Sexual violence in schools
The last four months have left us with bizzare and alarming sexual incidents in schools. Schools have transformed into danger zones where children are constantly being raped, assaulted and harassed at the hands of teachers, attendants and bus drivers. Four cases of rape and assaults have been reported in Bangalore since July. Soft and hard pornography in print and electronic media, have been very conducive to the paedophiles who are obsessed with children.
In order to tackle this menace, increased surveillance through CCTV cameras and GPS will only do minimal good.Thus other alternatives have to be implemented. Children Protection Committees have to be established in every school to propogate value based education to the children. Furthermore, teachers should be trained to become approachable adults whom students can confide in. It is the utmost right of a child to an education uninterrupted by horrendous violations of minds and bodies. We adults ought to give them this right.
Farheen Arfaz (Navelim)
Who are the hypocrites?
I refer to an interesting letter titled ‘ Hypocrisy Loud & Clear’ in the letters to the editor column dated 20 Dec 2014. What I would ask the writer and the people of that constituency, why did they tolerate this curse of drugs and this ineffectual leader for so long? Could they have not come together and strongly demand resignation of the MLA if he fails to stop this illicit trade, in conjunction with law enforcing agencies.
It has become a convenient fad to blame the politicians for all the woes afflicting Goa. The whole world knows (we hear about it every day through the media) that majority of the politicians, especially in Goa are utterly corrupt, unprincipled, devoid of any morals or dignity which is their natural characteristics as politicians. So, why not blame ourselves, the ones who vote for them again and again to come into power.
Why cant we ever elect new decent candidates, reliable and of impeccable moral character.
Jaimes E. Rodrigues, Santa Cruz.
Change goal size
The recent sad exit of Goa in the semi-finals after 210 minutes of play with not a single goal made me consider whether the size of the goal should be increased for professional matches.
The size of goals was established in 1863, a long time before football became fully established.
The result would be more goals, less reliance on luck, virtual elimination of penalty shoot-outs and perhaps most important, more enjoyment for football fans.
This solution is not so unusual as schools use smaller goals and professional squash is played using a lower ‘tin’- the bottom line in the court.
Christopher Fogg, Velsao – Cansaulim
