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No sportsmanship, this

In his free, frank and fearless exposition of the ongoing match- fixing and spot-fixing scandal (TSI, Sep6-12), Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri has so convincingly clubbed together the triumvirate of cricket – the players who aspire to become multimillionaires overnight, the hoodwinking cricket board and the confused and crafty political class. Verily, some unscrupulous players are all agog to squeeze in all the good fortune that has come their way lest it vanishes tomorrow. The Millennium year 2000 saw some of the most disgraceful match-fixing scandals. Delhi Police found substantial proof against Hansie Cronje, the captain of South African team. Big names like Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Manoj Prabhakar and Nayan Mongia lost their career for alleged involvement in match-fixing. Many believe that some shameful but cleverly executed match-fixing exercises never surfaced. The lovers of the sport feel disillusioned and betrayed when match-fixing instances come to light. Let the young players make the much-needed departure from Match-fixing to Match-making! Match-fixing smacks of conspiracy, murky outrageous deals and utter lack of patriotic feelings. In contrast, match-making has inspiring connotations – romance and uplifting thoughts.

Charu Gupta

Allahabad For people's sake!

This refers to Arindam Chaudhuri's editorial, “Our MP's consensus on...national imperatives! (TSI, Aug30-Sep 5). Our Parliament has never seen a day when discussion of national importance are made without any disturbances. In fact, when the bill regarding hike in allowances is passed, it should be passed at least with the rider that undue disturbance in Parliament will lead to cut in daily allowance, so that the money is properly utilised. When every election is conducted and public opinion is considered for electing representatives, matters relating to education qualification, increase in allowance should also be voted and public opinion should be sought, so that our leaders can conduct themselves well both during and after the elections.

Vishaal Vyas

Kachiguda Hope floats

Thanks to TSI for covering the burning story, "Lost Acres Dashed Hopes," (TSI, Aug30-Sep5). It has really opened our eyes about the plight our very own poor countrymen. Till now the rich only thought that this very peasants/villagers are responsible for decelerating our country's growth by stalling projects. But after this story, it has really been an eye opener. One should fight for his own rights, his own family before anything else. The government can at least guarantee their fundamental rights by giving a decent compensation. Our archaic land laws needs to be changed immediately and policy's should be formulated to give this land-losers at least a part of what they have lost. This can be done by in many ways from a high compensation, follow on compensation to giving them a part of profit earned by the project. Lets hope that the government wakes up at last and ends their misery with strong laws and policies.

Devjyoti chatterjee

Jamshedpur