Good
Story on Zafar Iqbal
Thank
You SWM!! It was really a great opportunity to explore
Muhammed Zafar Iqbal -- one of my favorite personalities,
in last week's cover story. Thanks to Shamim Ahsan
for his brilliant effort.
Not only a popular writer but also a famous columnist,
Zafar Iqbal, is an inspiring character to the young
generation of our country. It is rare for a talented
person like him to take teaching as a profession in
a public university outside the capital, especially
since he had such great opportunities in the US! A
country like Bangladesh, where the honourable prime
minister and the leader of the opposition keep themselves
busy by calling each other 'Taliban, needs more dedicated
people like Zafar Iqbal to step forward towards the
arena of Information and Communication Technology.
I wish for more contributions from Zafar Iqbal to
humanity and obviously for the country. May Allah
bless him in all aspects in the hereafter.
Shaheen
Reza
North South University
Justice
Should Be Inevitable
The
story “Death to a Rapist, Norm or Exception?” by Aasha
Mehreen Amin was both insightful as well as eye opening.
I have always liked that SWM makes efforts to focus
on issues that are relevant to our society. It is
these thought provoking issues that we must concentrate
on in order to improve our country's law and order
system. I applaud the bold statements that SWM makes
of not being afraid to speak out against injustice
and help define what is wrong and what is right. It
is sad that when crimes such as rape are punished,
it comes as a surprise for us. Justice should be inevitable,
and not a once-in-a-blue-moon occurrence. Thanks once
again to Aasha Mehreen Amin for bringing this to our
attention.
Tanveer,Dhaka
Public
Reading Rooms Necessary
Last
week's letter on the importance of public reading
rooms caught my attention. I would like to congratulate
Hadiul Islam Bhuiyan (Anwar). I, too, support the
establishment of public rooms. It is an old idea for
a foreign country but a new concept for us. If our
government sets up some form of public reading rooms,
it would be very helpful for students of all backgrounds.
It would especially be helpful in rural areas where
there is not enough public reading space and no suitable
options at home either. Our government should ensure
a proper reading environment in addition to other
educational facilities. Thus reading rooms should
be opened for students with a separate reading section
for female students. I hope our government takes this
into account and thinks about the importance of establishing
public reading rooms in the near future.
Afroza
Sultana
University of Dhaka
Why
'Dhaka' Diary?
I
am writing about the Dhaka Diary section of your magazine,
which I find very interesting. Some time back, there
was a letter written by Mithun Kumar Das of CU suggesting
a change in the Dhaka Diary column. It would be better
if the name could be changed as it is a little biased
towards the people who live in Dhaka. What about the
rest of Bangladesh? I felt really happy that my own
thoughts were reflected through someone else's writing
but I was a little taken aback when I found no answer
to the letter. I mean, it was a question that was
directed towards the magazine but it did not get a
reply.
Abu Sahadat Mohammad Omair
Middle
Rampura
Eidgah, Chittagong
Dear
Omair,
Thank you for the point you made. If we get enough
anecdotes for our Dhaka Diary section from people
outside Dhaka then we would be glad to change the
title of the column. We are always ready for new ideas
but we have to get enough responses from our contributors.
Why don't you take the initiative by sending in diary
accounts from Chittagong?
--
SWM
