Dreaming of a better Bangladesh
Dhruba Chakravarty, On e-mail
Since I was born in Bangladesh, all I saw was a gradual decline in every sphere of life. Many people like me left Bangladesh and settled in one of the advanced countries. I personally could not see there was any place for me in Bangladesh where corruption existed across the board and the concept of "who knows whom" works. I never wanted to compromise my integrity. Being the son of a judge, my involvement with any kind of corruption or unethical activity was totally unthinkable and out of question. I am not a politician, nor did I ever want to be. I am a simple ordinary person.I love the land, but I don't like the mentality of the majority of people in Bangladesh. If people are involved in so much corruption and unjustified power is exercised for their personal benefits, any country is bound to be crippled. It seems to me a certain class or classes of people drained out the resources for their own personal benefits. I never trusted a politician in Bangladesh. They use the political field to make their own fortune and the news I read today just proves that. If they were honest, the officials could not have been corrupt. Corruption has become a culture for the politicians, their associates, and officials. We have gradually become a very disgraceful nation since independence. What the caretaker government is trying to give today is "a wake-up call". This should have been done many years ago. But, instead, we all encouraged the corruption process to go ahead from the top to the bottom. Personally, I think the army chief and the caretaker government are doing an excellent job and I salute them for this and I just hope that all Bangladeshis can live with dignity.
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