The blessings of being 'political'!
I have come back home from a short walk to the big SCB in Gulshan Avenue. On a little street, I felt a blast of hot, polluted air and, being curious, traced it to the base of a large skyscraper whose vents were at street level and so poured out this air into the faces and onto the bodies of those passing. I pointed this out to some men standing near and asked them who owned this building and they laughed and said, “He is a political person!”
I feel confused. This landowner is 'political' so he is ok. If I criticise something he has done, I am being 'political' and this is not ok. Will someone explain to me what 'political' means?
Meanwhile, spare a thought for the guard of the building opposite, who has to spend his working day, standing in this airy garbage because no one is 'political' (?) enough to demand justice for him.
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