>>The Editorial page article, “ >The inevitability of South Asia ” (Feb. 27, 2014), said: “The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was kick-started in 1985 with Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh in the lead, …” Actually, SAARC was kick-started in 1985, but Ziaur Rahman was not at the helm of affairs in Bangladesh at that time. He was assassinated in 1981.
>>In regard to the report, “ >AFI wanted P.T. Usha’s record to be bettered ” (Feb. 27, 2014, Sport, some editions), a reader had raised the doubt whether an athlete can be active for 13 years. The Sports Desk’s clarification: The report is right. Andhra athlete P. Udaya Laxmi was a hurdler in 2001 and a shot putter in 2013.
