Brother kills brother over money dispute

Brother kills brother over money dispute

Another sorry news item which disturbed me recently:"

Two brothers had a fight over sharing of the insurance policy amount received on the death of their father. The fight lead to one brother killing the other!

• Couldn't they BOTH understand that they ought not to be fighting for stuff like money, especially considering the fact that they are likely to have been in the period of mourning after their father's demise?
• What kind of values and belief systems are being taught in our schools, families, etc. to allow such incidents to take place?
• What were the other members of the family doing while these two brothers were fighting? That too till the point of killing one of them! 
• Did the fighting brothers think about the impact that their dispute will have on their near and dear ones?

Guess that we all should re-start inculcating the right values in the minds of all our children like the proverbial "good old days".

Regards,

N

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"Safety" Pin Proves Unsafe

"Safety" Pin Proves Unsafe

I came across an article about how an open "Safety" Pin was surgically operated & removed from the stomach of an eight-month old baby. Apparently, the pin had remained in the child's body (stuck into some part of the stomach, "safely") for over a month before it was discovered and removed surgically.

The cause:

The pin, which was attached by the mother to her chain / mangalsootra, must have been swallowed by the child inadvertantly when it was being hugged/carried by the mother.

Can't mothers be more careful - at least till their children grow up a bit more?

Regards,

N

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Lights Out Campaign against Global Warming!

Lights Out Campaign against Global Warming!

Hi folks! You must be aware of the "Lights Out Campaign against Global Warming" that is being splashed around in every media vehicle that one comes across!

I have a different take on this matter. Perhaps a bit controversial, but with a certain logic to it:

1. Who are the folks who start this initiative? Haves or Have-nots?
2. My guess: It is the bunch of "Haves" who organise such initiatives (including, most probably, in this instance as well)
3. What kind of environment-consciousness do the typical "Have-nots" have?
• Usually, they are extremely environment-consciousness - because, it is in alignment with their economic self interest - They end up re-cycling everything that they can, ranging from old clothes, old plastics, old paper, old anything and old everything. And, they hardly ever use too much of environment-unfriendly products, simply because they can't afford it.
4. What kind of environment-consciousness do the typical "Haves" have?
• Just the opposite of Point 3 above - Typically, they are the ones who splurge on a dozen different electric, electronic, petro-product guzzling equipment virtually every day. To top it off, they end up trying to preach to the "Have-nots" from the top of their ivory towers and indulge in tokenism of this kind.
5. In fact, this kind of tokenism usually results in enormous energy consumption by way of
• an increased traffic of emails, SMS, Phone calls, etc. on this subject
• a flurry of "candle-burning" symbolism, for which a whole host of them will come to the venue of "candle-burning" in their "petro-product-guzzling" private vehicles - not by public transport, not by human effort-driven modes of transport such as walking, bycycles, etc.
• an explosion of media coverage of the entire gamut of activities that would have been "planned" for the "occasion" by everyone who is a who's who of every town and city around the world - be it politicians, artists, sportspersons, corporate czars, etc.

Considering all the above, I seriously doubt as to whether such campaigns result in any meaningful result against the campaign objectives.

Instead, the campaigners can choose the following alternatives:

1. Use public transport instead of their private vehicles once a week / fortnight / month
2. Avoid using airconditioners (at least at home) once a week / fortnight / month
3. Avoid using electronic gadgets like TV, ipods, laptops, grinders, mixies, radios, etc. (at least at home) once a week / fortnight / month
4. Avoid sending unnecessary mails (or marking copies of mails to unnecessary persons) - Apparently, even this has an impact on global warming
5. Skip non-vegetarian food once a week / fortnight / month - it is highly energy inefficient
6. Stop subscribing to all those "junk" mails, newspapers, magazines, etc. which one never reads
7. Choose the "email" option to receive stuff like bank statements, mutual fund statements, etc.
8. Try disconnecting one's personal mobile connection unless it is mandatory to have one according to the employer (after all we did live without mobiles for a very long while)
9. Explore the possibility of practising the above 8 points instead of just talking and yapping about global warming.

Regards,

N

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