An easy solution
I believe that restaurants across the globe are among the leading contributors to food wastage (“Letter to the editor: A basic human right”, Gulf News, October 16). However, I am of the opinion that this issue can be solved by implementing a few simple steps. First, restaurants should reduce the quantity of food served per helping, thus greatly reducing chances of food wastage. Moreover, an extra fee must be charged from customers who waste food, thus discouraging them from doing so. Lastly, tie-ups must also be encouraged between restaurants and soup-kitchens or other such establishments where the wasted food can be donated and given to those in need of it. I feel that these small steps can be taken to solve a large problem faced by the world today.
From Mr Vaishnav Rajkumar
Sharjah
Don’t take things for granted
Eating food is such a natural activity that we almost take it for granted. It is a day like this, which should make us stop for a moment and think that though we are lucky to be able to eat three meals a day, there are many who are not so fortunate. We need to think of them and see how we can help them. People who are associated with a noble charity or organisation, have their whole mind-set changed about this. It brings lots of things into perspective and makes us better humans. We need to be thankful that we are lucky to be part of a group that can eat and feed our dear ones.
From Mr Ghanshyam Vyas
Mumbai
Guns versus lives
Getting a gun is easier than getting a football in the US (“
Stop the gun violence”, Gulf News, October 14). There must be some issue with the society as a senior citizen managed to take so many lives. There is always a thin line between business and interests. For the first time the lobby has expressed honesty that they will look into the matter transparently. We should decide now, lives are cheap or ethics?
From Mr Sanjay Gupta
Dubai
Revolutionary poetry
Writing has always been a passion of mine, and branching out into poetry, as a form of writing, has been a very emotional and therapeutic journey (“How the rise of Rupi Kaur helps boost poetry”, Gulf News, October 8). In today’s day and age, when the world looks at everything functioning at microsecond speed, poetry is a something, which brings world balance. Poetry stimulates your intellect and helps to foster emotional health and wellbeing. Many congratulations to Rupi Kaur who has taken poetry to a whole new level. It’s really wonderful to see the young generation looking at poetry as a form of expression. They become empathetic and humorous, self-aware and develop cognitive skills and become the catalyst in affecting change. It is this love for poetry that I see in my son, who at the age of 13 has published his own book of 20 poems, all composed by him. May the young generation cultivate a robust vocabulary, master literary devices, work in imagery become grounded in the language they love to express themselves in.
From Ms Shalini Menezes
Dubai
A tool to cleanse
Today, more young and middle-aged people are fond of movies. They want to wear the same clothes as the actors on screen. They want to copy all that they see in the movies. Taking advantage of this, the directors and producer should start making films about activities happening in society and teach people how to handle them. Mostly, films should be made on crime, murder, riots and terrorism, so that people see how to tackle the situation. This will be a great lesson for the young generation, as they will learn how to curb illegal activities, which some of them might fall prey to because of misguidance. All politicians and people involved in tackling such social ills and crimes should support film producers in making movies on such topics.
From Mr Lodhi Azmatullah Khan
Maharashtra, India
Beating today’s stress
The Dubai Fitness Challenge is a wonderful initiative launched by the government (“Taking up Dubai Fitness Challenge, companies get ready”, Gulf News, October 10). Personally, I was delighted to read about this particular news. I strongly believe that the only way to beat today’s stress is to indulge in vigorous physical activity. By doing so, the body gets the needed exercise and the mind is free from stress. Exercise helps to calm the mind and keeps it relaxed. This initiative will encourage people to take time off from their busy schedules to get into a strict fitness regime. People will definitely find a remarkable change in themselves once they get into the habit of physical workouts and exercise. For starters, I spend my evenings on weekends going for a two- to three-kilometre run around the Zabeel Park jogging track and it feels great!
From Ms Sujatha Dhilipkumar
Dubai
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