Utopian vision
The changes have given rise to a lot of visionaries keen to express their love for the country. Many of these visions are of course the result of a genuine desire to see a better Bangladesh making its mark on the world stage. Many of these visionaries are people fed up with their identity of being citizens of an impoverished state and are now seeking to cease the moment to dictate a way out of it. This, of all things, must be accepted with much appreciation, our people have begun to dream the unthinkable!
The problem with the visionaries long exiled from the real politick of our landscape is that they have little knowledge of the society that we have. They are bemused, amused and flashed by the advancement of so many other nations. Their visions are therefore triggered by a strong surge of emotion. A little study or research has resulted in them inventing the solutions that they offer. To sum up, the visions of our new visionaries are nothing but an utopian dream.
Only today I read a number of articles from a wide range of publications, almost each one of them dealt with an issue handled by the current administration. And a common pattern was visible: people with longstanding engagement with the reality of our country tended to be critical of the initiatives by the government of our esteemed economist, while those who had the privilege of enjoying the best that our nation has to offer tended to take a clean swipe against their old masters and bend heavily towards the present government. That, in my view, ought to tell a story.
We talk of democracy, ask for institutional change, demand permanent curbing of huge authority enjoyed by certain leaders. But what we fail to grasp, or perhaps unwilling to show, is a sound understanding of the reality of our country, our politics and our nation.
We can demand a fault proof system, we can dream of a perfect formula, we can seek to mimic the 'tasty recipe' of others, but as long as we fail to understand the needs and issues of the masses, nothing will make any difference.
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