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Abd Al Mustafa said
Hi,
Bangladeshis are way too weak in all aspects. Until they drive out corruption from within their own hearts they will never be able to reform the country.
sanjida shaheed said
I refuse to be pessimistic. Too weak? Our struggle for independence time and again tells a different story, wouldn’t you say?
I whole-heartedly agree on the corruption issue though.
Abd Al Mustafa said
true, true. to rephrase, i would say that bangladeshis are too weak to rid the country of corruption (meaning, they don’t wholeheartedly want to get rid of the corruption as there are huge benefits for a huge amount of people if they let the corruption ride it’s course).
As for the independence or is it liberation, when it comes to matters such as those bangladeshis can be very strong. But other than that they just don’t care as long as it doesn’t affect them (i say this from my experience with our bangladeshi folk back home and here in the UK).
sanjida shaheed said
hmmm, i suppose people get used to just “let it be, let it be, let it be-ee-ee” (tsk, tsk!). let’s blame it on the weather (by the way, it IS awfully hot and humid in bangladesh these days.)!!!
everybody is affected you know, i mean what’s not to be affected by? environmental pollution, inflation, session jams in educational institutes, traffic jam, adulterated food, nepotism——the list can go on and on on. after all, we ARE officially the most corrupted country.
problem is, everybody thinks the solution is not THEIR responsibility. whose responsibility is it really?
Abd Al Mustafa said
despite how corrupt the country is, i still go there every year and am off in july even though it will be absolutely fuming. wish me luck! i’ve never been to BD during this time of the year before, i’m dreading it.
sanjida shaheed said
try to do something nice, no matter how small, to change the situation of BD, when you come.
the country needs us all to do our bit.
if you don’t, and want to enjoy your own life while you can instead — like most of us — you can ALWAYS blame it on the weather. (let’s count our lucky stars that this tip won’t help the political leaders.)
Abd Al Mustafa said
i must say your english is excellent! you’re not a westerner like me by any chance, who just so happens to be living in BD at the moment..??
Inshallah! like they say, many hands make light work. if we all throw in a little something each (not necessarily money) we will get there eventually.
sanjida shaheed said
thanks for the compliment. i’m just an ordinary BD folk, trying to make it right here in BD — whatever “making it” means anyway.
thanks for the support you have already shown for my blog. please tell as many people as you possibly can to publish their own opinion here… maybe one day we ALL can do some action that will speak louder than all the words passionately uttered in this blog.
Abd Al Mustafa said
i should’ve made this post months back. today, i suddenly remembered this blog. just wanted to say i was in BD from july 30th ‘07 for 10 days. i planned to stay longer but due to the heat and humidity and not to mention the rain i decided to the contrary.
The people seriously need to sort out the country, truly it is in a big mess.
Netty Gritty said
better late than never!
thanks for remembering my blog! it’s a huge inspiration!