Dream and resolve of a village girl
Dr. Abdullah A. Dewan Professor of Economics, Eastern Michigan University
I received the following email letter from a regular reader of my column. I thought her email would be inspiring to numerous other readers of The Daily Star. As you will read from her letter below, she has been educating herself and was supporting her two brother's education as well a truly surreal story indeed. Assalamu Alaikum. It's one of the greatest joys of my life that you have replied. I have known you by your writings. Your foresight about Bangladesh is clear and for this I have seen a new horizon within you. Your article on approval of Malaysian investment projects is very helpful for my paper on Foreign Direct Investment. From class eight I am self dependent. It was tough for me from that time living in a remote village but I am confident now. I have three brothers. After admitting into DU, I have spent all of my efforts for my immediate elder and youngest brother. Now my youngest brother is studying BBA (3rd year) and the other one is studying chartered accountancy at ICAB. After a long time, my parents are very pleased with us. Though my parents have no formal education, they have incomparable wisdom and their all dreams enriched by me. I have a great wish to go abroad for PhD. or another degree but not only I have no dollars I have about taka 2 lakh loan from various sources. My insight has told me to write to you. I have duties, responsibilities, dream of survival, tension of fulfilling my goal and for all these, I have no special friend. Can you show me the way by which I can achieve my goal? You are always inspiring to me. May Allah be with you!
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