LOUDSPEAKERS; WHEN THERE WAS AGRERAIAN SOCIETY AND PEOPLE WERE LIVING MOSTLY IN VILLAGES, LOUDSPEAKERS WERE A NECESSITY TO CALL THE INHABITANTS FOR PRAYERS AND FOR THOSE WHO COULD NOT COME, TO LISTEN AT THEIR HOUSES AND DO THE PRAPYERS. IN THIS INDUSTRIAL AGE, WHERE RESIDENCES GET BUILT UP HOUSES ALL AROUND THE MOSQUES. TEMPLES AND GURDWARAS. AS ANY NOISE CREATED FOR THE SAKE OF PRAYERS, TO KNOW THE PRESENCE OF THE PRIESTS AND THEIR PERFORMANCE, LOUDSPEAKERS ARE BEING USED AND ARE BEING CONTESTED NOT THAT BY THE NEIGHBOURS AROUND NOR FROM THE PUBLIC BUT ARE BEING CONTESTED BY BELLIGENTS AND RELIGIOUS DIEHARD FROM BOTH SIDE S OF MUSLIM AND HINDUS AND THE POLITICAL PARTIES ARE EXPLOITING SUCH A SITUATION TO ENCOURAGE THEIR VOTERS AND TO CONSOLIDATE THEIR VOTE BANK. MEDIA, NEWSPAPERS, POLITICAL PARTIES GET SUCH ITEMS TO PROPAGATE THE VIEWS PRO AND AGAINST AND FINALLY THE JUDICIARIES WHICH ARE FINDING IT HARD AS TO HOW TO TACKLE THE PENDANCY OF CASES RUNNING IN THOUSANDS AND LAKHS, GET INVOLVED IN SUCH SITUATIONS TO AVOID AGGRAVATION OF SUCH SITUATIONS ANY MORE. I THINK ALL IS WASTE OF MONEY AND PERHAPS LOSS OF HUMAN LIFE IN SOME CASES AND SOLUTION ONCE FOR ALL BE PROUNCED BY JUDICIARIES AT THE EARLIEST RATHER THAN WASTING THEIR TIME IN INVITING AND HEARING ARGUMENTS ETC. ETC. THE FACT REMAINS THAT UNDOUBTELY LOUDSPEAKERS CREATE NUISANCE FOR THE NEIGHBOUR WHO GET DISTURBED IN THEIR PEACEFUL LIFE AS ALSO IN THEIR SLEEP, MORESO THE SICK AND OLD ONES SUFFER THE MOST BY ONSLAUGHT OF THE LOUDSPEAKER NOISE, HENCE WHATEVER MAYBE THE REASONS OF THE PRIESTS AND DIEHARD RELIGIOUS PROTAGONISTS, THE FACT REMAINS THAT THESE ARE MENACE TO THE PEACEFUL LIVING OF THE RESIDENTS NEARBY ETC. ETC. HENCE I AM OF THE VIEW THAT LOUDSPEAKERS MUST NOT BE ALLOWED IN ANY FORM AND FOR NOT ANY REASON WHATSOEVER, AND ALL SUCH SPEECHES, PRAYERS, SONGS AND CHANTS IF NOT ABANDONED, MUST USE THESE AT THE LOWEST VOICE ONLY TO ENTERTAIN THEIR CLIENTS AND IF THE LOUDSPEAKERS ARE NECESSARY TO BE USED AT HIGHEST PITCH, THEN SUCH FUNCTIONS OF PRAYERS AND SPEECHES MUST BE ORGANISED WHERE THERE ARE NO RESIDENTS OR AT BEST NEGLIGENT NUMBER OF HABITANTS. tks vasdevloond