Be fair to Dr. Yunus
I sadly noticed that a section of media people, intellectuals and politicians are making irresponsible comments on the activities of the Grameen Bank founder Dr. Muhammad Yunus. It is very easy to comment and give lecture on poverty alleviation sitting in an air-conditioned room than working with the people in the field.
Many intellectuals are blaming that Dr. Yunus is serving the purpose of the capitalist block. May I ask - is not Bangladesh a capitalist country? None of the bank gave loan to very poor people before Dr. Yunus. Dr. Yunus saved the poor from so-called "Joddar" and "Mohajon", instead of confining himself in giving lectures on difficult theories of economics like our economists.
If Grameen Bank would not have brought any benefit for the people, it would have failed long time ago. Unfortunately, our politicians and intellectuals do not understand this simple thing. It is Dr. Yunus who brought the honour for the poor people by proving to the world that poor people are not loan defaulters like rich people.
Unlike many, I was not surprised when our prime minister made irresponsible comment based on a fake TV documentary. All the corruption cases against the politicians of the government party have been dismissed without any proper investigation whereas Dr. Yunus welcomed investigation of corruption charges against him.
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