Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Sobering Beginning

Beginning of everyday is sobering one.
That is, if you begin your day with a perusal of the daily newspaper.
Elders tell us to read the newspaper to get admonition. Too many of those who read newspapers go through it like a person who thinks that the stories with admonition are not for me.
Roznama Rashtriya Sahara of Urdu has one chilling story from the same area in Noida where a few years back human skeletons were found. This is the story of two sisters locking themselves in a house for seven months. Their father was an army officer who expired in 1992. The second trauma came when their mother too expired soon after. Third one came when the only brother married and decided to live separately.

The west had killed the institution of family some time back. We are following them. It is unlikely that the results can be much different for us.

We seek Allah's refuge from the effects of our bad deeds. May Lord Most High make is easy for us, our near and dear ones, our neighbours and our society in general.