WHEN WILL WE LEARN FROM OUR MISTAKES?: Yet another incident of drowning. Yet more loss of life. A four-year-old boy and a maid from the same household were found dead in a hotel swimming pool in Ras Al Khaimah last Wednesday, in what is the latest incident of drowning-death in the country. While investigations are still ongoing, it is indeed surprising that the boy and the maid had reportedly accessed the pool without anyone’s knowledge. On several occasions in the past, authorities and law-enforcement agencies across the country had alerted parents and guardians about the dangers of letting minors and children enter swimming pools without the guidance and supervision of adults and guardians. Even adults have been cautioned to avoid going out swimming in the sea without proper safety measures and without the supervision of life guards. In spite of that, incidents such as the one at Ras Al Khaimah continue to leave us in shock. Nothing can compensate the loss of a life – that too at such a tender age. No matter how much the authorities caution us and no matter the strict laws that are in place to ensure we avoid such negligence in dealing with children, the onus ultimately lies with us adult community members to ensure that our children are out of harm’s way at all times – come what may. [COMMENT BY: Sanjib Kumar Das, Assistant Editor]