Haidar's Corner

In the days ahead, brethren should ensure that their connectivity is turned on and in tiptop shape as we 'uninstall' the infected softwares that are running our devices and 'install' the newly released CHANJE 2.0 which comes as a total suite of applications and an Antivirus as a bonus. It will not be easy and for some there will be 'reboots' and perhaps several conflicts with system specifications. So you are advised to contact a hardware vendor and do a total upgrade of all your hardware components and peripherals. Still others (maybe myself inclusive) might just have to forgo the whole operating system and go with the latest release. System crashes will characterize the first few weeks and months ahead because CHANJE 2.0 is incompatible with most devices manufactured after a certain date or those with certain operating systems that are deeply infected with viruses and trojans. More updates will be released in due course. Stay tuned to Chanje An...

...and the yoke is severed on the 'morrow... A decade and a halved dozen of impunity... Do not joke or be careless with this honored guest... For he knocks only once... Salvation is only for the 'engaged citizen'... Change is a journey that lies beyond this door... The destination is not a place fenced in the confines of a time... No my fellow sojourner, Change is the train station service of perpetuity... Our getting on or off doesn't mean it won't move on... For the end of line soon becomes the new take-off point. Haidarwali 201505280700hrs

Eyes cannot see Sunshine or dew Without the mind So you see Because I can't view It doesn't mean I'm blind To have clarity And a heart true One leaves much behind Distractions need be Shut out, even with glue If mind and heart be aligned To be continued... Haidarwali 201505071401hrs

I think a call for total abolishing of the Almajiri system is too unrealistic and abrupt a 'solution'. Moreover, instead of addressing the 'roots' we are going for the 'trunk of the tree'. Social problems of this nature need to be addressed holistically and thus I think we should go for reform. The two things that need to be addressed IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER include the following: 1. Poverty and low level of education: Most of those children who suffer neglect do so from their parents being unable to cater for them and lack of knowledge that the abandoning of children at such early levels has negative effects on the children. This combination of factors needs to be properly isolated and tackled holistically as well as individually. The challenge is that even if a law is passed today to abolish the almajiri tsangaya (schools) we will find out that there is no ready program in place to 'substitute' that which is being eliminated. The 'formal w...