Employees are precious
For any employee working in a company, recognition by the employer is the most precious gift (‘Workers get cars, home deposits, jewellery for Diwali,’ Gulf News, October 21). What could be a better way to show the recognition and loyalty, than through the company doling out gifts as bonuses to its staff for a festival? I believe that the Human Resource department of a company is the most precious asset any company can have and if the management is able to utilise this potentially limitless resource efficiently, then it can achieve great heights in its field.
Unfortunately, not many companies understand this logic and in order to save a few dirhams. Not only the employee loses, but the company loses as well an opportunity to tap into the employee’s enthusiasm, creativity and belongingness, which has the power to boost the work efficiency tremendously.
From Mr Suhas Inamdar
UAE
This is awesome!
I have total respect for the employer in Western part of India giving his workers large gifts for Diwali! This will make the employees more loyal and they will be less likely to leave that company for sure! Wow, I did not believe it at first - this is awesome!
From Mr Vishnu
Dubai
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Happy Diwali!
Although done by a Hindu merchant, these are the teachings of Islam as well. It is an act of returning to mankind. This is how your employees become more loyal to you and when it comes to diamonds, you need people who are diamonds. God bless you all.
From Mr Itrat Mughis
Abu Dhabi
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Recognition of hard work
Let the other good employers follow the example of rewarding the employees and recognising their services. Even if they do not offer houses, cars or jewellery, at least they should value the services rendered by the employees.
From Mr Mousa Shah
Dubai
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Valuing employees
Once he also started his career by polishing diamond as a worker today, he is the owner of his own company and he knows what is the value of an employee. Great job!
From Mr Ketan Patel
Dubai
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No changes
I think it makes sense to not change the Islamic New Year holiday - have you ever seen a January 1st holiday get moved to offer a stretched holiday (‘No change in Islamic New Year holiday in UAE,’ Gulf News, October 21)? No, because you can’t. If anything this is true even more so with the Islamic New Year - it is the only relevant date to mark the change of the year in Islam.
From Mr Kash Becker
UAE
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Heart breaking theft
I am speechless and heartbroken that so much money has been stolen from the Edhi Centre in Pakistan (‘Millions stolen from Edhi Centre,’ Gulf News, October 20)! After decades of selfless services for humanity and for the nation, this is what the people of the nation return to Abul Sattar Edhi? There are no words to describe the silent, selfless and endless contributions he has been doing throughout his life.
From Ms Shaziya
Dubai
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Need to bring change
It is shocking to know what levels we have stooped to in order to steal from such a valuable social worker. There are these celebrities doing silent protests and rallying for change in Pakistan’s government to bring the change, but I think this country cannot change until you bring the change to the people. Even if an amazing person comes to rule, I don’t think it will help. The act shown by these eight robbers is the problem. They will not change and they will keep challenging humanity with every step they take, unfortunately. We hope and pray humanity again raises its head in Pakistan, where people are concerned about their fellow countrymen.
From Mr Adnan
Dubai
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Not reasonable
Why are property agents trying to make so much money when the majority of people can’t afford it (‘New homes pull in Dubai property sales,’ Gulf News, October 20)? It’s all connected with each of us and we find them increasing the rates. People with low salaries end up looking for options in other cities and then a time comes when these people are short of money. They again drop the rents and again after two years, once they are full with money they try to again play with people. The rents need to be kept normal and affordable. These prices and living expenses must be easier for all of us.
From Mr Wasi
Sharjah
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Modi victory
The ‘Modi magic’ still seems to be on in India, with the terrific and unassailable victories of his party in the Indian states of Haryana and Maharashtra (‘Narendra Modi wave only in Haryana,’ Gulf News, October 21). Now it has become crystal clear that the people of India are heavily disenchanted with Sonia Gandhi and her corrupt Congress party leaders, including her son Rahul Gandhi. The hard work put in by his sincere cadres and Narendra Modi’s personal charisma were the reasons behind his party’s victory. I hope the new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) dispensation will succeed in alleviating the many problems of the poor masses living in the rural villages of India.
From Mr Thomas Matthew Parackel
Muvattupuzha, India
It doesn’t add up
In this article, the author has shown his flair for mixing and matching information to suit his convoluted arguments. The Maharashtra elections have given a two-fold increase in seats to the BJP and he still says there was no Modi wave. There was no credible face of the BJP at the leadership level, but the BJP surpassed all expectations and pray, what else could be the reason?
The December 2013 Delhi elections preceded the 2014 Lok Sabha elections in India. At that point in time, if the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) stopped the Modi wave, how come the AAP was decimated in Delhi in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections?
From Mr Krishna Kumar
Dubai
Establishing peace with war
The only way out to fight terrorism and colonialism in an effective manner is the formation of military forces under the United Nations (UN) banner. The UN is helpless and they are not a viable option as long as it maintains its dependence on wealthy and powerful nations. The world has reached a tragic stage where minority rich and mighty nations are leading majority nations. Nobody can expect justice from the UN as long as this discrepancy in interests exists.
One country, one vote and no more veto rights should be the criteria and basis of all decisions made in this international government body. I don’t think that the US-lead coalition against Daesh is going to see any tangible results without recognising that this issue is directly related to religion.
From Mr Girish R. Edathitta
Dubai
Respect in a house of God
This note goes out to the two Filipino women who attended the 5pm mass at Saint Mary’s Catholic Church in Dubai this Saturday. My wife and I were happy to find two seats in the church 10 minutes before the mass began. As we knelt down to pray, it was not long before we realised that they were two Filipino girls in their mid-twenties who were continuously chatting away.
As the congregation stood up to welcome the priest, both these girls continued chatting and giggling. Their weird behaviour by leaning on each other, holding hands, caressing and kisses on the cheek were very annoying and disturbing. These two grown up women showed total disrespect in a house of God during the entire service. Even during offertory time, one of them answered their mobile phone and chatted for a while. An elderly Filipino woman seated nearby asked them to keep silent during the mass, but they paid no heed to her.
My wife lost her patience by then, tapped one of them on the shoulders and told them that they should learn how to behave in church and that their behaviour was a nuisance and a disturbance to the crowd. Mumbling, they left the church premises.
I fail to understand why such people come to church at all. Who are they pleasing? Have they not seen the wrath of God destroy? Should we not learn from past disasters to come closer to God and not to take our lives for granted?
Let us all learn to live in the fear of God, honour Him for the life he has given us and live it well.
From Mr Noel
Dubai
Follow the rules!
I am raising the issue of reckless driving because many accidents have taken place due to recklessness. People are being so careless on the roads and this is mainly because of residents using technology like mobile devices for texting or conversing while driving. This leads to distractions while driving and creates the risk of getting into an accident. Another reason for road accidents on highways is due to speeding and drunk driving – the latter being strictly prohibited. We can reduce these accidents by increasing strong security forces, especially during the night time. So it is my humble request for all drivers to be careful while driving and to obey the traffic rules.
From Ms Aleena Roy
Dubai
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