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TO THE EDITOR
Bring the culprits to justice
The grenade attack on the AL rally was really shocking. This heinous attempt to silence 'protest against the Sylhet bomb attack' clearly shows that people are losing their freedom of speech. The situation is getting worse as the parties are unable to face the challenge collectively.
So, please find out the real culprits. We don't want repetition of such incidents.
ShamanaYasmin
Department of English, DU
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I just heard about the attack on Awami League supporters at Gulistan, Dhaka. Sixteen people were dead and over 300 injured.
Since we are not in the country and cannot do anything for them, all we can do is to pray for the victims. May
Allah help us all.
Emran Taher
Montreal, Canada
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We are proud to be Muslims. our religion teaches us not to harm anyone and to be tolerant to the other religions. But some people are now killing fellow humans. I do not know what religion those people are following.
I was shocked to learn the news of the bomb blasts in Sheikh Hasina's meeting. We should strongly protest against such madness. May Allah show us the right path.
Nazrul Islam Rizvi
Nurjahan Road, Mohammadpur, Dhaka
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It is a matter of great regret that continuous bomb blasts are rocking our country and we have nothing to do. It seems we are now accustomed to living with such threats. And that is
really a dangerous proposition. We must raise our voice against the deadly bombers.
Putul
Department of law, DU
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It is worse than the worst nightmare. After hoaxes, came the horrible incidents. The government has always been complacent towards the extremists. Bangla Bhai still reigns supreme in his region. They can get away with killing innocent people in cinema halls , Ramna Batamul etc. Even the foreign dignitaries are not safe. The sheer Negligence,and in some cases explicit patronisation from elements within the government, has led to the attack on the opposition leader which claimed 18 human lives and maimed hundreds . The hospitals in Dhaka were not enough to take care of the injured. The magnitude of the attack was unimaginable.
It is the government which is sup-
posed to ensure security for all. It has failed miserably to do so. Even a section of the government is alleged to have links with the extremist elements (one minister has backed up Bangla Bhai publicly).
Joy
Dhaka
The horror continues...
The horror of the previous bomb blasts had not been wiped out from the memories of the people when another one occurred at the meeting of the AL, taking 20 lives and injuring hundreds of others . The irony lies in the fact that the meeting was arranged to protest against the bomb blasts at different places in the country.
And the people who were apparently protesting against bomb blasts themselves became the victims. Truly speaking, what happened at Bangabandhu Avenue on the 21st was really shocking, but our subconscious
mind was perhaps ready for this kind of news. We were hearing about threats of possible bomb attacks on different important places including the airport, Dhaka University and many others. Common people of Bangladesh have no security of life at present. It seems that the country has sunken into anarchy. The present circumstances will only help Bangladesh to be recognised as a "terrorist" nation all over the world. And I'm sure no Bangladeshi would like it. So, giving 'traditional' speeches of condemnation after every bomb blast is not enough to solve the problem. A united approach of the political parties is required to deal with the matter.
Wajahat Anwar
Mirpur, Dhaka
A free soul
Humayun Azad was a free soul (my atheist friends may abhor this very
term!). His soul was soaring and fractious. Even in the midst of a mias-mic milieu he flourished as a thoughtful and fiercely patriotic man (if the definition of patriotism has not changed yet!). In his writings he always tried to preserve the centripetality of secular ideals rooted in our precious independence. With the unfortunate emergence of once-marginal anti-lib forces as major power brokers, preservation of this centripetality is becoming increasingly difficult. I am a believer. I also believe in the freedom of a non-believer to speak . My belief is grounded well and I do not mind! But those who build their houses on shaky grounds just cannot hold their own and go ballistic at the slightest undulations of ornery wind ... They tried to eliminate him , but failed.
But really did they?
The enormous stress (both physical & mental) that he underwent over the last few months of his abbreviated life
definitely affected his heart greatly and adversely. I have no reason to suspect any proximate maleficence , but I also cannot believe that those stress factors have nothing to do with his untimely parting.
There is much ado in some quarters about the reactions of Dr. Azad's children. These are petty and inconsequential. one should never lose the perspective that they lost their beloved father. one should never lose the perspective that their father died a natural death and yet an aura of extranatural remains...
I honestly do not know how I would have reacted!!
Mohammad Zaman
On e-mail
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Burial of Humayun Azad
We were informed that the body of Humayun Azad would be donated to
Dhaka Medical College to be used by its students. But suddenly we heard that his family members and his colleagues in DUTA demanded that his body be buried near the DU Central Mosque, next to the grave of our National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. The DU Syndicate has rightly rejected this demand.
Dewan G Ahmed
Dhaka
Let love beautify ugliness
I enjoyed the movie "Beauty and the beast" by Jean Cocteau on 13 August, 2004 at the auditorium of Bishwa Shahityya Kendro, Dhaka. That's a nice movie. Its message is that love can transform humans in many ways.
We have a lot to learn from it.
Mohammad Ariful Islam
RUET, Rajshahi