Good beginning

Apropos of the editorial Tranquil steps (November 23), Chinese President Hu Jintao’s willingness to cooperate with India in the civil nuclear energy sector is a welcome development. The inclination to work as partners, not rivals, is a sign of India-China relations moving towards maturity.
Tarlok Singh
Delhi
Clean up the system
Manoj Joshi’s article Epic in progress (November 15), was a timely piece listing the issues that hold India back. The issues of effective political leadership, economic management, dynamic strategic vision and an efficient civil and military establishment needs to be stressed again and again. All the issues, including nuclear energy, need to be debated in public.
Jaskaran Teja
Former Ambassador of India to the UN
II
Manoj Joshi’s article was meant to shake the government and the political machinery out of its lethargy. How long will this country continue to be occupied with caste, corruption and narrow loyalties, ignoring the bigger picture of a great nation in the making. Our government and the political machinery has become inefficient and corrupt. People need a change.
JS Bali
Delhi
JS Bali
Delhi
Don't stop the bus
Apropos of the report Cry for end to bus standoff (November 22), the rift between the Delhi and UP governments is affecting commuters of both the states. It is time both the governments initiated negotiations and solved the problem.
TS Murthy
Delhi
Biased all the time
AG Noorani in Walk backwards (November 22), has shown his bias against India. What would he like to prescribe for Jammu, Ladakh and lakhs of uprooted Kashmiri Pandits? They do not want self-rule, independence or merger with Pakistan.
MK Barua
Delhi
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