Letters to The Editor — May 21, 2026

Bail ruling

The Supreme Court of India’s reflection connected its earlier bail ruling is simply a invited reminder that justness indispensable not beryllium delayed into denial.

When trials agelong endlessly, liberty becomes collateral damage. Bail is not mercy but a law close tied to state and fairness. The Court’s acknowledgment that prolonged incarceration violates the tone of justness should usher each aboriginal decisions nether stringent laws.

Upholding idiosyncratic liberty portion ensuring accountability is the existent trial of judicial balance. India’s large ideology depends connected courts that close themselves and reaffirm that the regularisation of instrumentality protects citizens, not conscionable prosecutes them.

K. Chidanand Kumar,

Bengaluru

Rationality successful politics

The caller and stunning electoral occurrence of the fledgling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) enactment successful Tamil Nadu has paved the mode for respective youngsters to go Members of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.

This volition people promote much young radical to presumption authorities arsenic a vocation option, which is steadfast for a democracy. However, what connection does a TVK MLA nonstop to youngsters erstwhile she claims to clasp an “honorary doctorate successful astrology” and conducts meetings with Corporation officials, who reportedly “voluntarily” met her astatine her “astrology consultancy office” (Tamil Nadu page, “TVK MLA criticised for gathering officials successful ‘astrology office’”, May 20)? Will not youngsters influenced by her governmental occurrence statesman to deliberation that a grade successful astrology is simply a desirable qualification for securing an MLA summons from the TVK, and commencement pursuing specified qualifications?

As a governmental enactment seeking to govern Tamil Nadu, the TVK cannot shy distant from its work to curb pseudoscientific practices, which person the imaginable to erode rational thinking, successful the nationalist sphere.

A. Venkatasubramanian,

Tiruchi, Tamil Nadu