Curious bias
Sir — It has come to be quick to understand new languages — be it collecting a performing knowledge from watching international-language Tv set demonstrates or on apps like Duolingo, Babbel and Rosetta Stone. Nonetheless, there are apparent biases when it arrives to which languages are accessible for studying. Bengali, for instance, is challenging to discover on this kind of applications. This is irrespective of its rich literature and the truth that extra than 350 million persons talk Bengali. However, fictional languages like Dothraki and Klingon are easily readily available. Could it be that the unwillingness of Bengali-speakers to use their mom tongue is the induce for its unpopularity?
Dipti Basak, Calcutta
Careless mindset
Sir — The silence of the prime minister on the agitation and violence in Manipur, his weaponising of the movie, The Kerala Tale, and his single-minded aim on elections at a time when the state is beleaguered on several fronts are stressing (“Scary story”, May 6). Narendra Modi need to fulfill with several agitating segments in Manipur and try out to put out the other fires throughout the state.
K. Nehru Patnaik,Visakhapatnam
Sir — Similarities could be drawn amongst King Nero and Prime