The new rules brought forward by the Centre government on the “regulation of the sale of cattle” infringe on the personal liberty of the Indian citizen (Editorial – “All animals are equal”, May 29). A government elected by the people and for the people should safeguard the interests of all sections of society instead of catering to the interests of a few for political mileage. The government could have discussed the issue threadbare and arrived at an understanding by taking all sections into confidence before coming up with such rules. The objective of the government should be to reduce cruelty against animals and not change the rules in order to target a section of society.
Lukose Thomas,
Namakkal, Tamil Nadu
The centum era
The ease with which today’s students manage to pass their final year exams with flying colours by scoring near centums is mindboggling. Old timers will recall a time in the 1970s and 1980s when the effort taken to secure even a first class was in itself considered meritorious. Does all this point to a declining standard in our education system or have our children and grandchildren become much brighter and more brilliant than we were?
N.J. Ravi Chander,
Bengaluru
