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MAIL BOX
Cruelty to animals
Little chicks are beautiful creatures. Their real colour is either yellow or white. But people who sell them in the market dye them all sorts of unnatural colours. It is extremely cruel. The colouring process involves the dunking of scared little chicks into hot dye. Many are killed due to drowning or poisoning. The ones you see in the market are the survivors. The defunct Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals should return to action and do something about this.
SHAHEENA KHAN, Rawalpindi
Our postal system
Recently I lost one of my cousins who lived in Sahiwal. Upon being informed of his death we rushed to Sahiwal and stayed there till the Chehlum.
A few days after our return, the postman delivered a letter. It was from our late cousin. He had written to my sister, a few days before passing away, asking her to come as early as possible. He wanted to tell her something before he died.
We were really saddened to read the letter. Had it reached us in time, my cousin would have said whatever he had on his mind before leaving this world.
I know e-mail is very common these days but even in these modern times some people still rely on the regular mail. Our government should do something about our postal system.
FAUZIA AINI, Hyderabad
A touching piece
I am writing in response to Mohammad Abid Raza’s story ‘A sad tale’ published in your Dear Diary section (YW Dec. 14, 2002). I was so touched to read about this young boy who lost his father at such an impressionable age. I kept thinking about him the whole night, maybe because I also love my father dearly. May God provide the writer with courage and patience to cope with this tragedy.
MAHWISH MUKHTAR, Lahore
Educational field trip
Recently our school took us on a fieldtrip to Karachi’s National Museum. I must say it was an informative experience. Our teachers who accompanied us on this visit explained things from history to us.
Among the many things I saw, the ones I liked were a statue of a dancing girl that had been excavated from Moenjodaro and the many statues of Buddha. A representative of the museum also told us a bit of our Islamic history. We visited a Quranic gallery where the verses were written with melted gold. The museum also had preserved things such as pots, coins and old paintings.
It was a really exotic experience to see all these things from another time and place. I wish every child would visit the place to understand what I felt.
QURAT-UL-AIN ZULFIQAR ALI, Karachi
Human cloning
Science and technology is on the verge of a major breakthrough. You must have heard about the recent cloning of a baby girl .
Don’t these scientists realize that they are interfering with nature? Messing with the balance of nature can lead to serious consequences. There should be some kind of a check on such work. And what about the poor baby who would have very unnatural parents and relatives. Who would she identify with? Neither is she an orphan, nor the child of her parents. This is a human being we are talking about and not just an experiment. And then what about the complications? She may die of certain diseases. Something could go very wrong with her body. No one has a right to play with human souls.
MISHA TANVIR, Karachi
Lack of Urdu
People nowadays like to show-off by speaking in English. Doing this we are also losing respect for our mother tongue. We are adapting the culture and traditions of the British. I am not against the speaking of English. I am just against the belittling of Urdu. Please don’t look down on your own culture and traditions.
MAHAM HUSSAIN, Karachi
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