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Racism row

Shilpa Shetty, who alleged that she was bullied and racially abused on the Big Brother show, would have been worthy of our support if she had quit the show. But she withdrew her allegation in 24 hours.

Do the millions of marginalised people who face untouchability in every walk of their lives in India have a choice?

Santosh Patnaik,
Bhopal

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The Ministry of Tourism has invited Jade Goody to visit India. I strongly recommend that her itinerary include a visit to the Khairlanji village in Maharashtra.

The caste system in India is the world's numerically largest example of systematised discrimination, which perpetuates extreme poverty and unending terror on 160 million "untouchables."

Kenneth Alper,
New York

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