Good
Eid Issue
I
liked the SWM issue of 21st November. There were quite
a good number of very interesting stories, specially
“Bangalis on Board”, “Ramadan in London”, “Eid at
Home” . And of course the ever-funny Chintito. I also
liked Mahfuz Anam's piece on the miserable condition
of DMCH, but, since it was the Eid issue, I guess
he could have written something on Eid, maybe how
he spent his Eid when he was a child. I also loved
the cartoon page very much. I wonder why you don't
have a regular page on cartoon. I am sure a lot of
readers would love a full page of cartoons.
Ripon
Gopibagh
Bangali
Misdemeanours
In
the last issue of Star Weekend Magazine Shawkat Hossain
drew our attention to Bangali characteristics. He
focused on how disorganised and undisciplined the
Bangali people behave in the 'extra-national territory'
like the 'the back of an aeroplane.' There is no denying
the fact that if we really look at the behaviour of
our extra-national frontier trekking brethren, then
we would all be ashamed of the fact the we as a nation,
have failed to produce responsible citizens. Evasion
of truth is everywhere in the world today. Perhaps
Bangalis are the one who top the list in being evasive.
They have turned it into a national emblem. Kudos
to Hossain who pointed out a few misdemeanours. But
the sins lie in deeper regions. We cannot expect perfect
gentlemen from a nation that is run by people who
are trying stubbornly to build on evasion, subterfuge
and falsehood.
Nadim Mahtab
Mirpur
Dhaka
On
Persian Delights
In
the last issue of STAR Weekend Magazine, there was
an article on Persian Delights for Eid by Shobha Hejmadi
and Anjali Vellody. I feel that the article gave a
lot of taste to the magazine and helped spice up this
already great weekend read. I wonder why the SWM team
does not consider a new column for recipes and cooking
as this article. I'm sure that it would be a great
success and it would really help a lot of people to
bring about a change to their everyday lifestyle.
Khadija Afroze
Crescent Road
Dhaka
The
sudden Wake up of Mr B
Former
president Badruddoza Chowdhury has lately become politically
active. His sudden hyperactivity, after a long inertia,
is simply inexplicable. When Bangladesh Nationalist
Party launched the so-called Operation Clean Heart,
and killed nearly three dozens of innocent civilians
in the name of maintaining law and order, his voice
remained unmistakably silent. Civil society, the self
styled saviours of human rights and democracy; and
Mr B's ultimate adobe, has never spent a word of protest
against this mayhem. It is equally true about his
presidency: as a president Mr B had acted like one
of the BNP's the few faithful lapdogs, till the day
the party ditched him. What makes him inspired to
“save the nation” is foggy; and, what I have gathered
from the newspaper makes me believe that, he is trying
his best not to make it clearer.
Shabbir
Hossain Joy,
On email.