Patriotism & loyalty
All citizens [in any nation/country] are [supposed to be] patriots embedded, from childhood, with the spirit and philosophy of nationalism. Why we fought with such dedication in 1971? Building up a new nation is not like fast service at a fast food outlet or suitable for one-stop centre service. It needs patience and accumulated wisdom to guide the masses, and the succeeding generations.
Nationalism is not an ad hoc activity, and akin to commando operations. The front stage is for anniversaries and fireworks; while the routine level operation and maintenance goes on quietly in the background. There is a snag: the craze for seeking limelight. There is a difference between publicity and public relations [PR]. One is one-way communication; while the other is a two-way channel, very interactive. Our politics has no scientific branding background. Appeal to the heart is not enough; the brain comes in later, for sustenance.
But why do we see, in the third world nations, political loyalty interfering, off and on, with the proper development of the society, starting right at the rural base [for the masses]?
Is it the [mis]orientation of our politicians in our country? The training and apprenticeship periods are enough; or the leaders are patronising and not neutral?
These questions still arise in the minds of the elder citizens who have witnessed the partition [1947] effects, and the emergence of Bangladesh in 1971. We are carried away by the tides of emotionalism -- where is the rudder, and the helmsman and the pilot? Stuck in the political silt?
Peripatetic politics is still in vogue; and an unholy lust still lingers for post, position, and power [a symptom of the have-not minds]. These public privileges are misused -- unknowingly; because using power needs plenty of experience and correct philosophical approach. In Bangladesh, there is an apt term 'chawa pawa.'
We are still wandering in the beautiful forest [Sundarban] of our fancy dreams. The remedy is not in the urban migration. Undertake a journey into the hearts of the people.
Comments