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Change the cricket selection process
This is with reference to the columns (January 13, 14) in DNA on Indian cricket. I fully agree with you that our selectors should take some bold decisions while selecting team for test cricket. With due apologies to our big three they should have said good bye gracefully. In fact the coach and selectors should have sorted it out with the senior players and eased them out. I feel sorry for Sachin that he has become a big joke on Facebook and Twitter among Non- Indians. Crass commercialisation of the game especially during the Dalmiya era has led to greed among players and the BCCI. Regionalism in the selection policy has been a bane in Indian Cricket (for that matter in other Indian Sport also). Some very drastic steps are required now. BCCI should emulate Australian Board in selection policy. Only three Selectors should be nominated irrespective of the region. They should have played minimum of 40 tests. Selectors should go for young and fit players, some of our pitches should be made fast, bouncy only then we can expect some sort of consistency in our game.
Cart this Indian team back home
I don’t know why everyone is criticising the Indian cricket team and ridiculing their performance, especially that of the `famed batting line-up`. They are the world’s No. 1 team, in go-karting. All we need to do now is to go cart them home because the cash-rich IPL 5 Tournament is about to start and only foolish players would harm their prospects by stretching themselves in the poorly paid five-day game. That’s the positive behind their performance which translates into mega bucks pragmatism.
Set up labs to check adulterated milk
As per a report, more than 65 per cent people in Maharashtra and all over the country drink adulterated milk mixed with water, detergent, fat, skimmed milk powder, urea and glucose. The sample of milk tested by the officials and the authorities found that the milk is not pure boiled, distilled water and not even tap water, but water from dirty, contaminated sources which has been proved as injurious to the health. In the city of Mumbai, the milk adulteration takes place on a larger scale and there is no effective strategy to tackle the problem, except in few cases where raids takes place and very few culprit are arrested and produced before the court. One thing is clear that no effective action is taken to end milk adulteration and the helpless consumers who do not have any alternative to drink adulterated milk risking their lives. I strongly feel that there should be one laboratory in each ward so that the consumers can test sample of milk and if this done there is better chance of identifying the sources of adulteration, but with the increased in the price of milk the anti-social elements and the criminals will be very busy in making money and adulteration can take place at the larger scale.
Improved immunity can counter TB threat
The discovery of 12 cases of Totally Drug Resistant tuberculosis should not lead to panic reactions, especially from doctors (“Fears of a TDR-TB epidemic rise”, DNA, January 12). While the news is alarming from the point of view of current unavailability of treatment regimens for this new strain, the potential threat of an epidemic is much less than predicted. Mycobacteria are opportunistic bacteria (both M tuberculosis and M leprae) and do not easily infect humans with good immune systems, generally attacking those who for any reason are immunologically compromised. Epidemics are caused by bacterial or viral agents that are highly infectious and capable of causing disease across the immunological spectrum. What is more urgent at this stage is to avoid scare-mongering and research both the failings in current strategies that allowed the emergence of a TDR strain as well as newer medications to counter it. The rampant and non-monitored use of antibiotics used in many developing countries along with the tendency to stop medication once the patient feels better are two major factors that need to be checked. Improving the immune state of high risk target groups through better nutrition and primary health care can play a significant role in countering this threat.
This is with reference to the columns (January 13, 14) in DNA on Indian cricket. I fully agree with you that our selectors should take some bold decisions while selecting team for test cricket. With due apologies to our big three they should have said good bye gracefully. In fact the coach and selectors should have sorted it out with the senior players and eased them out. I feel sorry for Sachin that he has become a big joke on Facebook and Twitter among Non- Indians. Crass commercialisation of the game especially during the Dalmiya era has led to greed among players and the BCCI. Regionalism in the selection policy has been a bane in Indian Cricket (for that matter in other Indian Sport also). Some very drastic steps are required now. BCCI should emulate Australian Board in selection policy. Only three Selectors should be nominated irrespective of the region. They should have played minimum of 40 tests. Selectors should go for young and fit players, some of our pitches should be made fast, bouncy only then we can expect some sort of consistency in our game.
Cart this Indian team back home
I don’t know why everyone is criticising the Indian cricket team and ridiculing their performance, especially that of the `famed batting line-up`. They are the world’s No. 1 team, in go-karting. All we need to do now is to go cart them home because the cash-rich IPL 5 Tournament is about to start and only foolish players would harm their prospects by stretching themselves in the poorly paid five-day game. That’s the positive behind their performance which translates into mega bucks pragmatism.
Set up labs to check adulterated milk
As per a report, more than 65 per cent people in Maharashtra and all over the country drink adulterated milk mixed with water, detergent, fat, skimmed milk powder, urea and glucose. The sample of milk tested by the officials and the authorities found that the milk is not pure boiled, distilled water and not even tap water, but water from dirty, contaminated sources which has been proved as injurious to the health. In the city of Mumbai, the milk adulteration takes place on a larger scale and there is no effective strategy to tackle the problem, except in few cases where raids takes place and very few culprit are arrested and produced before the court. One thing is clear that no effective action is taken to end milk adulteration and the helpless consumers who do not have any alternative to drink adulterated milk risking their lives. I strongly feel that there should be one laboratory in each ward so that the consumers can test sample of milk and if this done there is better chance of identifying the sources of adulteration, but with the increased in the price of milk the anti-social elements and the criminals will be very busy in making money and adulteration can take place at the larger scale.
Improved immunity can counter TB threat
The discovery of 12 cases of Totally Drug Resistant tuberculosis should not lead to panic reactions, especially from doctors (“Fears of a TDR-TB epidemic rise”, DNA, January 12). While the news is alarming from the point of view of current unavailability of treatment regimens for this new strain, the potential threat of an epidemic is much less than predicted. Mycobacteria are opportunistic bacteria (both M tuberculosis and M leprae) and do not easily infect humans with good immune systems, generally attacking those who for any reason are immunologically compromised. Epidemics are caused by bacterial or viral agents that are highly infectious and capable of causing disease across the immunological spectrum. What is more urgent at this stage is to avoid scare-mongering and research both the failings in current strategies that allowed the emergence of a TDR strain as well as newer medications to counter it. The rampant and non-monitored use of antibiotics used in many developing countries along with the tendency to stop medication once the patient feels better are two major factors that need to be checked. Improving the immune state of high risk target groups through better nutrition and primary health care can play a significant role in countering this threat.
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