Readers’ comments: On Gaza, why should Indians show solidarity when no one supported us?

Where is sympathy for those massacred on October 7, 2023 (“Ramachandra Guha: Indians must hold our government to account for aiding Israel’s murderous Gaza war”)? Should Hamas not face trial in the international court for this act of terrorism and the inhuman treatment of hostages taken by them. Where is the condemnation of Hezbollah for attacking Israel without provocation. Why play the victim card on behalf of Hamas and Hezbollah? The point on civilian deaths has merits but it is well known that both these terror organisations hide behind civilians. Why should we Indians hold our government to account for supporting Israel? Did we get support from any Islamic supporters when we have faced terror from Islamic terrorists for the last 20 years? – Merwan Tamboowala

Alphabets and Tamil

Among the languages of the world, Indian languages and a few other related ones – Sinhalese, South East Asian – have a logical alphabet with the same sequence of letters (“Mother Tamil, father Sanskrit: The influence of Dravidian culture on Sanskrit”). However, European West Asian, Russian and other languages all use a 26-letter alphabet, more or less, all starting with “alpha” or “alef” while following no logical sequence. Dravidian and Sanskrit have a common order. It is unlikely to be...

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