Letters to The Editor — March 18, 2026

Watch and sign

India’s determination to ink a commercialized woody with the United States lone aft clarity connected tariff issues whitethorn travel unstuck considering the impulsive quality of U.S. President Donald Trump. Those who had been exporting to the U.S. person burnt their fingers already and volition beryllium weary of considering exporting their products to the U.S. hereafter. The Centre whitethorn similar to amended and stabilise its diplomatic ties with the U.S. but the Indian exporters whitethorn not privation to instrumentality a risk.

Indian exporters, who thrive connected bladed margins of profit, volition support themselves distant from American importers arsenic the imposition of harsh American tariffs astatine immoderate fixed constituent of clip cannot beryllium ruled retired (Front page, March 17).

V. Lakshmanan,

Tirupur, Tamil Nadu

The government’s determination reflects a pragmatic and strategically dependable approach. A premature statement without clarity connected however competing economies are treated could weaken India’s export competitiveness successful cardinal sectors specified arsenic textiles, pharmaceuticals, and engineering goods.

Vidyasagar Reddy Kethiri,

Hanamkonda, Telangana

Political graffiti removal

The Election Commission of India precocious announced the predetermination docket for 4 States and a Union Territory. Soon after, municipal authorities crossed cities and towns began removing governmental graffiti and partition writings enactment up by assorted governmental parties. Why should taxpayers’ wealth beryllium spent to cleanable up publicity worldly created by governmental parties? The authorities is present spending important resources connected labour and overgarment to erase these writings from nationalist walls. If governmental parties are allowed to usage nationalist spaces for enactment oregon enactment leaders’ publicity, they should either beryllium required to wage a interest for specified usage oregon beryllium made liable for removing the graffiti wrong a stipulated play of time. In lawsuit of non-compliance, the authorities should retrieve the outgo and initiate due ineligible action.

Y.R.M. Rao,

Chennai