moiz
7th January 2009, 23:14
IN school, we first learn our lessons and then are required to take our exams. But generally in life it seems that examinations come first and we are required to learn our lessons after this. In fact, some of us, despite having to take many such exams, still don’t learn their lesson.
In Mumbai, more than 100 people died in terrorist attacks. The world was shaken by this event. But where is that same hue and cry for the thousands who die of tuberculosis each year in India?
Not only are these lost lives greater in number, they are just as precious. But somehow they don’t attract the same attention. Perhaps the greater tragedy is that tuberculosis is curable and its cure is affordable.
The full article of the pop singer and philanthropist is on the following link...
http://pakistanfirst.com/component/content/article/45-letter-to-editor/1357-no-lessons-learnt-by-shehzad-roy.html
Extremely well written and to the point!
In Mumbai, more than 100 people died in terrorist attacks. The world was shaken by this event. But where is that same hue and cry for the thousands who die of tuberculosis each year in India?
Not only are these lost lives greater in number, they are just as precious. But somehow they don’t attract the same attention. Perhaps the greater tragedy is that tuberculosis is curable and its cure is affordable.
The full article of the pop singer and philanthropist is on the following link...
http://pakistanfirst.com/component/content/article/45-letter-to-editor/1357-no-lessons-learnt-by-shehzad-roy.html
Extremely well written and to the point!