Rhodes Scholars
Taher Salaam New York, US
Mr. Niaz Asadullah's defence of the calibre of Bangladeshi Rhodes Scholars (Among the Scholars: an update, The Daily Star, August 16) makes little sense. If the Bangladeshi Rhodes Scholars are performing as well as Mr. Asadullah claims they are, there would have been absolutely no reason on earth for the Rhodes people to suspend the single Rhodes scholarship to Bangladesh for five long years! The painful truth is obvious, and the honest should admit it: they are not performing well.Mr. Asadullah neglected to specify how the Bangladeshi Rhodes Scholars have distinguished themselves at Oxford. Almost every student who is admitted as an undergraduate or graduate student at Oxford gets his or her degree. It is a routine occurrence at Oxford; it is not a mark of distinction. Rhodes Scholars are supposed to excel. Regrettably, those from Bangladesh are not doing so, resulting in the suspension for five years of the single Rhodes Scholarship allotted to Bangladesh. This is sad news for Bangladesh.
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