Dehradun, Jan. 6 -- Letter to the Editor
Sir,
This is in reference to your coverage on Ankita Bhandari case in your edition dated 4 January '26. The re-emergence of the Ankita Bhandari case is not the return of a political controversy; it is the reopening of a wound on the conscience of Uttarakhand. Attempts to brand public anguish as politically motivated are not only dishonest but deeply insulting to a society that has historically revered nari samman - the dignity and honour of its daughters. Ankita was not a symbol created by political imagination. She was a young woman with dreams, vulnerabilities, and a right to safety. Her story resonates because it could have been the story of any daughter from Srinagar to Champawat, from Haridwar...