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TO THE EDITOR
SSC results
I would like to congratulate the successful candidates who have achieved good results in the SSC examinations this year. The percentage of pass is nearly 50, which is 10 percent higher than last year's. Another noticeable feature is that 9886 candidates have scored GPA -5, which is undoubtedly a very big number. The brilliant results were accomplished mostly by top school students, situated in the capital. However, the main reason behind obtaining GPA -5 is the new system of calculating the marks for the elective subject.
On the other hand, it is dismal to note that there are an equal number of unsuccessful candidates . But they should not be frustrated, rather they should try to move ahead. One failure doesn't mean anything.
Zahid
Tangail
Snap of reality
For educational purpose, I am out of the country for the last two years. So even though I used to read the newspapers on the net regularly ,it is hard for any person to get the country's actual picture without experiencing it firsthand. But after coming to Bangladesh last month, I was really astonished to see how the condition in respect of law and order has deteriorated dramatically over the years.
Being the member of a minority community, we know how many social obstacles we have to face in our daily life. For the new generation life has become a frustrating proposition. But when people like SQ Chowdhury make offensive comments in press meetings towards any specific community (who are a minority), does not it show his own shallow mentality? But the most surprising thing about the whole fiasco by SQ was that the
government has not made a single comment on this issue. The whole society was in for a rude shock by his comments. I think the government showed this type of nonchalant attitude before, and acted as if this type of comments were nothing surprising.
I would like to ask the government how long will it take to open its eyes and read the lines on the walls?
Kalketu Mitra
Chittagong University
Perspective
The politicians are also pointing that the society has become undisciplined, but they point to the other politicians and do not include themselves. That is why history has recorded these cycles. At the international scene one superpower is eroding the UN system through acts of omissions and commissions in Afghanistan and Iraq (next target
Iran; final objective all the oil and energy resources on this planet). A rishi sitting in meditation in the high Himalayas uses minimum energy; so much so that birds build nests on the still head.
Other pre-emptive raids will follow, as the chain of moral indiscipline has been activated, and it is too late to switch off the system. External forces cannot control this evil phenomenon. The break-up has already started from within, and the cracks can neither be repaired or covered up. This is the timeless law of retribution ruthless and neutral in its application, because it is selfimposed. History repeats itself, as human nature also undergoes cycles within a bandwidth. Mystics have predicted change of bandwidth, but it is not in the first phase of the cleansing process.
The political detergent agents (watch the soap TV commercials) have to return. Politics has been too
much soiled and has become spotted. The spots camouflage like the leopard skin. The political laundry service is a new industry in the emerging countries. There is no point in using arsenic water for cleansing. Not enough.
Who are the groups directly or indirectly responsible for encouraging indiscipline in the society? Must be a section of corrupt leaders (regardless of vocation or avocation). It is easy to be a follower, as leadership has to be cultivated for years, but the followers enjoy the huge service charges earned from dubious operations. Instant fortune is difficult to resist (same in the invasion of Iraq).
The commission from the operators travel upwards it is the beginning of the rent-seeking culture, which has become popular in Bangladesh in the name of toll collections, extortion, coffee money and, you name it. Why the influential
politicians, in or out of power, cannot resist temptation? The other hidden side is the misuse of power and influence. What an individual condoles or condones applies to himself also, but it is not publicly admitted ("I am not corrupt, may be others are"). Here comes the protection racket. It is a wide net, and well preserved, oiled and greased for smooth operation.
It makes good governance difficult--dealing with the unfaithful inside the home territory. The QC (quality control) rating of politics and governance has gone down, which the politicians should explain, without casting aspersion on the opponent camps. Recently one editor of a daily newspaper predicted (in his column) gloomy days for the politicians in the near future, as the public image is turning sour, and the mass sentiment might erupt at any time. The players cannot remain in the playing field without
political stability and consensus. Question: how to enjoy politics, as we enjoy a WC match? Sounds silly at this point of time. Politics is more than daal-bhat!
There are too many opportunists turned brand-new have-nots. There is a subtle difference in the culture of corruption in the developed countries and in the third world. In the latter it is the economic insecurity in the near future; while in the former it is the relaxed ambition to grow rich and wealthy. Therefore the base in the DCs is broader, with a wider spectrum of players at the different tiers. Both the vertical and horizontal components are strong.
But it is the wrong time for the politicians to defend themselves, as the world situation is changing at short intervals, and none would come to help them. Public memory is short but sharp, and personal agonies are not forgotten easily. Do not make sentiment a victim or
casualty, as such memory banks cannot be erased.
We come back to an old, boring issue: the price of leadership; measure in personal sacrifices and suffering, resisting temptation, having the right type of tolerance, and a host of other background virtues, which are swept aside under the new carpets. The local version is expressed in the idiom "chawa o pawa" (desire and fulfillment).
There is disparity of this motivation at the top and bottom ladders of the society, which is causing all the national headaches.
Well, above is a sort of check list. Who will draft the PCP -- the project concept paper?
Alif Zabr
Dhaka