sundayletters

CAN A MOVIE PROTEST MOVE AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY?

This is in response to ‘Rajasthan sets the stage for polls 2019’ (Chanakya, February 4). I agree that the by-poll results are a win for Sachin Pilot and a loss for Vasundhara Raje. However, I think it is unfair to say that the BJP suffered the loss because of Raje’s style of governance and that angry Rajputs want to teach the BJP a lesson for not doing enough in the Padmaavat controversy. Some fringe protest against a movie cannot be the reason for a shift in allegiance for a community in 2019. Only time will tell if the BJP has lost the confidence of the Rajputs.

PULKIT R VIA EMAIL

We must change with the times

Apropos Karan Thapar’s ‘Let the Beating Retreat march to its own beat’ (Sunday Sentiments, February 4). The new additions to the ceremony were, in my opinion, excellent. Adding sitar music to the Beating Retreat ceremony enhanced the musical quotient of the evening. Old institutions must be ready and willing to embrace change. An Indian touch to an old British ceremony is not really a bad idea.

ANKIT SINGH DELHI

Women are not just homemakers

In response to Lalita Panicker’s ‘The Sangh keeps it all in the family’ (Engender, February 4), I believe that conservative Hindu society must be willing to give women their due. Their duties as homemakers and mothers must be seen alongside their abilities in the workplace, and not as mutually exclusive.

MANVI KUMAR VIA EMAIL