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Cocooned in mundane, single frequency, divisive politics for six decades now, we are blind to the exploding horizons of modern communication. Visitors to Sri Lanka can get a SIM card on arrival; it empowers them with an identity and a personalised tool during their stay for superior and cost effective communication. In Australia, not only does the airport at Sydney have hassle free wi-fi service, the heart of the commercial area too has instant free connectivity. At Changi airport in Singapore, you can get a wi-fi password from any of the many help desks. And look at Delhi. Not one “free” wi-fi service flashing on your mobile has ever worked since inception!
If modern governance is to be predicated on the intense use of technology, how is it that this agenda of the Delhi chief minister invites a wry smile from the very elite who so vehemently propound the empowerment of the common man?
R Narayanan
Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
Providence won’t help
The editorial, ‘Wing and a prayer (February 16)’, highlights the lackadaisical approach of the DGCA with regard to air safety. The FAA downgrade shows systematic flaws in India’s aviation safety process. As things stand today, the FAA is unlikely to upgrade India's air safety rating soon. Even riding with prayer won’t help as God would may not come to the rescue of those who habitually abandon their duties and nonchalantly leave everything to providence.
CG Kuriakose
Kothamangalam, Kerala
The callous attitude of the DGCA is worrying. The DGCA must immediately clear the decks to safeguard passengers and aircraft. Planes falling into air-pockets is understandable but the DGCA’s wanton slipping into non-performance is reprehensible. The fact that someone needs to tell us our air safety is questionable clearly shows the level of seriousness of the DGCA. The ministry of civil aviation must bring the negligent officials to book.
B Rajasekaran
Bengaluru
Get our house in order
This refers to the article ‘Tobin tax makes a lot of sense’ by Rajrishi Singhal (February 16). Yes, the financial wheeling and dealing must be taxed. But we in India don’t have free currency markets, so Tobin has to happen in the developed world; this will have an effect on the flow of money worldwide and positive effects on India. The argument that the money will leave emerging markets when the Fed starts hiking rates may be true initially but the money coming out of the bond market in the US will search for high returns and find its way to India, if we offer them high growth rates and subsequently high returns. So, getting our house in order is the only way we can protect our currency and our economy from the coming volatility.
CR Arun
Great role model
Arvind Kejriwal not holding any portfolio is a stunning role model for all the power-hungry ministers in the country. What we see in Kerala and elsewhere is the chief minister holding charge of one department while others are distributed or ‘sold’ to other ministers. These ministers then become supreme commanders of those departments. They are unquestioned even by the chief minister. If tourism is allocated to one minister he may then demand the forest portfolio too, so that he can cut and sell a few trees at will. A chief minister needs only to watch over all the ministries and suggest changes if needed. Kejriwal’s example is remarkable.
KA Solaman
Alappuzha, Kerala
Learn from HDFC
The success story of HDFC Bank has many lessons for other banks. A special feather in its cap is that it does not figure in the consortia now trying to recover dues from the likes of Kingfisher Airlines and Bhushan Steel.When HDFC is operating in a business environment that is common to all other financial players, it means the contribution of the top management clearly makes a difference. Conversely, the top management of PSBs have messed up opportunities.
KV Rao
Bengaluru
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