Our leaders
……..If sadness, Oh mother mine, casts a gloom on your face, my eyes are filled with tears………. (Tagore)
This was the month when our people as a nation took charge of their own lives.
Well, some folks just had to spoil it. We got betrayed. This time not by the invaders, but by our own. The people we chose to be our leaders turned blind to our needs. We were left orphans. The power we gave them to use in our favour, were abused against us.
As a young Bangladeshi, I see & hear our leaders have become rulers, dictators, oppressors and agents of the past invaders. And with my kind of job, which involves sharing views with all age groups (especially the youth), I see one thing in them, they are aware of everything. And they want Bangladesh to be the country they learned about in their school days.
I thank Allah the Merciful that He has opened the eyes of our brothers & sisters. Say :"Can the blind be held equal to the sighted?" Will ye then consider not? (Sura An Anam Verse 50). The young Bangladeshis are willing to take the challenge to reflect on our lives and the forces that shape our values. We can see, hear and speak. The only think we lack is courage, a just leader and a good cause. And then nothing can stop us.
For years we waited, not a patient waiting, but an anticipation with enormous determination, an anticipation characterized by struggle, by martyrdom, by torture, by oppression and yes, also by laughter and joy.
In the past, we were oppressed, in the present we are under oppression and will always be if we remain this way. Allah has given us order to fight.
“Will ye not fight people who violated their oaths” -- (Sura At Tauba Verse13)
Our seniors have forgotten to become truthful & to fight for what is fair and just.
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