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TO THE EDITOR
Forest at stake
So now we have the flora and fauna of Lawachhera forest at stake ! It's amazing how the oil
companies take such wanton stride, bent on to destroying anything that comes in their way. Or should we say it's the multinational motto! First it was the Occidental oil company (in 1996) that accidentally exploded during drilling in the Magurchhera area in Sylhet which later sold the holdings to Unocal without paying any compensation, to the tune of hundreds of crore taka , to the government of Bangladesh for the colossal damage done in the adjacent areas.
Next, we heard the Shell steering the idea towards aerodynamic exploration in Block 5 in the Sundarbans vicinity but was unable to move forward and left suddenly, handing over the responsibility to their sister concern, cairns. We are yet to see what cairns has to propose in the future!
These multinational companies are renewing the old spirit in new formula. Yet, they are the very companies who harp on environmental conservation and ardently spend on some small conservation
programme as eyewash to convince the local people of their convictions. The Unocal proposition of laying a pipeline, of 33 feet width and 2.70 kilometer length, through the Lawachhera National Park itself is preposterous and the government considering the matter sounds ridiculous.
In this modern era, the oil/gas companies of the respective countries play a major role in world politics. A recent news item informed of India's agreement to bring a hydrocarbon exploration in the Sundarbans area in the Indian part. However, any such work will have a ripple effect on the echo system of the Sundarbans at large.
Irrespective of party politics and party affiliation, all governments, of the past present and future of Bangladesh , have to understand that any oil or gas exploration in the reserved and national forest areas will create havoc and any accident (as one in Magurcherra) can happen. Hence, these areas need to be left untouched in the greater interest of the nation. These issues need extensive debate in the parliament and with concerned environmentalist bodies, before any such long-term
decisions are taken. The country is already facing the ravages of climate change, which is not within our reach, whereas any further man made calamities can be avoided through proper analysis and better judgments.
A citizen
Dhaka
Police fail to act
I saw the horrible scene on ntv that a number of people were beating three persons who were accused of robbery. Those people were so excited that they set the suspected robbers on fire.
The "gono pituni" culture is nothing but an indication of the failure of police. Police arrives at the spot just after the anarchy takes place. If this continues, public life will be badly endangered.
The whole situation is just becoming like Bangla film, the police comes in the end of the movie and says the old boring dialogue "ain nijer hate tule naben na". If the cops had come to the spot earlier they could have saved thelives of those young men.
Cantara Wali Ruhi
Dept. of English, JU
Bomb scare
One problem that has been added to our daily life is fear of bomb.
The bomb scare has already had a disrupting effect on public life. The government should act quickly to restore people's confidence in the existing law enforcement mechanism.
Jefiraj Dolon Kubi
Shariatpur
Reviving the society
Many do not see how politics or the politicians are going to solve the nation's cumulative problems, which are basically moral. The society is on the point of breaking down (if not already disintegrated), thanks to the negative political culture, which led to corruption, violence and immoral practices at different vertical and horizontal tiers.
The corrective steps have to be taken by the political regime, but how clean is it to undertake the job (including the many interactive components)? According to the leaders, there are no hidden godfathers within the political parties (or, it is always on the other side!). There
is no neutrality or impartiality in the public administration. The same type of virus is lurking everywhere. Agitation or routine schemes won't do, because most won't listen or follow the rules. The rules and rags are not infected, but its implementation at the human level. The bug is the human effect, and we not talk about it. Virtual virtues are being touted by the political feriwallas!
Bangladesh is passing through a depressing phase familiar to observers watching other new nations in other parts of the world. Proper attention is not being paid to the basic cause on the origin of armed terrorism, which the US (and white allies) are trying to fight militarily. The latter cannot provide political and religious solutions, regardless of the drum-beating on secularism and other totka.
Today both politics and religion are at crossroads, as the leaders messed up both during the last few decades, scattered throughout the globe. It is not that the poor are more desperate and violent, or the rich are more condescending or arrogant. Disparities, specially economic, play havoc with immoral attractions, otherwise there would
not have been such huge gaps between the first and third worlds (or the North and the South).
This gap is widening, because materialism (in the guise of democracy) does not work, ultimately. The Western values of life are disintegrating, and the South is being blamed for the violent ills of social systems. No one talks about plain living and high thinking. These concepts are confined to the pages of classical books of wisdom. When the polarized goal is to grab the natural energy resources anywhere in the world, WMD means "world materialistic domination".
Some big countries tried atheist principles in governance for decades. Now we are witnessing creeping out processions out of these big black holes within these countries (some truncated already). The delayed reactions of the deprived naturally turn violent now and then, in desperation. Their captive minds are looking afresh at religion and its goals, short and long-term (religion is a message or a medium, why its ultimate appeal is so deep and intuitive?). This divine relationship is out of course
without a sense of direction (the ship of state is rudderless). It is also out of tune, needing empathy for analysis, not sympathy.
The global leaders should not judge on the basis of clean-shaved or bearded faces. This looks like a trite comment, but has philosophical implications. The dress may change from a style to an icon. Watch the youth prancing in the television commercials; and the press reports of installing secret mini-camera in the bathroom of female dormitory in Dhaka University. Importing culture is much easier than exporting it. What we have to offer? Good quality leather for shoes and bags! Ok, but we have to add to the list: concepts which appeal voluntary to the heart. Have we become so base that we have no solid base?
There is too much brain work in politics. So the spirit has become more important than the gross material. Detailed planning for whom, and what for?
The slip is showing! Empathy is self-radiating, while schemes have to be toted around with boring monotony. Give some space to others. Individuality has not disap-
peared, but it should not dominate. The virtues of self-effacement need reminders. Every circle has a center. Where is the centre of the cosmos?
In these times of mental stress, the mind seeks philosophical outlets, to get it out of the system. Pressure is nowadays recognized mostly as BP (blood pressure).
Some heart beats miss, and the medical clinics are doing booming business (fall outs from the crude art of running humanity in all parts of Earth). Look at the fellows around you? What can you do for them?
A Mahasen
Dhaka
In search of justice
It is about one month, but there is no news of any progress in the investigation into the bomb blast of 21 August at Bangabandhu Avenue.
There was assurance from the government that the culprits would be brought to book. But nothing has been done so far.
Moazzem Hossain
Dept. of English
University of Dhaka