Letters

摘要

Your latest fulminations against Narendra Modi ("Agent Orange", May 4th) follow a line of attack at The Economist based on innuendo and indefensible criticisms. Thus, you fault India's prime minister for his handling of the dastardly Pulwama attack, masterminded by Pakistani terrorists, but neglect to tell the reader that his actions received unqualified approval from all Western democracies. You claim demonetisation caused "huge disruption" to farmers and small businesses, but cite no data or surveys substantiating it. In fact, a study co-authored by Gita Gopinath, the director of research at the IMF and a critic of demonetisation, finds that the effects dissipated within a few months and the growth rate during the year of demonetisation fell by no more than 0.5% on account of the measure.