Letters to the Editor

Disruptors
This refers to your cover story The New Nano Promise (March 30). What is common between Tata's Nano, Reliance Infocom (now Reliance Communications), and the brokerage industry? It is a single word: disruption. All three created disruption. Nano was marketed as the world's cheapest car, but not as a car which came out with innovative ideas on cost or safety standards. Another common feature of these three is their behaviour - from launch to execution - where some technical issues may have been overlooked. So in the long term it should turn out to be better, because having come from the House of Tatas is no ordinary thing.
Raman Khazanchi, Mumbai

In for the Long Haul
The feature on air costa airline (Ambitious Fledgling, March 30) was interesting. With a big-ticket order of 50 aircraft, the start-up airline is in it for the long haul. But if Brazil can have such a big aircraft manufacturer like Embraer, why is India lagging behind?
Jacob Sahayam, Thiruvananthapuram