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By
Mehwish Rehman
The world has changed into a global village. Today lots of tools regarding information are like television, newspaper and internet are available. Our generations are much more attracted by these tools and they maintain a mind level of audience.
These informative tools and technologies do facilitate our generation in education. The internet however has become source to build, interact, communicate and disseminate information to masses.
Websites are the latest tool of information and are more successful in approach. They establish online relationship between the students and their studies. Provide an in depth information and interaction.
On the contrary, our new generation responds in a variety of behaviors. Today, our youth regularly watch television and use internet but mostly they use these sources for entertainment not for knowledge. They chat with their friends, talk on cell phones.
It is a true fact that humans need entertainment for relaxation of their mind but just for limited time. Different tools of information available for youngster. They should use these facilities positively and take advantage of them. Only five to ten percent youth use internet as a tool for gathering information and knowledge while majority move towards entertainment.
It can be argued that entertainment has existed since years in the form of parables and fables which promoted social change in our society.
Entertainment decreases ability and knowledge of teenagers and it also impacts on different cultures of communities. Everyone accept their customs and traditions due to which social changes occur in societies which prevail wrong effects.
When we are adolescent, we get to use these informative sources in the school libraries, encyclopedia and parents. All these sources are trusted.
When we grow up, these sources are available in state library, newspaper, television, bookstores and current magazines, but now days; these sources are used negatively by youngsters.
In olden times, there used to be less sources of information so it was much easier to verify the data collected from a specific source, where as now, number of sources and information available on them is so huge that it feels like measuring a giant mountain to verify a small sentence.
Though information has reached at our finger tips but the capacity of people to absorb and acquire that information is not that much which it should have been with the pace of time.
Youth should change its preferences because its need of time to realize that knowledge and information is the thing that can make something while entertainment is not the primary factor.
The habit of book reading should be inculcated among our new generation so that the dominance of entertainment section could be overcome.
No nation can progress with its entertainment or field of amusement. Only exploration of knowledge can make the difference.
This practical work was carried out under the supervision of Sir Sohail Sangi
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Thar means living nearer to nature
By Fareeha Ali
I had no idea that my visit to Mithi would be so enjoyable and memorable as it turned out to be. The road was passing through the desert, it was calm, quite, peaceful, and beautiful with lush green bushes, the desert wondered itself.
Whenever it rains the desert becomes more beautiful and road to Mithi becomes adorable. We entered Mithi through Benazir Gate, found huts deep inside the desert and stopped to have lassi and tea at Malanhore Veena village.
It is an ideal spot for tourists. You come close to nature by hearing the sounds of birds and wild animals.
we talk about people of Mithi, they are lovable, hospitable and polite. Once you are here you will forget the rest of the world.
Nothing has diverted the people of Mithi from their culture. Village life of these people is very natural, pure and interesting.
They face every problem of life collectively. Having a look at the life of people here we found most of them laborer and very few having government jobs like school teacher.
In this advanced era, this area lacks basic amenities of life like electricity, gas, water, school, hospital at most of the villages of Tharparkar, but in Mithi these basic needs are available to some extent.
I think for a while that every human being has a right to live and survive on earth with basic necessities.
After having a look of village life we went to visit main bazaar of Mithi from where I bought a hand made shawl, shirt, Ajrak, at low price.
Mithi is like a small bowl, we can see the beautiful view from top of the mount resort and it’s under construction place is named after former prime minister. Its view is same as that of Damn-e-Koh in Islamabad.
During this trip, I finally got a chance to visit Naukot Fort. I explored historical and cultural heritage which is fascinating and vibrant.
Naukot Fort, a fortified strong hold of Talpur period is situated three Kilometers North West of Naukot town at the edge of Thar Desert.
It was built by Mir Karam Ali Khan Talpur in 1814 A.D. The fort is divided into two portions, barracks and residential area. The main fort is 366ft in length and 318ft in breadth.
At main gate of fort, there is Small Square facing towards Thar Desert. The fort is made with burnt bricks laid with mud mortar and lime plaster.
The tapered fortification walls of fort are 4'.6" to 9'ft thick and roof is domed flat and vaulted at different places. The grandeur facade of fort makes it distinct from other fort.
The fort is now a perfect place for picnic. I hope that this special fort can be saved before it gets too late.
As our tour came to an end, we were on our way back, there were the magical scenes of Mithi in our minds and it was indeed a trip to remember. ---
Wekly Roshni
Life of flat dweller, a curse
By Mehwish RehmanI was moving towards my destination after hard and tiring routine of everyday's work. I had hardly reached at the centre portion of my plaza, suddenly I was welcomed by a packet of garbage. Somehow I managed to keep my self safe from becoming target of that troublful moment. After that when I entered in my flat and was just taking a sigh of relief in my room, a voice struck my ears, “pani tapak raha ha”. That was my neighbor living from a flat beneath my flat, who was getting bothered by the water drops falling from wet clothes which were hung so that they could be dried.
After all this, my mind said to me that it is a hard fact of life that life in flats is not less then a curse.
It's a universal truth that flowers are always accompanied with thorns. So where there are some advantages, there lay some disadvantages as well.
One family living in flat expressed their thought that among all problems, disturbance of privacy is the major issue.
Due to closely packed rooms, privacy of family matters becomes an open matter which is very unbearable.
Some flats are designed very well and lots of facilities are also available but due to bad response of different communities, the equilibrium is disturbed.
Females living in flats say that another problem is congested kitchens which affects health as smoke and steam of cooking mixes with the air and creates inhalation problem.
Due to congested area, air and noise pollution also becomes an obstacle in the path of smooth life. The availability of low space, even does not allow the rays of sun to enter in rooms. In winters, people face lot of difficulty due to no access of sunlight.
A bachelor, Dr Qamar Shahbaz who has experience of flat life style, share his opinion that he has lived in flats throughout his life and mostly he faced problem of water.
Sometimes he has to go hospital without taking a bath and often leakage of water in bath room teased him a lot.
Then finally he decided to leave this cursed life and went to another place. Every person in this global village wants to take a breath in an open area, not in a congested place like flat.
Now days, flats and apartments have become a symbol of developed countries. Citizens of any country are not up to equal status and all of them can not afford to live in palaces. Therefore, flats do have an important position in the global eye.
But the worst conditions of infrastructure in our flats degrade its importance. A stern action and measure should be taken to save this global need from becoming the victim of bad management.
Hopefully, life in flat would not be a curse then. Weekly Roshni
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