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Somnath silent on many issues
I read V. Eshwar Anand’s review of the book, Keeping the Faith: Memoirs of a Parliamentarian (Spectrum, Sept 5). Mr Somnath Chatterjee has led a simple and honest life, a rare commodity in the Indian political scenario. Thus, it was a pleasure to read Mr Chatterjee’s autobiography. But he is deliberately silent on the negative role of the communists during the freedom struggle. The former Lok Sabha Speaker is equally silent on the Chinese aggression on India, the CPI’s role and its split. Mr Chatterjee blames the economic reforms of nineties and holds these responsible for bringing untold miseries upon the poor and the downtrodden without explaining
how He doesn’t explain why and how abject poverty persists in West Bengal. RAM NIWAS MALIK, Gurgaon
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Master Tara Singh Dr J.S. Grewal, while reviewing the book, The Makers of Modern Punjab (Spectrum, Aug 8) writes, “It is interesting to read that, contrary to general belief, Master Tara Singh did not tear the Muslim League flag on March 2, 1947”. This is wrong and an afterthought. This incident itself had brought destruction and doom to all Punjabis, especially the Sikhs. Since Master Tara Singh was the undisputed leader of the Sikhs for nearly 20 years, he should have protected the interests of the Sikhs but that was not the case. In fact, he had unsheathed the 3-feet-long kirpan he used to carry, hacked down the Muslim League flag and shouted ‘Pakistan Murdabad’. This sent a wrong message to the Muslims that the Sikhs were against their demand of Pakistan and they started killing the Sikhs but spared the Hindus. BALDEV SINGH, Kapurthala
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