Bomb blasts in almost every district have raised the temperature of religious fundamentalism to a new high. And yet, our government cannot find a full cabinet minister for a very important portfolio of home ministry! Well, the Bangladesh government is eager to project an image of a democratic and moderate Muslim country. I do not know how this catchy phrase came about but this definitely is a highly sought after image. Despite the desperate need and/or wish to have such image, our government unfortunately, and possibly deliberately, ignored or at least failed to do the right kind of groundwork.

Image, indeed, is a perceived construct of one's own being in the minds of fellow humans. Components of such construct are nothing more than a series of information. Thus manipulation of image can only be accomplished by a differential flow of information with a specific image in mind. In this age of World Wide Web, such manipulation is getting increasingly difficult, rendering it virtually impossible to culture an image that is decoupled from ground reality.

I hope our government stops blaming newspapers and/or opposition and have a hard look at their own deeds and misdeeds!