The power of perspective

I would like to give a feedback on the article “The power of perspective”, by Sandhya Karamat Barlaas, published on July 04, 2020.

The article was really meaningful in this pandemic situation. It helped me start activities such as drawing, writing, and other things. It also motivated me to pay attention to my heath as I didn’t have much time earlier due to my busy university schedule.

Hopefully when this pandemic is over, we will be back to our routine with new and positive energy.

Zoya Memon,

Ranipur, Sindh

Online classes

If schools and universities want to take online classes and online exams, then only 20 percent of the fee should be collected from the students so that they can arrange/purchase a laptop and a good internet arrangement for themselves.

Many students belong to backward areas and poor families, so they can’t afford to buy laptops and fast internet connection. So I request the government to make the internet free first, and then start online classes.

Rizwan Nazir,

Nomal, Gilgit

Our super heroes

As the world suffers from Covid-19, it is our duty to acknowledge and respect the work our medics are doing for us. They are risking their safety and that of their family to care for the sick. They function as our defensive shields. It is time for all of us to pay homage to them, to cheer and to encourage them for what they do in this grave time and we can aid them in many ways.

It’s time to do good to those who do good for us. Besides doctors, there are other contributors of the medical field who work for us 24/7, then there are our armed forces, our policemen and those individuals who help others.

By paying tributes I do not mean clapping for paramedics, but following all guidelines and safety instructions that are given to us by the World Health Organisation to keep ourselves safe and halt the spread of this virus.

Komal Ishtiaq,

Rawalpindi

Pandemic diary

This is regarding “Pandemic diary”, by Syed Muhammad Ali Rizvi, published on July 18, 2020, in Young World. The feelings and opinions expressed in the article are true for all of us students who are staying home to keep safe and missing our friends and routine life.

Being almost locked up is having a physical, emotional and mental toll on everyone. It is a very difficult time that we have to pass in ways that we have not known so far, and the writer is right in saying that we have to create a new normal so that we all live in peace in harmony.

Alina Imtiaz,

Karachi

Published in Dawn, Young World, July 25th, 2020