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Media hype

The visual media’s habit of blowing every matter related to politicians out of proportion is irritating. The non-stop coverage of Raj Thackeray is an example of irresponsible media behaviour. Good and bad matters concerning the nation are happening every day. The viewers have a right to know about them, instead of being overfed with the news of irresponsible and narrow-minded actions of a few individuals.

Rameeza A. Rasheed,

Chennai

Balvinder Singh,

Chandigarh

As one who served in the Indian armed forces for close to a quarter of a century, imbibed patriotism all the time, and saw coffins of brave soldiers, I was indeed saddened to see visuals of MNS activists beating up poor taxi drivers and destroying property of the poor migrants. If Raj Thackeray’s supporters are really brave, they could have joined the armed forces and used their energy to fight the enemies of the country. I hope the MNS leader watched the President, a Maharashtrian, presenting gallantry awards on Republic Day to the widows of the brave soldiers who never returned home. I request him not to do anything more to divide this country on the basis of caste, religion or region.

Wg. Cdr. Premchandran (retd.),

Palakkad

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