Love for the country
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The letters of Arafat Nadim and Faruque Hasan published in your 12 December issue drew my attention. The writers raised the question of love for one's country which is rare among our politicians and leaders alike. However, this sickness has now filtered dangerously into the younger generations and articulated publicly by their support of cricket teams other than their own. Asking the government to remain alert against such persons and monitor their activities is farcical, simply because of the Tipaimukh dam mockery, border killings, and transit farce, to name a few. The lack of love for the country by successive governments is pathetically reflected through the pages of our dailies. The question of espionage is also a joke. When a Bangladeshi sets fire to a costly railway carriage, we term it as an outburst of rage, not realising that the person is doing no less harm to the country than an unpatriotic spy. The younger generation needs to love every sand-grain of Bangladesh.
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