’ trip. It is a senseless argument of Phukan that a person having worked as a judge may not know that rules do not permit use of IAF aircrafts by existing or retired judges. It was a dramatic NDA move to first announce a posting for earlier enquiry-head Justice Venkatswamy during Tehelka proceedings, and then engineering demand for resignation by their ‘hidden’ friends in opposition only to get rid of Venkataswamy. George Fernandes was otherwise also responsible as head of Defence Ministry when the army’s own SK Jain enquiry-committee established truth in Tehelka exposures. Congress is justified in demanding publication of Venkataswamy report even though it might not have been completed.NDA vastly misused judges to cover their dishonest intentions in other matters, including the infamous Petrol-pump allotment scandal. However, it is also a bitter truth that UPA government has utilised the issue at an opportune time to dilute corruption charges against its own Cabinet Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav. Madhu, New Delhi Law Minister Seems To Be Anti-reforms I t refers to Union Law Minister’s observations in the Parliament that Election Commission has crossed its limits. It seems HR Bharadwaj is committed for anti-reforms. Ironically, while he voices against the Election Commission’s steps to cleanse the election-system, he left the much-needed judicial reforms at mercy of an unaccountable judiciary. Since Parliament does not care to enact the much-needed poll-reforms, Election Commission should rather be empowered to float the idea of poll-reforms to be implemented. If Parliament does not negate these ideas, it should be taken as approved by the Parliament.Subhash C. Agrawal Mr Osama, are you OK? To: My Dear Mr bin Laden, One has not heard from you since October 29, 2004, when you sent a recorded message through Al-Jazeera on the eve of the US presidential elections. One knows that such periodic spells of silence are not unusual in the interest of your physical security. But whenever there are long spells of silence, the rumour mills start over-working. This had happened in the past and this is happening now, but this time, the rumors are stronger and more persistent than before. In the last week of April, there were frenzied rumors of your death following a posting by an unidentified person on a web site identified with the Al-Qaeda network. Not much credibility was given to the rumors in the end. In an analysis of these rumors, the well-respected Northeast Intelligence Network, a non-governmental online terrorism analysis group of the US, said as follows on April 29: Analysts at the Northeast Intelligence Network read, translated and reviewed the message approximately 45 minutes after it was originally posted by a newly registered poster to that forum who has virtually no other posting record. Based on the manner in which the message was posted and the status of the poster, government intelligence analysts are privately looking at the possibility that the message was deliberately posted to garner attention. Regardless of the poster or intent, it is important to note that the message, written in Arabic, does not claim that bin Laden is dead. Rather, the message "waxes poetic" over what is expected to happen when the Al-Qaeda leader dies. I was inclined to feel that the posting regarding your death might have been made by the US intelligence as part of its psychological warfare to create confusion and demoralization in the ranks of your followers. The rumors died down. But doubts have again arisen after one received reports on the sermons delivered in some Madrassas (seminaries) of the tribal region in Pakistan and Afghanistan during the last two Fridays. In the sermons, the mullahs have prayed to God for your good health and success against the US and Israel. There is nothing unusual in that. They were doing so even in the past. But what is intriguing now is that their sermons also included prayers to God for the good health and success of your sons in the jihad against the US and Israel. Why suddenly these prayers for your sons? Are you dying, if not already dead? Is something seriously wrong with your health? Please send a message to Al-Jazeera quickly through your usual handlers in Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence. Otherwise, this will add further confusion in the minds of the already much confused Al-Qaeda watchers. Warm regards and waiting anxiously for signs of life or of confirmed death.
Yours sincerely, B Raman, New Delhi |
