Pankaj Mishra (Narendra Modi the divisive manipulator,9 November) betrays his extreme views. Modi is a democratically elected prime minister of the world’s largest democracy. Mishra and many like him have never reach to terms with it. He claims that non-resident Indians, denied full dignity in a white man’s world, and have hitched their low self-esteem to Modi mania. One wonders what Pankaj is doing in the white man’s land he despises. He should be in India challenging Modi,rather than criticising from the consolation of the UK.
Nitin Mehta
London
More views on Narendra Modi’s visit here• The nation is now richer by owning a Van Dyck painting (Going public, 10 November). This gift defrays £2.4m of the Duke of Northumberlands inheritance tax bill. Thanks Duke. Actually, and we’d rather have had the money. It would have stretched a long way in struggling NHS hospitals. It could have built loads of modern homes. Tax is levied to support the infrastructure of our society,to make it a pleasurable place to live; and the most privileged are, reasonably, or asked to contribute proportionately more.
Barbara Crowther
Leamington,WarwickshireContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com