India, Feb. 1 -- By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD

I was overjoyed to learn a couple of days ago that Dr. M.A. Saleem, the DG&IG of our Police Force, has announced that all our cops will henceforth become eligible to get leave on priority, to celebrate their birthdays and anniversaries, with their families.

Nothing else could have been a better or more well-deserved gift to these hard-working and often badly overworked souls than this little gesture of love and sensitivity, coming from a man heading their fraternity.

I say this because for almost all the men and women serving us in their Khaki uniforms, their personal lives get the least or even next-to-no priority. And, this is not because they cannot be given some rest and relief, by effic...