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Hi,
The column, `Drop FIR or face consequences, his father told my girl' was conceived in a good manner. I think you should conduct a survey of public opinion on wether the judgement made in this case was proper or not. As yours is the leading newpaper, your poll should make an impact.

Ashok Kumar

Dear Sir/Madam,
Well done on a complete newspaper on the internet. I love it and will do so forever. I just would like to bring upon one thing. Why is it that your newspaper on the internet is well ahead of others which are from developed countries, but India is also developing country. But anyway, congratulations on a wonderful and informative website and hope that you will keep it up for many more generations to come.

Raja Devanathan

Hi,
I am students studying for MS in mechanical engineering in Canada and I read your article " Why Jaywant 'Denial' Lele is more equal than others" in the internet and I have just one word to describe the article "SUPERB". To bring such people like Lele back to their normal sense we not more of such articles and more of their misdeeds should be brought out. Anyway, that was good work and please do keep it up.

Arun

Dear Sir,
You do a very fine job of presenting India on the your website. It is very informative and fun as well.  
Thanks a and keep it up!

Arvind

Ramesh V. Iyengar, USA.

Sukhdev 

A.Narayan  

Dr Murti V.N. Durvasula, Sydney.  

George Augustine. 

Dear Sir,
Please accept my congratulations for concise and to-the-point news 
reporting. I live in the US and read all the major Indian news papers off the web, but yours is always different. Your headlines communicate the basic points of a news in a Flash.

Umesh Kaul, USA  

Dear Sir,
I surfed through the Express India web site and I must say that I am very impressed.  It is interesting to read the editorials from another nation and  the opinions of other readers.  Keep up the good work. 
 
Ted Villalon, Texas, USA 

Dear Sir,
I came to USA for a post doctoral research at the chemistry department, Princeton University from regional research laboratory, Trivandrum. After landing here for the first time, I was totally cut off from my motherland. After taking the advice of my friends, I started regularly watching your internet updates on Expressindia.com . The net not only covers news extensively but also sports, regional, business etc. The service by net is really a gift for NRI's to update Indian scenario time to time. The budget 99 and railway budget news coverage was really superb.

Dr. P. Shanmugam, Princeton University, USA  

Dear Sir,
Keep Updating and keep giving us latest news from Mother India.  Keep the Good work! 

Sathish, USA 

Dear Sir,
Recently I read the article on Mayo College by Devendra Tak and was really pleased. The article brought back a lot of good old memories as I am also an ex Mayoite. Must appreciate Mr. Tak's article which I suppose must have touched the hearts of a lot of other ex Mayoites. I am however looking forward to the next part of the same article and would like to know when it is being published. 

Anurag Saboo. 

Dear Sir,
I appreciate the reporting you do in the Indian Express. I am an international advisor at a college in Oklahoma and I have a student from India and several from Nepal and they rely on the internet and sites like yours to stay informed about events in their countries. 

Keith Sutton, Miami 

Dear Sir,
The layout for finanical express is excellent. The coverage is quite good. It is extremely informative. 

Balu. 

Dear Sir,
First let me congratulate you on a great web site. I use it frequently. I see a lot of news relating to "Delhi" and "Maharashtra" included in the "States" news. I have yet to see news on Rajasthan. Please include this state as well. Keep up the good work! 

Ashok Rathi, Sunnyvale, CA 

Dear Sir,
I am an Indian educated in Australia and living in Sydney for the last 26 years. I always read Indian News. I am a lover of sports and your coverage of sports on the Internet is excellent. 

Dr Murti V.N. Durvasula, Sydney .  

Dear Sir,
In addition to your detailed reports on various items, we expect the status of each country in asian games. We are looking for a table showing the position of each participant in the order of medals. Thank you for the wide coverage of sports news. 

Sreekumar. 

Dear Sir,
I liked the life mate concept, and want this to be promoted on a large scale, so that Indian bachelors will be able to find their suitable matches all over the world. Well Done. 

Randeep Singh Mangat. 

Dear Sir,
I have read with great interest the various articles on power in India. 
Express Power is a wonderful concept and I hope you continue to publish this terrific resource. 

Bruno Carugi 

Wilson Alexander, Dubai. 

Dear Sir,
I am a regular surfer of your site and I get immense satisfaction by reading and viewing your home pages. I like the "Latest News " section as it is the only place, as far as I know, which gives the latest news in the broadest sense. 

Abhijit Sarkar 

Dear Sir,
Your article about aids in India is very timely. As a practicing Infectious Disease specialist which includes AIDS, what we are seeing in India is only the tip of the iceberg. What we need is the resource to fight the infection. Many people in which the diagnosis has been confirmed, have no resources to buy the expensive medications. For all practical purposes, this illness combined with TB is a deadly combination which is difficult to treat. The AIDS awareness has to be started at college level and if possible also at school level. Prevention and public education is very important in fighting this incurable illness. Here in the Western world, even with advances in therapy, the AIDS virus has continued to baffle scientists and clinicians at all levels. The government should encourage all state governments to promote and help educate the public. 

Dr.S.Srinivasan ,New York. 

Dear Sir,
You have given an excellent coverage on the Punjab news. Well done. We are always looking for more coverage on Punjab. 

Sharnjit Gill  

Dear Sir,
I am very impressed with your site and the channels you have for different venues and the corresponding details. 

Raman Patel.  

Dear Sir,
The Indian Express site is excellent. It is extremely user friendly and it is one of the best international news sites. 

Manohar Dansingani.  

Dear Sir,
I have seen your site and it is really informative and good! Keep up the good work! 

Shrutimita Goenka,Calcutta. 

Dear Sir,
The graffiti section is really interesting. The last paragraph in the previous article (the one on Australia) is extremely interesting . Looking forward to reading more about the never ending journey. Keep up the good work. 

Sudarshan, USA. 

Dear Sir,
I want to let you know that the Indian Express web site is one of the best ones I have come across and even though I live abroad, I can still get glimpses of the happenings in my country! 

Sateesh Pimparkar, Sydney, Australia.  

Dear Sir,
I tried to test the IE Poll System by voting twice. It did not permit me. Thanks for this feature. Now I can safely rely on the poll results as a reflection of the opinion of Internet Indians. 

Mukund Kute, USA.  

Dear Sir,
I have been an avid reader of your newspaper for the past many years, and I wish to compliment you for bringing out fresh news items everyday. 

Vishal Mani.  

Dear Sir,
Your web pages are excellent and a very satisfying source of news and stories about India to people like us living far away from home. We used to use Times of India pages, but it has become very difficult to access those pages for news due to poor design and stress on sideshow rather than on the meaty issues. You are doing very well. Please keep up the good work. 

Dr Bhupinder Singh, South Australia.  

Dear Sir,
I grew up used to the smell of the ink from the pages of the Indian Express, watching it's transition to the new avatar a few years ago and the savvy of it's regional Newslines. So when I moved Down Under I suffered "withdrawal symptoms" until this web page was discovered. I am happy and find the web site updated regularly though I still do miss the regional coverage and have to see The Tribune, but their updates are very poor. 

Manner Kohl, Australia. 

Dear Sir,
I really appreciate your work and interest towards satisfying your readers. I used to go to other sites for cricket info, but they are slow. Now it is easy to see the news getting updated. 

Karthik Jeevanandam.  

Hi,
I read your article "Alone against Islamic terror" and I agree wholeheartedly with you there but I think the fault lies partially with us. It is all a matter of perception.
People will think what you tell them to think. People talk about Hindu fanatics destroying a Muslim mosque because that is all the hear about. They have never heard about the Hindu temples razed by Muslims in Kashmir. They hear about the human rights violation against the Kashmiri but they never hear about the plight of the killed, tortured and displaced Kashmiri pundits. And we cannot just blame the foreign media for that. I live in the United States and read your newspaper everyday and in the past two years I have never seen a story on Kashmiri pundits. Other people can give only so much importance to our issues as we do.
During the Kargil war we were able to create a positive impression on the world because that is how the media - first Indian and then foreign portrayed it. But look at the Orissa cyclone disaster now. 10,000 people died in. Do you see the same kind of world support and help as Turkey got during the earthquake? I haven't even seen a fund for them at your site. Why? Are Indian people less worthy of our neighbors help or are we too proud to take any. I think a lot of unnecessary lives were lost when we were unable to reach people in time and maybe more and better trained people who have experience in this kind of work would have saved some lives. Army cannot be jack of all trades and do everything from internal security to rescue to fighting the enemy but that is another story altogether.
I like Hinduism being a passive and tolerant religion but this is the age of publicity and PR and if we don't highlight or problems and achievements then no one else will. Maybe the foreign media still won't but that is another philosophy behind "karma" - karma kar phal ki chinta mat kar". We must do our part before we point fingers at other.

Mona Joshi

Dear Feedback Editor,
Mr. Ali in "Who Was Gandhi?" under Ali's notes in the 15th October issue of Screen says, among other things, " ... the millennium about to mingle with the dust of the past ... "
No, the millennium is NOT about to mingle with the dust of the past. Why is everyone in such a hurry to enter into the new millennium that is going to begin in a little more than a year from now? The new millennium is to begin on 1st January 2001, and not on 1st January 2000.

The current millennium ends on 31st December, 2000, and not on 31st December, 1999. This is matter of simple arithmetic. The thousand-year-period that began in the year 1 A.D. is coming to a close with the end of the year 2000, and NOT with the end of the year 1999.
Please take note, Mr. Ali. Thank you.

Surendra Bhimani Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.A.

Dear Sir, 
Your periodical unnecessarily sensationalizes the issues. I regularly read the front page of the online version of every major national daily and your newspaper seems to be quite off track from the rest. Particularly on issues related to the common man, if you do not think it is your duty to assuage the already-much-exploited common man by your reviews and articles then I also do not think it is your right to sensationalize the issues to create more panic and anxiety to the poor man. Put tersely, anything other than fact reporting needs to be constructive! 

Navin Aswal, Minneapolis, MN, USA. 

Sir,
Your reporting of the hijacking is simply disgusting and out right stupid. Without knowing the full facts you are blaming the goverment. Sir, your intellegent readers want to know, what are your hidden agenda? To defame the goverment without due process? In this situation the least that was expected from your paper was to stand behind the peoples goverment of India as one solid pillar and then at a later time get into the blaming game. I am sad to say that you have done a very poor job. Dont you have the good sense that we should stand united against the enemy.

David