Letter.

Letter Published in The National UAE on 25 Jan 18  Turning our backs on globalisation would be a mistake

I refer to your article Davos 2018: India's Modi warns against protectionism. In his elaborate speech to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, Mr Modi, who is the first Indian premier to attend the Davos summit in two decades, talked about his concerns about globalisation's diminishing lustre. Most nations are displaying an aversion to globalisation. Mr Modi quoted Mahatma Gandhi's words welcoming various cultures at a time when the threat of terrorism and other factors are prompting people to turn inwards. Globalisation enhances cooperation among countries and is the right answer to the problems of our time.

K Ragavan, India