17 AUGUST 1996, page 21

Sir: Tunku Varadarajan's Article Would Have Come As No...

to the hierarchy of the Victorian Indian Empire. That dis- tinguished warrior General Sir John Jacob ( 1 812-58), after whom Jacobabad is named, laid it down as a guiding rule......

Letters

Gentlemen v. players Sir: In defence of the BOR — British Other Ranks — it should be understood that until well into the second world war a soldier could be stationed in India......

Sir: Tunku Varadarajan Is Correct In What He Writes About

NCOs in the British army. Our very hardness, loutishness and coarse- ness have stood us in good stead when the going got tough. Perhaps, though, it could be explained therefore......

Sir: Although I Love Cricket, I Really Have Little Interest

in the infantile squabble between, Botham and Imran Khan, but as one of the NCOs who served in India in the days of the Raj I do object strongly to Tunku Varadarajan's......

Mr Said's Gift

Sir: Paul Johnson refers to a shabby little left-winger who is prejudiced against indus- try and independent schools and probably an atheist (And another thing, 3 August).......