Shashi Tharoor needs reality check!
It is clear that his bosses in congress and he, Shashi Tharoor, are still in denial and have not gotten over their ‘Modi-bashing’ pastime (‘Narendra Modi’s hypocrisy laid bare,’ Gulf News, July 14). Ironically, while on one side, they want to refuse the ground reality of a massive mandate to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) under Narendra Modi’s leadership, on the other side they have already started the blame game and fault finding mission in anything that the new government does or does not do.
While Modi has already proved his abilities for more than 10 years in Gujarat, and already started showing his work in Delhi, Tharoor and a herd of others with pre-set archaic mentalities, find it difficult to digest the facts and reality.
Yes, Tharoor has been a minister of state, but with what record to his credit? Apart from being sacked on India Premiere League (IPL) corruption, of course!
It’s hardly been about six weeks since the present government has begun their job, and Tharoor wants all things and the agenda of the BJP to be implemented overnight. He has conveniently forgotten what he and his teammates under the leadership of the former prime minister could not achieve in the past 10 years.
It is one thing to write columns to please your leaders, Tharoor, and quite another to be rational and impartial while writing in public. Simple playing with words might convey your literary talents, but it will not demonstrate rationality, impartiality and practical thinking.
Modi’s time has just begun. Wait and watch for it to develop before jumping to conclusions, Tharoor, please review your own articles after a period of one, two and three years. I am sure that you will be compelled to eat humble pie!
From Dr Shailesh Upadhyay
Sharjah
Patience for performance
We should give Modi some more time before we jump to conclusions. To borrow the idea of the author [Shahi Tharoor] himself, everyone knows that there are lots of bugs to be fixed to design the right embedded systems. But, for sure, India is on the path to being rebooted. So, let them do the trouble shooting, and we can wait for the performance report card and judge in the fourth or fifth year.
From Mr Suresh
Dubai
Full name withheld by request
Don’t be partial
I request our Prime Minister to avoid promoting the Gujarat state economic model and not make fools of our nation’s people. It’s not just Gujarat, it’s our whole country. So, our leader will have to think about everyone and not just some personal organisations. I would like to ask our Prime Minister to be impartial.
From Mr Ayub Khan
Dubai
Deserved
Not necessarily only rich people waste and spend money (‘UAE’s rich people: Peek into their lifestyle,’ Gulf News, July 15). Also, people don’t always tell when they do charity work. If they spend 50 per cent, they must be doing charity work, too. They have every right to their lifestyle.
From Ms Bharti Vinod
Dubai
Facebook comment
Could save lives
I think these people are just wasting money and time. These relatively small amounts of money for them may possibly save many people’s lives and feed people, give education to children.
From Ms Diliya Aliyarova
Dubai
Facebook comment
Judging spending
In response to Diliya Aliyarova, have you given from your earnings to the poor? Before one goes explaining how other people should spend their money, make sure you have also fed them, looked after them, provided money for at least a single person.
From Mr Ceo Mikhail Fernandes
Dubai
Facebook comment
Progression
I love working with special needs children (‘Challenges faced by the special needs community,’ Gulf News, July 15). My first major was occupational therapy and education. I like to see their progression. The parents are not alone.
From Ms Beth Ann White
Michigan City, US
Facebook comment
Not the first time
Not the first time that this has happened (‘Watch: ‘Dead’ girl wakes up at own funeral in Philippines,’ Gulf News, July 15). In the US, a 78 year-old man mistakenly pronounced dead woke up. Let’s call it a miracle, rather than judging the country’s medical standards and training.
From Mr Reem
Sharjah
Website comment
Question doctor
I cannot say it was a miracle as what lots of people on Facebook and social media networks have posted. The doctor who announced her death should be questioned. What if she was buried by the family members?
From Mr Joseph
Dubai
Website comment
A sad case
The update states that the baby is actually dead. This was confirmed by the local health authorities. This is just a case of relatives wanting so badly for their baby to be alive again.
From Mr Seth
Dubai
Website comment
No pulse
This news is misleading. The girl did not wake up. After the funeral, the medical team double checked the corpse and there was still no pulse.
From Mr Jeff
Saudi Arabia
Website comment
Confirmed dead
We cannot blame the medical standards until we know the whole story behind the report. As per the reports, they have not consulted first with a proper doctor. After the incident happened, professional doctors checked the girl on the next day, but she was pronounced dead without any pulse at all. The movement and twitching of the muscles is what you call ‘rigor mortis,’ which is caused by chemical changes in the muscles after death.
I think this is what happened to the child, since she didn’t undergo embalming. May she rest in peace.
From Ms Karen
Abu Dhabi
Website comment
Innovative opportunity
This is good chance for electronic giants to come-up with a new innovative product, which will be able to detect if a device is actually a product without having to open the package (‘Dubai Duty Free purchases subject to new airport security checks,’ Gulf News, July 15).
From Ms Mirza Javid Baig
Abu Dhabi
Website comment
Proof of purchase
All Dubai Duty Free purchases are issued with a receipt. Even if the device has no power, the receipt will show the date of purchase. What can one do to a newly purchased device that has been bought in the last 15 minutes prior to boarding anyway?
From Mr Bob
Dubai
Website comment
Waiting for democracy
The election crisis in Afghanistan has reached a level wherein nobody can now know if and when a new Afghan government will be installed. Though the election commission has declared Ashraf Ali Ghani victorious based on a preliminary result, this is by far not the end of the story. The other candidate, Abdullah Abdullah, is not going to accept this and is demanding a thorough recount of the votes because of allegations of rigged election results. The US and the EU has since then joined in with the demand for a thorough recount – otherwise the financial support for Afghanistan might be affected.
This is not a surprise for those who know Afghanistan and don’t close their eyes on the facts: democracy doesn’t work in a tribal society. It is an open secret that even Hamid Karzai was never elected in a way that in Europe would have been accepted as democratic. He was launched from the Bonn conference and pushed into a position of power. From there, with the help of the Western forces who thought they will have a pliant pro-Western poodle in him.
Already his re-election was a scandal, full of talk of rigging. This was so much so that some of the more sensitive members of the North American Trade Organisation (Nato) tried to find another candidate. But that wasn’t taken kindly by Karzai, who since then is not sugar-coating his opinion about the US and Nato anymore. Not because of Afghan national interests, but for his own interest of staying in power.
From Mr Ali Ashraf Khan
Karachi, Pakistan
Contribution to the environment
The possibility of such eco-friendly vehicles in coming days is high and would be a tribute to the coming generation (‘Indian engineer prepares solar auto rickshaw for London odyssey,’ Gulf News, July 15). Simultaneously, it will reduce not only the usage of fossil fuels but carbon emissions to a great extent as well.
Naveen Rabelli’s auto rickshaw environment friendly travel over 10 countries will definitely set a new example that not only nations but individuals, too, can make their own contribution to a healthy environment.
From Mr Girish R. Edathitta
Dubai
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