Indian embassies and NRIs
It has been pointed out in Forum that Indian embassies do not care for NRIs though few of the 150 embassies have any substantive work to keep them busy. The fault lies not with the Ambassadors but with the Prime Minister. Vajpayee reversed Congress policy of treating NRIs as renegades and his government treated them as a resource by creating a Ministry for Overseas Indians. Modi abolished the Ministry and the work of Overseas Indian was given to an officer of Ministry of External Affairs who looks after consular affairs. Foreign countries can hardly be expected to respect India when India does not take care of its own citizens living in those countries. Hopefully, the next Prime Minister will reestablish the Ministry abolished by Modi.
Prof N C Saxena
Diluting the credibility of Whispers
While Whispers is indeed a very popular and useful window to happenings in the corridors of Government machinery, one observes that this particular column betrays political leanings, even if unintentionally. True journalism should be objective, and if at all biased, it should be critical of the Government of the day, which undoubtedly and invariably be deficient in some respect of the other. That one particular individual and his party are always right cannot be a valid axiom, anywhere. To that extent, despite disclaimers, this column tends to dilute the credibility of Whispers. One would expect the author to become more balanced.
R Kash
Prof N C Saxena
Diluting the credibility of Whispers
While Whispers is indeed a very popular and useful window to happenings in the corridors of Government machinery, one observes that this particular column betrays political leanings, even if unintentionally. True journalism should be objective, and if at all biased, it should be critical of the Government of the day, which undoubtedly and invariably be deficient in some respect of the other. That one particular individual and his party are always right cannot be a valid axiom, anywhere. To that extent, despite disclaimers, this column tends to dilute the credibility of Whispers. One would expect the author to become more balanced.
R Kash
