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Volume 16
15 noV 2019
new Delhi
Fresh controversy erupts after New Delhi gets first tranche of
details about financial accounts of Indians in Swiss banks 14
www.tehelka.com www.facebook.com/tehelka www.twitter.com/tehelka instead of fighting among them-
Tough Times for
‘grammar Nazis’
Shabana Azmi recently shared
a photograph of a signboard
at the Chennai International
Airport. The signage read, “Eating
carpet is strictly prohibited”. This
led to much mirth on Twitter.
This reminded me of an earlier
incident when a barber had
been ridiculed for claiming in a
sign that all kinds of “barbaric”
activities took place in his
shop. One wonders whether
these sticklers -- the so-called
“Grammar Nazi” -- would be
as concerned about slippages
in Indian languages, which are
common enough but are rarely
noticed because people lack
the knowledge to catch these
mistakes.
Kaveri raj
letters@tehelka.com /tehelka @tehelka
There’s urgent need to has dealt a big blow to one of the Fault lines should be fixed The report by the Intergovern- the Kurdish-held border towns
9 nip terrorism in the bud deadliest terror groups in the to create safe environment mental Panel on Climate Change of Tal Abyad and Ras Al-Ain.
world. Baghdadi commanded
With reference to the online report “ISIS chief With reference to the report “Pollution politics that by 2100, oceans all over the The humanitarian cost can-
Baghdadi killed in US raid: President Trump” an organization, which, at its intensifies in Delhi as winter arrives” by Tehelka world will absorb 5-7 times more not be fully assessed when the
(October 28)
peak, controlled a territory the Bureau (November 15)
The world has been rid of a I would like to draw your atten- heat than they have done in the operation is under way. Civilians
dangerous terrorist in the form size of Great Britain from where tion to the initiative by Chief past 50 years if we do not reduce are fleeing Syria to Iraq as the
of Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi. He it directed and inspired acts of Minister Mr Arvind Kejriwal to our emissions trajectory, and Turkish campaign intensifies.
was apparently cornered by terror in more than three dozen control pollution in Delhi in the this would lead to an increase It is difficult to establish the
elite special forces of the United countries. form of the odd-even formula in the sea level rising by at least rights and wrongs of the Syrian
States of America and died in Resisting climate change for road transport. This has one metre submerging several conflict, now in its ninth year,
northwestern Syria. restricted the plying of cars on coastal cities like Chennai, Kol- in that it involves multi-ethnic
The only other event that can should be the first goal the road on the basis of odd and kata and Surat cannot be taken communities and many lay-
be compared to this in terms A new study has found that even numbers. in a lighter vein. ers, dimensions, interests and
of scale and importance is the much of Mumbai could be sub- Although the initiative did Given the proven inextricable domestic and geopolitical actors.
killing of former Al Qaeda chief, merged by 2050 because of ris- cause some inconvenience to link between hotter oceans and There is no telling who the lesser
Osama bin Laden, in Pakistan. ing sea levels. In the light of this, stronger cyclones and storms, evil is to deserve support. The
should not our political leaders the public yet for a safe environ-
But Baghdadi’s death is more ment and to breathe fresh air
the international community Kurdish militias who played a
significant; he oversaw the birth focus more on resisting climate such initiatives are a must. In cannot afford to remain oblivi- major role as a key ally of the US
and expansion of perhaps the change and preserving the city ous to their imperative need in defeating the Islamic State
fact, we are the ones who are
most brutal terrorist organiza- polluting our mother earth, in meeting its pledged carbon or IS are now targeted by the
tion in the world. Its modus selves for power? so we should be the one who emissions reduction targets Turkish military following the
operandi was so vicious that ankush Verma should take care of it and ensure under the Paris climate pact. withdrawal of the US troops
which they call a ‘stab in the
That warming seas has
even al Qaeda and the Taliban,
no strangers to brutality them- Removing chapter on Tipu a pollution-free environment changed and are changing back’ by the US. G daVid milton
and be ready to make any sacri-
Sultan from books shocking
cyclonic behaviour; a recent
selves, sought to distance them-
selves from the Islamic State. The fact that the government is fices for the same. example being Cyclone Ockhi
But Baghdadi’s death, his mulling the removal of chapters Vidushi (2017), which originated in Bay RBI nod for Kerala Bank
power notwithstanding, will not on Tipu Sultan from textbooks in The unprecedented environ- of Bengal, travelled more than raises few questions
schools is shocking. Tipu Sultan
2,000 km to wreak havoc on
The conditions subject to which
be the end of terrorism or even
the Islamic State. The Islamic was one of the most valiant rul- mental emergency in the Capital India’s western coast. This is a the RBI has given the ‘go ahead’
and the collective failure of the
State has already selected a new ers in India in the 18th century. Central and state governments grim reality we are ignoring at to Kerala Bank relating to capital
our own peril.
adequacy, management and in-
leader and announced his name. The East India Company was in has exposed the fault lines of our With climate change-deluge stitutional set-up are very liberal.
awe of him.
ks jayatheertha
He, along with his father, partisan politics in dealing with now becoming a norm than The stipulation that administra-
national challenges. The state-
Although the death of Abu Bakr Haider Ali, wreaked havoc on ment of the Punjab CM that we an exception in several parts tion and management will be
guided by the present guidelines
of the globe, our focus needs to
Al Baghdadi must have dealt a
the British army and made
major blow to the Islamic State Mysore an almost impenetrable have ‘persistently and foolishly’ turn towards creating resilient for management of urban coop-
refused to rise above political
it is far from the end of the road region. He was widely known considerations draws attention infrastructure to withstand and erative banks may need review
as the Tiger of Mysore. After
even before the commencement
mitigate destruction unleashed
for the terrorist organization. his father’s death, Tipu Sultan to the smallness of our politics. by it. of business by Kerala Bank, in
There is a need for concerted
efforts from countries across the ascended the throne and proved Considering the grave challeng- m Jeyaram the context of the recent PMC
es we face as a nation, it is time
world to finish off the Islamic to be a competent ruler. to revisit our political processes Beware of political error, Bank failure.
What is clear from histori-
In all probability, coming
State in all its regional hubs.
Cutting off the sources of cal records is that Tipu Sultan to facilitate a broad consensus terror begets terror into being after the merger of
on the way forward.
funding for the Islamic State patronized both Muslims and A healthy democracy The Turkish incursion into Kerala’s own State Bank of Tra-
Hindus, and raised a strong
vancore with SBI, Kerala Bank
and other terror organizations army with soldiers from both demands collaborative and north-east Syria (codenamed will be the biggest cooperative
would be the best way of doing
‘Peace Spring’) with an avowed
constructive approach rather
this. The world must unitedly communities against the British than an obsession for one-up- aim to ‘destroy terror cor- bank in India and soon get
work towards ending the men- raj. Moreover, it was Tipu Sultan manship. Making environmen- ridor’ and ‘create safe zone’ in categorised under the “too big to
fail” category.
who first implemented the use
ace of terrorism.
Syria, near the Turkish border,
ramesh G jethwani of rockets against the British. tal challenge a test case, Modi has come in for widespread That adds to the Centre’s and
should take the lead to enlist the
His contributions to innovation, cooperation of all parties and condemnation. RBI’s responsibility to ensure
that the dual control does not
scientific development as well as
The air strikes supported by
The killing of the terrorist administrative reforms in India state governments to address a artillery fire and the attack by adversely affect the institution’s
leader, Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi,
national concern that does not
by the US forces in Syria is a should be acknowledged. admit of partisan agendas. the ground forces have caused smooth functioning.
considerable achievement. It rajib sk ashwani kumar, panic among the people living in mG warrier
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