Apropos of the news story “Paudel tells Deuba to implement ‘one man one post’ in Congress” (THT, March 24, Page 5), Paudel’s attempt to remind Deuba of the latter’s earlier pleadings to Koirala duo on the virtue of ‘one-man-one-post’ is unlikely to bear fruit.  he victors, be it KP Bhattarai or Koirala duo or Deuba, go deaf to the emotional urging of the vanquished. None of the victors remember what they beseeched to their boss when they have their opponents pinned to the mat. It is as if the victors suffer from Alzheimer Syndrome erasing their memory completely. Paudel, therefore, would do well to stop groveling and work on a strategy that can catapult him to the post of PPL. Paudel has been in the politics long enough to know that call for mercy when one is down does not work.

Manohar Shrestha, Kathmandu

Barbaric

This is in response to the editorial “Spirit of celebration” (THT, March 24, Page 8). Holi is the occasion I hate the most  because of the barbaric way in which the erstwhile noble and divine festival of colours gets “celebrated” presently. Thanks to certain philistines and vested interests, Holi is increasingly getting branded as the day in which “license” is issued to molest the womenfolk. In this sorry perspective, it is natural that women will get subjected to sexual atrocities in the name of “celebrating” Holi with them. Retaliation is bound to happen, thereby giving rise to untoward incidents in all corners of the country. Again the young boys and girls, who try to attain “modernity” by engaging in public display of affection, discard all sense of decency and civility during Holi and visually pollute the environment. And there exists a brute section of revellers whose enjoyment in Holi depends upon the nuisance they can create in public.

Kajal Chatterjee, Kolkata

Show leniency to boy

This is with reference to the news story “Teenager who hacked 200 websited held” (THT, March 24, Page 2). While technology has advanced and Nepal has also adapted this global trend of automation there are many vulnerabilities that are exploited by cyber criminals. While this young boy, a plus-two student, has committed this crime, I would request the law enforcing agencies to show some leniency with a strong warning against repeating the same in the future. He should be given a chance to mend his ways. His acts have shown us how the government websites can be hacked easily and data stored on these sites can be compromised. The fact is that the government websites are not timely updated and they are not trustworthy. Rather than punishing him the government should use his talent as is done in developed countries to prevent such breach in a wider scale.

Sushant Shrestha, Via e-mail