Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW
Vol. 5 Num 61 Tue. July 27, 2004  
   
Letters to Editor


Seeking divine Blessings


In my mohalla, in Dhaka metropolis, there are many mosques within a radius of 250 yards from my flat. I marvel at the precision of the azan calls: all start simultaneously, within seconds of one another (not to mention the radio and tv channels).

Now a tall minaret has been constructed at the nearby mosque. I went around and found that some other mosques in the locality were laying the foundation stones, perhaps for taller minarets. It is a sort of competition, religiously practiced.