Star Diary
Treating Them with Respect
I was going to my office in Gulshan-1 and was waiting for a bus at a busy place. Suddenly I noticed that a rickshaw-puller was moving towards the main road and had unwittingly hit a man with one of the wheels of the rickshaw. The man got infuriated and started kicking the rickshaw puller furiously. The puller apologised politely. However, the young man slapped the rickshaw puller. I felt sorry for the rickshaw-puller.
Another day I was going home when I saw some people were gather in a place. I discovered an elderly person was sobbing profusely and a young man reluctantly saying sorry to him. Later I found out that the young man along with his friends had hit the old rickshaw puller. However as their action made the crowd angry, they decided to apologise to him and give him some compensation. We should respect rickshaw-pullers and treat them as human beings. There is no heroism in beating the rickshaw-pullers.
Md Zonaed Emran
A banker
A Strange Encounter
It happened when I was on a rickshaw and was going to Katabon from Shahbagh the other day. Surprisingly, I noticed a hood-up -rickshaw ahead of mine having a leg stuck out from it. I realised that the passenger had sat cross-legged on the rickshaw. It was looking awkward and dangerous as well, as there were many motor vehicles going past it very fast. I felt self-induced urge to tell the man to get his leg into the rickshaw and sit properly. I called my rickshaw puller to drive faster in a bid to catch up with the rickshaw. When I reached that hood-up- rickshaw, I saw a happy couple giggling. I realised that they found me disturbing as I took a hard look at them. As I was warning the man of the possible accident, he hit the ceiling and told me not to give him any advice. As soon as I decided to let it go, a bus, sweeping past the rickshaw, hit the man's leg. I looked behind and saw him groan in pain, and his shoe was catapulted by the bus. By the time, a traffic sergeant showed up and shaped up the man's behaviour.
Samiul Raijul
North South University Dhaka
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