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Inspiring example
The interview with Shobhaa Dé by Suchitra Behal (April 27) was riveting on all fronts. When women in their 60s tend to, or are forced to, fade into dungeons of oblivion, a reinvigorated Shobhaa has made herself proactive and has decided to live life to the fullest, looking for new challenges and activities, undeterred by the infirmities of advancing age. It’s rather inspiring for the so-called grannies to break the self-imposed or society inflicted shackles of inactivity and make this period of one’s life more happening than even the teenage years. I have always adored this multi-faceted author, her rather provocative and intrepid style of writing and her deep understanding of multi-tasking Indian women.
Gromine George,
Thodupuzha
Breaking the mould, Shobhaa Dé the multi-tasker, author, designer, mother and wife, has given us a new message: “Sixty is the new 40”. So, “Eighty could be sixty” too. But why go back to see the country attain its old, lost glory instead of going forward to seek and establish a new glory?
A. Jacob Sahayam,
Thiruvananthapuram
Shobhaa Dé has correctly pointed out that age is no criterion to progress in life. The will to learn new subjects will always keep a person young and active. After sixty one will normally be without livelihood tensions. As such, one can concentrate on aptitudes which one was unable to pursue due to being occupied in work.
Karavadi Raghava Rao
Vijayawada
Adios
As one who has enjoyed reading Shashi Tharoor’s column right from its inception seven years back, the thought that his column will not appear in the Magazine henceforth fills me with despair. He sustained his readers’ interest by voicing his views in a frank and forthright manner on various subjects. Some of his views may not have been shared by his readers like those on R.K. Narayanan’s works or his relatively recent one on Rudyard Kipling’s inspiring poem “If” but he did not shrink from articulating them fearing unpopularity. That is a measure of his courage of conviction.
Leaving this aside, it cannot be gainsaid that his engaging racy style had a distinct charm of its own which will be sadly missed by his readers.
C.P. Srinivasan
Chennai
Touching end
The article “Dying with dignity” (April, 27) by Ramachandra Guha, in his series on the great Kosambies, was quite interesting and touching. It is nothing strange or unusual that the fasting of Dharmanand Kosambi at Sevagram and his subsequent end in 1947, with the name of Lord Buddha on his lips, moved Gandhiji. Gandhji’s efforts to create a lasting memorial for Kosambi is to be applauded, though it did not bear fruit, as the Father of the nation too passed away, not long after. It is quite befitting that the two greats embraced death with supreme dignity and equanimity.
T.V. Ramamurthy,
Chennai
News museum
With reference to “As it happened…” (Magazine, April 27), News museums can be opened in all major cities . It can be a centre for collections of important news. A visitor would definitely feel good reading about important happenings of yesteryears, like wars, natural disasters, assassinations, sport events and other important news related to that particular place. A good display of news can draw a sizable number of visitors to glance at the history of news.
Syed Basheer,
Hyderabad
Eye-opener
“Reasons to run” by Rahul Verghese (April 27) made interesting and useful reading which removed many wrong myths. The article was an eye-opener for the youngsters.
R. Sekar
Visakhapatnam
Encouraging sign
It indeed augurs well that a beginning has been made by Prof. T.K.Oommen in healing the aftermath of communal violence ( April 20). In the interest of civil society, we should welcome such initiatives.
P.M. Gopalan
via e-mail
Justice delayed
The article “It’s just another day” (April 20) was a shocking revelation. Most people try to avoid approaching the courts as it is only a waste of their time and money. If this is the condition of the courts which are supposed to be the upholders of justice, to whom shall the common man turn?
Zehra Naqvi
Aligarh
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