Letters to Editor

Dear Editor, Floods struck the Kashmir Valley in 1957, submerging a number of villages in Anantnag and Baramulla Districts. But then the Jhelum, which flows through Srinagar, did not breach its embankments, hence the the city was saved. The…
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Dear Editor, The very idea of Swachh Bharat reminds me of a small incident narrated by my father about an old Russian lady in Moscow shouting at some foreigner throwing some scrap onto the road. The loud words uttered by the lady to that…
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Dear Editor, Laws have no meaning if there is little enforcement. We have any number of laws that are regularly violated. And it is the rich and powerful who take the lead in doing so. Anyone with money and or at a powerful position can…
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Dear Editor, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pitch that "FDI should be understood as 'First Develop India' along with 'Foreign Direct Investment'" is the right move to not only attract foreign investors but also spur domestic players into…
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Dear Editor, There is no debate over the fact that China has the potential to turn around our infrastructure like the way it has done for itself in the last 15 years or so. With that in mind, China must have thought that it can afford to be…
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Dear Editor, The incident of Kashmiris throwing stones at armymen is condemnable even as the army is executing rescue and relief operations in the Valley, demonstrating its valour in dealing with such situations. Where are the terrorists…
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Dear Editor, While it is heartening to see that Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are eager to resolve the boundary dispute, one is largely sceptical about the outcome, given the complex nature of the dispute…
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Dear Editor, Last year it was floods in Uttarakhand. This year, it is Kashmir. It goes without saying that these two catastrophic incidents have left a number of families despondent about their future and livelihoods. At the risk of…
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Dear Editor, The third flag meeting between the armies of India and China has resolved the incursion issue for now, leading to the withdrawal of Chinese troops from India's Chumar area in Ladakh. However, such incidents, when oft-repeated,…
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Dear Editor, Is there even a minimum accountability of the experts who have driven India into the gutters? Who was it that advised India to enthusiastically acknowledge Tibet as being a part of China? India got more abuses in return.…
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