TOUCHING SCENE

THE scene of a totally bewildered and innocent three-year-old boy crying next to the bloodied body of his grandfather having fallen to terrorist bullets in Kashmir, was very touching, to say the least. The security forces did a smart job of first creating sort of a barricade of their vehicles around the spot and then whisking the child to safety. Before the soldiers called the little one to safety, the boy did not know what to do, and even sat on his dead grandfather’s chest for a few minutes, all the time sobbing. Generally, the newspapers avoid publishing pictures of bloodied bodies. Yet, this particular picture got wide publicity obviously because the editors thought it wise to let the common people know the kind of horror the militants often unleash to intimidate the civilian population. The picture of the little one sitting next to the grandfather’s body not knowing what to do, should move anybody and everybody to tears. The ugly incident proves once again that the terrorists are heartless people and think nothing before firing bullets and hurling bombs on innocent civilians. This incident will surely trigger a fresh surge of anger against terror in Kashmir.

QUITE UNNECESSARY

THE controversy that clouded the introduction of new medicine Coronil by Patanjali Ayurved was quite unnecessary. The Ministry of AYUSH has now allowed sale of Coronil in the market, but not as a cure for coronavirus. Obviously, certain issues of certification still dog the new medicine so promptly brought out by Patanjali Ayurved led by the indomitable Swami Ramdev Baba. The internationally famous Yoga Guru does not have any problem with this development. Yet, he did not miss the opportunity to to point out that some elements that do not accept the rise of an all-Indian company were behind the trouble that delayed the introduction of the new medicine in the market. Looking at the charges levelled at Patanjali Ayurved and Swami Ramdev after the announcement of Coronil, it must be stated that the episode got stretched to ridiculous length, which could have been avoided. Such episodes have hit Swami Ramdev and his efforts on many an occasion in the past, giving strength to his allegation of conspiratorial efforts to stop him in the tracks. Going by details of the Coronil episode, that allegation assumes a special significance.