Real knowledge

Sir,

From the origin of life on earth, the essence of human life has been man's great thirst for knowledge. With time, knowledge expanded and so did its utilisation. Knoweldge is not a mere awareness of facts but it concerns with the through understanding of realities and its utilisation.

But extent of knowledge is different from man to man. We can classify man into three groups according to their knowledge : First knowledgeable persons , who have proper knowledge of their professional fields. Second ignorant persons who do not have any knowledge. Such persons can not plays a prominent role in the society. Third, Half read persons, who have a very superfcial knowledge of their work.

Really, those persons who do not have proper knowledge have nothing in them. The third group of people belongs to claim to be very knowledgeable. Such persons always cut a sorry figure.

A teacher lacking in knowledge of proper teaching may misguide his students and ruin their future just because of his own short comings.

An Engineer who does not have proper knowledge of his work will not do his job properly. Dams, Bridges, Buildings etc constructed by such persons will infact become unstable. In the same way, an incompetent surgeon would play with the lives of his own patients, a lawyer without thorough knowledge of law would ruin his own clients. All such drastic consequences are only due to the lack of knowledge and its proper utilisation.

The main conclusion one can get from this discussion is that Never rely on those persons who are not thorough in their professional fields because one can protect himself from a complete mad man but definitely not by a half skilled person by just trusting him.

Yours etc...
Suman Lata
Ramisht College of Education Basohli

Elections

Sir,

Elections for Assembly segments in our State have been announced and will be held in the month of Nov. Dec 2008 in seven phases. This has set in motion the process of electing a democratic Govt in the State. Elected legislators are the bridge between the masses and the Govt.

Elections in the State have always been viewed with interest for different reasons. To the existing reasons one new dimension was added by recent agitation in Jammu. Politics might not have remained the same after this. Once politics changes, elections become of prime importance. The dynamics of the elections move to an altogether different territory. We might see promises and manifestos suggesting heavan and the moon.

What can an ordinary voter do in this situation. First and the foremost he should fulfil the primary job of casting a vote. We must turn out in a majority on the day of voting considering it a national responsibility. Representatives are responsible for framming the policies and guidelines of various development projects in the State. So the electorates need to be vigilant to elect those people who have a vision for the State, so that State marches ahead in every field. People should get aware of the manifestos of various political parties and support the candidates who fight for a genuine cause.

Yours etc...
S N Raina
Swaran Vihar
Jammu

Toil and labour

Sir,

A few days ago the people of Jammu like millions in the whole country celebrated Vishvakarma Day. People who toil with their hands like artisans, masons, carpenter plumbers etc have a particular significance on this day. However Shri Vishvakarma who resides in the heaven and is ever ready to construct whatever is ordered by the Lord of the heavens. He does not belong to a particular group but he belongs to us all.

It would have been in the fitness of things if this day is celebrated by all engineer, technocrats as well as blue collar men and women all over the country. Vishvakarma Day signifies the value of labour, value of ingenuity and value of commitment to a time schedule. Mythology tells us that Shri Vishvakarma the engineer of the heavens always completed his projects on schedule and whatever he did was best and durable. In the context of Vishvakarma Day a photograph was published in this paper (Oct 30) in which the tools used by skilled craftsmen were worshipped in milk.

This ritual signifies that we have to work with best intention, with best mindset and to the best of our capacity. The skilled craftsmen should have best tools too. Those who work in keeping the highest ideals of Vishvakarma in mind have to work with even more dedication.

The civil society on the other hand has to treat the artisans and craftsmen with more respect and accord them their due status that they deserve in the society. That would be our best tribute to the engineer in chief of the heaven, the celestial world and the Earth.

Yours etc...
Ram Prakash
Narwal, Jammu