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‘The Boy Comes Home’ by Milne prescribed by Bharathiar University for Part II English for undergraduate courses is enjoyable. The play embodies the conflict between age and youth, experience and naiveté and so son. It accentuates the need to be practical and responsible by contrasting the young army officer Philip’s flippant attitudes with the practical wisdom of his uncle James who is a successful businessman. Incidentally, it is also a condemnation of war which makes a mockery of the value of human lives. If all these are not values and morals, what else those who decry the play expect from a work of art prescribed with the twin purposes of language learning and character building? It is undoubtedly moralistic as every work of art incidentally or directly could be. Above all, every reader will perceive that James and Philip are antithetical personae portrayed to reveal the triumph of right in the end. After all, Philip is not a rake beyond reparation. He is just a youth with certain misconceptions who could be put back on the right track. Every piece of literature teaches – some obtrusively, some not seeming like that. The former will be shunned; the latter enjoyed and adopted discerningly. There is a good message in the play ‘Uncle James’ and it is for the reader to dig it up from the sub-text. A seasoned teacher facilitates the learners to read between and behind the lines. A lesson prescribed for language learning need not be a moral treatise. Tragedies and comedies teach more morals than mere moral tracts; tragedies through catharsis and comedies through a mockery of unpleasant, undesirable manners and attitudes to life. A. Arunachalam, Kuniamuthur. Garbage collection feeCollection and disposal of garbage in the city has been a burning issue for the last few months. The garbage collection fee proposed by the Coimbatore Corporation Council is moderate and reasonable. It is a small price to pay to keep the city clean and hygienic. It is regrettable that there has been a row over the fee. The well-meaning proposal should be supported by one and all, cutting across parties. S. Venkatachalam, Kavundampalayam. Awareness on literacyI am confused about the way programmes are arranged to create awareness on various themes: school children are made to form human chains to create awareness on HIV/AIDS, alcohol but not on literacy; district collector goes on bicycle to create awareness on literacy but does not visit the local fund libraries which still follow the British style. Right from the British period, library tax is collected along with the property tax. But it does not go into a separate account head. The number of dailies, weeklies and other publications and the latest additions of books, if any, are not exhibited for the benefit of the readers. K.K. Lakshmanan, Tiruchy Road. Kudos to apex courtI wish to congratulate the Supreme Court. Today the Supreme Court is like a candle in the wind. It needs appreciation for not guttering out in these wild political winds. It has placed the interests of the citizens ahead of political compulsions calling for bandhs, hartals, strikes etc. A.P. Suresh, A.T.T. Colony. Airport chargesWhile the Coimbatore Airport collects Rs. 60 even for parking vehicles for a short duration and charges Rs. 30 per head for entry into the waiting hall of those who come to receive and see off bonafide passengers the authorities have not provided even a single functional wall clock anywhere in the hall. The arrangement for supplying drinking water is also quite unsatisfactory. Quite often we hear about upgrading the airport to meet international standards. It is indeed welcome but it does not solve the existing problems. The airport authorities should do something immediately to meet the present basic requirements of the public. K.D. Viswanaathan, Thadagam Road. Maruthamalai RoadIn the eighties the highways authorities had said that Maruthamalai High Road was to be widened to 90 feet. Accordingly, encroachments were removed up to P.N. Pudur. However, the proposal did not move further. There are two universities, a law college, many schools and places of worship on the road and hence this needs to be improved. K.K. Lakshmanan, Coimbatore. Wealth from garbageThe Hindu should be commended for focussing on the Vellalore dumping yard issue. Wealth can be created from garbage. Coimbatore City Corporation alone collects 560 tonnes of garbage everyday and dump them at the dumping yards. At least five times of garbage pile on the roads which are not collected by sanitary workers. Garbage can be processed to generate biogas and organic compost by anaerobic digester which is environment-friendly. D. Anandaraj, R.S. Puram. (Readers can mail to cbereaders@thehindu.co.in with phone number and address)
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