I had been following the political developments in Bangladesh in the last couple of months. I am extremely frustrated seeing the quiet stand of the intellectual community and particularly the media ( third eye for democracy).
How is it possible for political leaders of the parties like the Awami League and the BNP and other so called leftist intellectuals to say that they don't like to follow the rules set by the Election Commission for taking part in the political process? How can the Election Commission as an institution ever function in Bangladesh? How can you remain quiet when the entire world is looking at the corruption of your favourite politicians who seemed to be above the judicial process? How can you have a university where terrorism is the primary lesson, when rest of the universities are involved in research and study? The intellectual community in the civilised world is the think tank of the nation and is involved in developing strategy papers and policy papers to serve the national interest when your intellectuals in the universities are busy achieving their parochial and individual goals.
These are issues that have to be addressed immediately.