Though mobocracy has no place in our secular, democratic nation, it is disturbing and painful that there has been no let-up in mob lynchings being carried out with impunity (Editorial – “ Lynching & the law”, July 20). It is a blot as States and law-enforcing agencies seem unmoved. The political class also needs to send out a strong message.
K.R. Srinivasan,
Secunderabad
It is not the sense of fear that is to be instilled in people to stop crimes against others, but a sense of respect and fellow feeling towards the rest of mankind.
The cause of widespread lynchings across India is due to a lack of social coherence and disrespect for an inclusive social order. It is also the end result of the politics of intolerance most of our political parties subscribe to.
Sukumaran C.V.,
Palakkad, Kerala
