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A New Picture
Your cover story "Changing Trends" (Spotlight March 31) projected a new picture of our youths. Change is the only constant thing in the society. But that should not mean the society has to become a silent spectator to the degradation of its time-honored values and traditions. The only way to avoid such unpleasant social transition is by providing good education. School education for children should be supplemented with moral and value based education. That way we can have the best of both worlds. Narayan Sigdel Stop Western Influence The barrage of western cultural invasion through satellite television has started taking its toll on the local traditions in the country (Changing Trends Spotlight March 31). Native culture and indigenous behaviors are taking a severe beating from the modern ones. The concerned authorities and intellectuals of the society must come up with an effective plan to stop this cultural invasion. Gita Khatri Natural Change It is absolutely unnecessary to create a hoo-ha over a matter so natural and so trifle (Changing Trends Spotlight March 31). Youths all over the world are going through similar transition. It is according to the natural law that every new generation is new and different than its predecessors. There is no point in making mountains out of a molehill. I hope Spotlight does not raise such unimportant issues in future. Radha Krishna Acharya Changes In The Upper Echelon
It is only the urban youths and children of upper middle class people that are witnessing a change in lifestyle (Changing Trends Spotlight March 31). The rest of the Nepalese youths are still struggling to find decent employment and make their ends meet. Thousands of such youths have to leave their motherland in search of employment every year and many of them get hoodwinked by unscrupulous job brokers. Naresh Tamrakar Time Buying Move The "verification of actual refugees" seems to be a time buying move on the part of Bhutanese government to delay the resolution of the refugee crisis (Waiting To Be Verified Spotlight March 24). From the very beginning the tactics of the Bhutanese government was how to delay the resolution and postpone meetings. It has succeeded in its tactics thanks to inefficiency of Nepalese mandarins. Ganesh Shrestha Misleading News It is in reference to the article "Mountain Air, New Bird in the Sky" (Spotlight March 31). We would like to make some serious concerns regarding the particular article, in which your correspondent has reported that 'Since it has flown in aircrafts one version modern than what Buddha Airways has...." (it here meaning Mountain Air). We would hence like to draw your attention to the fact that Buddha Air operates Beech 1900D, that went into production in 1992, and were designed from the past experiences of its predecessor Beech 1900C (brought in by Mountain Air for its operation). We would further like to inform you that the production of Beech 1900C were stopped in 1992 itself. It is amazing that your qualified reporters do not cross-check the information provided by their sources. You would agree that matters of such sensitivity does need some thorough study. Before quoting sources, your correspondents should have reconfirmed the claims, after all doesn't D always follow C. We regret to be writing to you in such a context. We are disappointed that a magazine of your status could print such misleading information. We do not need to tell you that such articles will not only mislead the readers but will also definitely reflect upon the credibility of Spotlight as a reliable source of information. We hope you will furnish corrections on this very sensitive matter as soon as possible. Buddha Air Promote Domestic Companies Apropos the article "Seeking Level Playing Field" (Spotlight March 24), it is ridiculous that the authorities are paying more attention to foreign insurance companies rather than the domestic ones. The practice all over the world is to give first preference to domestic companies. If the government of ones own country does not promote the Nepalese companies, who will promote them? They cannot be expected to enter into competition with mighty multi nationals. There has to be minimum protection and promotion for domestic companies in any sector. Neeraj Bista RNAC As An Autonomous Body It is in the interest of the nation that the Royal Nepal Airlines Corporation (RNAC) be made an autonomous body as soon as possible (Groping For Professionalism Spotlight March 24). Leaving it at the hands of politicians will only invite further controversies and more scams in future. If the current government is as interested to control corruption as it proclaims to be, the first thing it could do is to clean the affairs of the national flag carrier. Satish Sharma |
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