"I am done with writing on war crimes, fundamentalism and politics. In either case, they
do not serve any purpose other than venting out personal angst. But even that
purportedly hurts feelings, disrupts ‘peace’, and impedes ‘development.’ Therefore, I
have to write about something that does not offend anyone.
Okay, let’s write about flora and fauna. Our country has lesser trees than required. Trees
are being cut down daily for a variety of reasons. Last year, that communal group had cut
down a lot of trees under the guise of some obscure religious movement. Their
love for deserts probably makes them hate trees. And if they build the power plant in
Rampal, it will endanger the ecology of the Sunderbans…
… Hey, what am I doing! Nope, this can’t be written. Peace will be disturbed,
development would falter. Will have to write about something else…
…Well, can write about education. Education is the backbone of a nation. As the literacy
rate improves every year, education pays a price! Question papers leak abundantly.
Achieving the pass mark is being promoted and appreciated with no proper
evaluation of intellect.
…No, it would not be right to write on this either. The literacy rate increases by leaps and
bounds. Writing something like this in such a scenario would offend the education
system…
…Rather write a travelogue. I had been to Sitakund a few years ago. From there, one
can see the hillocks of the craggy Chittagong district. It is the habitat of a significant
portion of the nation’s aborigines. Anyway, they are terribly upset about the aggression
and encroachment of the army and outside settlers. On top of that, a huge portion of its
land mass was submerged during the installation of the Kaptai hydro power plant…
…Oh, these would surely brand me as a separatist infidel! Let the aborigines be. I will
choose something safer…
…Films it shall be then. Our cinema is in shambles. A handful were trying to progress.
The most prominent among them was Tareque Masud. Sadly, we could not keep him
alive. A certain class of our nation was not too fond of him. His films accommodated issues like
religious orthodoxy, militancy. Though his film ‘Matir Moyna’ was awarded in the
Cannes festival, the contemporary BNP-Jamat coalition government did not agree to
release the film in the country citing religious sensitivity. Later…
…Impossible! How many heads do I carry on my shoulder that I dare to talk about
religious fanaticism? Instead…
…Love, yes love and romance are the safest bets. Most undergo this episode, at least
once in their lives. And there are guys who ‘love’ one after the other; they promise
marriage, get intimate, and leave the beloved once they have made love. There are many
who upload the videos of the intimate moments of love making on the internet. And
usually, it’s the fairer sex who gets blamed and victimized. And these are the very men
who specifically hunt for virgins to marry; ‘chaste’ virgins to carry their family names.
But those girls rarely get the opportunity to return to normal…
…Nope, women rights, women empowerment, have to keep mum on these issues. It
would ruin the society, lead to utter decadence. Let society be by itself, I…
…Lets write about me. I was born in a middle class family. All the idiosyncratic
characteristics of the middle class - opportunism, indecisiveness, selfishness, I can be
convicted of all these. But it’s better than not belonging to a lower class or a proletariat
family. The farmers don’t get the fair price for their produce, and the workers do not earn
fair wages. The workers of the leading garment industry cannot even guarantee
themselves natural deaths. Collapsing buildings and fires often kill them, on an
industrial scale. Then comes those farcical rescue missions, ludicrous enquiry
commissions, fake promises of compensations, concealing the culprits in the name of
justice, et al…
…Damn, it is actually not possible for me to write. How joyously the nation is
developing. And look at the cynical me! This is the rhetoric of those conspirators, who
want to destroy the national industrial sector, disregard the blooming development in
agriculture. Instead of the reality…
…Better to get into fiction. Once upon a time, there lived a king. The ‘once upon’ is now
far bygone. The last sovereign ‘Nawab’ was defeated and killed mercilessly by the
treachery of Mir Zafar. Though incidentally, Mir Zafar had to pay for his actions, but
criminals of war, a thousand times more dangerous than Mir Zafar, have peacefully lived
in this country for many years. They have tasted the sweet syrup of power. Although they
have been presently brought to trial, but the sloth tribunal, the uncertainty of verdict,
allegations of entente with the government, the Shahbag movement…
…Crazy! Writing on these would falter the pace of the war crime judgment. The anti
independence Rajakars would flaunt the rules!
So what am I left to write with! Can someone tell me which kind of writing would
appease the government, political parties, fundamentalists, public, and the pro/anti
freedom groups? Is there anyone to advice?
Hello…"
do not serve any purpose other than venting out personal angst. But even that
purportedly hurts feelings, disrupts ‘peace’, and impedes ‘development.’ Therefore, I
have to write about something that does not offend anyone.
Okay, let’s write about flora and fauna. Our country has lesser trees than required. Trees
are being cut down daily for a variety of reasons. Last year, that communal group had cut
down a lot of trees under the guise of some obscure religious movement. Their
love for deserts probably makes them hate trees. And if they build the power plant in
Rampal, it will endanger the ecology of the Sunderbans…
… Hey, what am I doing! Nope, this can’t be written. Peace will be disturbed,
development would falter. Will have to write about something else…
…Well, can write about education. Education is the backbone of a nation. As the literacy
rate improves every year, education pays a price! Question papers leak abundantly.
Achieving the pass mark is being promoted and appreciated with no proper
evaluation of intellect.
…No, it would not be right to write on this either. The literacy rate increases by leaps and
bounds. Writing something like this in such a scenario would offend the education
system…
…Rather write a travelogue. I had been to Sitakund a few years ago. From there, one
can see the hillocks of the craggy Chittagong district. It is the habitat of a significant
portion of the nation’s aborigines. Anyway, they are terribly upset about the aggression
and encroachment of the army and outside settlers. On top of that, a huge portion of its
land mass was submerged during the installation of the Kaptai hydro power plant…
…Oh, these would surely brand me as a separatist infidel! Let the aborigines be. I will
choose something safer…
…Films it shall be then. Our cinema is in shambles. A handful were trying to progress.
The most prominent among them was Tareque Masud. Sadly, we could not keep him
alive. A certain class of our nation was not too fond of him. His films accommodated issues like
religious orthodoxy, militancy. Though his film ‘Matir Moyna’ was awarded in the
Cannes festival, the contemporary BNP-Jamat coalition government did not agree to
release the film in the country citing religious sensitivity. Later…
…Impossible! How many heads do I carry on my shoulder that I dare to talk about
religious fanaticism? Instead…
…Love, yes love and romance are the safest bets. Most undergo this episode, at least
once in their lives. And there are guys who ‘love’ one after the other; they promise
marriage, get intimate, and leave the beloved once they have made love. There are many
who upload the videos of the intimate moments of love making on the internet. And
usually, it’s the fairer sex who gets blamed and victimized. And these are the very men
who specifically hunt for virgins to marry; ‘chaste’ virgins to carry their family names.
But those girls rarely get the opportunity to return to normal…
…Nope, women rights, women empowerment, have to keep mum on these issues. It
would ruin the society, lead to utter decadence. Let society be by itself, I…
…Lets write about me. I was born in a middle class family. All the idiosyncratic
characteristics of the middle class - opportunism, indecisiveness, selfishness, I can be
convicted of all these. But it’s better than not belonging to a lower class or a proletariat
family. The farmers don’t get the fair price for their produce, and the workers do not earn
fair wages. The workers of the leading garment industry cannot even guarantee
themselves natural deaths. Collapsing buildings and fires often kill them, on an
industrial scale. Then comes those farcical rescue missions, ludicrous enquiry
commissions, fake promises of compensations, concealing the culprits in the name of
justice, et al…
…Damn, it is actually not possible for me to write. How joyously the nation is
developing. And look at the cynical me! This is the rhetoric of those conspirators, who
want to destroy the national industrial sector, disregard the blooming development in
agriculture. Instead of the reality…
…Better to get into fiction. Once upon a time, there lived a king. The ‘once upon’ is now
far bygone. The last sovereign ‘Nawab’ was defeated and killed mercilessly by the
treachery of Mir Zafar. Though incidentally, Mir Zafar had to pay for his actions, but
criminals of war, a thousand times more dangerous than Mir Zafar, have peacefully lived
in this country for many years. They have tasted the sweet syrup of power. Although they
have been presently brought to trial, but the sloth tribunal, the uncertainty of verdict,
allegations of entente with the government, the Shahbag movement…
…Crazy! Writing on these would falter the pace of the war crime judgment. The anti
independence Rajakars would flaunt the rules!
So what am I left to write with! Can someone tell me which kind of writing would
appease the government, political parties, fundamentalists, public, and the pro/anti
freedom groups? Is there anyone to advice?
Hello…"
nice...let's celebrate democraziness
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