INDIA MUST BE OPEN TO INDEPENDENT THINKING

Apropos Ramachandra Guha’s Eroding democracy, one writer at a time (Past & Present, September 10), after Narendra Dabholkar, Govind Pansare and MM Kalburgi, Gauri Lankesh’s murder is another attempt to kill democracy. India has traditionally provided the space and nurtured people with views that questioned set practices at that time — Raja Rammohan Roy, Ramkrishna Paramahamsa, Rabindranath Tagore, to name a few. Today, India is a dangerous place for such divergent views. This should change, and we must be open to independent thinking. SUJIT DE KOLKATA