{"id":11733,"date":"2018-02-19T08:37:56","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T04:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/?p=11733"},"modified":"2018-02-21T10:07:51","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T06:07:51","slug":"open-letter-lord-shiva-supply-teachers-paraplegie-a-lile-maurice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/open-letter-lord-shiva-supply-teachers-paraplegie-a-lile-maurice\/","title":{"rendered":"Open letter Lord Shiva & Supply teachers & Parapl\u00e9gie \u00e0 l\u2019\u00eele Maurice"},"content":{"rendered":"

Readers Speak<\/u><\/p>\n

Open letter to Lord Shiva<\/strong><\/h5>\n

I am taking the liberty of addressing an open letter to Lord Shiva on social media because if a group of inconsiderate people believe that playing techno\/electro versions of bhajans and mantras is the way to show their devotion there is no way my writing this open letter could be questionable.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Dear Lord,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Here comes the time of the year when your devotees set out on a pilgrimage to seek your blessings and bring back the holy water to offer on your Shivlinga. But since a few years this pilgrimage has taken a sour turn for me, and I am not, in my humble opinion, the only one.
\nAs you know Lord, I returned from my pilgrimage yesterday and was sleeping to recover quickly because tomorrow I have to get back to work.
\nUnfortunately, as it happens every year, I was woken up by an awfully loud and thoughtless playback of religious songs. My displeasure doesn’t stem solely from the fact that I lost my sleep, but also by the fact that I do not understand this practice.<\/p>\n

Pardon my ignorance, but\u00a0I am writing to ask, does this please you Lord?
\nAre you pleased with such display of devotion when other people’s much needed rest is ruined?
\nThere’s the argument that this occurs only a few days a year and thus shall be borne with. Dangerously however, so many injustices could be validated if we go by this way of thinking.<\/p>\n

This year as I was walking to come seek your blessings I noted that the roads were much cleaner, only to later realise that it’s because people were hired to pick up the trash after your devotees. So I ask you, are you pleased when you see your devotees, those undergoing so much during your pilgrimage, to unmindfully toss plastic cups, amongst others while coming to pray?
\nI wonder what could be your reaction when nowadays people mourn the loss of their homes and belongings due to floods that happen mostly because of our drains are choked with litter. We’ve earned it maybe, right?<\/p>\n

It’s 02.10 am and I am wide awake because of that music playing and I can’t do anything besides questioning the essence of the Maha shivaratri pilgrimage now.
\nWhere is the devotion when one can be insensitive enough to smoke while other pilgrims are walking along too, helpless and unable to escape?
\nWhere is the devotion when a pilgrim can almost lose her\/his life getting hit by a vehicle only because there’s no other way to walk unless one overtakes towering kanwars that pilgrims can hardly carry (because most of them are pushed on wheels)?
\nWhere is the devotion when one of your devotees has to carry a 2-metre stick to lift electric wires from the top of their kanwars, risking his life and that of others?<\/p>\n

You incarnate discipline and self-control, so I feel sad with the way your festival is being \u2018celebrated\u2019 these days. I wonder why socio-cultural groups do not engage in a constructive strategy to overcome the problems that are decried every year.<\/p>\n

There is so much more I want to say, but I believe that would be getting into a disdainful religious discourse. So I end here, leaving the rest to you and hoping there’ll be a more respectful pilgrimage next year.<\/p>\n

Yours,
\n<\/em><\/strong>Anu Fulena<\/strong>
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>* * *\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Supply teachers needs permanency<\/strong><\/h5>\n

There are at present various supply teachers who have been working for a number of years for the ministry of education. Their hard work has produced results, and in some cases we have seen some of their pupils topping the list in different subjects. Yet they are still to be recruited on a permanent basis.<\/p>\n

We know of many who are the only breadwinners of their families and struggling hard to make ends meet. Others have taken up still further studies at their own cost. We know that the government has to cope with different constraints, but we believe the situation of supply teachers must also be looked at with some sympathy. Moreover it is incomprehensible that qualified candidates with Masters degrees and\/or PhDs are not called for interviews when recruitment exercises are carried out. How can such things happen?<\/p>\n

Narsimha P. Laxmi<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>* * *\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/u>Parapl\u00e9gie\u00a0\u00e0 l\u2019\u00eele Maurice<\/u><\/p>\n

La\u00a0Fondation\u00a0NEURAM organise une conf\u00e9rence internationale en mai<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Chaque\u00a0ann\u00e9e\u00a0500 personnes ont des blessures lourdes\u00a0suite \u00e0 des accidents de la route,\u00a0selon M.\u00a0Daniel Raymond, expert en\u00a0s\u00e9curit\u00e9\u00a0routi\u00e8re pour le\u00a0minist\u00e8re\u00a0du Transport (voir Week End<\/em> 31 d\u00e9cembre).\u00a0La prise en charge de ces\u00a0individus est complexe:\u00a0notre\u00a0r\u00e9cente\u00a0\u00e9tude a d\u00e9cel\u00e9 beaucoup de lacunes que nous souhaitons combler.<\/p>\n

La\u00a0Fondation\u00a0NEURAM se\u00a0sp\u00e9cialise dans la prise en charge des personnes qui deviennent paralys\u00e9es \u00e0 la suite des blessures m\u00e9dullaires, traumatismes cr\u00e2niens et accidents vasculaires\u00a0c\u00e9r\u00e9braux.\u00a0Pour sensibiliser les professionnels de sant\u00e9, les patients et leurs proches \u00e0 l\u2019importance de soins\u00a0sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9s\u00a0et pluridisciplinaires dans la prise en charge de ces patients, la Fondation organise une conf\u00e9rence internationale les 16 et 17 mai 2018\u00a0sur le\u00a0th\u00e8me\u00a0de la\u00a0Parapl\u00e9gie\u00a0\u00e0 l\u2019\u00eele Maurice.<\/p>\n

La conf\u00e9rence a re\u00e7u l\u2019aval du ‘President-elect’ l\u2019American Spinal Injury Association<\/em>\u00a0(www.asia.org<\/a>)\u00a0et du Pr\u00e9sident de l\u2019Association Internationale de\u00a0Parapl\u00e9gie\u00a0(www.iscos.org<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Elle\u00a0incluera\u00a0des ateliers de travail. M. Shivjeet Singh Raghav de l\u2019Indian Spinal Injuries Centre<\/em> (New Delhi) animera un atelier sur le th\u00e8me suivant \u00ab\u00a0Groupes de soutien aux patients et leur proches\u00a0\u00bb (Peer Support\u00a0Worker<\/em>). Nous souhaitons recruter des personnes souffrant de blessures\u00a0m\u00e9dullaires pour participer \u00e0 ces\u00a0s\u00e9ances\u00a0afin de devenir des\u00a0sp\u00e9cialistes\u00a0et travailler\u00a0sur une base volontaire\u00a0dans ce domaine dans le futur, suite \u00e0 une formation\u00a0structur\u00e9e\u00a0et\u00a0sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9e.<\/p>\n

Nous prions toutes les personnes\u00a0int\u00e9ress\u00e9es de se mettre en rapport avec nous. Le profil des candidats est d\u00e9crit sur notre site\u00a0www.neuram.org<\/a>. Nos\u00a0coordonn\u00e9es sont les suivantes: tel +230 58408877\u00a0email: asoopramanien@btconnect.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Nous faisons aussi appel \u00e0\u00a0tous ceux qui voudront nous aider pour\u00a0l’organisation de la conf\u00e9rence et nous leur prions de se mettre\u00a0\u00e9galement en contact avec nous.<\/p>\n

NEURAM a \u00e9t\u00e9 admise \u00e0 l\u2019ex\u00e9cutif de la F\u00e9d\u00e9ration mondiale de Neuro-R\u00e9habilitation\u00a0(www.wfnr.co.uk<\/a>) et celui de African Spinal Cord Injury Network<\/em> (www.afscin.org<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Son\u00a0pr\u00e9sident, le Professeur Anba Soopramanien est un sp\u00e9cialiste en blessures m\u00e9dullaires et\u00a0R\u00e9\u00e9ducation\u00a0Neurologique.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

* Published in print edition on 16 February 2018<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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