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Date sent: Tue, 02 Dec 1997 14:53:20 -0800
In the same line, Indians want to know:
Who killed:
Mohandas Gandhiji
Indira Gandhi's husband Sanjay Gandhi Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Jagjivan Ram Some are declared as having died a natural death, but that is suspect. Nagaraj
Date sent: Tue, 02 Dec 1997 11:27:57 -0800 "But new evidence suggests that the Swami and his friends do have a case to answer. A US Senate sub committee investigating the crash of fraudulent Pakistani bank BCCI (Bank of Credit and Commerce International) found that both Khashoggi and Ernie Miller -- a well known Chandra Swami associate, who was involved in the Lakhubhai Pathak case -- had accounts with the London and Paris branches of BCCI. Significantly, several million dollars were transferred from these accounts to the LTTE. Why did they need to pay off the LTTE? Normally, it would have been the LTTE that paid an arms dealer like Khashoggi for weaponry. Why on earth would Khashoggi and Chandra Swami's right-hand man need to send millions of dollars to the Tigers?" I have quite a few questions. What would be Chandra Swami's motive, and how would he have gotten the money? Also when did the transfer take place? You do have the finger on the money, and I applaud you for putting things in perspective, but the money probably came from someone else, potentially someone the Swami did not know of. It is even possible that the Swami was just using his account to do the transfer. In fact, the other possibility is that the LTTE had paid Chandra Swami in India in rupees, and asked him to effect the transfer in dollars. So we come to the question, who was paying the LTTE? The other possibility is of course, that it was done by the arms middlemen involved in Bofors, to protect their own interests. We thus have the question, if the LTTE wanted to kill Gandhi to stop a resumption of the IPKF, why would any money change hands?
Date sent: Tue, 02 Dec 1997 13:21:07 -0800 This was a pretty informative article, about the happenings with Rajiv's assassination. News reports should be informative and this article is precisely doing that. Never before had I heard about the rumour and others involved in the case. I hope you follow it up with a comprehensive article about what are the possibilities -- why it happened? Rajal
Date sent: Tue, 02 Dec 1997 19:49:09 -0800 Wonderful report. It reflects very poorly on Indians as a people. The land that gave us Mahatma Gandhi is now full of apathy and confusion, where politicians and their games seem to rule the roost. Indeed, it is a sad commentary on India and indicates the corruption and degeneration in the minds of the people -- perhaps, borne out of lasting poverty, apathy and illiteracy. Could the people of a Western nation behave in this manner? Definitely not, despite their lack of the so-called virtues of spirituality, morality, etc. Again, kudos to Sanghvi's report. Keep it up! The news about Khashoggi's accounts and money transfer to LTTE is news to me. Ven
Date sent: Tue, 02 Dec 1997 14:18:10 -0500 Applaud Vir Sanghvi. All politicians are keen about their chair, not to the real problem or the welfare of country, especially the Congress. Apart from the Commission's findings which I believe is not a scientific way of proving things, we have the STF in this same issue. I strongly trust it has done excellent things. The STF findings should be considered first. There can be no two word that all Indians are against the killing of Rajiv. But the way these politicians are behaving is ridiculous. I would say it is the responsibility of all political parties and the respective leaders. The LTTE was a national issue until they killed Rajiv. So the poor DMK also helped them as the others did. At this stage I think all politicians are responsible for the killing. Still I have a question about the killing. It was a function organised by the Congress. It might have shortlisted the people who would welcome Rajiv and garland him. I am still wondering with whose help did "Dhanu" get the recommendation, and subsequently the permission to garland Rajiv. Who is that Congressman who checked her identification, and what were the security measures taken by them in this regard? It were policemen, not the Congressmen who died along with Rajiv in the huge explosion. This is the question disturbing the common man apart from other findings. Let us stop blaming the DMK and try to find the truth behind the assassination.
Date sent: Tue, 02 Dec 1997 08:54:57 -0800 Rather powerfully written and certainly had an impact on me. But it all sounds like a potboiler and that makes me nervous.
Date sent: Wed, 03 Dec 1997 20:22:57 +0530 Excellent article! True state of our politics and truer still of the politicians. All that drama of having to drop the DMK and all that stuff is only to put away the tabling of the Bofors papers for as long as they can.....
Date sent: Tue, 02 Dec 1997 01:27:56 +0100 Truer words were never written. Ashok Mitra's bold article is 100% right. N S Subash Lagos
Date sent: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 12:24:55 -0800 I think Madhavan is the only person making sense.
Date sent: Wed, 03 Dec 1997 19:42:32 -0500 All said and done the DMK is currently in power because the people of Tamil Nadu have elected them to office. The folks in TN, I'm sure must have known what the DMK was till the last time it was in power. If they have elected the DMK in spite of all the allegations that have been levelled against it, the Congress party has no business raking up trouble on this issue. Rajiv Gandhi is no more, his assassination was most unfortunate, but it's time for the country to get on to the road. R N Menon
Date sent: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 10:36:52 -0500 It's really heartening to read Cho Ramaswamy's thinking on the Jain Commission report. In a country full of corrupt politicians, Cho's evaluation was completely correct. No one will gain anything from the ouster of the UF government. The DMK government was already punished for what it had done (by the Chandra Shekhar government). So now by asking its withdrawal from the government the Congress had dug its own grave. With no policies on hand, with no hardcore leaders around to lead the election campaign, the Congress is at the very edge of being sidelined from mainstream politics. It is a sad state of affairs that the BJP manifests itself as a cheap political party by indulging in backdoor methods to grab power. I could not reason the behaviour and moves of the top leaders of that party in the last few months. Please include more stuff like Cho's opinion in your daily news and related things. Thanks for your service on the Internet. Lakshmi Naryanan
Date sent: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 18:01:45 +0900 The Net is full of articles about the Indo-Pak wrangle over Kashmir. Its enlightening to read different people's (mostly Indo-Pak) views about this, but I guess the rest of the world doesn't really care about this "little" tussle. It's like a couple of kids fighting over a pet's affections. While one kid has the pet secure (he thinks!) the other has a hold on the creature's ears, and pulls away regardless of the discomfort caused. A neighbour looks over the fence and watches as the kids fight. One of the kids manages to find time to call out for help. The neighbour comes along and admonishes the kids/one of the two kids -- depending on who he likes better. But he has better things to do (like starting his car and getting to work). When is one of these kids going to grow up? When these kids let go, the animal is probably going to run away never to return. Well, a crude simile but one that works for me. Good article (thanks for the backgrounder -- you may have surmised right -- I may be part of that large populace that doesn't have its perspective exactly right), but apart from the history dealt with, I don't see much.
Date sent: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 10:56:50 +0700 There are hundreds of non-resident Indians, who are willing to harness their efforts/ resources to have a corruption-free economy. Focused political group can get India out of its current rut. I am sure that sooner than later we'll see an active involvement of the educated 'fence-sitters' in forming a movement outside the BJP and Congress with the hope of creating hope. Reading the media reports that highlights corruption and the general apathy towards it, I wonder if the media can play a less corrupting role. To encourage people and politicians, to go above board we need to encourage such acts and trumpet the smallest achievement. Can the media woo ethical readership? For political change, we first need to see a segmentation in the media -- a media that highlights hope as against despair? A media that scrutinises political groups in terms of harsh economic variables as against rhetoric? A media that does not have a political agenda of its own? Or does democracy mean law of the jungle for the media and politicians? Antony Joseph Kuala Lumpur Representing an international group of Indian professionals interested in socio-political change in India.
Date sent: Sun, 7 Dec 1997 08:55:06 EST Please add A B Bardhan's statement, 'We sacrificed a government to save national unity' to the height of hypocrisy. This the same Commie Bardhan who refuses to condemn China's attack on India during the 1962 war, even after 35 years! Obviously, his loyalty to Marxist/ Maoist heaven China is higher than to 'the nation.' Besides, he confuses unity of the khichadi or United Farce with 'the unity of India.'
Date sent: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 19:09:31 -0600 Bravo Ashwin! Very well and eloquently put. I don't think anyone could have said it any better. As a Malayalee, I appreciate you taking this very important north-south issue to the public's attention. Mohan Marette Fort Worth,Texas
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