President's
advice
Sir,
The advice of the President
of prepare fully in the eventuality of a
war (DE, Dec. 10) should be taken very
seriously. At an impressive and all
important place like the IMA Supreme
Commander of armed forces asked the
nation to prepare for nuke, chemical and
even biological war. It should not be
construed that the President has pressed
any panic button and has thus made his
mind speak on the issue. It is not so at
the least. The President is known for his
candour and foresight. In fact the
scientist and a futuristic planner in him
was foretelling the demands that our
armed forces will have to meet in the
eventuality of a war.
The rapid advancement in
scientific research has now made the war
more lethal and brief. The role of
hightech weapons, precision munitions and
highly accurate delivery system need to
be developed. The President was also
making the armed forces aware of the
threat perceptions. The immediate
neighbourhood of our country is full of
risk and danger groups who can have
access to nuke or chemical weapons apart
from the other States. So the army needs
to develop its capability to counter as
well as thrust the possible use of such
weapons.
Yours
etc...
R K Sharma
Gandhi Nagar
Jammu
Naina
Thug Lenge
Sir,
In the Sunday Edition of
this newspaper (Dec 10) an article had
been published under the caption 'Sacred
space', titled' Naina Thug Lenge' written
by Shail Gulhati. The author had used a
very simple expression and worked on it
to develop in into a master piece. The
author while referring to Omkara actually
wanted to convey something deeper in
meaning as well as in relevance. The
problem of the ultimate reality which
always hides itself under several cloaks.
The seeker is unable to fathom its real
essence or meaning till he attains that
State of inner eye or vision where he
cannot be deceived by external eyes. What
he perceives in that State of absolute
bliss is his own Prakasha merged with
Vimarsha what the Shaivas call the State
of absolute Shivahood.
Otherwise as the author has
himself underlaid that we go on seeing
what is not real or surreal or mere
illusion. He has aptly given the example
of the light of a star that must have
died long before but its light reaches us
today. What we see is a live star within
a time frame of present but actually it
has already been past with that star as
it may have already been collapsed. So it
is best to look inwards as the great
mystic Lal Ded has said otherwise Naina
Thug Lenge.
Yours
etc...
Parveen Kaul
Kothian Neter
Barnai,
Jammu
Final
tally
Sir,
The Doha Asian games have
come to an end. India sent its largest
contingent to the games so far. In the
end we have won about fifty eight medals.
Ten golds for that matter. The exploits
of the Indian sportsmen were even praised
in the Parliament. We achieved top
positions in the shooting, archery,
tennis, chess, Kabbadi, but failed where
we should have won especially in
wrestling and hockey. In some sports like
squash and athletics ours was an average
show. In Bowling where India sent its
first team they put up a spirited show.
The moment of pride for us was when our
ace shooter Jaspal Rana was declared
athlete or sportsman of the games. His
individual haul of three gold medals
brought glory to the game. But we should
not forget that we have finished eighth
in the medal tally. Some smaller
countries like Thailand and Kazakistan or
even Iran and above us in the table. This
makes an important message for us. The
better you do in the sports arena the
greater respect you earn.
Besides it makes a nation
healthy. For a nation with a population
of 1.1 billion people to get ten golds
and finish eighth in the table does not
make too much a happy reading to be proud
of . The sports policy needs radical
change. Sooner the better.
Yours
etc...
Sanjay Parihar
Ram Vihar
Janipura ,
Jammu
A
welcome step
Sir,
Jammu based political
parties joint meet is a welcome step (DE
6-12-06). It is suggested in addition,
that they should prepare workable plan
for Jammu development with available
resources with practical steps to
eradicate corruption along with role of
common man and administration.
This step will ensure a
single powerful voice of all the parties
who makes same claims individually
without any collective force and
constructive suggestions.
Let all well wishers of
Jammu put their thoughts together and
work with single minded devotion for all
their demands from the Government.
Yours
etc...
Dr. K C Sharma
Udhampur
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