Letters to The Editor — December 3, 2025 Published - December 03, 2025 12:24 am IST https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/letters/letters-to-the-editor-december-3-2025/article70349693.ece Sanchar Saathi app The rollout of the app is reminiscent of the advent of Pegasus. By dint of the government’s stout denial and the lack of technical proof, Pegasus flew under the radar of public scrutiny, but the spyware is probably out there still, doing its job. Sanchar Saathi is being labelled as a visible regulatory/anti-fraud tool. But the fact is that user consent and autonomy are removed. It has privacy and surveillance risks. There is potential misuse of data, lack of transparency or safeguards, and an infringement on fundamental rights. One has a sense of revisiting George Orwell’s novel, 1984. R. Thomas Paul, Bengaluru
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https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/the-weight-of-the-everyday/article70312371.ece The weight of the everyday Published - November 30, 2025 05:36 am IST Muscles are not for vanity; they are what helps one in the cut and thrust of daily life Updated - December 02, 2025 02:57 am IST THOMAS PAUL Strength gives you options: to lift, to help, to act — and occasionally, to impress the crowd at the baggage carousel . ILLUSTRATION: SREEJITH R KUMAR You don’t need to know your ‘deltoids’ from your ‘trapezius’ or count calories on a smartwatch to start exercising. Just look around. Every day life throws at us a series of weight-lifting contests disguised as ordinary tasks — and most of us fail them spectacularly. Being out of shape has been your comfort zone. You are at the airport baggage carousel watching your suitcase doing lazy circles on the conveyor belt, coming around for the third time. You are summoning the courage to pull the th...