Letters to the editor
Noble path – Short Take – Gulf Today Dt 13 July 2013
Noble path
The Holy Month of Ramadan is here now.
Incidentally, this year it has the longest duration of daytime added to it. I congratulate all those who observe the rituals of this divine month.
Along with some friends, I am doing my bit to help those who are in need during this month.
We have convinced those who conduct Iftar parties in our circle to reduce the quantity of food display and utilise the spare amount generated to provide Iftar to those in need. If about 100 members from our company participate in an official Iftar, we cut costs and make sure to feed 100 poor people for an Iftar.
Those at the top and friends have appreciated the idea and we are proceeding with it.
The feeling within is immense happiness brightened by the glowing face of those who receive it.
The joy of sharing has to be experienced at least during the Holy Month.
Ramesh Menon
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No Thanks – Gulf Today – Short Take – 15 June 2013
No thanks
During a recent visit to India, I happened to meet a group of hospital staff who work at the intensive care unit of a prominent hospital.
Always alert and attentive to take maximum care of the patients who arrive there, they all projected a high level of human kindness and positive attitude.
Patients arrive in all shapes and conditions of health, and the staff individually and as a group work day and night with a smile till those whom they attended get back to life and walk back to their home as normal as he or she can.
One day, a senior doctor who was in charge of the emergency and trauma unit told me that out of 10 patients who get discharged, we get a thank you from 1 or maximum 2. They do not even utter a word of appreciation or happiness on what they received all the time they were in. This specially when the majority of the patients are young, well-educated and working for high-end companies.
This is a question I myself ask several times these days with many recent incidents of heavy pay and free flow of money to jobs and sports derailing our modern youth. Is it that elevation to high paying jobs at a young age make our youth forget basic human values and social responsibilities?
Ramesh Menon
Gulf Today Dt. 15 June 2013
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Joyful Name – Gulf Today – Short Take Dt. 08 June 2013
What is in a name?
We all ask many times. I too have asked and wrote also on the same topic before. There is a lot. I have an uncle who is a retired central government employee and held a very senior position. A person committed to his work, he has never taken any bribe in his entire career either by cash or kind. He lives a modest life and is happy about the way it goes. Humorous and expressive in his thoughts, he is still called by his organisation for giving motivational speeches to the junior staff. One topic he speaks very often is about his own name. Like him, his father was also a respected person who was a headmaster of reputation in the region. He did the same with his eldest son. He never named him, till he was five or six years old. After thoroughly observing his first child and his characteristics and conducts, he named him Joy. True to his father’s wisdom, he remained joyous to him, and to all around, even during extreme situations in life. Looking at the current trend of naming a child before we get a glimpse of his nature, many times, our conviction on naming falls apart from the reality of the character the child grows in to become.
Ramesh Menon Short Take – Gulf Today, Saturday, 8th June 2013
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