The orphan called Bangladesh

Your recent commentary “Please do not hold Jan 5 elections” brings back to mind a story that I am sure you have also read in your childhood. It runs like the following:
Once upon a time, two women were fighting tooth and nail over the motherhood of an infant child in the court of King Solomon. The king went through all the arguments, evidence, and witnesses, but still could not determine with any certainty as to who the real mother was that deserved the custody of the child. Wise as he was, the king ordered that the child be cut in two halves, so each woman could have one-half. “Oh no, oh no, let her have my child, I give up”, cried one woman while the other said nothing. You know what Solomon's final judgment was.
Alas, we do not seem to have a real mother in Bangladesh! She would have cried out by now if we did.
Mahmoodul Islam
West Virginia, USA