The Hindu : Righteous indignation

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Tuesday, Sep 23, 2003

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Righteous indignation

Sir, — When C. P. Ramaswami, Dewan of Travancore, opted for a separate state of Travancore at the time of the formation of the Union of the Republic of India, your editorials criticised him for the unstatesman-like attitude. In a fit of anger, C.P. banned the entry of The Hindu into Travancore. The paper with righteous indignation told off the presumptuous Dewan saying "after all the Travancore State is but a dot in the map of The Hindu"!

S. Arunadri Ram,
Chennai

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Sir, — After having opened it for the first time 10 years ago during my visit to India, I am still an almost regular reader of the print or the online version of The Hindu. It is the most serious and, at the same time, the most readable of all Indian papers.

Dr. Mike Astafiev,
Novorossiysk, Russian Federation

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Sir, — The Hindu was unknown in the Kumaon region of Uttaranchal about a decade ago. Your truthful reporting prevailed upon the news agents to get copies of the paper against heavy odds, and today its popularity is growing by the day.

Anil Joshi,
Ranikhet, Uttaranchal

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Sir, — As a great grandson of `Andhra Bhishma' Nyapathy Subba Rao Pantulu, I would like to congratulate The Hindu on its completing 125 years. I contributed an article on the life and times of my great grandfather which was published in The Hindu in 1997.

Nyapathy Rajaram,
Chennai

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Sir, — Please resume publication of theme-based folios. They were ideal reference material. Also consider publishing speeches of eminent men in historic trials as a weekly feature. The prophetic peroration of C.R. Das in his defence of Sri Aurobindo in the Alipore Bomb case and Bhulabai Desai's brilliant speech in the historic trial of INA prisoners in the Red Fort will provide a wealth of information.

D. Pitchumani,
Usilampatti, T.N.

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