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“Dream big, defeat failures to succeed,” published on October 18, 2014
Hafeejul Alam
I am no more a youth. But the inspiring speech given by the former Indian President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam makes me feel as if I am still a youth and of course I have a dream.
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“Unfreedom and indecency” (Oct. 17, 2014)
Sayed Chowdhury
I mostly agree with Mr. Hashmi's comments about the democratic principles and practices, including mutual tolerance as an indispensable element of democracy. I also fully agree that Piash Karim should not be judged by his father's deeds. However, unfortunately Hashmi seemed to have conveniently overlooked the facts why Karim recently earned the wrath of many Bangladeshis. Karim positioned himself against the trials of Jamaat leaders and the spontaneous mass uprising at Shahbagh.
A freedom fighter
Taj Hashmi and Piash Karim are both birds of a feather. What is Taj Hashmi's stand on '71, though he is lecturing us what is good for Bangladesh? What an irony! Piash Karim became controversial for his current views on Gonojagoron Mancha vis-à-vis war crimes trials, not for what his father did in 1971. Taj Hashmi is no different, who has always been siding with people who were in the wrong side of history in 1971.
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