Appalling disparity
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That day I went to Dhaka by train. The living condition of the people living in the slums set up all along the rail lines stretching from airport to Kamalapur station appalled me when I compared it with that of those living in those flats, condos and luxury dwellings quarters mushrooming in the city. Some rich people have got bathroom fittings worth taka one lakh, while the slum dwellers hardly have space to lie on let alone lavatory. Who is there to mitigate this discrimination? We must all sacrifice some of our luxury for the welfare of those ill-fated people otherwise we will remain mean in the eye of the civilized people of the world and Allah will definitely punish us for our sin of miserliness and selfishness.
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