The UN needs new priorities
I agree with the writer of this comment about the United Nation’s (UN) inaction (‘UN rhetoric far outstrips concerted action’, Gulf News, September 22). Instead of focusing their attention on the countries that are in dire need of their assistance, where government and country leaders are in conflict with the people and in war with the people, they focus their attention on matters like the Philippines war against drugs. The latter has a stable government and the administration is doing its best to help the country and its countrymen, yet the UN is being fed the wrong information. They go out and proclaim that the government is guilty of extrajudicial killings and that it should be investigated. Where did they get that information? Why don’t they send someone from the UN to experience living in countries like the Philippines for them to have an actual basis for their statements?
From Ms Maryl Ng
UAE
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No need to be lonely
Marriage does not cure loneliness (‘Speak your mind: Loneliness’, Gulf News, September 23). Married or single, everyone will experience loneliness at some point in their lives. It’s all about the attitude and dealing how to get over that lonely phase in one’s life. Go out and smell the roses, get a hobby or meet people whom you share a common interest with. Life’s too short to be lonely.
From Mr Eric Vergara
UAE
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Loneliness is a choice
You can be in a relationship and still feel lonely. It is merely an emotional state. There are single people out there who are living their lives. It is a matter of perspective. Thus, happiness cannot be found and it’s not dependent on another person. You have to create it. Your current state is a matter of choice.
From Mr Lee Camagad
UAE
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We’re never alone
I’ve seen some who are married and extremely lonely even though they have a spouse. At the same time, I meet some single people who are also lonely. All we need to realise is that no one is lonely if we remember that we have God with us.
From Mr S. Malik
UAE
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Not a cure
Only real love can cure loneliness, not necessarily the piece of paper that makes us legally married. You don’t get married because you are lonely, you get married because that person makes you happy.
From Ms Em Cee
UAE
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State of mind
Loneliness is just a state of mind. Sometimes in a crowd, I feel lonely and sometimes when I’m alone, I feel excited and fresh. It’s just a state of mind.
From Ms Rahila Ishaq
UAE
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Depends on the couple
Yes, marriage cures loneliness, but it depends on the husband and wife, and how they live.
From Ms Donna Dsouza
UAE
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Do what makes you happy
Loneliness is a psychological thing. It can be avoided if we choose to do something that makes you happy.
From Mr Xbato Xbato Pik
UAE
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Less likely
Loneliness is an emotional state, and I feel lonely when I’m not at work. I believe that married people are less lonely!
From Ms Malika Boucif
UAE
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It’s not allowed
I left Abu Dhabi 14 years ago after staying there for 30 years and throughout my stay, the bachelors had every now and then faced this problem with sharing accommodations (‘Facebook live: Are you allowed to share a flat or villa in Abu Dhabi?’, Gulf News, September 22). They have never been allowed to share. Even two or three families were not allowed to share.
From Mr Haider Vajid
UAE
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How it used to be
As a long-time fan, I used to watch Bollywood during the 1970s and 1980s till the 1990s (‘Facebook live: Review of Bollywood film Banjo starring Ritiesh Deshmukh and Nargis Fakhri’, Gulf News, September 22). During that time, it was 100 per cent local and you could enjoy watching and understanding it because of the Urdu language that they use. But nowadays, I cannot even watch Bollywood for even less than five minutes because these days it is all copy-paste from Hollywood. Bring back the old Bollywood!
From Mr Haroun Ebrahim Adam
Cairo, Egypt
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No care for others
It seems that our atmosphere is also being polluted by noise pollution from motorists. They are not considering the surrounding people or public while they sound their horns or accelerate loudly with screeching tires. These things always occur when there is a traffic block in parking areas or drop off zones. Even though the drivers see the situation and that nothing can be done, they will start honking. There is no patience or giving space to a vehicle to reverse out of a parking space or go ahead. Why do people become impatient without allowing others to move?
From Mr Majeed K. M.
Abu Dhabi
We need better laws!
The killing of a woman by her estranged lover in broad daylight proves the insecurity for women in India, especially in the capital city of New Delhi (‘Delhi woman brutally stabbed to death’, Gulf News, September 21). A couple of months back, a similar case happened in Chennai, India, too. While it is difficult for police to be present in all places of crime, ironically the passers-by did nothing when a woman was being attacked. I feel the public, too, has a role in making cities safe for women. Incidentally, intervention by politicians, who give the colour of caste, creed and religion to such incidents, mainly to gain some political mileage, enable the culprits to escape the clutches of the law, which itself has many loopholes. It is time the Supreme Court came out with some stringent and strict laws to punish the culprits immediately.
From Ms Kavitha Srikanth
Chennai
Protect students!
A first year student has hung himself and this is the latest dramatic development from the Hyderabad University campus (‘Hyderabad university rocked by another suicide’, Gulf News, September 19). This is the second incident within a year on this campus. Students go to university to study and form a bright career. These types of incidents are unacceptable. The authorities at the university must find out the real reason for this and the Indian government should order a probe. Students should be protected, as they are the next generation of leaders.
From Mr K. Ragavan
Bengaluru, India
Request received!
I had the similar case when I lived in Ajman and there was a car that was in the parking lot for four months with the back windshield broken (‘188 abandoned cars impounded in Abu Dhabi’, Gulf News, September 22). I just wrote on its front wind screen that the police should check it. The police actually took notice of it and removed the vehicle.
From Mr Faisal Hassan
Dubai
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Accepting the consequences
Meanwhile, the US keeps bombing, arming, sanctioning, dictating and supplying weapons to continue the never ending stream of new desperate refugees (‘50 countries pledge to take in 360,000 refugees’, Gulf News, September 22). Hate geared towards us for bombing and destabilising their homes, lands and lives is now becoming very real within all societies as they become destabilised by the very fact they’ve opened their doors and hearts to refugees! When are people going to realise that they, too, are dispensable? They don’t see how their lives could be changed or destroyed, they don’t see them having to mend their ways or open their homes to genuine refugees.
From Ms Poppe Elis
UAE
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