Letter to Editor regarding the Insurance liberalization. Sir, This is to draw your attention towards the spate of protests and strikes organised by the Insurance Companies against allowing the private insurance companies to operate in India, it shows the amount of insecurity the Indian Insurance companies suffer from. The protests against privatisation itself, reflect upon the working of these insurance companies, which had taken the people for granted then also, the...

Letter to Editor regarding the VRS in banks. Sir, The recent decision by the different public sector banks to create an option for their employees to leave the organisation though a voluntary retirement scheme is a matter, which deserves to be appreciated and a very good example of far-sightedness. The excess employees absorbed by these banks to better the services has now on the contrary, created a huge resource of loss....

Letter to Editor regarding sexual harassment of working women. Sir, This letter is in reference to your article on “Working Women and their Problems” dt. June 26, 2003, in which you have mentioned that in most of the work places, it is the male who takes the first step towards harassing the females. I would beg to differ from you in this regard. Is it really essential for a woman to...

Letter to Editor regarding the harassment caused to helpless passengers. Sir, I would like to draw your attention towards the high-handed behaviour of the Railway Police Force on the passengers travelling in an unreserved compartment, which is a big disgrace to the Indian Railways, the biggest Public Sector of the country. On June 20, 2003, I was travelling to Agra in mangal Express from Nizamuddin and since I did not have...

Letter to Editor regarding the telephonic threats. Sir, This is to inform the Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited through the columns of your esteemed newspaper, as to how one of the basic social amenities is being misutilised. Telephone abuses and telephonic threats have become quite prevalent nowadays. As a matter of fact, India ranks very high regarding the misuse of telephones. The P.C.O. booths have become a heaven for the rowdy elements...

Letter to Editor regarding recent Earthquake. Sir, I would like to draw your attention towards the article “Gujarat Earthquake – the fury of nature” date January 27, 2001, in which you have mentioned about the impending danger to Delhi, more or less of the same proportion, in case an earthquake of the same dimension is to hit Delhi. This has created a panic among the Delhites, who have flouted all constructional...

Letter to Editor regarding excess coverage of anti-social elements. Sir, This is to draw your attention towards the headlines of your daily, of which I am an avid reader. It seems that of late your newspaper has started giving more space to criminal activities by adding spice to your newspaper and thereby boosting the sale. This has caused a great amount of discomfort to readers like me, who believe that your...

Letter to Editor regarding improper services in banks Sir, Through the columns of your esteemed newspaper, I would like to draw the attention of the Ministry of Commerce, regarding the lackadaisical way in which the public sector banks are functioning. All the talks about improving customer service is nothing but rhetoric. The number of strikes have increased causing misery to the common man. In most of these public sector banks, the...