Letter to Editor Oct 2006

When in Rome...
14 October 2006(www.khaleejtimes.com)

THIS is with regard to the Khaleej Times Comment, ‘Beyond the veil’ (October 9). There is a saying that when in Rome, do as the Romans do, and I think it is apt in the case in question as well. I agree with the analysis about blending in when we find ourselves in other counties. However, it should be within limits. As regards the argument about the veil, I think that since covering the face is not compulsory, but a matter of personal choice, one should not have too much difficulty in adapting with the climate of the new land, wherever that may be.
- Ahsan Ghori, Abu Dhabi


Dictates of logic
10 October 2006 (www.khaleejtimes.com)

I FAIL to understand international economic policies. I feel they are against the natural balance and destabilise the equilibrium. As a layman, I simply fail to understand how economists artificially play with numbers in order to bring about price stabilisation. To me, the dictates of logic would suggest that if a commodity is found in abundance, its prices should reduce, but that is not always the case in the international market.

I believe that the people have the right to use God’s given abundance. Why can’t the doctrine of comparative advantage dictate trade as per theory, so in the end countries can have some of everything, but giving what that have more of for something they have less of?

At the moment, there is unnerving trade imbalance in the international market. One fails to understand what the fruits of centuries of progress have amounted to. Why can’t trade be fair to one and all?

If a strong realisation does not set in, and drivers of the global economy remain oblivious to the real needs of countries and people comprising them, then there is little hope for the future of international political economy. The present state of affairs defies the dictates of logic, and to no small extent.
— Ahsan Ghori, Abu Dhabi

Gods Bounty

God given Abundance

I fail to understand world economic policies. I feel it is against natural abundance. As a layman, I do not understand how the economists in order to control the price play with the numbers to artificially project & succeed in setting the scene of the world market in the name of value stabilization. To me as per logic when there is an abundance of substance available the price should come down but that is not the case. The people have the right to use God given abundance rather than be pawns moved by power players. Some countries have abundance of resources be it oil, mineral, cultivation, human etc, etc. Why can’t the trade be fair to one & all. Supply to other countries what they don’t have & get what you don’t have and the balance remains equal rather than being tilted in favor of one country over another. There is imbalance in trade only when the power players put little value for the goods you supply against what they offer. Each and every country is blessed with resources by GOD but the devil in the people have created the inequality and hence caused to form the G -8,Super powers, First world ,second world, third world where in reality there is only one world. God never will like people to suffer in his bounty but the whole scenario we now see is created by people, who out of sheer greed manipulated the simple logic of give & take and be fair.
Initially, it was looting of wealth from countries, which were rich in resources and now the new ploy of threatening the countries with sanctions. If it goes on like this the balance can never be equal but tilted in favor of power whereas the aim of the people living in this world should be to become equal in all respects. Strive to abolish 1st 2nd & 3rd world & become one happy free world in the real sense. Never control anything that you have more than you need but give it to others who don’t have. Isn’t that the basic principle which we are flouting. Why do we control & accumulate? Think about it.
Ahsan Ghori