Readers’ comments: As India detains African refugees, Indians in Africa are treated respectfully

Refugees in India

As Yousif Haroun says in the article, refugees and foreigners in general do not hate India (“As India cracks down on refugees, it is betraying its long commitment to international solidarity”). India, as a state, respects other countries, but a large part of Indian society does not realise the importance of human rights. We now find large numbers of Indians living in African countries, where they have found the utmost respect, appreciation, and fraternal and social bonds. –Wjdey Moner

Unconvincing case

The “vanishing footpaths” section in this article (“India’s tech-driven Smart Cities Mission has destroyed the commons”) is not well-argued. The linked article about Miller’s road says that a private party dumped debris on a footpath built under the Smart City project. Surely this is the fault of the private party, not the Smart City project, although the Bangalore Mirror article does mention maintenance concerns for some footpaths. The linked article about Cubbon Park is an editorial against rumoured plans by a private entity for an art park within Cubbon Park. It doesn’t support the Scroll article’s claim that it was “a Smart City-funded proposal to build a sensory park”.

The link about Bhopal leads to a section on Bhopal news published by The Times of India, not a specific article. This may be a linking error. The linked...

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