Remembering the martyred intellectuals
Another 14 December, another reminder of the dark episode that unfolded on this day 50 years ago. Hours before the Pakistan army surrendered, collaborators of the occupational forces helped them erase some of the brightest names of this country. Fifty years on, and we still ponder on what could have been the bright fate of Bangladesh, had these souls lived long and full lives.
For the last 50 years, people of Bangladesh as a nation have walked a path towards a brighter future, crossing many distant miles and milestones together. There have been moments of despair, there have been moments of sheer joy — perhaps that is to be expected. Road to prosperity is not an easy road to traverse. It is a journey, which takes time.
In two days' time, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the fateful 16 December. But today, regardless of the fragrance of freedom that seems to be in the air, the glee of living 50 glorious years as an independent nation on the phase of the earth, we stop to think of the martyred intellectuals, and the countless others who we have lost in the war. We remember the lives we have lost in the last 50 years. Lives whose existence then led to our glorious reality today.
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