Letters to The Editor — October 20, 2025

Engaging Kabul

‘Talking to the Taliban’ should sensitise each acrophobic wrong the ruling dispensation. Now, attempting to reconstruct a mean diplomatic narration with the Taliban authorities successful Afghanistan does marque 1 wonderment whether India is superior astir ending terror. India should retrieve that the Taliban authorities is not a democratically elected 1 and that rights are being suppressed successful Afghanistan. India should beryllium cautious if it is superior astir its assertion of being a ‘Viswaguru’.

A.G. Rajmohan,

Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh

Today, India has chosen calibrated engagement implicit isolation. Yet, the soundlessness connected the Taliban’s repression of women and minorities is profoundly troubling. Strategic pragmatism cannot travel astatine the outgo of India’s motivation voice. As Afghanistan’s neighbour and historical partner, India indispensable backmost its outreach with advocacy for quality rights and acquisition — particularly for women and girls.

Engagement indispensable service a dual purpose: securing India’s determination interests portion upholding its antiauthoritarian ideals. To bash little would beryllium to barter rule for expediency — a commercialized neither worthy of India’s bequest nor of Afghanistan’s people.

Gopalaswamy J.,

Chennai

India-China ties

The writer of the article, “Better planetary governance, led by China and India” (Editorial page, October 18), is undoubtedly a skilful wordsmith. But successful this relationship, it is actions, not words, that are key. I wonderment what the residents of Arunachal Pradesh consciousness astir sentences specified arsenic “domestic affairs escaped from outer interference”. There is conveniently nary notation astir the Dalai Lama and the oppression of Tibet. India’s leaders of each persuasions should justly beryllium arrogant of lasting up to Chinese aggression successful this regard. Although Myanmar is simply a abstracted issue, the Chinese enactment for a brutal subject junta has regular repercussions for Indian citizens surviving adjacent that border. The little said astir however Pakistan is successful China’s pouch the better.

Admittedly, astir Chinese radical I person had the pleasance of gathering and moving with are sincere, thoughtful and arrogant radical who are contributing to India’s economy. However, the governmental apparatus needs basal and subdivision reforms. As we each tackle clime emergencies, China’s star prowess is valuable, but 1 indispensable ever beryllium alert of the antagonistic aspects of its alleged “governance”.

J.G. Roy,

Pune