Disgraceful!
I was not born in 1971, but that doesn't mean that I cannot have any say in matters pertaining to our liberation war or cannot represent those who fought for our motherland. Bangladesh lost hundreds of thousands of lives in the liberation war in 1971, fighting the Pakistani Army. In losing so many lives, few of our own so-called Bangladeshis helped the Pakistani army whom we call razakars. However, they used to call themselves member of the Peace Committee where their manifesto was to provide help and support to the Pakistani army to capture the freedom fighters, rape their wives, mothers or sisters and take over the possession of their land, houses and other assets. I live in Australia, far away from Bangladesh, but my mind is always with my country. We always hear about the war criminals facing trials worldwide and getting the justice they deserve, unlike Bangladesh where it's a different picture. We reward our war criminals in many ways! I felt so sorry for my beloved country when I read in the newspaper that the road in front of a jail had been named after someone who was a notorious razakar. After reading the news, I was shocked and my sixth sense is telling me this is very wrong. This man should have stayed in the jail, but instead of that we are naming the road in front of the jail after him. This is not something new for Bangladesh. We saw razakars as government ministers using the national flag in their cars, the flag that they never wanted to exist in the first place. How shameless we are!
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