Message of pictures
Dear Sir,
With reference to the display of pictures published on the India page of Gulf Times, May 29, I would like to express my incredulity. The picture showing a Bollywood actor meeting the wife of a millionaire industrialist was given prominence. It is far bigger in size compared to the one showing Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shaking hands with the head of the KKR Global Institute and former US army general David Petraeus.
India is a country with a vision and potential to be a superpower, if all goes well, by 2020, as our former president Dr A P J Abdul Kalam has envisaged. Augmenting Dr Kalam’s claim is the fact that India is a country with a young population which is quite higher than its Asian neighbour China and also Japan.
However, the display of the two pictures in Gulf Times made me thinking. What should India’s youth understand from this? Are we not misleading the younger lot to believe that being rich and glamorous counts more than being a premier?
Shouldn’t the handshake of the prime minister and the chairman of a leading global institute be more appealing and engrossing to India’s youth than the showbiz “encounter” which reflects the slavish aping of the Western culture by Bollywood?
I am thoroughly at a loss to understand the message that the paper is trying to convey by the lopsided display of the two pictures.
Shiny Bash
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A good initiative
Dear Sir,
The government’s move to end monopoly in distribution and allow all companies to sell cars and other products of various makes is a bold initiative indeed.
Monopolistic practices make distributors to control prices, giving them a chance to fleece consumers.
The new practice allows fair competition.
The move, which will promote the economic growth of Qatar, should be applauded by all.
Rajesh
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