The long-simmering inheritance dispute within the Maran family has turned into a legal confrontation now, with former union minister and DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran serving a legal notice to his elder brother and media baron Kalanithi Maran.

The allegations include Kalanithi Maran allegedly allotting to himself 12 lakh equity shares in the SUN TV Private Limited at a face value of ₹10 each in 2003, and the fair market value of the shares at that time should have placed the total transactions at over ₹3,500 crore, but Kalanithi allegedly paid only ₹1.2 crore.

These are serious and merit an investigation from SEBI as they raise questions about corporate misgovernance.

M Jeyaram

Sholavandan (TN)

Bridging inequality

With reference to the article “Time to Bridge Income Inequality Gap” (June 20), while the World Bank’s findings on poverty alleviation are encouraging, the stagnation of income equity is a stark reminder that growth alone is not enough.

The article rightly points out that this inequality has far-reaching implications for social mobility, opportunity, and political cohesion.

State-level disparities signal the urgent need for targeted policy interventions. We must pivot from a growth-centric model to one that is inclusive.

Chetan Malvi

Raipur (Chhattisgarh)

War worries

The ripples of the impact of the current war between Israel and Iran are bound to affect the entire world including India.

Crude oil prices have remained soft in the past decade, giving the Indian government much needed space to balance the books.

If normalcy is not restored quickly, all this would end and adversely affect an import-dependent India.

Israel has no natural resources and it is only their dominance in technology and banking which sustains them.

By abstaining at the UNSC voting India has shown where its sympathies lie.

Anthony Henriques

Mumbai

Published on June 20, 2025