Knee-deep reportage

Sir, - PM's knee has got the media knee-deep in reportage. The knee has usurped so much of leg space that there appears to be little elbow room for reporting Uma Bharti's failed attempt to bring to the ground the ``week''-kneed.

Then we are told that not only one of his knees but his other niece (kins and such other impedimenta) too is in Mumbai. We are further told that Mamata Di had offered only ``kneed-based'' temporary respite to the PM after which she may decide to keep the BJP at arm's length.

However, it remains to be seen whether the post-operative PM becomes ``knee-mble''-footed or retains his fiercely independent foot-in-the-mouth rhetoric.

Anil Chandra,

New Delhi

Sir, - Though I am not a ``drummer-boy'' for you, I cannot help agreeing with your comment in the Editorial ``A touch of the absurd'' (The Hindu, Oct. 9) that ``one would expect Mr. Vajpayee to stand up to such attempts at blackmail''.

Although, I am sure, Dr. Chittaranjan Ranawat and his men would bring Mr. Vajpayee's knees back to normal, the PM should not ``kneel down'' before Ms. Mamata Banerjee and those like her.

P. G. Menon,

Chennai

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