Letters to The Editor — May 7, 2025

‘Civil defence’ drills

The drills amid rising tensions between India and Pakistan put us in a certain mode of uncertainty about the future. Nobody knows how a war will pan out, but everybody knows that it will exact a terrible cost. A war between two nuclear-armed neighbours can be described in one word — “annihilation”. In this day and age, a war does not produce a winner. Alternatives to war should be tried. Instead of being swayed by nationalist and religious sentiments, they must hold themselves back from fighting a war by some sense of self-preservation.

G. David Milton,

Maruthancode, Tamil Nadu

Karl Marx statue

While the plan to have a statue of Karl Marx in Chennai is one that should be appreciated, it is hoped that there will be a change and that it will be installed opposite the Triumph of Labour statue on Marina Beach as Marx stood for the triumph of labour. The plan to have it at the entrance of the Connemara Public Library should be changed as it should not become another museum piece.

N.G.R. Prasad,

Chennai