The new President of the United States

Finally the United States has its 45th President and it was not approved by many people as there were demonstration and clashes to protest his election as they claim that it is not legitimate due to the Russian hacking and also due to his views on several issues that they don’t like. Anyway despite this, as per constitution, he was sworn in with many supporters cheering him on. His speech after inauguration (which I have not read or heard) stated that he will make America First in everything like jobs, economy etc. Although people are protesting his election but I as a neutral observer think that people should give him a chance as he is the President of the United States and not only for the states who voted for him. As the saying goes, don’t judge a book by its cover, let’s face these four years united as a country and let him do the job he is elected to do. Many people who are elected to the office temper their views after facing reality, and to be fair, he would not be able to please everybody even the people who voted for him and there will be lots of disappointments and heartaches and broken promises, but in the end this is what democracy is all about, you get the good with the bad. But the good thing is that if you don’t like it, you will have experienced the next four years to decide if what he is doing is okay with you and if not, you can always vote for the next candidate.

The Swimming case in Switzerland

I don’t know if you have read this news but there was a case brought by a Turkish Swiss couple who filed suit in a Swiss court that he does not want his daughter to swim with boys at an early age. The girls were less than 10 years of age. After the Swiss court decided against the parents, they went to the European court of Human Rights and there they lost the case again. Now it is not that they were not denied any special treatment as they were allowed to change clothes without the presence of boys and also were allowed to wear full body covered clothing for swimming, still the parents refused. Now here in the U.S. the situation is different as girls can and have the opportunity of all female swimming pools but the Swiss case is different as they are not used to accommodate different cultural and religious sensitivities. Although I don’t like the decision by the courts but the parents will have to abide by it or leave the country or do home schooling if it is at all possible. Now here is my honest opinion, although Muslims knows that when they are migrating to European countries, they will have to abide by their rules and not to impose their own on them, they still want to come and instead of assimilating decide to create isolated enclave where they want to insulate themselves and their children. If you are really worried about what the European culture will do to their kids, then either they should not come to Europe and struggle in their own countries or try to pick and choose their battles. They should try to adhere to the cultural and religious sensitivities of their own as much as possible without going on an all out war with the state. Religious teaches compassion and accommodation and tolerance and not isolation and shut out from the rest of world. It is a difficult balance but it is achievable, you just need to know how to do it.

On the lighter side-Movies-Keeping up with the Joneses (2016)

A normal suburban couple gets involved in espionage when they get involved in the lives of their seemingly innocent neighbors. Not funny. Not Recommended

On the lighter side-Movies-The girl on the train (2016)-Emily Blunt

A girl who takes a train everyday to work becomes involved in the murder mystery of a couple who she sees every day through the train window. Slow moving. Recommended with caution