“Thank God every day when you get up that you have something to do that day which must be done whether you like it or not. Being forced to work and forced to do your best will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will.”
Census trends show a change in responses to the ‘Other religions and persuasions’ and ‘Religions not stated’ sections. There is a marked increase in the number of people seeking a third identity.
The feminisation of poverty can be summed up in Amartya Sen’s words: ‘Within each community, nationality and class the burden of hardship falls
disproportionately on women’.
The Rawalpindi road, closed since 1947, may be reopened. Of the government’s 12 peace proposals to Pakistan, the one to reopen the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road via Uri evoked some interest in the Kashmir Valley. Since 1947 the road has been closed.
