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Need for awareness

Need for awareness

Fast developing economies like India must take steps to check corruption in every Government department. The newly introduced RTI Act could be the right weapon to check corruption. When we approach the revenue, police, municipal and other departments we get an idea of how bribery is rampant. We should expose corruption with the RTI. Students and youth must be provided some awareness programmes by the NGOs and other agencies.

I can say that we can achieve wonderful results with the use of RTI. IAS and IPS officers should make arrangements friendly to information seekers. Youth, particularly, must be encouraged to end the corrupt system and build a transparent India.

Ardha Srinivas,

Ramagundam

Face challenges with courage

A college lecturer and a second year Intermediate student, both children of beedi workers, who were in love dared to get married three months ago defying all the restrictions of society.

They were felicitated by a beedi manufacturing company in Dubbaka of Medak district on the occasion of Valentine's Day.

The couple were given all the essential things required to start a new life . Love is a natural phenomenon, which has no barriers. It is a matter of deep concern and agony that some couples are ending their life, unable to face the community.

This should end. People should be magnanimous and do their part for supporting true love. Restrictions and age-old traditions should be substituted with the realities of present-day needs and compulsions.

There is no other way left but to adapt oneself to the changed equations and stand up to the test of time. Dedication and discipline are the need of the hour. Everybody should inculcate these habits and face the challenges with courage and conviction.

G.L. Panchashrit Reddy,

Nizamabad

India no exception

In India, the vernacular languages are highly developed. Just as in the West, the younger generation in every region, at least in the cities, are becoming knowledgeable through modern education. The 21st century is not only knowledge-based but also knowledge-hungry and India is no exception.

The press and radio in our regional languages also should modernise themselves and change gear.

They should be able to provide, like their European counterparts, news and analyses of a high standard on political, social, economic issues, both international and national. We should have such 24-hour news and features channels in our vernacular languages, using simple spoken language.

S.B.V.R. Shastry,

Warangal

Ramagundam

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