Rajiv Radhakrishnan says that spending $600mn on the Ambani wedding is a sign that India is becoming an elite nation (“Ambani wedding frenzy signals India is among elite”, Letters, July 17). He says that next on the agenda must be for India to host an extravagant Olympics ceremony.
Another agenda for India would be to provide freedom for trafficked girls, meals for undernourished children and clean water for its citizens. A fraction of the money spent on Anant Ambani’s wedding could rescue thousands of children trapped in the slums of Kolkata or New Delhi. Investing in children from an early age could help to reverse skyrocketing income inequality in India.
Willem Thorbecke
Senior Fellow, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, Tokyo, Japan
