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To The Editor
No face value
Our sick politics generates ideas, metaphors and similes, encouraging sarcasm and pessimism. How the politicians defend themselves against criticism? Thick hide, allproof shields, and too much airconditioning of the wrong type. The culture of abuse is becoming institutionalized. There is no longer any face value in society.
Our politics is almost on the point of collapse, due to disregard of rules and ethics. if politics were a football game, the ball cannot be deflated or inflated. Sometimes the air pressure inside is too much, hence the ball bounces, and is difficult to control (for more than three decades). Too many headers and spot kicks. Ground-passing is not possible when the turf is not level. The referee is invisible most of the time, and there is something wrong with his whistle.
Political cricket is easier to imagine. The bat is crooked, the stance is faulty, and the cross-bat strokes offer simple catches. There is no
plan in the fielding; and the boundary marking is not visible at many points. There is no time for singles, and a 5-day Test match is beyond the phlegmatic temperament, (compare with the 5-year term of office after a general election).
A three-year term would be unstable, and a 4-year term would be taxing the exchequer. Louis Kahn's superb architecture cannot induce the members to sit in the august building. We are witnessing the clapping of democracy with one hand. The message from the politicians of Dhaka is that Democracy cannot be shared (with the Opposition). Hence retire, not to the Sundarbans forest, or Himalayan heights, but to the crowded streets of the metropolis, with the voters. Direct approach--the paper work can wait.
Do you like political music? Betaal; Har-taal is no taal. No tuner or conductor; and now, few listeners. Piped dreams? The pipe is leaking Chariot ride? The pankhiraj is not willing.
Where the politicians relax to deliberate? Not on our wide and breezy rivers-too many launching ceremonies! Pajero rides? May bethe petrol bill of Tk two lakhs per annum would be charged to the national exchequer. [The amount is not too high-it is less than two gallons per day]
CNG means compressed natural gas. We need CPG-compressed political gas. it might compress the ego also. Our politics is like the expanding universe. But the latter theory is now being questioned. The alternative is LPG-liquefied political gas. Cannot export it; hence we need more politicians to make the idea viable. The other side of the coin is: from where do our politicians get so much energy, to do so much damage, with so little professional expertise? Our system loss in politics is better than none. We are saturated with negative achieve-ments-fully eligible for the international dubious awards'.
Our politics is like drafting a budget without head or tail. It rolls
and gathers momentum. It gathers no moss, hence no accountability (in an one-eyed parliament). To be an MP is a nice avocation.
What is the difference between a teacher and a politician? You learn from one, and unlearn from the other. Why sick a large percentage of the young men like to go into politics, judging from its popularity in the campus? Easy come, easy go (including leisurely earning).
We were a lazy society. Not now. Now novel types of extra-curricular services are available, for a fee. The spirit of entrepreneurship is gathering momentum, but there are black holes in the handling and distribution of the dividends. That is the way the bosses desire. "Yes, boss!" is a magic taabiz.
Alif Zabr
Dhaka
Academy politically controlled?
The recent DS editorial on the alleged unethical control of new
admissions of students by the student fronts of political parties is very disturbing. It raises fundamental moral issues: what is the purpose of higher education, when the players (the teachers and the students) lose sight of the ultimate goal in seeking knowledge. How judgement and discretion are sharpened? The timeless deterrents are disappearing from the society.
The boundaries of the working conditions are becoming blurred on what should not be done, and when and where to stop-this far, and no farther. On the one hand the regime is trying to contain copying and cheating in examinations; on the other hand the student bodies are not being controlled with do's and dont's. The indiscipline mushrooming in the society is staggering, with the top tiers unable to control themselves and the followers.
What has happened to our parliamentary culture? The morning shows the day, and the evening shows the way! We falter with beginnings, although the foundation-
laying ceremonies are very popular. The latter is due to misplaced kindness (if it could be called kindness). The politicians are very fond of sermonizing, but most of the anomalies in the society start with political insensitivity to the permanent values of life. What do we do with these unpatriotic groups of noise makers, who are leading the future generation astray?
A Hussain
Dhaka
DV winners
Among the people, who applied for DV-2005 last year through Internet, the winners are receiving their letters in Bangladesh. After getting the first letter, the DV winners have to face some problems. DV winners did not pay attention to the spelling of their names when they filled up the forms. Many of them made a lot of mistakes in their names on certificates. That is why, DV winners have problem facing the US Embassy officials. So at the time of filling the DV form, all applicants should be
aware about matching their names in the form with the names on the certificates. The first DV form is a technical form, in which, DV winners have to fill up their own names as well as have to submit all the information regarding their family members.
All the information is recorded in computer of the National Visa Center through data entry . So every column of this form has a significant value. Every form should be filled up by a lawyer. From my experience, I found that DV winners' names are written differently in many certificates, such as Mohammad is written as MD. in SSC, Mohammad in HSC, Mohammad in BA and so on. Again, his name may be correct but his father's name is written inaccurately . That is why the DV winners make correction of all these things from the education board; but it seems that the visa officer of embassy did not consider all these matters.
There is another important thing: The DV winners, who did not have
12 years of educational background, have to show an occupation in the form. But they decided on such an occupation guided by other DV winners in the past, but this is not right.
DV winners require training after getting the DV, sometimes, they do not give importance to training. But training related to your occupation is very essential. So it is very important to select the correct occupation and also take proper training. The occupation, which you have chosen, must mention the name of the training center and also the duration of the training period. The DV winners must be alert about another thing: Do not laminate any education certificates. For DV 2005, the forms have been filled up through Internet, so there was no need for signature.
Quazi Raquibul Islam
Advocate, Supreme Court