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LETTERS
(^8) THE WEEK NOVEMBER 12, 2017
SENIOR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS
REKHA DIXIT, MANDIRA NAYAR, NEHA
SHARMA BAJPAI, NAMRATA BIJI AHUJA,
SONI MISHRA, (DELHI); TARIQ AHMAD
BHAT (SRINAGAR)
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(LUCKNOW); DEEPAK TIWARI (BHOPAL);
PRATHIMA NANDAKUMAR (BENGALURU);
CITHARA PAUL (THIRUVANANTHAPURAM);
NACHIKET KELKAR (MUMBAI);
LAKSHMI SUBRAMANIAN (CHENNAI);
RABI BANERJEE (KOLKATA)
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VIPIN DAS P.
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WHY SO
SOON?
YOUR COVER story on
the BJP’s plan to build the
Ram temple in Ayodhya
before the 2019 elections
was informative (‘In the
name of God’, October
29). People are interested
in the Ram temple, but to
construct it with a sense
of urgency is politics at its
best.
It is wrong to say that
Narendra Modi came to
power only to build the
temple in Ayodhya. He
has more important things
to do for the nation.
P.V. Nandagopal,
Chennai.
THE PHANTOM of
Ayodhya continues to
haunt us even after so
many years, with the idea
of building a new temple
gathering momentum.
Over the years, fierce
arguments over the dis-
puted land took centre
stage, resulting in the
demolition of the Babri
mosque in 1992, and,
thereby, hurting the senti-
ments of the Muslim com-
munity.
Whether the temple is
built or not, I request
Modi and supporters of
Ramjanmabhoomi to
keep the idea of India as
pluralist and inclusive,
in which all citizens are
equal before the law.
N.C. Sreedharan,
On email.
THE FINAL hearing of
the Ayodhya case by the
Supreme Court may drag
on for a few more years,
and this will only make
the majority community
more restless. An out-of-
court settlement appears
more appropriate and
tangible to the vexatious
issue.
One must appreciate the
Muslim community’s
conviction to accept with
grace the apex court’s
verdict.
K.V. Raghuram,
On email.
EARLIER, EVERY house
in north India had a
portrait of Lord Ram in
a serene pose. Now, the
trend is to show Ram in
a six-pack avatar. I won-
der, as a society, which
direction are we heading
in?
J. Hundal,
On email.
Error
THERE WAS AN
inadvertent mistake
in the advertise-
ment published of
Symbiosis Institute of
Telecom Management,
Symbiosis International
University, in the issue
dated November 5. The
correct advertisement is
published on page 9 in
the current issue.
WE REGRET the error.
Editor