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Time to check noise
pollution
We are noise-happy people”
(Saturday Extra, Oct 17) makes for good reading. It is very true that we in India are very fond of making much noise. We find pleasure in disturbing others by honking horns, blowing whistles, holding jagratas and taking out noisy processions. We, a team of 20 senior citizens of Mohali, visited Bangkok, Pataya, and other places in Thailand, on a goodwill tour. We were pleasantly surprised to know that nobody, including the drivers of the heavy vehicles, blow horns. Nobody jumps the queue. There is seldom a quarrel or an accident. The Lieutenant-Governor of Delhi, Tajender Khanna, was justified when he said that we found pleasure in violating the traffic rules, jumping red lights etc. It is high time that the police and transport departments used strict measures to check the noise pollution by horns. S. Chaudhary,
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Mother figure Khushwant Singh in his article “Road to happiness – humility (Sept 12)” has given a sincere profile of the Nobel Laureate, late Mother Teresa, a selfless and devout person of the highest order, dedicated to the welfare of the downtrodden and destitute. I fully agree with his views as I myself had the good fortune to meet and talk to her at Kishangarh (Bihar) sometime in 1981, when she inaugurated a hospital. Overwhelmed by her speech and humble approach, I personally went to her and sought her blessings, and she held me in her lap and blessed me with the words “My son, God bless you.” I have her photograph duly autographed, which stall orders by drawing room. God bless her. Cmdt. R.S. Gurung (retd), Kandrori (Kangra) Poetry in stone “Poetry in Stone” by S. Raghunath (Sat-Extra, Nov 21) was an informative, exciting and exquisite piece. It also carried some element of humour. The writer took great pains to collect so many epitaphs. I too want to share facts about some of the well-known epitaphs of eminent personalities. The word ‘Epitaph’ is derived from the Greek word which means ‘at over tomb’. Literally, it means ‘on the grave stone’. Sir Isaac Newton’s tomb bears then inscription: “Nature and Nature’s laws lay hid in night, God said,” Let Newton be!” and all was light. These famous lines were composed by Alexander Pope. There can be no substitute to this one to describe Newton’s greatness. William Shakespeare’s epitaph reads thus: “Good friend for Jesus’ sake, forbear, To dig the dust enclosed here; Blest be the man that spares these stones, And curst he be that moves my bones.” Sir Winston Churchill’s epitaph rouses some humour which says “I am ready to meet my Maker Whether my Maker is prepared to meet me is another matter.” Bilal Ahmad Shamim, Gurdaspur
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