Making things clearer
It may be true that ?Govt?s achievements fall short of expectations?. The government has introduced a number of reforms. But they are either corrections of the previous regime or more or less on the same lines. Does all this mean that there is no other better way or that it is the right way? Therefore, especially for the people who expected a complete change, it was a disappointment. Perhaps they were expecting a ?Gujarat model? of which Modi was stressing in his election campaigns. Then what is the hurdle that he is facing now? He has to make things clear.
Jacob Sahayam
Thiruvananthapuram
Hindi ?and? English, not ?or?
Apropos of the column ?Towards a global India? (FE, August 25) by Rajeev Sabade, the controversy over the preliminary UPSC examination, indeed, had taken a political turn. But the good thing is that the UPSC CSAT examination itself happened peacefully. This leads us to the conclusion that the anti-CSAT agitation, dominated by Hindi students, was a politically-motivated one. We must keep in mind that although over the last 30-odd years Hindi has emerged as an important medium of communication, but it has not grown beyond that. One must also remember that in non-Hindi states?such as south Indian states or those in the North-east?it is either the regional language or English that is primarily used for all government functioning. Ideally, what the author proposes?that the candidates who aspire to occupy the high posts in Indian administration should learn that, for them, the future cannot be Hindi or English, it must be Hindi and English?is the practical solution. That, in today?s increasingly globalised world, if one wants to attain higher levels in administration or for that matter in any walk of life, one cannot run away from English.
Rishi Bajaj
Panchkula
