The cat looked very comfortable on the stretcher in the corner; she was asleep with so much peace that even a dog would have hated to disturb her. After envying her indifference towards the realities around I walked towards the area where my sister was admitted, remembering that it was a hospital meant for humans and the cat could not be kept out because administration was busy in more important things like acting as indifferent as the cat! (and their indifference was obvious in many other administrative aspects of the hospital)
Above mentioned experience has been shared not because of the healthy cat but because of General standards followed in Hospitals of Lahore and those are worth criticism not because of comparison with developed world but because of basic human values. Throughout Lahore, all the known hospitals are almost all the time crowded and due to so much (Business) activity, management can get away with almost everything especially compromised cleaning and maintenance standards.
People from interior Punjab are not likely to get much facility in Local Health care units and established hospitals. Poor infrastructure discourages urban doctors for moving away from the cluster towards lesser developed areas so this is one reason why at the larger hospitals we see Families of the patients resting on ground Mats lying in corridors outside the wards and in the parks outside the hospitals. Such people are not likely to mind a cat’s presence when they themselves have come from where there was no established hospital at all.
According to World Health Organization (WHO) provided figures for the Year 2008 only 1.5% of the total Pakistani budget is being spent on Health so following figures are very much obvious
Year 2007
Physicians per 10000 population 12.0
Dentists per 10000 population 8.0
Pharmacists per 10000 population 1.0
Nursing and midwifery personnel per 10000 population 0.9
Hospital beds per 10000 population 10.0
Primary health care units and centers 1.7
Justifying negligence and Poor administrative abilities under the curtain of Poverty and work load should not be the case with people responsible for human lives but this cold attitude has its own grounds.
Any child who wants to be a doctor works really hard to get enough marks in Matric for getting admission with Pre medical courses and than in F.Sc and than in entry test and than in MBBS and than after one year of House Job in FCPS part one and than after three years of training in FCPS part two. If he clears all of these exams in the first attempt(which is not likely to be the case due to percentile selection being followed in FCPS exams) still he would complete his basic education at the age of about 29 only to discover that there is no Government infrastructure to place him any where and he has to find a Job of about 15-25 thousands to begin with (An average MBA who completes his Post graduation at the age of about 22 starts under similar slabs but starts a career many years earlier with a much larger Job opportunities as spread across many industries).
After many years of hard work and a great deal of luck when a doctor finally starts earning than may be he just focuses on maximizing revenues rather than expenses associated with maintenance of the environment and even if he does ,does it to charge more from the patients.
Considering the issues related to medical field in Pakistan not much can be said but just imagine if people from every profession especially Fire fighters, Police and Army start justifying negligence on similar grounds. Than there might be cats everywhere with no one to bother about their presence.
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Sunday, August 30, 2009
Friday, August 14, 2009
Staged hypocrisy
Criticism is one of those tasks which almost everyone can perform and this easy task gets easier when it comes to entertainment industry of Pakistan. A lot can be looked down upon, Humor, scripts, Poor camera work, presentation especially in terms of wardrobe selection, editing and almost everything. With the passage of time as a society we have actually become indifferent about our local entertainment media as we are too much busy with foreign electronic entertainment which is supposed to be better in every aspect and this is where a confusion starts.
There is no doubt about technical advancements which we notice in foreign presentations but this difference has never been the reason for criticism upon local media. We find our theatre and cinema vulgar (and T.V also because it broadcasts stage plays) because women dance and comedians crack jokes based upon Gender and unlawful relationships but what about western and Indian Media? Are they any different in this regard?
Let’s consider few of the popular shows on Cable these days for instance Friends, Desperate House wives, Nip N Tuck etc or consider Saturday Night Live. We watch all of these which offer any thing but what any civil society can digest. Stories based upon people living together without marriage, Humor based upon physiological elements and wardrobes suitable for this environment. In case of western media, Language keeps us from relating ourselves to that environment but what about Indian media where women look and speak like our women but go wild like western stars and they not only act but dance as well in such cloths which are not allowed for our stage performers but still these Indian and western presentations are followed and appreciated whereas similar explicit content is criticized and banned under Pakistani labels.
If something is objectionable on any grounds than those objections should also be raised upon western and Indian T.V and Films. There is a Censor board for our movies but is there any censor board for Indian and English movies? And if such movies escape from censor because these are smuggled than why are they not removed through raiding the shops?
Above mentioned arguments are not to justify shallow levels of creativity but to point out prevailing hypocrisy which exists because as a Nation we are suffering from various Inferiority complexes which probably have been developed due to living on Aid and Loans and mainly because we never really discovered our heritage and roots and just followed what others were following.
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There is no doubt about technical advancements which we notice in foreign presentations but this difference has never been the reason for criticism upon local media. We find our theatre and cinema vulgar (and T.V also because it broadcasts stage plays) because women dance and comedians crack jokes based upon Gender and unlawful relationships but what about western and Indian Media? Are they any different in this regard?
Let’s consider few of the popular shows on Cable these days for instance Friends, Desperate House wives, Nip N Tuck etc or consider Saturday Night Live. We watch all of these which offer any thing but what any civil society can digest. Stories based upon people living together without marriage, Humor based upon physiological elements and wardrobes suitable for this environment. In case of western media, Language keeps us from relating ourselves to that environment but what about Indian media where women look and speak like our women but go wild like western stars and they not only act but dance as well in such cloths which are not allowed for our stage performers but still these Indian and western presentations are followed and appreciated whereas similar explicit content is criticized and banned under Pakistani labels.
If something is objectionable on any grounds than those objections should also be raised upon western and Indian T.V and Films. There is a Censor board for our movies but is there any censor board for Indian and English movies? And if such movies escape from censor because these are smuggled than why are they not removed through raiding the shops?
Above mentioned arguments are not to justify shallow levels of creativity but to point out prevailing hypocrisy which exists because as a Nation we are suffering from various Inferiority complexes which probably have been developed due to living on Aid and Loans and mainly because we never really discovered our heritage and roots and just followed what others were following.
What is your opinion?
Please share your opinion through comments and do mention your name .
Saturday, August 8, 2009
The Jewish Contents
I was in my mid teens when one day I came across a novel which many of my cousins and family members were going crazy about. I read the novel and appreciated it, Name of the novel was “If tomorrow comes” and it was written by Sidney Sheldon which initially I considered name of an attractive women until I saw the PIC of the man with white hair. With the passage of time I read almost all the books by Mr. Sheldon or saw movies based on his books. Eventually I discovered that without exception all of his characters, stories and themes revolve around revenge and wealth. He uses whatever he can to add more commercial appeal to the book and for this reason lot of explicit expression is found in his way of story telling. In order to verify my suspicion I searched and found that he is a Jew. The indicating factors were 1: Revenge 2: Wealth 3: Manipulation through power 4: Lack of moral values while enhancing commercial appeal.
Simple Googling provides us with the details of Jewish success in the field of media and Finance .Jewish control ranges in all major forms of media at the largest groups. For example Walt Disney, Warner Brothers (and its subsidiary HBO), ABC, ESPN etc. In print media its Time magazine, Newsweek etc. In the world of finance sources claim that City Bank, Visa Card, Master card are controlled by Jews.
There is every possibility that information provided about Jewish dominance might be exaggerated but what about 49(Bio Med) 28(Chemistry) 24(Economics) 44(Physics) 12 Literature, Nobel Laureates whose names are mentioned for Jewish plat forms, Why wouldn’t these Nobel prize winners deny Jewish connections if they do not exist. Even for the sake of arguments if we do not accept Jews as the largest ethnicity to win Nobel prizes what about the fact that Israel is dominating the Arab world while being surrounded by them and so many Arab countries even when united cant liberate the Sacred places from Jewish control. There has to be something special about them. Is it revenge which keeps them going (after the holocaust) or greed to expand and control. Whatever it is, must be something which we do not have because at the time of partition we as a nation also sacrificed so many lives but forgot all about it even before the second Pakistani generation grew young. Our ancestors came to subcontinent while expanding Muslim empire but we do not reflect such character which shows dominance and aggression, actually we display submission and impoverish thinking which simply does not relate us with our roots.
In spite of the fact that we have had our share of sacrifices, unlike Jews we have not learned from our past and we just live in it.
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Simple Googling provides us with the details of Jewish success in the field of media and Finance .Jewish control ranges in all major forms of media at the largest groups. For example Walt Disney, Warner Brothers (and its subsidiary HBO), ABC, ESPN etc. In print media its Time magazine, Newsweek etc. In the world of finance sources claim that City Bank, Visa Card, Master card are controlled by Jews.
There is every possibility that information provided about Jewish dominance might be exaggerated but what about 49(Bio Med) 28(Chemistry) 24(Economics) 44(Physics) 12 Literature, Nobel Laureates whose names are mentioned for Jewish plat forms, Why wouldn’t these Nobel prize winners deny Jewish connections if they do not exist. Even for the sake of arguments if we do not accept Jews as the largest ethnicity to win Nobel prizes what about the fact that Israel is dominating the Arab world while being surrounded by them and so many Arab countries even when united cant liberate the Sacred places from Jewish control. There has to be something special about them. Is it revenge which keeps them going (after the holocaust) or greed to expand and control. Whatever it is, must be something which we do not have because at the time of partition we as a nation also sacrificed so many lives but forgot all about it even before the second Pakistani generation grew young. Our ancestors came to subcontinent while expanding Muslim empire but we do not reflect such character which shows dominance and aggression, actually we display submission and impoverish thinking which simply does not relate us with our roots.
In spite of the fact that we have had our share of sacrifices, unlike Jews we have not learned from our past and we just live in it.
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Sunday, August 2, 2009
The Blood sucking lover!
One of the most frequent questions which I ask from my students is if they like to read Books of any type or by some particular author and the usual reply which I get is Oh! Books are so boring and then they tell me their ideas of recreation which include SMS wars, crank calls, movies and music etc.
About an year ago I started noticing a book at the desks of the class during free periods or with my students .The title “Twilight” attracted me because of its colors which were red and black After going through the introduction and asking few questions, I came to know that it’s a new series by a writer Stephanie Meyers and the theme revolves around falling in love with a vampire!. The writer has been very elaborative about vampire charms and related description.
My immediate reaction was Oh! another teenage Fad but to my surprise (and to bit disappointment) I noticed students following the second part (and going crazy at the movie of the first one).
I know sometimes different things gain popularity just because a crowd joins in to follow the Fad but soon they loose it when the crowd moves out for some newer interest. In this particular case surprising element was the theme which inspired the teens (A blood sucking lover!).Even though the over all effort seems to be about highlighting good side of being a vampire.
This fascination can have various explanations like these days society is under constant threats of violent groups but the system and its associates which are supposed to defend us, seem to be getting weaker due to which our idea of security and protection comes from things and people with unnatural powers. The other opinion can be the typical one, Falling in love with a human is just a bit too typical so let’s try something new!
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About an year ago I started noticing a book at the desks of the class during free periods or with my students .The title “Twilight” attracted me because of its colors which were red and black After going through the introduction and asking few questions, I came to know that it’s a new series by a writer Stephanie Meyers and the theme revolves around falling in love with a vampire!. The writer has been very elaborative about vampire charms and related description.
My immediate reaction was Oh! another teenage Fad but to my surprise (and to bit disappointment) I noticed students following the second part (and going crazy at the movie of the first one).
I know sometimes different things gain popularity just because a crowd joins in to follow the Fad but soon they loose it when the crowd moves out for some newer interest. In this particular case surprising element was the theme which inspired the teens (A blood sucking lover!).Even though the over all effort seems to be about highlighting good side of being a vampire.
This fascination can have various explanations like these days society is under constant threats of violent groups but the system and its associates which are supposed to defend us, seem to be getting weaker due to which our idea of security and protection comes from things and people with unnatural powers. The other opinion can be the typical one, Falling in love with a human is just a bit too typical so let’s try something new!
Please reply with your comments on the above mentioned trends or your own opinion about the mentioned topic. (Please send web address of this Blog http:// inamarif.blogspot.com to your mailing and messaging lists in order to expand this community for discussing various elements of Pakistani society)
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