Sunday, December 30, 2001		Feedback

IN her article "...Seeking healing" (December 16) Gitanjali Sharma has given a few examples of the patients who benefitted by adopting alternative methods of healing. No therapy is complete in itself, whether it is allopathy, ayurveda, homoeopathy or any other alternative therapy. All of them have their own records of wonder cures. Every system of medicine has its own limitations too, so in some cases these do not give the desired results. No system is superior to any other system. All of them should complement each other.

PAWAN DVIWEDI, Sujanpur

This refers to "Tackling teen troubles" by Mohinder Singh (December 16). Life from 12 to 18 years is a period of stress. This can be attributed to heightened emotionality resulting from physical and glandular changes. This may also be explained by social conditioning and pressures facing the teenager.

Most adolescents suffer from confusion, unhappiness and insecurity. It is said to be a period fraught with anxiety, not because of lack of intelligence but because of lack of experience.

Adoloscents generally complain that no one understands them. That is mostly because there is a difference in their thinking and that of their parents. An exchange of ideas can help bridge this generation gap and both generations will thus be more secure and understanding. Setting clear rules of conduct and behaviour and staying steadfast in enforcing them could be a workable parental strategy for dealing with modern teenagers.

VIJAY SHEEL JAIN, Ludhiana

Apropos B.K. Sharma’s "When doctors become patients" (December 16), doctors are secure in the belief that illness is something they treat, not something they suffer from. Better medical care for doctors’ families may help the doctors themselves. Doctors and members of their families should enjoy by right the highest standards of medical care.

AVTAR NARAIN CHOPRA, Kurukshetra

This refers to Ashwini Bhatnagar’s article "Kashmir good times ! bad times?" (December 2).

The article was interesting. On reading it one feels sympathy for the people of Kashmir but one is also happy to learn that their condition has improved in recent times.

Besides this writer also discloses some astonishing facts about officials and businessman i.e. they don’t pay their bills and taxes. For their own selfish means they even don’t want militancy to end in the valley.

All these perks are enjoyed by persons belonging to higher classes only, but what about middle class people? Are they also having a nice time?

HARLEEN, e-mail