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Honouring Kalpana

Sir, — At the condolence meeting to mourn Kalpana Chawla's death, the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, christened the ISRO's meteorological satellite, launched in September last through PSLV-IV, `Kalpana-I'. But the real tribute lies in the removal of the ills plaguing women such as female infanticide, dowry deaths and gender discrimination.

B.V. Kumar,
Nellore, A.P.

* * * Sir, — Apropos the news item `Bharat Ratna sought for Kalpana Chawla' (Feb. 10), nobody can deny that she was a courageous lady.

However, the fact that she was an astronaut and flew in the Columbia space shuttle is no reason for bestowing the award on her.

P.N. Ananthanarayanan,
Chennai

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