The Indian Railways has announced that passengers on certain train routes would get a foot rub or a head massage for a nominal fee. One way of forgetting — albeit briefly — about such dreary things must be the pleasure of having one’s feet massaged. The Indian openers blunted the Australian pace attack. Banerjee is falling into the trap laid down by the Bharatiya Janata Party by choosing to react in such a manner. S. BalakrishnanJamshedpurHealing touchSir — Counselling children in the early years of schooling could be akin to ‘immunization’ (“Hidden dots”, June 10).

Source: The Telegraph June 14, 2019 12:56 UTC