The Indian Express -- Expressions

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Saturday, July 12 1997

Letters to the Editor

Right to vote

The Supreme Court judgment that prisoners, other than those detained under preventive detention, were not entitled to vote is retrograde. It seems to be the result of an oversimplification of the issue.

Reassessing Nehru -- Much maligned by hindsight

The fiftieth year of Independence is an appropriate moment to evaluate the performance of our foremost leaders. We should begin with Jawaharlal Nehru, free India's first Prime Minister. He occupied centrestage for decades, steered the Congress ship through the rough currents of politics, and ensured that its democratic and secular project was not abandoned by his party and government.

English-bashers' excesses

It is a recurring fit, the anti-English fervour that seizes a certain category of persons in positions of authority across the country. Every once in a while, the alien tongue is proclaimed to be on its way to exile in one State or another, and threats are issued thunderously against unpatriotic attempts to protect it.

Perforce, enemies of the people

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