A diverse job market for children to follow their dreams
I agree with Ms Sai Madhurya to the fact that children are compelled to take medicine or engineering courses after grade 12 (Letters to the Editor: Breaking stereotypes’, Gulf News, June 7). Children are mostly forced to take these courses to fulfil their parents’ dreams or otherwise to elevate the status of their parents in society. Children are forced to join coaching centres from grade 10 onwards. This increases the pressure on the child who is otherwise burdened by the heavy school portions. It is a different case if the child is interested in pursuing a career in these fields. It has been seen that in most cases the children fail miserably in the professional courses and sometimes even have to dropout. We have so many engineers and doctors graduating each year and not all are placed. Doctors cannot stop with just a graduation and have to specialise. Instead of pushing our children to courses where getting a job is uncertain, it would be better for parents to first see what their children are interested it and guide them accordingly. I do not however agree with Ms Madhurya’s views that girls are preferred to stay at home after marriage. I do have a lot of women friends who are self-made and who excel in their careers, bold enough to react to all social issues. Girls nowadays work in every field.
From Mr Eappen Elias
Dubai
Punishing victim for life
So rape is okay, according to this court in India (‘Village court tells rapist to marry victim’, Gulf News, June 10)? Rape who you want, when you want and all you have to do is forcibly marry the victim? The victim is victimised for life.
From Mr Kevin Henson
Saint Raphael, France
Facebook comment
Is this justice?
So you can rape and marry? Is this law and order? It’s like allowing the victim to be raped again. A rapist should be punished!
From Ms Nimisha Agrawal
Sharjah
Facebook comment
Defending who?
Is this what you call justice? Who are they really defending? The victim or the aggressor? This poor child. May God guide her.
From Ms O. Andalusia
Meknes, Morocco
Facebook comment
Is this India?
I do really like how Ms Hamida Mahmudur Rahman presented the scenario of the beef ban and tolerance in Kerala, India (‘Letters to the Editor: Tolerance in Kerala on beef shops’, Gulf News, June 3). I must say that I have come across many Keralites and hats off to their integrity. Choice of food should be entirely up to an individual’s choice and definitely the government should not ban the sale of beef in India. I do myself come from a Muslim family, but where everyone does not have beef, but they gave me lenience to have my own choice. I definitely prefer beef over mutton, but this also does not mean that I would take an advantage of being in a Muslim country and try to harm/disrespect my fellow countrymen from the Hindu community.
People are being dragged out of their homes, trains or buses and shackled, beaten and killed just on the doubt that they might be consuming beef. I am very proud to be an Indian, but with the kind of policies our country has been employing of late, we have become the laughing stock in front of many people from different countries.
From Mr Ajmal Hussain
Dubai
Fading rights
We live in a society with different religions, ideologies and customs. People living in harmony and peace irrespective of their religion – this is the beauty of our nation. India is one of the best examples for unity in its diversity. The people love each other and are always ready to help each other. However, we experience discrimination nowadays in India, and it’s at its peak.
Let all religions and ideologies be treated equally. The beef ban case has caused tremendous conflict in states. We live in a democratic country and there should be rights for all citizens to do what they want in all aspects of life. Hence, they should be allowed to eat what they wish. There are many people across the nation who come up with unwanted and false statements about others’ religions with a clear intention to create conflict. Due to this, many citizens feel insecure. India is not experiencing religious issues for the first time, this discrimination started with the partition of India and creation of Pakistan. We learn political science not for examinations, but for life. We need harmony in India. I feel proud and happy to be living in the UAE where all religions are treated equally.
From Ms Afeefa Roshan
UAE
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