Quiet, Man at work

• This refers to your editorial ‘Six out of ten’ (IE, May 18). Ple...

• This refers to your editorial ‘Six out of ten’ (IE, May 18). Please let him work. You should stop lecturing him. This prime minister is much more intelligent than anyone gives him credit for. He not only understands the problem, he senses it, he feels it. He can’t solve a 60 year old problem in one year. We have had enough of politics in the last 60 years. Let us have some development. Given the situation, he has done a lot with sincerity and most importantly with honesty.

— Anjana Das Brisbane

Just be patient

• The way the entry of India plus 3 into the Security Council is being blocked would only make the world body more irrelevant. The best option for us would be to not get so obsessed with the permanent seat. Should the UN fail to reform, like the League of Nations it may fall under its own contradictions. Can the world’s largest democracy of one billion Indians with a buoyant economy, vast knowledge and industrial base, viable military power to boot, ability to defeat terrorism head-on, scientific footprints from Antarctica into space and clear nuclear capability, be denied its rightful place forever?

— Raghubir Singh Pune

Only US veto

• Joel Brinkley’s article ‘US to India plus 3: want seat, forget veto’ (IE, May 16) is thought-provoking. If the proposed reform goes through, we will have an ineffective Security Council since it would be hard for all nine veto countries to agree. The Security Council should be reformed to include nine permanent members but the US should have solo veto power in the council reflecting its preeminent position. The other eight permanent members can also veto a proposal if two or more out of the eight of them veto. Second, to increase accountability of UN spending, an annual statutory audit of UN finances should be mandated. The audit could be conducted by auditors from the big three contributors to the UN: US, EU and Japan.

— Arun Khanna Indianapolis

Delay unlimited

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• Apropos of reports that the prime minister is unhappy with DRDO for delays, DRDO actually stands for the Defence Research Delay Organisation. There are strong lobbies in the defence establishment and the political class who don’t want India to become self reliant and lose the opportunity to get rich through commissions in defence deals.

— Harish H.V. Bangalore

Great plans

• The prime minister’s new big plan for rural infrastructure goes with the government’s platform. I hope on the energy sector, the government encourages alternative use of energy such as solar and wind energy.

—Chrysantha Wijeyasingha New Orleans

Shareholder first

• Your editorial, ‘Reliance, revisited’ (IE, May 17) hits bull’s-eye. The Ambani brothers must prioritise the common shareholders’ interest, because they also are the owners of the Reliance companies. Also the employees should be made to feel secure to function properly and this is in the companies’ interests.

— Arjun Chaudhuri Kolkata