Not for adolescents
Mahfuzul Haque, Eng Dept, Dhaka
My father strongly forbade me in my teens from reading the books of "Masud Rana" or hearing songs of Michael Jackson, arguing that Masud Rana or Michael Jackson was not the thing for us. I could not refute him in the case of Masud Rana , I also failed in the debate about Michael Jackson as my father said that the singer had no sense of 'music'. My father, a character with a sober and mild frame of mind, however appreciated Michael Jackson's songs of strong human feelings.As it happened, I did never obey him in these cases of reading Masud Rana in my hidden places and hearing and dancing with blood and bone shaking music of Michael Jackson. Now, as I grew older, I have become a fan of watching action movies and metallic songs . And I have become a slave to my own mind, I should better say, crude set of mind. I have now become tired of all these things. Sometimes I want to flee , but my 'basic instincts' drag me to all these. There is a 'Frankenstein' in me and I am enslaved to it. I feel very good when I watch spy movies, action films of intrigues, conspiracies, but I miss the essence of entertainment. I am electrified by the metallic songs but fail to feel the serenity of music. When the bullet is shot and blood is spilt in the movies, I feel overjoyed. But should I really be so?
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