Positive Checks

1960, Prof. Ghulam Mohammad Bhat professor of Economics at S P College Srinagar, while delivering lecture on Malthusian theory on Population said that Population is controlled either by preventive checks or by positive checks. Preventive check is by use of condom, vasectomy and other methods. Positive Check is that Nature balances the population in absence of preventive checks. The few methods of positive checks are: Epidemic, Flood, Fire, War etc. When he said: "Sumjay". I broke silence and in response said: "Na sumjay woh anadee hai.". Prof. Bhat Sahab was for the first time seen giving a hearty laughter in response.

Early eighties,in response to a solitary natural death one Kindergarten student said: "Malquli mouth ha chu bavrea gomuet" (The Death angel seems to have gone amuck.. 

Today when in the valley the death rate is on steep rise, I remember Prof. G M Bhat for his lecture on Positive Checks.