Rebuilding the bond between neighbours is important because strong neighbourhood connections form the foundation of a supportive and emotionally healthy community. When people know and trust those around them, they feel safer, more relaxed, and more rooted in their surroundings. Simple interactions like greeting one another, helping in emergencies, or recognising familiar facesreduce loneliness and create a sense of belonging that digital connections cannot replace. As life becomes busier and more isolating, restoring these relationships is essential for social harmony, better mental well-being, and a neighbourhood that feels warm and dependable.
I still remember the lively days of my childhood, playing with the neighbour’s kids in the park and watching my mother go next door for her daily gup-shup. We shared food during Ramadan and festivals, looked out for each other, and helped during health emergencies. That easy connection is rarely seen now. Adults have lost a simple way to unwind, and children stay indoors because they no longer have friends living just a door away. Empty parks and quiet streets push kids towards screens, and the neighbour’s house, once a second home, has become just another building.
The solution is simple and doesn’t require anything grand. It begins with replacing hesitation with small, genuine actions. Offer a warm greeting, share a little food when you have extra, introduce yourself to a neighbour, or collect a parcel for them. Encourage children to play outside or arrange a small, informal gathering. These tiny gestures rebuild trust and familiarity. A connected neighbourhood isn’t lost; it’s a choice we can make again. Sometimes, all it takes is a sincere “Salam” to bring warmth back into our surroundings.
Yusra Ahmed
New Delhi
Importance of Neighbourhood in Today’s Society
I am writing to express my views through your esteemed newspaper about neighbourhood and its importance. Since the lifestyle of today’s generation has changed the whole living setup. People try to maintain big following on social media but not in actual world. In their actual life they prefer to maintain the small circle. It’s a high time to collaborate people themselves like previous generation live with neighbours. It provides a sense of belonging and social support, which is vital for mental and emotional well-being.
A good neighbourhoodfosters a sense of community helping to combat loneliness and providing a place where people feel connected and supported. Neighbour often acts as an extended family offering help during emergencies.
I urge the local authorities and fellow citizens to recognise the value of our neighbourhood and work together to preserve and improve them.
SofiyaTehmin
Azad Market, Delhi
Assam Govt’sBan onPolygamy
Assam Government’s ban onpolygamy says that a man convicted of polygamous marriage will be sentenced upto seven years in prison and deprived of employment and other benefits under Govt. schemes. Besides, the persons involved in solemnising such marriage will also be imprisoned upto two years in prison and fined of Rs. 1 lakh.
The move seeks to check and regulate the population. The excessive population growth is not really concerned with polygamy or monogamy but with uncontrolled high birth rate. A monogamous family may procreate more children than that of a polygamous family if it does not adopt family planning and birth control. Instead of banning of polygamy, the Govt. might have restricted the maximum number of children of each family, whether it be polygamous or monogamous so as to achieve population control in Assam.
In fact, the need of polygamy in a society cannot be overemphasised. A husband may really ever be compelled to wed a second wife if his first wife fails to bear at least one child to him due to her infertility or if she fails to satisfy husband’s sexual desires due to her some chronic sex related diseases.
Muhammad Abdus Samad
Ambari Dhupdhara, Assam