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Letters: Correct assessment
This refers to "Artificial intelligence & human intervention" (September 8). It is true that the time has not yet come to have an AI system to operate on its own
Letters: The bigger issue
Kanika Datta in her column "Paternal instincts" (SWOT, September 8) makes a case for the grant of paternity leave
Letters: Unfair fare
With reference to Shine Jacob's report "Railways to start surge pricing tomorrow" (September 8)
Letters: With malice toward none
Further, irrespective of his seeking transparency on the matter, such a proposal undermines the authority of the executives as mandated by the Indian Constitution
Letters: Focus on saving
Indeed the over-enthusiasm of civil society groups like ICELA in seeking shutdown of 34,278 Mw coal-fired capacity may be somewhat premature and less than pragmatic
Letters: Not quite accurate
TCA Srinivasa-Raghavan's assessment of the effectiveness of governors of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in his column
Letters: Causing confusion
With reference to Krishna Kant's report, "Developers' unsold inventory touches a 10-year high" (September 4)
Letters: Against secularism
With reference to the editorial, "Don't undermine Constitution" (September 2), the decision of the Haryana Assembly to invite a Jain monk
Letters: Debating a CEO's pay
I would like to discuss my observations regarding Caleb Melby's article, "We're paying CEOs all wrong" (August 26)
Letters: Test ahead for Sharmila
With reference to Geetanjali Krishna's Lunch with BS interview of Irom Sharmila (pictured), "Living fully, after a break" (August 27), her 16 years of fasting is reminiscent of Mahatma Gandhi's methods. A comparison can be made of her decision to end the fast with Gandhi's decisions to call off struggles during the Independence movement viz, after the Anti-Rowlatt protests, Non-Cooperation Movement and Civil Disobedience Movement.Historian Bipan Chandra referred to this long-term strategy of our Independence struggle as "struggle-truce-struggle". Phases of mass-based demonstrative struggle were followed by "passive" phases of political work. Like Sharmila now, Gandhi, too, faced the ire of his supporters and colleagues.However, during the phase of political work, Gandhi warned those entering councils to not get co-opted by the very system we have waged a struggle against. Sharmila will now have to face a similar test.Sachin V K Jadhav, WashimLetters can be mailed, faxed or e-mailed to:
Letters: Leverage services
The editorial, "Power for the course" (August 26) has hit the nail on the head
Letters: Govt to blame
Arun Jaitley said: "We will let you know when we decide. You will come to know about the conclusion, not the process."
Letters: Unsporting policy
We need a renewed sporting policy and increased monetary and budgetary support from both the Centre and the states
Letters: Idea of democracy
He emphasised the need to hold fast to constitutional methods of achieving social and economic objectives
Letters: Redefine middle class
The National Democratic Alliance government has for the first time declared the figures of income tax payers in India
Letters: Sachet is a boon
The fraudulent promoters of these schemes are looting investors through middlemen and then disappearing from the market. Investors are thus losing their hard-earned money
Letters: Train officials on GST
His stand is vindicated by the revenue secretary expressing concern about possible delay in making GST functional from April 2017 if the GST Council takes longer than expected to resolve various issues
Letters: Step toward reform
Once the Railway Budget is merged with the Union Budget and major taxes get aggregated through the GST, the Centre's responsibility to plan resources and ensure distributive justice across geographies and sectors rises
Letters: Meaningless tax
The proposed one per cent tax is a minuscule amount compared to the prices of diesel cars in this category
Letters: Value crops
Let us never compromise on the value of the crops (grains) segment. It is the foundation of the economy
