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National Development

Sir,

We have massive human resources but much of it is sub-standard, useless and parastic on society. Quality human resource is less. Quality is vital to human progress, prosperity and national development. All the resource materials cannot be used and moulded into a quality product. The inferior is rejected. Only the superior is put to use after the required finish. Quality enlivens every sphere and phase of human work culture. Quality is enriched by sound awareness, and knowledge, skills, expertise and capacities. There are, of course, born geniuses also. The developed quality resource is general (e.g. Admn) and specific (e.g engineering). Our country has made considerable progress alround e.g modernising agriculture and industrialisation. There is thus a lot of improvement in the economic condition of the backward and the poor by virtue of their better earnings.

Our country has made alround progress and become also an exporter of non-traditional goods, soft and hard wares and food, grains etc. which were largely imported. Even then our achievements are not commensurate to our trillions of money investments including large scale borrowings. We cannot rule out, corruption having seeped into our rulers also -"As the Ruler so the ruled" -Bhagvad Gita. Planning gives direction, method, procedure and programme to execution of policy-schemes, projects, their estimates and revision. Planning is essential for achievement and success. We have family planning which has gone quite wrong for want of implementation. We are now facing with the un-manageable problem of population control. Our population is rising very fast. Mortality rate is down due to control of diseases and better diet. Birth rate is much more up and our planners and concerned executors do not seem to have done much to stablise population for better living of the parents and their children.

Exploding population is mother of many ills and evils such as hurdle to eradication is mother of many ills and evils such as hurdle to eradication of poverty, erosion of gains of developing economy, forest cover, environment, ecology, pollution, progress and prosperity. Human Resource Ministry must take steps to relate education to national needs. "Competitive quality-and-price" is the clarion call of time and so of our nation.

Your etc...
Babu Ram Sharma
443-A, G. Nagar
Jammu.

Clarification about Zeethyar temple

Sir,

Kindly refer to article "The Kashmiri Pandits : some important religious beliefs." (DE Nov. 16)

The views expressed by the writer about "Zeethyar Temple" are shocking and far from truth.

His view that the Kashmiri Pandits and other devotees used to visit the temple once in a year is factually incorrect. From the time past the Kashmiri Hindu Community particularly Kashmiri Pandit community used to visit the Holy Shrine generally on every Thursday and during the Thursdays of "Zyeth" month particularly to offer Puja at this serene temple.

During the current year 04 Hawans were celebrated at the Shrine Complex and thousands of people thronged the Shrine with great religious fervor and gaiety. There has been a heavy rush of yatries throughout the year which is visible from the developments made in the Shrine Complex. The factual points relating to Zestha Mata are:

"Zeshta's origin relates to an important event which took place during the churning of great ocean called 'Krirsagara'. Devtas and Asuras both desirous of attaining mortality were yearning for getting the nectar from Ksirasagara. At the same time they were conscious that this nectar would became available to them only if Lord Siva, who is holder and controller of Ksirasagara, permitted them to churn it. So both the parties, which great reverence, adored the Lord. Pleased with their adoration and devotion, Lord Siva gifted them the boon of churning Ksirasagara, of course, with the condition that whatever substance came out therefrom would be shared by both Devtas and Asuras equally. The Devtas bestowed Goddess Lakshmi to Lord Vishnu. This furiated the Asuras. In their anger they snatched her from Lord Vishnu and kept her in captivity in a cave called "Guptagara" (now Gupkar). This action of Asuras gave rise to the wrath of Lord Siva and with His divine force he created Goddess Zestha and Vira Vaitala with powers to annihilate all the Asuras and free Goddess Lakshmi from their clutches. Upon accomplishing the task Lord Siva by His grace bestowed both of them with the power of protection and upliftment of mankind. All the devotees worshipping Goddess Zestha are fully protected and receive Mother's grace uninterruptedly i.e in continuity. It has been a tradition to offer 'cooked yellowish rice' (in Kashmiri called Tehar on every Thursday especially during the month of Zyesth".

"This famous ancient shrine of Kashmir for wordily people is a place for attaining Siddhi, Riddhi and Buddhi in all the fields".

Yours etc...
Kuldeep Raina (President)
Zestha Devi Prabandak Committee
Zeethyar, Raj Bhawan Marg
Srinagar

 

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