Apropos the editorial "Breaking foreign policy" (March 21), the current foreign policy imbroglio relating to the Sri Lankan issue has thrown up a serious question: Should our foreign policy be dictated by the narrower interests of a single state? The voices being raised in favour of the affirmative answer seem to be getting stronger. While it sounds prima facie fair, there is a deeper and disturbing question - have the states lost faith in the Centre? Have they come to believe that the Centre cannot take adequate care of their interests? This is of a piece with the view that we need representatives of a particular section of populace, say women or other backward classes, at the Centre to take care of their interest. It is a disturbing portent to paucity of statesmen-like leaders at the Centre with the capacity to carry diverse sections of Indian populace along.
Kishor Kulkarni Mumbai
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