Bad behaviour, whether mere rudeness or criminal activity, boils down to a lack of good standards. I don’t agree with the founder of Boys Town that there’s no such thing as a bad boy, but I do believe that no child is born bad. Children come into this world as a blank slate. They don’t know who they are, where they are, what colour they are or how they should behave. All of that they must learn, and it is what they learn that determines their behaviour.

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National general secretary of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Member of Parliament Tariq Anwar has welcomed the central government directive to all states to appoint at least one Muslim inspector in each police station. Talking to presspersons, Anwar said the directive, given in the light of the Sachar Committee recommendations, to appoint Muslim police inspectors and increase Muslim staff in teaching institutions, health department and banks is a welcome move.

Mr. Tariq A...