Dear Editor

A DEEP QUAGMIRE

This is in reference to "Ex-SL PM, family flee to naval base, protests on". Even after Prime Minister Mahindra Rajapaksa's resignation, the situation is not cooling down as demonstrators are calling for resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa along with fresh elections. Situation has gone from bad to worse as now shoot on sight orders have been passed by Sri Lanka's defence ministry. The Rajapaksa family have dominated Sri Lankan politics for years and now face their biggest challenge. Economic mismanagement coupled with Covid have thrown this nation into such a deep mess. India being a friendly nation, has extended its financial help but Sri Lanka needs more than that and a pragmatic IMF help with delayed repayment could pump in some much-needed oxygen into Sri Lanka's economy and elections must be announced without any delay to calm the protestor's nerves and bring some peace into the country.

— BAL GOVIND, NOIDA via email

AN UNWISE RETREAT

This is in reference to the article, ‘A nasty retreat’ (May 11). The retreat of globalisation has really upended the world in terms of supply chain management and inflation. Countries continue to impose random tariffs and export bans, leading to further increase in prices. The world is becoming increasingly volatile. With basic goods such as wheat becoming susceptible to events such as a war, it is no wonder that every country is trying to secure its resources and make itself self-sufficient. But as history tells us, it’s not possible and that’s what will separate nations in the times to come. The smart ones will build resilient networks and supply chains while foolish countries will spend years wasting resources to privatise supply chains and ultimately fail.

— GAURAV GUPTA, GURUGRAM via email millenniumpost.in Log on to write letters to the editor or send them to

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