Letters to The EDITOR

Don’t Spit Campaign

Guwahati the gateway to Northeast requires immediate implementation of 'Do not Spit Campaign '. Being a resident of Guwahati, I feel ashamed when people spit here and there on the roads, footpaths, dividers and where not. 'Do not Spit Campaign ' is launched in big cities like Bangaluru where the offender is asked to clean the place by himself/herself if caught spitting in public places. People hardly care to spit on the freshly painted road dividers making the city look so ugly. Numerous campaigns through electronic and print media were launched but it had little impact on the people's mind. The best way to deal with this problem is catching hold of the culprit and forcing him to clean the spit. This will definitely deter the habitual offenders from commiting the nuisance.

Aparna Sarma Chowdhury,

Ambari, Guwahati.

Dignity of Labour and Our Youth

We have noticed, many of our girls excel in their respective fields and many of them earn bread for their families. While some girls earn handsomely from Government jobs (now a days girls far better than their male counterparts ). Without going farther, we can take into accounts the cases of myriad of girls who own 'Beauty Parlour', some of them being famous beauticians. That apart ,many girls, women own 'Boutique' and earn to support their families. In contrast, in most of the cases, our boys fail to rise to the occasion who allow crores of rupees to get siphoned out to Bihar, UP, West Bengal etc. Interesting point to note here is that in the wake of the Assam Movement ,many youths (boys)suddenly became 'patriots' and resolved to do everything done by outsiders - say the works of barber, cobler, dhubi, cart-puller etc only to prevent Assam's revenue from going outside. But the gusto got dampened in no time. Now, most of the boys live a life of a parasite without doing anything meaningful. I have never seen a single indigenous barber in Upper Assam but there are a good number of such barbers in lower Assam. In fact, I once had my hair-cut at Nalbari by an Assamese barber. The reason behind mushrooming of new organizations can be attributed to idle brains of these unproductive youths. There are ample avenues whereby they can earn handsomely but these youths are reluctant to accept the professions which they feel are beneath their dignity. In our opinion, they forfeit their rights to blame the government. We may add that Akhil Gogoi, the leader of the KMSS would do well to guide these youths so that they can earn without depending on others.

Ashok Bordoloi,

Dibrugarh.