Official’s comments
It is surprising to note the Chief Election Commissioner describing the Bihar Assembly elections 2025 as the mother of all elections. Every election is important in a democracy and cannot be described as big or small. Also, the Election Commission of India describing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) as a purification process is a shocking statement. The SIR is a process that tries to improve things and cannot be described as a purification process.
Balasubramaniam Pavani,
Secunderabad
Why this medication?
There has been much comment about the need to ensure that Indian pharmaceutical products meet world-class standards and how pharma-contamination will affect India’s standing as the pharmacy of the world. However, there is a greater issue — India’s unexplained obsession with the cough syrup. Why is there a market for a cocktail of medication in a sweet syrup base and offered as decongestants and expectorants? Is ‘the cough’ a pointer to the larger and unaddressed issue of air pollution in Indian towns and cities?
Dr. Jyoti Singh,
New Delhi
Published – October 10, 2025 12:24 am IST
