Reviving memories of home

Bravo to Aline Kazandjian for “The Homecoming” [Sept. 26]. With her richly descriptive style, Kazandjian interweaves historical, cultural, religious and contemporary images that should evoke great pride in her Armenian audience and prompt intrigue and awareness among readers less familiar with Armenia and its people. With the tremendous progress that has been made there since independence, today Armenia is not just for Armenians.

Beth Broussalian

San Diego

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If a writer chooses to introduce history in a travel article, I expect it to be fair and balanced. To that end, I must say I was disappointed by Kazandjian, who kept repeating the same old, biased Armenian version of history as if it was universally accepted.

If the writer wishes to tell how great Armenia is in her travel article, by all means, let her do it. But please don’t let her insult my or the readers’ intelligence by allowing her to inject her incredibly biased views as universally accepted, rock-solid history.

Ergun Kirlikovali

Santa Ana

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“The Homecoming” was a major plus for the Travel section. What an impressive picture of the countryside!

In the same issue, “A World of Invention in Greenfield,” Greg Tasker’s description of his tour of Greenfield, Mich., gave wonderful views of this great American attraction. It brought back memories of my visits to the village in my younger years. It made me want go back again.

Charlotte Eiser

Montebello