I agree entirely with your reader K. Parmar (AV 4 July), who feels that the letters in “Your Voice” column could be more varied and informative.
Some writers invariably write about India and “Modiji this and Modiji that.” This is exactly what I have been advocating against in my earlier letters. The details provided in those letters are regurgitation of similar information whch could be gleaned at other pages in AV and GS.
The letters should focus on issues which concern us here in our country of residence, rather than placing too much emphasis on matters relating to our mother land. I have noticed that some of your contributors send long winded letters on issues concerning India. This may be OK in some respects like the campaign for direct flights to Ahmedabad or the hike in visa fees for India or even the restriction on the value of gold ornaments that one can take with him or her to India. But do we need the same dose of what Narendra Modi or other ministers in India have said or done? How does all that affect us here?
Long winded letters become boring and make me skim through them instead of digesting the contents. There is a tool called “word count” on most computers and I would urge the compulsive long letter writers to make use of that and thus save us time in going through material which may be of little interest to many.
Dinesh Sheth
Newbury Park, Ilford
