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Camel art
Quaid should not be beyond reach WITH reference to the piece Quaid should not be beyond reach, (December 21), the article gave a very good insight towards the thought provoking question, how much does our nation actually know about the Quaid? The failure of textbooks to do their job cannot be agreed no less. However, the point of concern is that how the youngsters of our nation hold the opinion that the personality of Jinnah is something beyond reach, an icon to be precisely speaking their language, and owing to this fact they have no sentimental attachment to him. All that is there about his personality is the simple brutal fact of honesty and hard work. He showed to the world how idealism is not far from reality. Indeed this is hard to achieve. However, people should not go around making him a status unattainable. It’s a pity how the youth holds such low morals where hard work, honesty, dedication, standing and fighting for your own cause is unattainable. With the degenerating standards of our society if we start working hard, stop lying and be honest, surely it would lead to our suffocation as we cant even think of getting out of our double standards. RABIA SHAHID Lahore Resolutions that are hardly kept WITH reference to the article Resolutions that are hardly kept, (January 11), I would like to add that like promises, resolutions are presumed to be made to be broken. However, if resolutions are specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and time bound, accompanied with the will, its sure that they are going to be realized. No doubt planning, and all prior thinking are important but the will to execute action is more important as it is said that where there is will, there is way. GHULAM HYDER SHAIKH Karachi Dialogue with the dead WITH reference to the piece by Mr Amar Jaleel Dialogue with the dead, (January 18), the writer himself made the same mistake which most Pakistanis do, writing and pronouncing “Kahlil Gibran” as “Khalil Gibran”). Once, in an art exhibition, I saw that someone had deliberately overwritten “Khalil” over “Kahlil” on a work. Most literate Pakistanis will be amazed to know that Kahlil Gibran was not a Muslim, but a Maronite Christian from Lebanon who migrated to the US and became famous because of his book (The Prophet), which was not about any prophet but about how to achieve peace and contentment. The “G” in Gibran is pronounced like the “G” in “great” (not as “G” in “general”). In fact, most Arabs outside Saudi Arabia are unable to make the “J” sound. SHAKIR LAKHANI Karachi The ill-fated Bam WITH reference to the travel piece, The ill-fated Bam (January 18), the writer has heightened the tragedy by making us acquainted to the marvellous city of Bam and it’s hospitable inhabitants. Now it seems even more painful that the beautiful city lies in ruins and those noble souls are no more. Alas! we are helpless before fate. May their souls rest in heaven. SADIA RIAZ Lahore | ||
WITH reference to article Camel art (December 14), this type of art is the cultural heritage of our civilization.|
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