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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

letters@thedailystar.net
Another world record?
We are proud to have recorded our name in the 'Guinness World records' by creating a human national flag with the participation of over twentyseven thousand boys and girls on this Victory Day.
Now we are heading towards creating another world record about our national election. 50% candidates have been elected unopposed, which is sufficient to form the next government. Cheers to our political wisdom.
Shaheedul Islam
On e-mail
Words from a compatriot's heart
I have heard some of my countrymen saying that there is no hope in Bangladesh and thank God we live abroad. A comment like this makes me sad. It doesn't really matter where we reside but there are still things... small things... that we can do and make a difference. I am a teacher myself and I can buy a few textbooks for a child labour. A friend of mine is a banker and he can help a person to set up a tea shop. A friend of mine is a doctor and he can provide free medical service to the poor. However, if you are a millionaire, then you have more and better options.
Bangladesh is going through some difficult time right now. Since its bloody birth, it suffered famine, cyclones, political turmoil. ...the list goes on and on. Still it managed to stand straight.
Politicians come and go. Power and authority over people is what they want. But the country belongs to us. That's the only country we've got. It's part of our identity. We can have citizenships of a developed country but we are Bangalees. We should do our part for the country.
Raqib Ahmed Asif
On e-mail
Revisiting '71 thru1 'Genocide'
My special thanks to TDS for publishing 'Genocide', a report by renowned journalist Anthony Mascarenhas on ethnic cleansing on our soil. The atrocities done by the Pak army is beyond description. The pictorial capacity of the report draws my attention till the last word of the write-up. The killing spree of the Pak soldiers and their bragging about the catches uncover the moral bankruptcy of the so-called mighty officers. HatsofftoTDS again.
Swapon Biswas
One-mail
Democracy not 'for or by the people'?
I congratulate you on writing your piece “PM's gift: A voterless election” published on December 20,2013. I do hope and believe that the responsible quarter will feel the pulse of the people. Democratic government is formed "by the people to work for the people”. We are having a democracy that needs a new definition as it falls short of the words "for the people and by the people."
Engr. Akram Hossain
Dhanmondi, Dhaka