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LETTERS, Page 6Super India
As an Indian, I read your article on the rise of my country
with pride (WORLD, April 3). The justification for increased
military strength can be found in India's history of being invaded
and looted for hundreds of years.
Bharat Singh Kathiwada
Bombay
Does the world need another superpower that cannot keep
domestic peace and that exports instability?
William R. Woodridge
Tokyo
Democratic India was compelled to increase military spending
and strengthen its defense forces when the Reagan Administration
supplied Pakistan with sophisticated arms, including F-16s, Harpoon
missiles and ships. These weapons were ostensibly provided so that
Pakistan could defend itself against the Soviets in occupied
Afghanistan. What option had India but to arm itself?
Ritu Mathur
Allahabad, India
Many observers assert that Sri Lanka, the most recent victim
of Indian hegemony, will succumb before long and become yet another
vassal state of India. Your story is an excellent warning to the
world to challenge this redundant superpower in order to safeguard
the sovereignty of nations that are mere pygmies in the land of
giant superpowers.
Clement Perera
Twickenham, England