Assessing capabilities in India today and the role of "outside" opinions.

We have followed the exchange of comments between Dr Sankaranarayanan and Dr Suba closely and with interest, but also with rising concern that this angry dialogue will eventually harm rather than benefit the goal to which both aspire (and have devoted considerable effort and time). We hope that the editors of this journal and both parties will agree to a period of cooling down, after which the discussions could be continued in an appropriate technical forum.