Letters To The Editor
The cover story The Pipe Runneth Over (January 20) was thoughtprovoking.
It is good to know that by 2020 India will get abundant fuel at cheap
rates from many countries, which will make our subsidies shrink, and
debt servicing easy.
A Secure Energy Future
The cover story The Pipe Runneth Over (January 20) was thoughtprovoking. It is good to know that by 2020 India will get abundant fuel at cheap rates from many countries, which will make our subsidies shrink, and debt servicing easy. Of course, it needs proper planning. India is also shown to have 63,000 billion cu ft of shale gas. However, India's policies on environment and land acquisition are yet to firm up before we can make use of that.
G. Venkataraman, Mumbai
Wonder-man
Ratan Tata was a worthy successor to J.R.D. Tata. He has made the Tata Group the best face of business and industry at home and overseas. "He Would Never Thump the Table" (Jan 20), says J.J. Irani. Though Ratan Tata is quiet, he is firm. His wonder-car, Nano, made him the wonder-man of the world. Now he has taken charge of the Tata trusts. We expect he will make them a tool for social transformation.
Jacob Sahayam, Thiruvananthapuram
Set to Soar
The Other Bajaj (January 20) was an impressive portrayal of the business outlook and resolute confidence of Sanjiv Bajaj. The insights portend that this wing of the Bajaj Group will gradually soar high and turn into a formidable segment of group.
B. Rajasekaran, Bangalore
Focus on Farming
Your anniversary issue (Hope, Jan 6) carries three write-ups on Indian agriculture. I am particularly pleased that one of the reports appears next only to one on rocket science. How true! Rocket science can possibly take us to the next level in our journey, but without agriculture, even if we become a superpower, it will remain only superficial.
If an economy of the kind we have is to be ever sustainable, it will have to attend to basic issues in respect of water and soil management and their productivity. The third green revolution can be perpetuated only if the relationship between economic progress, food security, climate change and income disparities are properly understood and addressed.
Bhavarlal H. Jain, Founder chairman, Jain Irrigation Systems, on email
The cover story The Pipe Runneth Over (January 20) was thoughtprovoking. It is good to know that by 2020 India will get abundant fuel at cheap rates from many countries, which will make our subsidies shrink, and debt servicing easy. Of course, it needs proper planning. India is also shown to have 63,000 billion cu ft of shale gas. However, India's policies on environment and land acquisition are yet to firm up before we can make use of that.
G. Venkataraman, Mumbai
Wonder-man
Ratan Tata was a worthy successor to J.R.D. Tata. He has made the Tata Group the best face of business and industry at home and overseas. "He Would Never Thump the Table" (Jan 20), says J.J. Irani. Though Ratan Tata is quiet, he is firm. His wonder-car, Nano, made him the wonder-man of the world. Now he has taken charge of the Tata trusts. We expect he will make them a tool for social transformation.
Jacob Sahayam, Thiruvananthapuram
Set to Soar
The Other Bajaj (January 20) was an impressive portrayal of the business outlook and resolute confidence of Sanjiv Bajaj. The insights portend that this wing of the Bajaj Group will gradually soar high and turn into a formidable segment of group.
B. Rajasekaran, Bangalore
Focus on Farming
Your anniversary issue (Hope, Jan 6) carries three write-ups on Indian agriculture. I am particularly pleased that one of the reports appears next only to one on rocket science. How true! Rocket science can possibly take us to the next level in our journey, but without agriculture, even if we become a superpower, it will remain only superficial.
If an economy of the kind we have is to be ever sustainable, it will have to attend to basic issues in respect of water and soil management and their productivity. The third green revolution can be perpetuated only if the relationship between economic progress, food security, climate change and income disparities are properly understood and addressed.
Bhavarlal H. Jain, Founder chairman, Jain Irrigation Systems, on email
