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This refers to the editorial “The sound of music” (Sept. 22). For long, the mainstream media have neglected the northeast save for some coverage during ULFA attacks on innocent civilians. The music talent hunt show, Indian Idol, has luckily paved the way for the region to hog some limelight. While it is good to hear that music has transcended social barriers with several groups uniting to support their favourite contestant, it is sad that a music show had to do what elected governments could not. N. Sivaraman, Bangalore The editorial is right in saying that the people do not evince the kind of interest they do while voting for the Indian Idol in the general elections. The voter turnout is in fact falling with every election. We need to amend our law to make voting compulsory. Gururajan Ramachandran, Udhagamandalam The editorial started off well, recognising that something unrelated to political unrest and violence is whipping up frenzy in the northeast. However it failed to recognise the significance of people unifying over something positive, taking collective pride in a musical talent that is intrinsic to the region’s culture. The editorial veers off into an ‘if only’ mode where the apparent lack of interest in the political process is the problem. The lack of interest, at least among the people of the northeast, emanates from the mainland where all solutions for the region are reduced to AFSPA and violent methods.The Indian Idol contestants have managed to do, if only for some time, what violence and guns could not do all these years. Nenem Misao, New Delhi
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