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How Readers reacted to Dilip D'Souza's recent columns

Date sent: Fri, 3 Apr, 1998 15:55:38 -0800
From: <belavadi@informix.com>
Subject: Dilip D'Souza

Dilip D'Souza, take it easy, high BP is not good for health.

Date sent: Sun, 29 Mar 1998 10:12:13 -0800 (PST)
From: Su Medhavi <sumedhavi@yahoo.com>
Subject: Tradition in an odorous water balloon

I laud Dilip for expressing the agony of many pained people in India because of holidays like Holi and Diwali. I am deeply agonised by the miscreants who have no concern for there fellow beings, and appalled by the police system in India which fails to prevent/punish these rascals.

Date sent: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 15:11:42 PST
From: B G <bg31@hotmail.com>
Subject: Dilip D'Souza's article

It's an absolute truth that the very persons who have instigated, perpetuated and given active support to violence are now speaking in terms of statistics of riots. The god of these people, the biggest rowdy of all times, who should be jailed for his role in the Bombay riots, is accusing the Congress of the 1984 incident. These persons who struck the match-stick in 1992 very well know the impact it made in several parts of India.

The south, which was more peaceful compared to the north, has now become a hotbed of religious passions. Again these fascists are coming for a kill since they know that fishing in muddy waters is very easy. Coimbatore, which leaves a lasting impression on any visitor for the dignity and softness of the people, is now up in flames. There are bombs going up everywhere in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Who is behind all this? Who did this to me? Now I can't sleep here peacefully because my brother or sister or parents might be in trouble when they step of my house. Who did this to me???

Sriganesh

Date sent: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 15:11:42 PST
From: "JagannadhanKrishna"<jvkrishna@hotmail.com>
Subject: I want my Normalcy

Dilip seems to be in a world of his own. The repeated criticisms of the BJP are wide off the mark. Here in the US, several hundred churches of the Blacks have been vandalised or burnt or bombed in the past 12 months. Against this background, the only demolition of a mosque seems almost acceptable. After all, this is the only incident since 1947.

Perhaps Mr D should undertake some research in this area and report his findings to the Indian public. He may still find the BJP's approach is the approach taken by the more developed countries as well.

Come on Mr D, wake up. Do some real research and you may come up with some cold, uncomfortable facts. Let's see some real journalism for a change.

Krishna

Date sent: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 12:12:36 -0500
From: "shekhar veera" <sveera@sprynet.com>
Subject: Dilip D'Souza's article

I just read Dilip D'Souza's beautiful piece on Bombay. Brought back quite a few memories of the daily grinds on the VT locals!! Never knew that places like Sewri even had anything to offer for those who wished to get away from the ever-present cacophony of city life, even if momentarily. And that too flamingoes!!!

Good luck to you Dilip, and hope that you can find time despite your daily grinds to stand and stare!!!

Shekhar Veera

Date sent: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 17:18:25 -0600
From: Srinivas Murthy <Srinivas.Murthy@bridge.bst.bls.com>
Subject: NPC report implementation

Alright, Dilip, you have hit on the nail this time. Don't leave this issue here, asking yourself what you have been drinking. If you are serious enough to pursue this matter, initiate a series of emails/snail mails to the authorities concerned, including whomsoever that is going to be our future home minister, expressing this valid point of police reform. You have got a point there and I request you not to stop at this.

If Rediff could give us addresses (email and snail mail) of the people concerned, we are willing to start bombarding them with mails until they relent (wishful thinking, if you would say so).

But your pessimism about Om Parkash Chautala being able to sympathise with population control, or Sukh Ram being able to do anything about corruption is misplaced. There are five hundred and fortyfive people out there, and at least twenty five per cent of them are good enough to go through some system of accountability for their office. If you could have NPC to review performance of the police, why not have a similar committee to review the performance of our parliamentarians and make them account for the time and resources they spend within and outside Parliament?

Srinivas Murthy

Date sent: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 19:40:05 -0500
From: "Mitul Parekh" <mitul_parekh@email.msn.com>
Subject: I Don't Mean Sexually Transmitted Disease

I thought your article was very nice and it shows that we do not need to ape the West for everything. We need to implement the moden technology in a way that would take into account local factors.

Another feature about STD booths in India: if you have a phone at home without an STD connection, there are many enterprising STD booth managers who does the conference call system which helps you make the long distance call without stepping out of your doorstep. Most of them do not charge extra. Imagine if the same facility is extended to the email thing, too!!

Dilip D'Souza