Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW Vol. 5 Num 131 Mon. October 04, 2004       Letters to Editor South Indians Sirajul Islam, Social sciences researcher and consultant Shamoly, Dhaka My visit to Chennai has opened new windows for me. A not-so-frequent visitor to India my tours have been confined mostly to Kolkata and Delhi. My information about South India has been inconsequential. Also I had no interaction with the South Indian intelligentsia. These two objectives have been achieved, at least partially, during my recent visit to India that was solely purposed for my treatment of CRF. I was pleasantly surprised when I interacted with the people I met in Chennai. They are really great. I appreciate their uncluttered, courageous views on the domestic situation in India, the non-prevalence of religious fanaticism there, the region's policy, social and economic, and its relations with mainstream India, the US and the other countries. I believe that the mindset in my country about India is based on wrong notions. I noticed similar changes in India too, esp. in the Northwest, during my visits there, earlier. But my Chennai visit makes me hopeful that the two neighbours should strive genuinely for amity and peaceful co-existence.