There has been a spate of sudden digging all over the city. We are just a month away from the monsoons.

‘It is a free-for-all on the Expressway’ (DNA, May 7) gives a factual account of the sorry state of affairs on the Mumbai-Pune expressway. —MN Kale, Mumbai

It is really heartening to note that the much awaited women’s reservation bill was tabled in Parliament on May 6. —Kavitha Srikanth, Mumbai

The prices of food are rising and politicians all over the world have attributed this to various reasons, often silly, since most of them have not experienced hunger. —Navin Pandya, via email