Eunuchs To Become Recovery Officers

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This is the first time that I have come across such news in my country. The Sialkot Municipal Administration has recently announced that it planning to recruit eunuchs as recovery officers to collect outstanding water supply charges.

The eunuch's community is extremely happy with this positive announcement and have expressed their willingness to make sure that every penny will be recovered and deposited with the public exchequer. The eunuchs have a huge responsibility as they have to recover Rs 20 million worth of dues but they are determined to work better and will honestly carry out the door to door recovery campaign.

At the moment the eunuchs will be hired on a contractual basis and based on their performance it will be decided if they should be offered permanent jobs. It was decided to hire eunuchs in the first place because of the disappointing performance of the existing recovery staff who failed to collect the arrears.

I guess this is quite a positive stance and eunuchs also deserve a fair chance to work in the system and in decent positions rather than just dance around in weddings.

The height of hopelessness!

3 or 4 times I have read in the newspaper that kids are being left to grow with the cats & dogs in the house. Such children bark, & walk like dogs & cats as they have been raised by them. Parents throw food on the floor for them. Whenever such kids are discovered, they are taken away immediately. Of course truth is stranger than fiction & we get to hear crappy stories on a daily basis. The thing is…nothing shocks us anymore.

Children don’t come in this world just like that. Needless to say, it’s a very big responsibility to look after a child. I have also gone through reports about illegitimate kids…people throw acid to get rid of these infants. Sometimes they leave them in garbage sites where stray dogs kill them. In fact, people become so damn creative when they want to hurt anyone.

Few years ago, an infant was left outside the mosque in Karachi. When people saw the child, they informed maulana sahab about it. And maulana sahab was quite sure that the baby was illegitimate. According to his closed mind, anything illegitimate was the symbol of impurity & he asked people to cast stones at the baby. And everyone there thought they were sinless just like the new born baby & so they were in the position to lynch that infant. And that’s how all the bastards killed that infant. Nothing has ever been done about it. Most probably, maulvi sahab must be having anal sex somewhere. My doctor friends say that it’s one of most favourite activities of the clergy. Their wives often come to the clinic with this problem & nobody will ever call it an abuse.

We often see these little girls & maids looking after kids. I don’t know how could people trust servants to this extent. My mom told me that once she saw this servant hitting a child with her shoe in the park. Who is responsible? A child being hit & abused by a servant is not just a sorry story. It also tells us about the irresponsible parents who have no time for their children. Wasting your money on the child is not everything.

I still remember how I bothered both my parents when I was a kid. I’ve also heard stories from my mother, khalas, uncles & aunties how Ammi & Papa used to go out of their way to do something for me. The fact is…kids are supposed to bother parents. It’s something natural. It’s sickening to know that parents can be so irresponsible & selfish.

This is beside the point. But whenever I go to the clinic, I often see servants bringing the pets for their check-up. I’m very sorry to say but I find this equally abhorrent. What’s the point of keeping a pet when you don’t even have time to take him to the clinic. I have also seen these damn servants treating the animals so badly.

Whether it’s a child or a pet – servants would treat them badly, if they could. I’m not saying that all servants are bad. After all, they are humans. Some are good but mostly, servants aren’t that good. Abandoning your kids at the mercy of servants is not that great an option…at least in my opinion. Leaving children with the pets to grow up only highlights how untrustworthy & fucked up those parents are.

All I know is that kids ought to be treated like kids. And such stories only give one headaches. For a better tomorrow, you must work on your kids.

Animal abuse

Yesterday we went to the clinic for our cat’s surgery. We saw this poor cat in the cage & she has been deserted by her owner. This cat has fits every now & then; she is in a pretty bad shape. It won’t be incorrect to say that: she looks something like a cat. Her eyes only show pain & she’s extremely thin. She has lost a lot of hair. According to the vet, her condition won’t improve & sooner or later, she ought to be put down. The vet has not yet euthanized the cat, cause she’s eating on her own now, which she wasn’t when she was left at the clinic for good.

Many a time, people get attracted by cute kittens & puppies, & keep them for a while. Since there is no sense of responsibility, these pets are being abandoned later on. Cats & dogs are being killed on the road every day. It doesn’t seem to prick anybody’s conscience. And if you talk about it, you’re mad.

Anyway, it reminds me of another terrible story of a Persian cat & her breed conscious owners. Both these guys adopted her so that they can sell her kittens. She used to have kids almost every 5 months. They did earn a lot while she could produce. A time came when she started staying ill most of the time. The cat was also having problems in her delivery. During her last pregnancy, the vet forewarned these guys that it is serious & they should think about aborting the kids or the cat might die. Obviously they didn’t show any interest whatsoever. She had a surgery & all her kittens were dead. The vet asked the guys if he should remove the uterus, which was deteriorated beyond repair, as it might kill the cat in the long run & now she cannot have babies. The guys said that it would be no use to remove the uterus as the cat is useless for them, cause she can’t produce babies anymore. After 2 days, the cat died.

I think it’s a gruesome case of abuse, beyond any reasonable doubt. Although she was a pet, but she was being used like anything. Or should I say she was some sort of business? As long as these guys could earn the profit, everything was fine. Isn’t it strange you are earning & yet you don’t care for the life that’s providing the money?

Those who care about animals would care about them no matter what. And those who abuse animals & take them for granted won’t change either. Anyhow, the act of hurting animals speaks volumes about the ugly nature of humans.