I thought I wouldn’t be an armchair critic on Facebook like so many others. I didn’t want to for various reasons. When the country has deteriorated beyond repair and is completely rotten, what’s the point of giving so much knowledgeable advice, discussing and criticizing while living abroad? When people in the country itself have deviated from patriotism, what’s the use of showing so much patriotism from abroad? For whom, for whose sake, is this patriotism?
Just a few days ago, I saw people who relied solely on public transportation. Now, within a short span, I see them flaunting two-crore-rupee cars, enjoying air-conditioned comfort, and living in luxurious homes! Not only that, they’re roaming around government offices, dressed as ‘coordinators,’ dictating terms to secretaries and advisors. Everyone is groveling and calling them ‘sir’ to save their jobs. And the person sitting in the chair of the principal advisor is pretending to be oblivious to all this. The former principal advisor, who was humiliated and disgraced during the Awami League’s misrule, has fulfilled his dreams through the student movement. Thus, he is held hostage by these students. To repay his debt of gratitude, two student advisors are always seen by his side at every gathering. He has publicly stated multiple times that the students who participated in the movement are 100% responsible for his ascent to this position.
The country is now under the control of students. There seems to be no interim government. This government is enslaving the students. Whatever the students say, that will be. The country has turned into a den of thieves. The world’s most respected teachers are being tied to trees, beaten, and forced to resign. The education ministry is silent, and a former university professor, now the chief advisor, is also silent. He has leased the country to the students. Therefore, many unworthy students are wreaking havoc in the country.
Floods in Bangladesh are not new; we have had to fight against them many times. But in the past, during times of floods, various countries and NGOs from different countries have come forward to provide relief and stand by the people of our country overnight. But this time, we see an exception. Even after ten days, we haven’t seen any country coming forward with relief. I am surprised for one reason: our current chief advisor is reportedly known as a highly respected individual on the international stage. So the question remains, when such a person is in charge of the country, why isn’t foreign aid coming in?
I’ve been thinking, why do we think so much about our country in this foreign life? What’s the point? Instead, perhaps it’s better to simply send the necessary remittances to our families back home when they need it and focus on our own happiness and sorrows here in a foreign land. Why so many burdens…
Montreal, Canada
