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People’s car

Ratan Tata deserves the nation’s wholehearted praise for rolling out the cheapest car in the world. Our politicians and industry leaders should learn a lot from the man who kept his promise.

Kadungon Damodaran,

Thiruvananthapuram

The Rs.1-lakh wonder car from the house of Tatas is likely to revolutionise the mode of travel in urban India in the short term and have an impact on rural India in the long term.

Once again, the house of Tatas has come up trumps in boosting its credentials as a manufacturing house that has people’s interests as one of its goals. Mr. Tata deserves to be commended for pursuing his goal of manufacturing and marketing a people’s car.

Shahabuddin Nadeem,

Bangalore

Winners don’t do different things, they do things differently — so goes the saying. Mr. Tata has proved his detractors wrong by accomplishing the mission impossible.

In unveiling the world’s cheapest car, he has not only realised his dream but also made it possible for the millions of middle classes to own a car. The issues of pollution and congestion being raised by environmentalists are baseless and unwarranted.

A.S. Farida,

Kancheepuram

That Mr. Tata thought of the common man who cannot afford a four-wheeler and located his factory in eastern India speaks volumes about his commitment. When every corporate house is interested only in profits overlooking social responsibilities, the launch of Tata Nano is indeed commendable.

Gautam Jangpangi,

New Delhi

Sure, Tata Nano will meet the aspirations of the lower middle class. But are we ready for it? Our overstretched infrastructure is hardly ready to accommodate such cars whose number is likely to be in millions.

Manish Manglani,

New Delhi

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