‘Belittling the plight of Muslims

The article written by Hilmi Ahamed titled ‘Muslim IDPs waiting for Godot’ is legally a shallow case for argument. He fails to sustain his argument despite him being a campaigner for various Muslim causes.

Being a media man, he never maintained neutrality in his writings. This article should have taken into account various other scenarios rather than pounding on his political enemies.

Waiting for Godot is an absurdist play by Samuel Beckett, in which two characters wait endlessly for the arrival of someone named Godot. I do not find any sensible comparison between the pathetic waiting of the Northern Mulsims to return to their land and the fictitious character Godot.

He has tried to show his punditry by citing Godot but it turns out to be his own undiscerning use of analogy. It looks like he belittled the plight of the people and their expectation by using the inappropriate and absurd Godot.

-Razik Farook

Indiscipline in Police service

On October 29, HNDA students were attacked by the police. This was unnecessary. This is the contention of many, what happened? This is clearly the result of indiscipline in the Police service. There are many complaints relating to indiscipline in the police service. Some of them are taking bribes, attacking innocent people, neglecting duties, favouring those having power and money, treating poor innocent people with disdain, sexual harassment of women and supporting crime and corruption

The only way to avoid similar attacks is to improve discipline in the Police Service. Only an independent observer will notice these lapses. Senior officers may not know this as they are not the victims.

It is not an easy task to improve discipline in the police force. It is over to those occupying top positions. They must discipline themselves and discipline subordinates.

- D. Weeratunga Nugegoda.