Regarding Edward Luce’s column “Biden’s awkward democracy summit” (Opinion, March 30), democracy is prospering in India and probably in impolite well being, if measured by voter turnout.

Talking about “democratic recession”, within the 2019 normal election India had its highest voter turnout at 67 per cent, an enormous enchancment over 46 per cent seen in its first normal election in 1952.

Just for comparability, turnout within the UK plummeted from 84 per cent to 67 per cent roughly over the identical interval.

A dose of humility could be significantly welcomed from the worldwide south.

Padmesh Shukla
London SM2, UK