DST scheme
"Emon deshti kothao khunjey paabey nako tumi", so sang D.L. Roy a long time back. How right he was! There is no country like ours in so many ways. But I shall only talk about one. There is no country in the world which is in love with Daylight Saving Time (DST) like ours. It was love at first sight. Our elected government and its eminent advisers totally forgot why they went for DST, in the first place. We were told it was to save energy.
How much energy they saved, only they know. It was summer then. In case they haven't noticed, it is winter now. The days have become much shorter and cooler. Nobody is using air coolers and fans in the country anymore.
Lot of energy has already been saved. So why punish the children for no fault of theirs? Moreover, it is really confusing to find we are one and a half hour ahead of India instead of only half an hour. On the other hand. we are at par with Thailand. Surely that is not the best way to be like the Thais!
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