To the best of my knowledge, the word 'Khoda' refers to 'one and only' God and has no polytheistic connotation. Mr. Tanvir Rahman's relative (Nov 24) is evidently wrong to read polytheism in 'Khoda'. I wish Mr. Rahman had done his own thinking in the matter rather than let others do the thinking for him -- a point that I took some pains to make in my article.

About the pronunciation of 'Khoda', I stand corrected, courtesy of Ms. Mahjabin Ahmad (Nov 21). It is 'Khoda', not 'Khuda.' My thanks to both Ms. Ahmad and Mr. Rahman for expressing their appreciation of the article in the midst of all those headline grabbing events of the past few weeks.