I am greatly inspired by a well trained dog to guide a blind person here in Australia. I have seen a great number of blind people walking on a street with their dogs.

Actually, for a blind person the government here constructs the infrastructure with an immediate concern; therefore, in every nook and cranny of a city here, there are certain physical marks so that the blind person can feel that they are in line with their destination. And making a trained dog available for them is like an icing on the cake.

This is to say, they don’t need to be reliant on only one amenity, for example, the aforementioned one. The dog is the next loyal auxiliary means of supporting disabled lives. Therefore, under the aegis of trained dogs, thousands of blind people are making their movement like normal human beings.

I wish if we could implement from now what can be called a settlement and building code that recently Dhurmush and Suntali Foundation has been doing, that would be an epitome for how the settlements should be put in place.

Shiva Neupane, Melbourne

Open the door

US President Donald Trump has completed 100 days in office. The name “America” always catches attention from all the quarters. Apart from being surrounded by the beautiful vistas owing to the ocean and coastal areas, the USA is a great mix of culture, knowledge, history and wealth.

And no wonder America is often being termed “the land of milk and honey.” We the people and the media always give due attention to what is happening in the US. If a person boasts high standards of life, s/he will definitely get the attention from others. Right from my schooldays, in my native area of Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, India, in the early 1990s, I have been reading/watching the news of the US on various fronts.

So far, the US has waged wars on errant countries and terminated the terrorists apart from coming forward to help the needy with oodles and oodles of money. Right now I have bumped into Trump speaking on TV.  I have been surprised by the fact that his speech is expressive, cool, simple and kind.

I would rather say that this fact itself is quite enough to prove that Trump has everything at his disposal to deliver to the Americans and the world on the whole. True, he has started executing a lot of orders with respect to immigration policy and approval of visa.

Above all, how other countries are going to approach the US matters. It is only through good rapport, mutual respect and proper communications that other countries can benefit from the US.  In fact, the past records have clearly proved this point true.

Finally, the media must play an important and fair role in matters of reporting the news of the US for the larger benefit of the countries the world over.

Senthil Saravana Durai, Mumbai