Revival of the spirit!
It has been an extraordinary feeling of pleasure and pride to see the revival of the true spirit of my country. At the same time it was one of the loneliest nights of my life as I missed the warmth of my countrymen, while watching all the events of Election 2008 from thousands of miles away. Nevertheless, I certainly could smell the wind of change all around in the most fertile land and minds of the world. The result of the election again reflected the vibrant nature of our motherland where the people have always fought for the truth and justice whenever they were given a chance to do so. People of Bangladesh have shown that they are not divided, for years they have been together to bring the dreams of our freedom fighters into light. Hats off to the new generation, women and men voters of Bangladesh!!!!
The result certainly opens up a new window of opportunity to make all the good things happen in our social and economic lives. I hope there are people to talk about things like the power of secularism, courage, honesty, integrity, vision and painstaking attitude of the common people of our country. Furthermore, I am certain that this is going to be an era of change and modern thinking in Bangladesh. However, I would just like to take the opportunity to point out two important steps that the policymakers of Bangladesh should start to think about immediately. One, people of our country is starving for years; the price hike issue is too much grave to ignore even for a single second. Please do act immediately from the day one and make things happen in our economy, no matter what it takes! And two, uplift the image and pride of the country not only to the outer world but also to the new generation by punishing the war criminals and terrorists; and by destroying the root of religious extremism with the vigour that the world had witnessed in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the Father of the Nation.
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