MyVoice: Views of our readers 5th June 2020

Fans or anti-social elements?

There was a news item which said that one female actor filed a complaint against Jr NTR Fans Association when she praised Mahesh Babu as her favourite. The fans allegedly even threatened to rape her and threw curses over her. There is absolutely no hope for the country if this is the kind of fan adulation, we have, for created images on screen.

Most of the actors are clearly 'heroes' only on the big screen and a massive projection of writers, producers, technicians, and directors in the business of making money. Very few do something which would qualify them to become heroes. Political entries based on screen images is a part of this strategy which attests to the foolishness at a collective level of the society. Fans are only the individual blocks; when society elects these film-stars based on their onscreen persona, it is constructing a wall of collective ignorance.

This is not to exonerate the quality of majority politicians of course. Rape is such a terrible thing and it is so ugly to use the word so frivolously by the so-called fans. The fans do not have sense. However, minimum social responsibility as civic citizens should make our 'heroes' publicly apologise for causing hurt and ask their fans to refrain from making such comments. Cynics may call it a publicity stunt on the part of the female actor, but no sensible person would ever make a public issue of rape unless the hurt is real and intense. The media has a responsibility too. With all the power invested in them, they can easily request the larger-than-life heroes to control their fans. Only these gods can help in driving sense into some people perhaps. A strong punishment to the concerned person is also a minimum requirement for our society. We cannot control thoughts, but all the law enforcing agencies should strongly address usage in a derogatory speech or in action.

Dr Pingali Gopal, Warangal

Barbarism at its worst

It was heart-wrenching to know about the horrific death of a pregnant elephant after eating a pineapple filled with firecrackers, allegedly left by some locals in the Silent Valley of Kerala's Palakkad district.

One wonders what makes human beings commit such cruel and inhuman acts against animals. The incident is a clear instance of what is wrong with our mindset when it comes to the environment and animals. The inevitable tragedy has shaken the conscience of most Indians as people and various celebrities have taken to social media to express their grief over this act of barbarism.

Incidents of animal cruelty puts society at large to shame. The pregnant elephant targeted in such a brutal way speaks us to of a greater malaise that requires urgent correction in the society's collective mindset. Strict and speedy inquiry along with prompt legal actions against the guilties are clearly the need of the hour and this is required to deter people from doing such acts of cruelty in future.

Tushar Anand, Patna

The return of the NRI

Covid-19 has caused a number of companies all over the globe to shutdown. There has been a tremendous human and economic loss due to the crisis. The shutting down of companies have contributed in the addition problems of the common man, as this pandemic has swallowed their regular job. As a result the Indians working abroad are returning back to their motherland. The Government has began ‛The Vande Bharat Mission' to serve the NRIs.

This mission will also bring back many unemployed Indians back to India. Therefore the government is not letting this opportunity in a fore granted way and is trying to re-employ these skilled migrants to give a edge to the Indian economy. To serve the motive goal Indian Government has started ‛SWADESH Initiative' under the Vande Bharat Mission along with the cooperation of Ministry of Civil Aviation, External Affairs, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

The returning citizens will be required to fill up a form under the program. The form consists of information like job title, work sector, years of experience etc. The main aim of the program is to provide employment to the citizens returning from abroad. The database will then be used to fulfil the requirement of foreign and Indian companies. More than 1 lakh people will be benefited from this mission.

Kavya Shah, Ujjain

Save our environment

In this lockdown consumption of fuel reduced, many factories pollution had reduced and is this not a healing act of environment? Just question ourselves. Now it's the time to realise ourselves to eradicate this brutal acts of harming environment. Otherwise in future we have to face many situations like these and in our day to day life problems become common and leading a normal life will be read in books. This year the temperature beats the old records and in future we won't able to roam outside like today. At this temperature along with the pollution causes many dermatological, ophthalmological, oncological and many health issues and in some cases doctors won't diagnose also. Humans are becoming more threat to the environment,so once think about this global threat and focus on its solutions on your own way, in your surroundings. We can solve this problem, but every citizen must be responsible regarding their surroundings it is must. Deforestation, industrialisation must be in limited one and afforestation must be encouraged drastically. Using the technologies for plantation and reduction of plastic, recycling of plastic waste in large-scale. " Don't become threat to environment, if we save it, it will save us".

Donga Rajyalakshmi, Rajamahendravaram