Letters to the Editor

Q: I have occasionally read your monthly magazines for about ten years. I find that though you point out the facts and give out the solution but I see the method of explaining is a little sarcastic in nature. (I find it hilarious).

YMD

How truly a hilarious evaluation!

Q: I have a question regarding jobs, now since I feel that the biggest challenge of today’s Muslim youth is halal employment, is it okay for Muslims to work for call-centers with a foreign bank as its parent company?

YMD

Working for a bank which deals in interest, or for its ancillary, is disapproved. And, it turns out to be a blessing. This is because Muslims have traditionally shown talent in self-employment. Bind him to the rules of an employment, and he is ordinary. Further, given the choice, a Muslim prefers and preserves his freedom. It dampens his spirit when he is offered a chair topped with a glue that expires only after eight hours. Give him freedom and he becomes dynamic.

True about the employment situation. Not being able to find a job is because of a clever scheme that works with subtlety at every level. Unless especially talented, or in situations where ‘others’ are not available, a Muslim is at disadvantage in India.

Yet, we do not believe that that’s the main problem of the Muslim youth. The refusal to attempt hard work is the bacteria eating at his body and soul. Lethargy is his swan song. Dishonesty is his working principle. Indiscipline is his way of life. To complain is his speech.

The cruelty of the modern world cannot be fought off but with deftness, head on collision with the challenges, and locking horns with the workaholic devils.

There were three lazy men lying on the ground, too weak because of thirst – not too far from a lake. One of them slowly rose up to his feet. He said, “I think I’ll look for some water.” The second said, “Give me a call when you find some, will you?” The third said, “Since you are going, see if you can bring me some water.” The first one said, “I think you are overloading me with work,” and lied down again. By the next morning the three were picked up dead. The funeral prayer-leader was supplicating, “O Lord! We beseech You in the name of all the saints, that you destroy Your enemies, and our enemies. We are dying of thirst and hunger,” and the rest of the people around him were saying in tearful voice, “Amen, O our Lord.”

Q: I have a suggestion that since sometimes (if not always) we do not receive the magazine in mail, I am sure that if you could increase the price of your subscription and send it through courier service it would be better for both you and your subscribers.

Zakir,
On Email

YMD
It is almost four decades now that we have been struggling against the delivery system. We take extreme care to post to every single subscriber. But, magazines disappear on the way. Posting by a courier service is a good idea that suits those who score six figures in their pay slip. We aim at reaching those who score four figure sums at the pay counter.

But the idea is still good for those who – whatever the figures – wouldn’t mind paying the cost. To such, we could definitely send the magazine through a courier service. Those who so wish may contact our publishing department.

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