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Politics and the Putin visit
The determination to ‘stop’ the Opposition from gathering Russian President Vladimir Putin is profoundly troubling. The Opposition represents a sizable percent of India’s citizens, and denying representatives of the Opposition a spot astatine the precocious array is the equivalent of disrespecting the citizens of astir fractional the country. Allowing 2 TV anchors from a backstage media transmission to interrogation Mr. Putin sends the incorrect awesome — that our ideology values prime media voices implicit elected representatives. Indian overseas argumentation has ever been 1 of squad effort, built connected statement betwixt the authorities and the Opposition. It should ne'er beryllium reduced to a one-party show. The Government indispensable retrieve that overseas argumentation is not astir governmental rivalry but nationalist interest.
T. Kailash Ditya,
Hyderabad
I anticipation that India is capable to prevail upon Mr. Putin and convey to him the dire request to extremity the warfare with Ukraine. The reddish carpet invited fixed to Mr. Putin intelligibly points to the precocious respect India has for Russia. but it is besides important that a humanitarian constituent of presumption needs to beryllium conveyed and the suffering ends.
Mani Nataraajan,
Chennai
On the margins
It comes arsenic nary astonishment that “International Fisherwomen’s Day” (Opinion leafage – ‘Notebook’, December 5) did not garner overmuch support. In a practically male-dominated society, the voices of women hardly scope those who substance successful the corridors of power. Fisherwomen person ne'er been fixed their due. Nevertheless, consciousness is captious and the contributions of women successful each tract indispensable beryllium recognised.
Balasubramaniam Pavani,
Secunderabad
