A burning backyard

Sir, - The incident in Salem, Tamil Nadu, where a 6th standard student was brutally beaten and burnt by 10th standard students is as bad as the September 11 attacks.

It is often seen that children are unknowingly very cruel, not because they do it intentionally, but because they learn through the actions of elders. Not only do they learn about good and bad from parents, teachers and superiors in schools and other institutions but also from their interpretation of how our country is being ruled. Let us first clean our backyard and then talk about helping the international coalition fight terrorism.

Esra Tasneem Aslam,

Chennai

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