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I enjoy reading your magazine. The girl on your Air-India advertisement was quite appealing. Could you possibly send me her phone number? Sonu Mirchandani, Bangkok Dec 31, 1979
You have called Film Mirror a porno magazine (Dec 1-15). Film Mirror is a film magazine and never crosses its boundaries. Harbhajan Singh, Editor, Film Mirror Dec 31, 1980
I am awestruck that you've hit 160 pages-keeping your price Rs 4. My last copy tipped 300 gram. May you have more pages. It gets me more from the raddiwala. Ramesh Bhan, Srinagar  | | April 30, 1981
By so completely inventing remarks that I never made and suppressing those I did, your correspondent has taught me a lesson: never meet your ilk without a steno.
Arun Shourie, General Secretary, PUCL  March 15, 1983
The article, "The Genius of Satyajit Ray" (Feb 15), makes serious allegations about my relationship with my technicians. The writer's allegation that cameraman Subrata Mitra and art director Bansi Chandragupta left as I preferred to do everything myself is false. None of them have left me.
Satyajit Ray, Calcutta  Oct 31, 1987
The reference to the suspected siphoning of funds by Tata-owned Indian Hotels ("Changed Strategy", Sept 30) has already been rebutted in a letter to Mr V.P. Singh in May. I am surprised to see it published here.
J.R.D. Tata, Chairman, Tata Sons Ltd | | March 31, 1982
In "Creating a Furore"(March 15), you have floated a canard that I supported the Khalistan movement. It's more likely that the support came from Jagjit Singh Chouhan (the writer) or someone more adept at playing gulli danda. Khushwant Singh, New Delhi May 15, 1982
Apropos the inaccuracy of the statement about my being "the biggest fundraiser" for the BJP, I sorely wish it were so. Jaswant Singh, MP March 31, 1983
Your feature on infant food products ("A Code of Misconduct", March 15) does not reflect my views. If advertising of these products is banned, MNCs will use their medical representatives to promote them. Our cooperatives will be unable to compete. V. Kurien, Chairman, Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Limited Feb 29, 1984
How can a person who doesn't have VCR be civilised ("The Consumer Boom", Feb 15)? So what if many citizens sleep hungry? At least the government is providing us luxuries. Do we need that fakir Gandhi? Ashwani K. Ashu, Chandigarh Sept 15, 1984
India returns empty-handed from Los Angeles ("The Olympian Fiasco", Aug 31). But our unenviable records include sacked Magsaysay awardees, highest legislators' walk-outs and our being behind nobody in chappal-trading in legislatures. M.R. Verma, New Delhi Nov 15, 1985
The report "Paying the Price" (Oct 15), quoted a non-existent conversation. We have enough pressures without this in our lives.
Kapil Dev & Sunil Gavaskar, Bombay Nov 30, 1986
In "Indiscreet Paul" (Londonews, Oct 15), you have said that Paul didn't say why he refused the post of High Commissioner. I had said that "it wasn't my forte". Swraj Paul, London March 31, 1991
If Saddam Hussain's boast of riding into Israel on a white horse had come true ("The Devastation of Iraq", March 15), the Jews would have ensured that he left in a black hearse. Lambert Mascarenhas, Goa June 30, 1991
Yeats is quite relevant today-statesmen are easy men who tell lies in rote; journalists make up lies, drink beer at home and let neighbours vote.
Sanjeev Singla, Chandigarh Jan 31, 1993
Declare the disputed site out of bounds ("A Nation's Shame", Dec 31) and put a board declaring, "We buried tolerance here." C. Bezboruah, New Delhi Jan 31, 1993
When people only want roti, kapda aur makaan, why do politicians want to give us mandir, masjid aur janmasthan? Vinod Kumar B, New Delhi June 15, 1993
Pakistani democracy is like hide and seek ("Courting Vindication", May 31)-found hidden beneath the petticoat of fundamentalism.] U.S. Iyer, ,Bangalore Aug 15, 1993
Your cover story, "Fact or Fiction?" (July 15) had a lot of anomalies. It described my father, late Sri Sat Paul Mittal, as a "master fixer"and a "political fixer." He is not a master fixer but a "master organiser". Sunil Mittal, New Delhi Oct 31, 1993
I adored your profile on me ("The Beastly Beatitudes of Shobha De", Sept 30). I don't blame Tarun Tejpal, the writer. Poor man obviously got distracted by my "almond eyes" and forgot to take notes. Shobha De, Bombay June 8, 1998
The question is: why didn't Pakistan conduct a nuclear test ("Nuclear Shock Waves", May 25)? The answer: the Users' Manual was in Chinese. R.K. Tyagi, on e-mail June 22, 1998
In this land of extremes, some don't have clothes ("Innerwear", June 8), while others spend Rs 2,500 on something that covers nothing. D.V. Malhotra, Gurgaon June 21, 1999
Tavleen Singh's scalding attacks remind one of Alexander Pope, an English poet who seemed to dip his pen in acid ("All Roads Lead to Rome", June 7). Can't she look beyond Sonia's origin? Sunita Reddy, Andhra Pradesh Aug 2, 1999
The good news about Kargil is that it united us ("Bitter Triumph", July 19); the bad news-we lost brave soldiers; the ugly part-the enemy refuses to accept its dead. S.P. Makkar, New Delhi Aug 27, 2001
Vajpayee will find a place in history like Neville Chamberlain ("Failing Leader", Aug 13)-as a well-meaning man who sought to play a role beyond his calibre. R. Vishwanathan, San Francisco July 1, 2002
Bollywood is a car which does acquire extra accessories ("Verity Show", June 17), but is run on an obsolete engine. Maggie D'Souza, Diu Jan 20, 2003
Modi is no less an orator than Mark Antony ("Master Divider", Jan 6); instead of the body of Caesar, he used those of the Godhra victims. K.V. Dharmarajan, Pune Sept 29, 2003
If the Indian woman is caught between propriety and pleasure, your magazine is between perversion and pornography. R. Vatsyayan, Ludhiana Dec 8, 2003
Jayalalithaa's assault on the press reminds of Moynihan's Law ("Taking on Muzzle Power", Nov 24): If newspapers carry good news, the jails will be filled with good people. Dev Kumar Vasudevan, on e-mail March 13, 2006
Asking Inder Malhotra to review B.N. Tandon's book ("Target Indira", Feb 27) on Indirais like asking Saddam to review Bush's book. S.S. Rajadhyaksha, Pune Compiled by Priya Verma Index
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