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Brain drain
Invisible cobwebs WITH reference to Amar Jaleel’s contribution Invisible cobwebs (August 15), indeed the trend of buying things on instalments is rapidly increasing in our society. This trend is exposing our society to new dangers and hazards and also creating many psychological problems in individuals who venture out to purchase something on instalments through banks or leasing companies. Banks and leasing companies trap innocent people by offering attractive instalment schemes and these attractive offers eventually become a hangman’s noose for them in the long run. MUHAMMAD AWAIS Lahore Collapse of cinema culture WITH reference to Amar Jaleel’s contribution, Collapse of cinema culture (August 29), I want to clarify that Devdas (Saigol fame) was released in 1935, Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani in 1946, Milan in 1946, Jugnu in 1947 and Mela in 1948. No film under the title, Sikandar-e-Azam was ever made in British India. However, there was one Sikandar which Sohrab Moodi had directed before partition. It was only in 1965 when Kedar Kapoor’s Sikandar-e-Azam came for exhibition. Similarly, there was no film called Jogin during the 1939-45 period. In 1936 Matwali Jogin and Piya Ki Jogan did appear, but Jogin came only in 1950. I failed to find two films, Ekta and Barathary. SHERAZ HAIDER Islamabad (2) I wonder why the government and the self-appointed custodians of our morals have restricted viewing of Indian movies in cinema, while taking no action against the smuggling of the same Indian movies through video cassettes? We have been watching Indian movies with the same passion and enthusiasm, since the early 80s, in our homes. But when the question of allowing Indian movies to be shown in cinema arises, everyone opposes. If the government allows viewing of Indian movies we will be watching the same Indian movies which we have been watching for the past so many decades and at the same time, the government will be able to earn revenue through taxation. Our collapsed cinema culture will re-emerge and thousands of people will get jobs. As far as our morals are concerned, we have free access to Hollywood movies, Internet and many satellite channels etc. All these things are causing the same damage to our morals, but no one asks to ban them. Why only Indian movies? NISAR AHMED JAMALI Badin Irritating Idiosyncrasies WITH reference to the article, Irritating Idiosyncrasies (August 29), I would like to mention that the soil sciences professor who wrote it as PH value, is incorrect. Also, writing it as ph value is incorrect. The correct way of writing it is pH value because it is an abbreviated form of the words power of Hydrogen, hence it being written as pH value. NABEEHA SALEEM Karachi | ||
WITH reference to the article Brain drain (August 22), the writer seems to have confused ‘affect drain’ for ‘brain drain’.|
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