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...Thank you for the cover story on meditation [HEALTH, Aug. 4]. As a 28-year-old practitioner of both yoga and meditation, I was reassured to learn that other Americans have incorporated traditional Eastern philosophical methods into their lives as a way of coping with everyday rigors. The rat race needs to slow down for a soul-cleansing pit stop. MOLLY WRIGHT Chicago...
...Kedia and Sthankey can thank an increasingly liberalized Indian economy for their more affluent lifestyle. For the first four decades after India gained independence from Britain in 1947, its socialist-leaning leadership, fearful of domination by foreigners, walled off its economy from global markets, using high tariffs and stiff entry barriers. An ideology favoring small cottage industries, fostered by no less a figure than Mohandas Gandhi, led the government to tie up private enterprise in a web of regulations, nicknamed the License Raj, that shifted economic power to inept bureaucrats. Foreign companies pushing their way in often found that only...
...doesn't make that argument. It's happy to make doobie jokes instead. But if you catch both specials, you begin to realize that the two 1970s were really one: a decade of populism, individualism and social flux when the rules were up for grabs--a situation we can thank for both The Last Picture Show and the leisure suit. Goof or Golden Age? For one week, as was the 1970s mantra of Burger King and Hollywood's auteurs, you can have it your way. --By James Poniewozik
...Thank you for dispelling the myths about dyslexia. As a special-education teacher and language therapist certified by the Academic Language Therapy Association, I have witnessed the pain and frustration of many bright and talented students as they struggle each day with the printed word. Early identification and intervention are the key. With the right teaching, dyslexic students can learn how to deal with written language and grow up to contribute their gifts and talents to the world. MARTHA G. STEGER Taos...
...Thank you for Michael Elliott's "Europeans Just Want to Have Fun" [ESSAY, July 28]. Learning from the Europeans is an excellent idea. As my child grows older, I see more benefits from spending time with family and fewer from toiling away so that we can afford a monster house and SUV. Seeing those different from us cast in a positive light is like a vacation in Paris. RACHEL HOLLOWGRASS Oakland, Calif...