Daesh will fall
The terror attack on France was really barbaric and inhuman and must be condemned and rejected by all levels in all countries (‘French expats in UAE express horror’, Gulf News, November 15). A total of 129 innocent lives have been lost and more than 300 injured. There is no justification for this attack in any name.
The world leaders should unite together and find concrete solutions to stop any forms of terrorism in the world. Enough lives have been lost in the name of religion. None of the religions in the world teach us to kill any person and in the past we have seen the rise and fall of terrorist organisations and Daesh won’t be an exception.
My sincere prayers and thoughts are with the people who lost their loved ones in this heinous crime. May God give them the strength to overcome their grief.
From Mr Eappen Elias
Dubai
Inclusion if necessary
Religion, race, nation or gender shouldn’t be a determining factor of how intelligent, vibrant and sound an individual is (‘Facebook debate: Encouraging equality in public life’, Gulf News, November 15). The level of discrimination in the world is so alarming when it comes to jobs without minding the meritorious aspects. It’s a thing of joy when you make people relevant regardless of all the discriminatory variables. Let them also feel they are human, treat people with respect. Everybody deserves to live, be happy and also have a voice. It’s until when people can reason and think outside of the box that this world can be a better place for all of us to live. Equality and being inclusive is vital to enhance the functioning of government and promoting a peaceful co-existence.
From Mr Otunba Oyebukola Abayomi
UAE
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Long way to go!
Forcing the inclusion of minorities is a discrimination based on employment quotas and it’s the very opposite of what you are advocating. I think to promote fairness and equality, in gender, nationality and age, it should be treated as confidential information and not be taken into consideration for employment opportunities. We have a long way to go.
From Ms Katy Sleta
UAE
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Indirect racism
I have not seen where merit qualifies a person. What I see is indirect racism. I know not always, but mostly this is what I am experiencing.
From Mr Adewumi Osokoya
UAE
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Forward thinking initiative
Thousands of men around the world were sterilised recently as a new wave measure to curb population growth (‘Thousands sterilised all over the world’, Gulf News, November 15). They have labelled it as a “vasectomyathon”.The venture was joined by countries like the US, Spain and India. If they follow it up every year and include China, too, this would prove to be a really wonderful plan to curb the world population and encourage the role of men in family planning.
From Mr Thomas Matthew Parackel
Kerala, India
The donkey and the carrot
Salary increases are absolutely at the discretion of the employer. Employers try to curtail costs generally on advertisements, pay and perks of the employees. Just a couple of months before when the annual appraisal is due, the management addresses its employees by laying down the facts for not being able to achieve annual turnover target that year. The annual turnover target is either not disclosed to the employees conveniently at the beginning of the financial year or kept at a higher target range that it is difficult, or even impossible, to achieve.
Such targets are like carrots hanging in front of a donkey from a stick tied to the donkey’s shoulders. The donkey moves ahead to reach the carrot, but the carrot moves further as the donkey moves! The innocent employees do not realise this wise move of their employers. Even if they realise it’s happening, they cannot help it. The employers should recognise the fact that human resources are the most valuable investment of any organisation. By depriving its employees of their reasonable rights in order to retain an organisation’s profit, they do injustice to the employees and their dependants who struggle to make ends meet.
From Mr Suresh A. C.
Dubai
Australia is tolerant
Racism and intolerances separates a person from another without an objective and reasonable justification (‘Australians in Dubai condemn Apple incident’, Gulf News, November 13). I think this conforms discrimination.
The voluntary act of separating people from others on the basis of race causes detrimental segregation. This profiling has to stop in all the corners of the world. Australia is such an open country that I think anybody who does a course on Native culture sees Australia so differently.
It’s very enlightening to understand how Australian culture is one of the decent ones in the world.
As Apple CEO Tim Cook envisaged, it really shows the concerns in equality for everyone.
This incident might be an isolated case, and I think the Australian government will emphasise that they will do their best to make sure this doesn’t happen again.
There is no need for any regulation to ensure that all store units are approachable by any class or creed of humans regardless of gender, ethnicity or religion.
From Mr M. K. Gunaseelan
Abu Dhabi
Embrace yourself
It is appalling to see that even in this world of modernisation, ancient thoughts still linger.
The case of students from Africa being suspected of theft because of their darker complexion and a man threatening to kill black people is astonishing. It is terrible to see that years after the abolition of apartheid and other forms of constitutionalised racism, the ages old thought still prevails.
Cosmetic giants instil the thought that a fair complexion makes a person look glamorous. The public, especially women, are striving to transform themselves into a fair maiden by any method. Whether it is through procedures or creams, they ignore the fact that authentic beauty is the light from within and not a light complexion.
I request everyone to embrace themselves the way they truly are instead of running behind futile and assumed methods of being glamorous. Don’t fall prey to such myopic thoughts.
From Ms Akshitha Unnithan
UAE
Airline’s right to ask
It’s true that Sachin Tendulkar he is a famous cricketer, but not everyone knows him so it’s not fair to get angry at an airline for not recognising him on Twitter (‘Angry Sachin Tendulkar tweet, clueless BA response’, Gulf News, November 15). He is using the airline’s service, they have every right to ask for his full name if he has a complaint.
From Mr Adel Ahmad
UAE
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Not a big deal!
It’s part of policy and procedures. Perhaps the agent is not even a fan of cricket. It is unlikely that any airline will train their staff on the background of famous sportsmen and women. Take it easy, everybody. Live and let others live. Why are we making things difficult?
From Mr Mohammad Sahadat Alam
Dubai
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Advocating special treatment?
Quite honestly, aren’t we encouraging special treatment when we get angry about airlines treating celebrities and politicians as normal human beings? Let’s come down to reality on this front. What do we really want? We get angry either way.
From Ms Lili Maria
Dubai
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School has valuable lessons
Homeschooling of children is not advisable, in my opinion (‘Poll analysis: 70 per cent say no to homeschooling’, Gulf News, November 13). If you are keeping your children always at home and giving guidance on whatever they would get from schools, I think it will create more problems in your children. One of the reasons is that children will get bored spending the whole day looking at the walls of their home. They will never get the experience of school, friends and teachers.
They feel as if they are living in a cage. Moreover they will be scared of their parents because of their scolding. They will not get a chance to learn the right things from other students. Will children be ready for the routine lessons? I think it is better to send children to school than keeping them at home. If it is at school, children can mingle with other children and play and study together. There will be competition in learning and playing among children. Not only that, children will sit at school until the periods are over. But if it is at home, they will not have the patience. I will never go for homeschooling for my children at any cost.
From Mr Thottikamath Balaraman
Dubai
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