DECCAN HERALD MARCH 11,  2011.

                                             'CRUEL MAN'

Sir,

This refers to Chickens too 'can feel each other's pain' ( March 10). It is a common sight that crows in pleasure as when food is found, or in pain as when injured, share their emotions by calling other crows.   Poet Valmiki in the epic Ramayana has immortalised the pain suffered by a female krauncha bird (crane) when a hunter killed her mate.

Allegorical poems depicting bird's emotions are found in other languages too. What is empirical and in poet's imagination is  scientifically valid.  But modern man lacks empathy for animals – he cruelly transports and slaughters birds and animals.

Kasab has reasons to smile

BANGALORE MIRROR, 23 FEB, 2011.

This refers to the report 'Death says HC too, but 'remorseless' Kasab keeps smiling' (BM, February22). Pakistan terrorist Ajmal Kasab indeed has reasons to smile. Even after three decades, Rajeev Gandhi's assasins have not been executed. Afzal Guru's is still alive after six years of the death verdict. Kasab would move the Supreme court and seek President's mercy. If he fails in both attempts, his turn for execution will come only after he becomes old and faces a natural death.

LETTERS TO EDITOR

  BANGALORE MIRROR FEB 19, 2011

                                   
                                     FAULT LIES WITH SINGH

Manmohan Singh is using coalition compulsion as an excuse to shrug off his responsibility in the 2 G scam. As Nitish Gadkari asked, will he offer the same argument to explain away Adarsh Housing Board,CWG and the S band scams also? Singh now says that he is open to a JPC. If this was his stand three months ago, the logjam of parliament could have been prevented. It is not the opposition and the media that have dented India's image, but the gargantuan corruption t under his nose.

Biased viewpoint

PUBLISHED, DECCAN HERALD, 16 FEB 2011

Sir,

This refers to Empowerment: Dalits &English (DH, Feb15) The view point that English should be taught from class I in all schools is welcome. However to say that only lower caste people are denied English education is not correct. It is the general denial of education to Dalits that has left them behind. In both urban and rural areas those who can afford, irrespective of caste, have access to public school education.   In his passion to project English as the panacea for all Dalit problems,Kancha Ilaiah makes sneering references to Saraswathi, Sanskrit, and the Brahmins. But, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar viewed Sanskrit differently-he advocated Sanskrit as the link language of India.  English is a must but not at the cost of regional languages.
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