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Manoj Joshi in Coat of arms (March 7) raises pertinent points in the failure to analyse the Chinese spending on arms. In my survey of Indian and Pakistani media, good coverage was accorded to the Indian budget, particularly the defence spending. I am a media researcher in UK and bring out a daily digest of the coverage of India and Pakistan in other countries’ English newspapers along with links to reports.

Kishore Budha
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Power to the women

I agree with Amrita Nandy Joshi’s article Male feminist, anyone? (March 8). Men refuse to see the realities of feminism, ignoring the benefits that they could derive from the opportunities once you empower women. Men have ignored the plus points of a matriarchal system. The matriarchal system still exists in Kerala. Is that perhaps why Kerala is leading the race for development?

Sadiya Khan,
Jaipur

Judicial sensitivity

The stories about several women fighting against odds to emerge victorious made the International Women’s Day special. Unfortunately, there are many more who are fighting a losing battle. earlier stories of the struggle faced by war widows provide a stark contrast to the successes. The courts should become sensitive to the needs of needy women.

JM Manchanda
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Clarification

Kumkum Chadha in Armyman MP (March 2) should know that Bofors is not an anti-aircraft gun, nor was it used during the 1971 war as was stated.

Yashvir Kailash
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Kumkum Chadha writes: Bofors 155 mm, which was at the centre of a controversy, is not an anti-aircraft gun. But Bofors L60 and L70 are. Bofors L60/40 mm was used in World War II and in the 1971 war. Bofors L 70, an upgraded version, continues to be used by the Army’s Air Defence Corps as an anti-aircraft gun.

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