Amazing accidental inventions

This refers to the write-up “Amazing accidental inventions” compiled by Talat Naz (YW, October 24). It truly was a fascinating piece of writing.

Someone rightly said: “The change that we see in world’s history was brought about by two kinds of people. Those who imitated nature and those who made mistakes and improved.”

So, quite many inventions in history happened mistakenly or by chance, but changed the world for good. For instance, the invention of cardiac pacemaker by John Hopps, the electrical engineer, was never pre-planned, rather it was the result of trial and error. Now the cardiac pacemaker keeps millions of human hearts beating with hope and life around the globe.

The bottom line is that in countries such as Pakistan, mistakes made by the children are usually frowned at. Neither the children at home or in classrooms, are allowed to put up questions nor are they tolerated to make mistakes. Hence confusion and stress among children and the death of creativity and inventiveness.

We, as a nation, ought to have a culture of making mistakes and appreciating the same. No one is born with perfection and expertise.

Bachal Khokhar,

Naudero, Larkana

My dad’s invention

This is with reference to the story “My dad’s invention” by Aimen Zehra (YW, October 24). It was an amazing story and I really enjoyed reading it. The story gave a moral lesson that we should not take anything without someone’s permission; using anything without the owner’s permission is also a kind of stealing. So we must ask before taking others’ stuff.

Somia Faisal,

Sheikhupura

Adapting to a new normal

This is with reference to the article “Adapting to a new normal” by Ailiya Hassan (YW, October 31). I found the article very interesting as it was related to the now ‘changed’ everyday life a new normal. This new normal, in which we are living has happened because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Whatever has happened, has happened, so we should accept it and move on with all the now new normal ways of things because accepting the change will help us rid from the virus.

Sohail Yasin,

Rawalpindi

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The article “Adapting to a new normal” by Ailiya Hassan tells that one should always face new situation with courage. If you are facing problems, it means you are also having the chance to see and observe things in a different way, which also means you are learning. In my opinion, change in anything gives us a chance to learn new things.

Imtiaz Ali Mari,

Naushehro Feroze

Published in Dawn, Young World, November 14th, 2020