Jagvir Singh?s call (?Insider trading: focus on the offence?, Dec 8) to shift the focus of insider trading regulation doesn?t come a day too soon. This country has become too lazy in its application of law. It is convenient to operate on the basis of some form of pre-prepared ?usual suspect? list or the other, and then go hunting for wrongdoers. This makes a mockery of true jurisprudence that holds everyone equally innocent until proven otherwise. In fact, in combination with a decrepit system of justice, this is dangerous. As an NRI acquaintance of mine once remarked, rules in India are a legacy of a colonial system designed to keep ?subjects? under permanent threat?behave yourself, or else.
?Pritipal Singh, Chandigarh
Modi vs channels
After watching numerous channels, it is hard to escape the conclusion that the Gujarat assembly elections is not just a BJP vs Congress contest but also a Modi vs TV news channels one. Every channel is searching for people in the crowd who would speak against Modi. So much for balanced coverage and the tolerance level of pseudo-secularists in our midst. Is it ethical or fair-minded to broadcast only one side of the story? Modi-bashing rules, but it?s not okay.
?SC Aggarwal, New Delhi
Corrigendum
In the editorial ?Alertness counts? (Dec 10), India?s market capitalisation was inadvertently mentioned as Rs 70,000 crore. The figure should have been Rs 70 lakh crore. The error is regretted?Editor