Let my voice be heard!
A reader, Dhaka
Today as the sun set in the western horizon, we as a nation passed the first complete week of the year 2006. The year is already looming large on us-- 'us' meaning the common people of this soil called Bangladesh. An uncanny peace, possibly forced by the ensuing Eid-ul-Azha, still pervades the society. People at large are moving about with business as usual. But inside, we all remain tense and anxious for the time ahead. The way things move in our political and social arena, every news break in the media forces us to change the course of thinking and at times even forces us to change our course of things. Sometimes, we are forced to the last thread of hope against hope that commonsense will prevail with our politicians, our leaders.Such heart breaking news was broadcast last evening in the TV media. The main opposition party in the parliament will not join the coming session beginning end of this month. As I said earlier, we were all hoping against hope, but we are luckless, for us nothing is granted, we have to earn every bit of our life through the mercy (if not whims) of the powers that be in our society. Now an uncertain future lay in store for us. We will be at the receiving end. What sort of democracy we are practising? No accountability structure is there. Neither the ruling party nor the opposition is accountable to the parliament. You politicians utterly failed to give democracy proper shape. But, we religiously participated in the election when it was due. We not only voted, we reposed our faith in the politicians to chart a course for the nation so that we all prosper and the country shines. We did not ask for duty free cars, red passports, and privileged status in the social doings. Yet for the irreconcilable differences between you two big players, we are paying through our nose. The silent majority remains un-heard of in the doldrums of claims and counter claims and accusations and counter-accusations of yours. Our Children are exposed to an uncertain academic future through session jam etc but your children will not suffer because they are at the high end of the society and all are studying outside. When it is time for our children to get a job, they are exposed to all sorts of challenges while that is not the case for you. When the economy law and order went hay ware (before the cross-fire treatment), we bore the burnt not you. When JMB came lurking down like a demon we shed our blood not you. You all remained fortified within the comfort of security. Two judges of middle class root shed their blood but politicians trying to capitalise on that misery of ours. Our fervent appeal to both of you, please at least for once, think of the toiling masses that still have faith unto you. We don't want an ineffective parliament, we don't want a failed state, we don't want any civil uprising, we want the legal chart of course, and reflection of people's views through empowerment of the democratic institutions we have. Will our voice be heard!!! Can you both guarantee our normal persuasion of life and natural death at the end?
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