Hundreds of thousands of helpless women, children and frail, old affectees among the IDPs are standing in long lines for long hours just to get food to eat. IDPs are compelled to beg, humiliated and disgraced just to get stuff of subsistence for their survival. The concerned authorities are requested to help the IDPs without hurting their respect and dignity. For God's sake don't produce a generation of beggars by permanently injuring the self-respect of the IDP children. -TAJ NABI KHAN, Islamabad, via e-mail, May 15.