Top court on ED
The beauty of democracy lies in questioning. Sadly, such voices are not heard in India’s State Assemblies and in Parliament. One only has the higher judiciary coming to the rescue (“ED crossed all limits with raids on Tasmac, says SC”, May 23). The Enforcement Directorate (ED) too is not beyond questioning. Its raids, in most cases, are not made public, which raises serious questions. The perception is that ED raids are also being undertaken with disturbing regularity, and against some ‘targets’. The possibility of innocents being targeted cannot be ruled out.
Balasubramaniam Pavani,
Secunderabad
Conflict and the truth
Truth is always a casualty in any war and it takes quite some time for the truth to be unravelled. Even truths about the World Wars have not been made public in full. Only the West, to some extent, has declassified information on wars. But not the others. After the advent of TV news channels, those seeking the truth try to depend on independent and credible news agencies, provided they have their independent correspondents on the war fronts. But even such agencies do not have war fronts covered all the time. At least they cull their reports based on local stories from many sources and try to balance the facts. As for Indian visual media news channels, the less said the better. It is always a one-sided version that is thrust upon the public for consumption (Opinion page, ‘Parley’ – “Is establishing the truth a problem during a conflict?”, May 23).
A.V. Narayanan,
Chennai
Published – May 24, 2025 12:24 am IST