<font color=red> Letters to the editor</font> New horizons

The FE edit of Sep 11 is right to argue that the battle over the CERN project highlights the perennial fights between those who push for change and those who stand for the status quo.

The FE edit of Sep 11 is right to argue that the battle over the CERN project highlights the perennial fights between those who push for change and those who stand for the status quo. Adding poignancy to this statement is the news report about the girl who has ended her life for fear that the world will come to an end with this experiment at CERN! Evidence suggests that she is one among the thousands who, left to themselves, would fearfully resist all experimental activities in the country and the world.

?MN Bhattacharya Delhi

Down is up

It is a good news that oil prices have fallen down sharply since their July high of $147 per barrel. The government should take this opportunity to make a token reduction in the administered oil prices.

?P Esakki Muthu, Mumbai

This article was first uploaded on September twelve, twenty eight, at forty minutes past twelve in the am.