Lack
of Civil Sense
The other
day, I was at my collage with some of my friends. We were enjoying
our lunch break in front of our library. We were all standing
haphazardly and one of the girls was standing right underneath
the cornice of the building. Suddenly, we heard an ear-shattering
shrill from her. It took us all by surprise and we all rushed
to her aid. When we got close to her, to our utter amazement,
we found her completely drenched with water. Someone from the
first floor must have showered her while washing his or her
hand or something. Though we all had a good laugh at her expense,
I could not help but realise our lack of civil sense.
Maimuna
Haq Shaoki
Viqarunnisa Noon College
Fellow
Traveller
I
was on my way to Motijheel when a woman got on the bus and sat
next to me. After a while, I realised the lady was weeping.
I politely asked her what was wrong and she started to tell
me her story. She said that she was a maid-servant in some local
house and her husband worked in some local clinic. While on
her way to see him, she had hired a rickshaw with another fellow
passenger who agreed to share the cost with her, as he too was
going to the same place. When they reached the destination,
she had no change with her but the nice man who had accompanied
her agreed to get change from a nearby shop. She was told to
wait with the rickshaw puller while he went to change her Tk.100
note. She waited for about an hour but he did not return. The
frustrated rickshaw puller too started to charge the poor maid
for his fare but she didn’t have any more money. Then she boarded
a bus, not knowing what her next move would be. I heard her
with a heavy heart. I paid the full bus fare for the poor victim
who, of all people, had to be a honest maid. I hope people are
extra careful while sharing their ride with someone unknown.
Md.
Zillur Rahaman
DIT Plot, Gandaria
Duty
of Police
A
few days ago, I went to Nilkhet to buy some books. As I got
closer to a food shop I noticed a man, about 45 years of age,
asking the shopkeeper for a 'Crown' energy drink. The shopkeeper
told the him that that particular energy drink was currently
banned. When the customer left, the shop owner turned to serve
me and we had a small chat. He said that when the news of the
ban on certain energy drinks hit the streets, he (the shopkeeper)
had two cans of Hunter energy with him. Two policemen came over
to his shop one night and told him that it was a raid and they
had to seize all illegal drinks. After saying this, they took
the two cans of energy drinks and went off, telling the shopkeeper
not to keep such items in his shop in the future. Once outside,
they opened the cans and started to sip away on what they had
termed as 'illegal items'.
Mahbub
Alam
Engineering Department, DU
