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Sir, — I was amused at the reaction of some readers to Rahul De's article, "Which Mrs. Iyer?" (Feb. 8). It is an age-old ploy in film scripting to depict a criminal running for his life from the police, risking his all to save a small child in peril. This had been a success formula in the Hollywood film "My Six Convicts" to our "Do Ankhen Bara Hath" of Shantaram, to "Kaithi Kannayiram" and "Malayur Mambittiyan". Aparna Sen did not choose to name the character as Mrs. Nair, Mrs. Naidoo, Mrs. Thevar or Mrs. Pillai. The brahmin was supposed to be the staunch advocate of apartheid and, hence, the name Mrs. Iyer. It would be worth mentioning here that in the present day apartheid as practised in Indian politics, Mr. and Mrs. Iyers are nowhere in the picture.

Charuhasan,
Chennai

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