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Don’t kill fishing

Good observation (‘A dose of kuppam-nomics’, Cambuzz , May 2, 2013). The author sees hope in the fact that some of them have studied in school and are working in ICICI, etc. While this is true, at least by the fact that lifestyle is improving, the Government should look into ways of helping fishing and making it the important vocation that it used to be. Otherwise, like we killed agriculture, we will also kill fishing.

R.B. Krishnan

An eye-opener

This article (‘A tale of missing voters and aadhaar cards’, Cambuzz , April 29, 2013) is an eye-opener for me.

Even though Aadhaar ID is supposed to be acquired purely voluntarily, the Congress Government has surreptitiously blackmailed people into acquiring one compulsorily by tagging benefits delivery to it. I am sure millions of others will share my fear that Aadhaar is going to be another MNREGA – a means for huge diversion of funds into private pockets – and towards the 'election fund' of Congress.

Coming back to voter ID issues, in the previous elections in Tamil Nadu, booth officials insisted on the production of an additional ID proof besides the voter’s ID and voter’s slip before a person was allowed to vote. When confronted with EC guidelines – which thankfully were advertised in prominent dailies – booth personnel sheepishly agreed to let me vote just on the basis of the voter’s ID.

A chap hovering outside the booth commented later that the ruling party feared that the high percentage of polling would prove detrimental to their chances of winning the election, and so their agents had influenced the booth officials to come up with this method to reduce polling.

K.S. Venkateswaran

Think again

This article (‘Fuss and fury over a piece of cloth’, Cambuzz , April 22, 2013) has forced me to reassess my take on hijab-clad women... Thanks Hafsa.

Seerat Kaur

I have never met a girl/woman who is actually happy to wear the hijab. I saw all of them throwing it away when men are not there. If it was their wish and they were happy with it, then they would have chosen to wear it even during weddings when they spend so much time decorating themselves. This is what makes me feel that these girls do not know it’s a way of oppression.

Nidhi Subhashini

What’s better?

It's perhaps better to be sugar-conscious than to be ritually, rigorously sugar-free (‘Tweet out sweets’, Cambuzz , April 22, 2013). But what happens to the sugar-free capsules and supplements often prescribed for diabetics? Can honey and jaggery be healthier substitutes for crystal sugar?

Ankita

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