Love is priceless
So now is there a price tag for love (‘4 most expensive Valentine’s Day offers’, Gulf News, February 4)? Love is priceless and no amount in the world can buy it. By love I mean a true love, as in how we love our mothers, our sisters and our families. Love is priceless.
From Mr M. S. Ware
UAE
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Love doesn’t cost money
“Love don’t cost a thing”, as Jennifer Lopez used to tell us! It’s as simple as that. It’s always by actions and not by words or expensive hotels.
From Ms Ellen Tiongson Ahmed
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Can’t judge the spenders
These are just ideas of where to go. Not all people should have the same perspective. Who can prove that people who spend money on such events do not help needy people? Who said that by spending money, you are giving love a material value? Why do we always judge?
From Mr Mohannad Tawfiq
Dubai
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This isn’t Valentine’s Day
The meaning of Valentine’s Day is different than all this material value. What are people doing?
From Ms Fatima Shafeeya Mansour
UAE
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Don’t get sucked in
Spend money on needy people. These are commercial holidays.
From Mr H. Singh
UAE
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Flights to Bangladesh
The airline passengers flying from Dubai to Chittagong, Bangladesh or Abu Dhabi to Chittagong, have been suffering a lot due to limited flights between these locations. If either Emirates and Etihad Airlines would start new routes, it would be a great help for passengers.
From Mr M. A. Mannan
Abu Dhabi
Push sports at school!
It is really shameful that the India’s educational institutions do not fill even two to five per cent of the sports quota, which still remains only a dream on paper. Like in the cases of reservations based on caste and religion, there should be at least 10 per cent quota for sports persons from schools.
Every school should have basic infrastructure for a minimum of eight to 10 sports events (both indoor and outdoor sports). There should be adequate coaches to teach each and every discipline. Every child should participate in one or two sports activities, which should have separate periods.
Only such methods would instil a sports culture among students. Talented students should be given special coaching in sports that they show a keen interest in. Such endeavours only could unearth talents among our students, who could be medal winners in international sports. I hope to see more people in sports, too!
From Ms Janaki Mahadevan
Mylapore, India
Help those suffering!
It is pathetic to see the civilians in Madaya, Syria being used as human shields by the warring parties (‘Fears mount for 10000 missing refugee children’, Gulf News, February 3). Hundreds have died of hunger as food was not allowed to be passed on to them. In this context, may I request that the United Nations (UN) should pass a resolution for peacekeeping forces to act and allow the food to reach the sufferers?
It is disheartening to note that about 10,000 children are missing from the refugee camps in European countries. Here also there is a great need to find them. Why don’t politicians care about such things unless it benefits them?
From Mr M. K. Khan
Vijay Nagar, India
Ban violent video games
Many children play unsuitable games, games that are too violent for their young age. In my opinion, children shouldn’t be allowed to play these games unless they are old enough. A good example of these games are Mortal Combat, in which people rip each other apart. If children play these games at a young age, they’re going to have bad thoughts and become desensitised. When they have grown up, they may turn towards crime such as, assault, insulting and they may even turn out to be the future criminals of the world. There should be a law against letting young children play violent games.
From Mr Mozzammil Shafique Mirza
UAE
Parents need to monitor children
These days the young generation has been so much into the internet and its issues that they hardly have any time for communication or other types of social development. Young teens are all over social media sites and they’re helpless to the addiction.
The growing popularity of games and the availability on the internet has taken gaming to a whole new level. Parents don’t even know what hazardous games their children are playing and what would be the consequences of it. Some online games entertain illegal activities, terrorism and also some inappropriate visuals.
Getting addicted to these games and spending the majority of free time playing them, they are finding out winning strategies and they get so emotionally involved that even a simple loss in the game can make them overreact inappropriately.
I think parents should monitor their children while they play games and make sure only a limited number of hours are spent playing. With that, always keep the communication open with them. This would prevent them from often logging onto the games and taking all their precious and productive time.
If needed, parents should also consult rehabilitation centres for online game addictions.
From Mr Soha Mujeeb
Sharjah
Give children real toys!
Nowadays we can see sudden changes in the popularity of the toy sections in stores. A few years ago, you could see huge crowds in the children’s toy section, where parents were busy checking out toys, puzzles, blocks, chess and various other toys. Now these children’s toy sections seem to be empty in comparison. This is because of this latest technology in gadgets. Small children are kept far away from toys where they can actually have more fun and develop their creative side by joining tiny puzzle pieces or blocks.
It’s very sad to see small children who are below three years old holding the latest gadgets and playing games. This is the parents’ responsibility. They should give what is healthier for their child’s age. I am sure these small children who hardly speak and understand won’t be demanding for all these latest gadgets.
I do understand once the children start going to school or mixing with their friends, they may ask for these gadgets, but then also parents can make them understand the various side effects and other disadvantages of over usage.
From Ms Neola Castelino
Sharjah
Get off your phone
Cell phones affect us in many bad ways and we don’t even notice them. For example, every day people spend the whole day staring at their phone and before they even know it, they are wearing glasses! Since phones damage our eyes, we shouldn’t stare at the screen the whole day. Think about it, we take our phones everywhere: In our purses, pockets and pouches – or even strapped to our hands now!
That means we have them with us 24/7. Think about all the damage our phones are doing to our brains. I’ve also read that phones are the dirtiest items we touch. This is because people use them very often and most of the time, their hands aren’t even washed, so germs collect on them.
In my opinion, phones are neither very hygienic nor good for your eyes and brain. In Gulf News I once read that India has more phones than toilets! They are so common these days. I think that people should first get the basic necessities of life and then electronics items like a phone. I advise everyone to wash their hands before and after using their phones. Don’t spend your whole life on your phone and switch it off when it’s not in use, or at least put it on airplane mode.
From Mr Yousuf Mirza
UAE
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