Driving skills

Sir,

Driving reflects your personality. It is not only a habit with many people but with them it is an art. Definitely such people are small in number. But that is not surprising at all. All good things are rarer and better human beings are a rarity too. But we would like to have this rarity turn more common. Because of the simple reason that driving better means less blood letting on the roads. Who would not like it ? But as they say, good things come natural and they are not injected.

Agreed, Hundred percent. But we cannot afford to rest pretty peacefully on sayings alone. The situation is bad as far as driving skills or habits are concerned. The city is witnessing an auto revolution. Roads, lanes, side streets are choc-a-block with cars and vehicles. Imagine what would happen when the one lakh Tata car hits the market. A nightmare of sorts will be ensured on the roads. Under such difficult situations we need to hone and upgrade our driving skills. It is not difficult. We need to do some talking with ourselves. While driving we can easily avoid side remarks passed at us by other drivers or pedestrians. Some say that the faster we drive the early we reach our worker stations. This argument is specious. Faster driving means faster braking and frequent change of gears. With no road open for long stretches it is better to drive slower. It means lesser fuel consumption and more importantly more safer journey. Believe me if we drive safely nothing will happen on the roads. The rate of traffic accidents in which lives are lost and limbs and mauled will considerably come down. A slower and safer driving is not prosaie but a delight.

In the end it needs to be emphasised that to purchase a car is good but to drive it safely is more important, whether there are traffic cops around or not. Let us give a deep thought to it.

Yours etc...M K Tickoo
Manorma Vihar
Bohri, Jammu

Venerable Guru

Sir,

In the Sunday Edition of this paper (6 Jan) an article was published on the front page titled, 'The resplendent Guru' by Hardeep Singh.

In this context I would like to submit that the article was well written and very rightly conveyed the essence of the sacrifice. of the great Guru. The conclusion of the article was highly well written. May congratulations to the author. Such articles when carried around the dates that pertain to great personalities not only become highly topical but also help to convey the message of brotherhood and tolerance.

We see in the present times an all-around decay of the moral and social values. Old value system as taught by the great prophets and Gurus of the country have been under pressure. Very few people talk about such things like sacrifice upliftment of poor people, trust etc. The rampant materialism espoused by us has taken out the values that were cherished by us in the past. The reason is that we are seeing a total decay of our social and moral fabric. Man has turned only a machine and nothing else. We only programme our children how to earn in life. We forget to teach them the right means of earning. Our education is centered around the concept of perks and salaries. We fail to recognise that the real education is how to liberate ourselves of the ignorance and how to foster peace and amity. May the great Guru bestow upon us the power to change ourselves for the better.

Yours etc...
Pusphinder Singh
Digiana Jammu

Traumatology hospital

Sir,

I want to congrat the Govt for taking bold decision to set up traumatology hospital in Kashmir in Distt. Baramulla costing about rupees 100 crores. It will benefit the people of whole Kashmir Division . But I want to appeal to Govt on the behalf of the people of the State to take decision too to set up a similar hospital in Jammu as it also needs to traumatology hospital like the one proposed in Kashmir.

Keeping in view the rising number of cases of trauma in Jammu Division the State Govt. its is hoped shall intiate such steps that will ensure the construction of traumatology hospital in Jammu Division as well.

Your etc...
Virinder Dogra

Panjtirthi Jammu