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TO THE EDITOR
Pronounce correctly
I read the letter by C. W. Ruhl with interest. Pronouncing English corruptly is a challenge for most of the Bangladeshis and we should not be blamed for this. This is a kind of naturally acquired handicap for all of us. How an English word is pronounced has very little to do with how it is spelled. Then there is die added difficulty of speaking in American, British or Ausrralian way But we should and must try to improve our verbal English, especially those who are communicating verbally. These days there are excellent conversation dictionaries on CD. With any computer, the skill
of pronouncing English correctly can be acquired without much pain. Please make use of the technology if you are not already doing so. By the way, please do not make illegal copies of the CD. That I don't want to take too much time to give my response/opinion to Ms. Ruhi's letter, and I thought for a while if itwas worthwhile.
Ms. Ruhi was not born when the Pakistan army raped our Bengali sisters, mothers, and friends in 1971 (unlike the Brazilians or Argentines).
What's the connection? Yes, self-dignity and respect for the martyrs. When you do not learn from past mistakes, you tend to should not be the way to start something, which would benefit youthroughout yourwholelife.
M. A. Islam, US
We can say we know English when we have good command in four skills of learning the language like listening, speaking, reading and writing. Among the four skills, listening is the most difficult one as we don't know the correct pronunciation. It creates a lot of problems while communicating with the foreigners or listening to English TV programmes. So, to solve the problem teachers should he aware of their pronunciation as we learn batter by hearing from them.
Tarique Islam
Agrabad, Chittagong
Rooftop gardening
At present "Greenhouse Effect" has become a global problem. It helps make the same mistakes over and over again.
Sports and politics go hand in hand. President Musharraf attended the last ODI-just to enjoy the game? Think again. Bidyutpal Sarkar On e-mail It is silly to pretend that support for Pakistan is not in part politically motivated. Most of those who support Pakistan do to raise the temperature of the atmosphere, and that is turning into a grave threat for all the living beings on earth. For solving the problem recently a law has been enacted in Japan. The law has the provision to have at least 20% vegetation on the rooftop of each building of Japan. It's not only helpful to protect us from Greenhouse Effect but also helps us in many otherways.
Vegetation or gardening on the rooftop helps to keep the houses cool in summer and warm in winter.
At present Dhaka ranks almost the top in the list of the most polluted cities of the world. Gardening in the rooftop can be a good way to refresh the polluted air of Dhaka.
Besides in such an overcrowded city like Dhaka where we hardly can find a park for recreation, gardening on the rooftop can fulfil so because they feel a kinship towards the country. Those who support Pakistan and oppose India in cricket (and vice versa) need to be honest about whether their support has nothing to do with their feelings about the two countries.
It is everyone's right to support whoever they want to. But please let us not pretend that politics has nothing to do with it. Abdur Rahman
Dhaka the need for having green patches.
So we can easily adopt the idea and implement it to ensure a healthy environment. Imagine the rooftops of all the buildings of Dhaka city are covered with green plants and colourful flowers; how beautiful it will look.
Barsha
Uttara, Dhaka
Smokers are dishonest!
A lot of writings have appeared in the newspapers about the bad effect of smoking. The government has also passed an anti-smoking law, which is laudable indeed. But smokers are not paying heed to this. I have invented a theory that smokers are dishonest (with very rare exceptions). Aren't they? A smoker delves into the bad habit during his very adolescent days when he has nosourceofincome. So a smoker has to earn the money When he becomes an adult and gets a job, he has to be dishonest to meet the extra expenditures that smoking invariably entails. So 1 want to say that a non-smoker may be honest or dishonest, but a smoker Is very likely to bedishonest.
What do smokers have to say on this matter? I don't think tiiey can easily refute whatlbeiieve.
Munir, On e-mail
Bad taste!
I was shocked and embarrassed to sec the horrible, bruised, bloody faces on theTVthat aired the news of ■ a bus accident occurring on 26 April .inTangail. It.isnothing new that by calling it the freedom of the media, the TV channels broadcast the clippings of wailing patients, their bloody bodies and corpses. Though they are quite interested to chewthe common, favourite term -human rights, they even do not know the fundamental principles of journalism concerning the HR. In no way the human rights are preserved, when these types of scenes are aired without scrupulous and cautious editing.
Rizwan UI Huq
Khulna
Jhakanaka and some questions
Grameen Phone is now trying to promote its newpackage Djuice and that's why it is arranging concerts to attract young mobile subscribers. They have already arranged two concerts in Dhaka & Chittagong titled "Dfusion Jhakanaka" featuring Indian Idol finalists Amit Sana & Rahul Saxena. Both of the two concerts have drawn huge crowds. They are going to arrange three more concerts under the same title in Dhaka featuring some prominent local bands and Indian Idol Abhijeet Sawant and one of the Idol finalists- Rahul Bidya.
It's disappointing for millions of mobile subscribers like me to miss this great concert. Because only Djuice extra card holderswill be able to join the concerts. Grameen Phone should realise there are many people in this country who are using other services. Even the subscribers of Grameen Phone will miss these concerts, other than Djuice subscribers. Thus Grameen is now also disappointing its millions of subscribers. I think there shouldn't be any discrimination with such kinds of concerts. These shows of concerts should be free for all to participate.
NazmusSaquib
NotreDame College, Dhaka people by their patriotic ads. But their recent extravaganza with the idols of another country was really disappointing. One, can say that thousands of young people were flocking in titeir last concert and it was really a successful programme. But it is the responsibility of the leaders to show the right path. GP could find out Bangladeshi idols, rather than importing the idols of another country. It is really disheartening.
Patriotism is the prime thing that we want to create in the minds of young people.
Shahed Mustafa
Shantinagar, Dhaka-1217 Cable operators
As a foreigner who has lived and worked in Bangladesh for 21 years, has been patient, has held his tongue on politics and many issues here as an honoured 'guest of this country’, I decided I have had enough! The Cable Operators of Bangladesh decided to protest an issue by punishing al! its loyal, paying customers. This is too much! How can we allow this? I know it seems petty, but as a foreigner, there is little I can orshould do to interfere with Bangladesh. But when private cable operators punish their customers, enough is enough! I called my cable operator, Fair Cable, and told them I. too was joining the hartal. I cancelled my subscription and told them I refuse to pay the bill forAprii.
I will wait for a cable operator who chooses NOT to punish customers and sign up with them. Tills is real democracy-using economics to push BAD companies away and createspace forgood companies.
Welcome any cable operator who wishes business with loyal paying customers. If enough of us would join this economic 'hartal', we can push the bad cable operators out and welcome new ones in! Join this hartal!
CraigAMcisner, Uttara,Dhaka
Pakistani visa
We refer to the letter by Mr. Jafar published in your daily on 21/04/2005.
We fully agree with his views that of late the High Commission of Pakistan in Dhaka has become too much selective in issuing visit visas to the common people. In most cases people are disappointed as visas are not issued to them despite having valid travel documents (Passport etc) It is strange since India and Pakistan are showing positive attitude in developing people to people contact, family and friends’ reunion by not only relaxing the travel restrictions but even introducing cheaper means of communication by linking up not only capitals but even cities and towns ignoring the bigproblems like Kashmir, nuclear competence etc. etc. They have very correctly and appropriately realised that those are too thorny issues to be resolved quickly but for that billions of people living In the sub-continent should not suffer. After all, these people are of the same origin and got divided for political reasons. One senior political leader perhaps correctly observed that while borders could not be changed, but people could be easily allowed to cross the same by lifting restrictions which in turn will help promote peace, trade, commerce, business and tourism. And towards this end, they are working hard very earnestiy.
What could not be achieved in 60 years, the positive attitudes Dr. Manmohan Sing and Parvez Musharraf did it in around 60 weeks. Kamal Ahmed, ShamimAhmed Imtiaz Haider & Zulfiqar Haider One-mail
Critical issue
I have read the letter "Can you change your history?” in The Daily Star some days ago. No, I think it is totally impossible. But now we're facing a critical situation when anything is possible. Thanks to Sadat Shahrlar for raising a critical issue.
RupaChowdhury
NetuYork, US