'Aamar Bhalobasha'

Nazmus Saquib, Dept. of English, Stamford University, Dhanmondi
Radio Aamar Fm 101.6 Fm is airing a weekly special programme 'Aamar Bhalobahsa' on every Thursday from 12:00am to 2:00am where people get the opportunity to share their untold love stories with the listeners. It is a unique programme, especially in Bangladesh context since for the first time in our electronic media's history, people here are getting the chance to directly express their love related affair. Sometimes people share their sweet love stories, while most of the times people share their bitter experiences. The host of the show, namely Love Guru gives valuable suggestions to his guests. This programme is helping a vast majority of our population about the true essence of love and how we should keep a relationship in an honest and proper way. These days quite a lot of teenagers of our society are involved in various sorts of crimes after getting rejected by the opposite sex. Sometimes they are even committing suicide because of getting rejected. This programme is motivating those youths to live their life to the fullest. It is inspiring them to take the correct decision which will be beneficial for them and for society. Thus this programme is helping our society a lot. There is no denying that this programme has gained enormous popularity within a short span of time and therefore some people are trying to stop it. They are reportedly putting pressure on the Radio Aamar authorities to stop broadcasting of the show since according to them, it is not the right kind of show for our country & culture. They feel that people here are talking directly about love which is still a taboo in our society. But I think if Radio Aamar stops broadcasting the show due to outside influence, than it will be a shame for all of us. Our country is keeping pace with the modern world but that doesn't mean that we are not respecting our own culture and tradition. Those who are talking about the so-called 'taboo' are actually good for nothing. They always try to find fault with others!