<i>Fading glory of DU</i>
Dhaka University---it could be said (and I suppose most of you will agree) is the soul of the country. Why? Because DU is partly the reason behind our independence. If the students of this university had not raised their voices against the Pakistanis, then probably we would not have been independent (at least I would not have been sitting here writing this letter). In 1952, it was the students of this very university who made Bengali the state language of this country. Today we can speak in Bengali freely at school or at home because of those martyrs. And it is said that this fight for language finally led the way to our independence. Though DU was the driving force behind our independence, strange as it might seem (but I do not fear to state), we have yet failed to express our gratitude to this university. The families of the great warriors are now living a precarious life. What else could be said? It is no longer the Oxford of the East. The DU which made the liberation of this country possible is now increasingly criticized by the people. In fact, it is no longer an educational institution. It is now the fertile ground of politics. So parents, even if they are happy that their children are the students of this university, yet again they are worried for the same reason. The university is increasingly used by our politicians for their own benefits. It is now the centre of regular strikes, clashes between the students and the police and all such evils. Furthermore, many of the students who had graduated from the DU failed to get good jobs. What a pity!
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