It seems like we are back to the pre- 1/11 days where the battling Begums are more interested in tit-for tat politics - (Maybe it's because they both had a common lover over which they fell out??).
I think we have more important issues in the country than to cancel the lease of Pinky's (Khaleda's) house on Shaheed Mainul Road in Dhaka Cantonment by Perky (Hasina).
One way to look at it is that what goes around comes around - after-all Pinky did cancel the allocation of Hasina and her sister's plots. The difference is that Pinky didn't allocate the property to herself unlike Perky.
If Pinky did violate the rules of the lease then she deserves it. Nonetheless is it really the most important thing that needs doing at the moment?
Out of all the land in the country Hasina makes a point that it needs to recover it to give houses to the relatives of the Pilkhana massacre. Hmmm... me thinks that she's trying to suck up to them. I hope they can see through her - mixing dirty politics with a heinous national crime.
On the other hand as the Daily Star reports it could be also due to the military's unhappiness of Pinky's comments following the Pilkhana massacre. In which she could have negotiated to delay the task for the sake of national unity.
Finally could it be a diversionary tactic by Hasina from the Pilkhana massacre inquiry? Surely something like this will get 50% of the population up in arms as their mother is about to lose a house (like she really needs it after conning the public out of billions of Taka's). This will then divert the public and media attention to Pinky. From what I hear - politicians of all sides seem to have had a hand in the BDR massacre (more on that later). Hasina really needs another front to open...
Saturday, 11 April 2009
Wednesday, 8 April 2009
Walkout
According to the Oxford dictionary: Walkout - a sudden angry departure, especially as a protest or strike.
Come to Bangladesh, a nation who fought hard for it's independence and for its language. It is the land where the roots of International Mother Language Day come from. Yet ask any layman and they wont know that it's an English noun that they have adopted. In fact they think its a Bengali word. Why is it so common and why does everyone know it? Thats because the dear leader of the opposition and mother to 50 % of Bangladeshi's exercises a walkout nearly every other day from parliament.
If it wasn't for the detriment of the country it would be laughable. In the west where physical punishment isn't allowed in schools some unruly children exercise a 'walkout' to the teachers dismay. It's usually funny to all the other kids. They think the child who just walked out is immature and can't hack it. That's the bit that makes me laugh. The ill-educated and unruly, spoilt, madam Khaleda Zia.
Going back to the OED description of the word - there is a difference to the Bengali version - in that it isn't sudden - it's predictive.
As I write Begum Zia and her cronies have just exercised another walkout on the last day of the current session in parliament. I suppose none of them will need to have gym membership as the walkouts will keep them quite fit...
Come to Bangladesh, a nation who fought hard for it's independence and for its language. It is the land where the roots of International Mother Language Day come from. Yet ask any layman and they wont know that it's an English noun that they have adopted. In fact they think its a Bengali word. Why is it so common and why does everyone know it? Thats because the dear leader of the opposition and mother to 50 % of Bangladeshi's exercises a walkout nearly every other day from parliament.
If it wasn't for the detriment of the country it would be laughable. In the west where physical punishment isn't allowed in schools some unruly children exercise a 'walkout' to the teachers dismay. It's usually funny to all the other kids. They think the child who just walked out is immature and can't hack it. That's the bit that makes me laugh. The ill-educated and unruly, spoilt, madam Khaleda Zia.
Going back to the OED description of the word - there is a difference to the Bengali version - in that it isn't sudden - it's predictive.
As I write Begum Zia and her cronies have just exercised another walkout on the last day of the current session in parliament. I suppose none of them will need to have gym membership as the walkouts will keep them quite fit...
Pilkhana Masacre
I've been meaning to write on the subject for a while now. First few weeks I was flabbergasted. Eyes glued to the news. Now that it's all gone a bit quiet in that front and I've had some time to reflect I'm ready to write about yet another atrocious black mark on the bloody history of Bangladesh. For now I just want to express the words that come to my mind about the animals behind the incident - I repeat animals, inhuman, modern day Mir-Zaffor, Razakkar, scum. That's it for now .. hope to write more in the coming days.
Tuesday, 25 November 2008
Tk100 Students
This time another story from Dhaka University DU. Apparently one of the countries premier university. All this over Tk100. Is it me or is it that university's in BD only admit animals? They are certainly uneducated and uncivilized. I wonder if after graduation they will be civilized... Actually I know the answer to that question. Not the answer I would like tho. Looks the the army have all but retreated. This scene would have been dealt with a heavy hand about 6 months ago. Rightly so. Would be good to see the marks of an army boot on the dirty students faces.
Sunday, 16 November 2008
Road Traffic Accidents & Students
The roads in Bangladesh are devoid of any laws that are obeyed or enforced. I doubt the government agencies keep any statistics on the number of deaths from road accidents.
Then again is it the governments fault? We seem to blame everything on the government. In the west if the government didn't do it then an NGO would do it. Yes, this wouldn't work in BD because an NGO would only function if it could siphon off money from a foreign country in the name of helping locals.
I read today this article about Students vandalizing private vehicles because of an accident that killed a fellow student. Read the article. It's quite sad that these so-called students study at a university. I mean they are supposed to be the cream of educated - people fit for running the country. How fit can this lot be when they behave in such Neanderthal manner??!
You want to protest?? Fair enough. Come up with some constructive criticism. How can it be fixed? Well unlike the students of Dania University College in Jatrabari demands I do not think that introducing a zebra crossing will improve the situation. It will only work if it is enforced. Obviously these moronic (un)-educated scum have probably read that in the west there are such things. Well they didn't research the bit that in the west they don't have a intercity highway running through the middle of a city!!
Now to the other point - loss to the country. All the vehicles sold in the country are of foreign origin including the parts. The amount of damage such thugs cause is untold to the particular persons vehicle. Ever thought of the effects on the country's finance with regards to adding even more pressure on buying foreign goods with the little foreign reserves the country holds? I guess it's above the intelligence of the people who commit such acts....
Tuesday, 8 April 2008
Not many
Its about time I aired my views of a breed of creatures that are called Bengali doctors / nurses spurned on by the events at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital. See the Daily start article on 8/4/04.
Bangladesh is a country where there are so many medical professionals. I use the word professionals with a pinch of salt. One maybe be wondering why am I referring to them as creatures - well because if you put them in the league with humans then it would be ridiculing the human race. To be a bit more polite I'll refer to them as Bengdocs in this article because it is a distinct trait of Bengali/ Bangladeshi doctors/ nurses/ medical interns.
Bengdocs are supposed to be a section of society who are most educated, much like engineers, lawyers etc. Indeed, they are given world class education in medicine. If you go to the Sylhet Stadium, where the locals have turned the stadium shops into what you would class as a General Surgery or polyclinic in the West, you will see that most of the doctors have trained abroad. Now the training they undertook in the West will always include ethics, morals and phsycology. Sadly I have yet to come across Bengdocs with any of those in a skills in a positive manner.
As soon as you see a doc he is supposed to make you at ease from your discomfort. Yet the Bengdocs behave like animals with their harsh, abrasive language and behaviour. A vet does not behave like that to a sick animal in the West or even in Bangladesh for that matter the way they behave and treat their patients - even tho they are paying for the advise.
You see Bengdocs and nurses behave in such an awful manner whether you are in a private hospital or at the state hospital like the MAG Osmani in Sylhet. They are rude, unwilling to help and unsympathetic. As if someone forced them into the job. The nurses in the UK are not paid well. However they are ever so polite, go out of their way to help. Even when patients are rude to them they still remain polite as they understand that the patient is under duress due to some illness. Doctors behave in the same manner - if you can get hold of one!
So what has any of this got to do with MAG Osmani. Well an intern misbehaved with a pregnant woman. Which in return was returned with violence from patients. The hospital staff then went on strike and demonstrations. They even beat up a journalist. Just shows how much of a wild animals instinct's are within the mindset of the Bengdocs and nurses. Many patients died due to absence of treatment. It was the Bengdocs way of retaliating - 'touch any of ours rightly or wrongly - and lots of your will die'. Sadly human beings lost their lives due to the actions of sick, inhumane doctors/ nurses/ interns of the MAG Osmani. This isn't a one of case. This kind of story is repeated up and down the country.
This leads onto the nurses who are generally women. The other day I drove past a female college at the end of the day. Hundreds of girls were pouring out onto the street. I sighed and wondered how many of them will end up as nurses and doctors. Quite a lot I thought as its rather popular route for a girl in Bangladesh to take. Then the sad bit hit my mind. I wondered how many of them would take up their respective professions and treat the patients as human beings? How many would have morals and ethics that are expected of a human being in this line of work? I muttered to my self: 'Not many'.
Bangladesh is a country where there are so many medical professionals. I use the word professionals with a pinch of salt. One maybe be wondering why am I referring to them as creatures - well because if you put them in the league with humans then it would be ridiculing the human race. To be a bit more polite I'll refer to them as Bengdocs in this article because it is a distinct trait of Bengali/ Bangladeshi doctors/ nurses/ medical interns.
Bengdocs are supposed to be a section of society who are most educated, much like engineers, lawyers etc. Indeed, they are given world class education in medicine. If you go to the Sylhet Stadium, where the locals have turned the stadium shops into what you would class as a General Surgery or polyclinic in the West, you will see that most of the doctors have trained abroad. Now the training they undertook in the West will always include ethics, morals and phsycology. Sadly I have yet to come across Bengdocs with any of those in a skills in a positive manner.
As soon as you see a doc he is supposed to make you at ease from your discomfort. Yet the Bengdocs behave like animals with their harsh, abrasive language and behaviour. A vet does not behave like that to a sick animal in the West or even in Bangladesh for that matter the way they behave and treat their patients - even tho they are paying for the advise.
You see Bengdocs and nurses behave in such an awful manner whether you are in a private hospital or at the state hospital like the MAG Osmani in Sylhet. They are rude, unwilling to help and unsympathetic. As if someone forced them into the job. The nurses in the UK are not paid well. However they are ever so polite, go out of their way to help. Even when patients are rude to them they still remain polite as they understand that the patient is under duress due to some illness. Doctors behave in the same manner - if you can get hold of one!
So what has any of this got to do with MAG Osmani. Well an intern misbehaved with a pregnant woman. Which in return was returned with violence from patients. The hospital staff then went on strike and demonstrations. They even beat up a journalist. Just shows how much of a wild animals instinct's are within the mindset of the Bengdocs and nurses. Many patients died due to absence of treatment. It was the Bengdocs way of retaliating - 'touch any of ours rightly or wrongly - and lots of your will die'. Sadly human beings lost their lives due to the actions of sick, inhumane doctors/ nurses/ interns of the MAG Osmani. This isn't a one of case. This kind of story is repeated up and down the country.
This leads onto the nurses who are generally women. The other day I drove past a female college at the end of the day. Hundreds of girls were pouring out onto the street. I sighed and wondered how many of them will end up as nurses and doctors. Quite a lot I thought as its rather popular route for a girl in Bangladesh to take. Then the sad bit hit my mind. I wondered how many of them would take up their respective professions and treat the patients as human beings? How many would have morals and ethics that are expected of a human being in this line of work? I muttered to my self: 'Not many'.
Saturday, 9 February 2008
Don't practice what you preach
I've always had the impression that Bengalis were a nation of hypocrites. Harsh? Perhaps - but a fair analysis. Currently everyone thinks that the 'Jouto Bahini' or joint forces are carrying out the anti corruption drive. In reality this so called Jouto Bahini is actually just the Army officers and their henchmen (soldiers). Since 1/11 the lemmings have come out of their barracks and occupied civilian premises.
As an example in Sylhet they have occupied the football stadium. From there they carry out their so called anti corruption drive. Don't get me wrong they have caught a lot of the 'bad guys' such as the thieving bastard of a Mayor of Sylhet - 'Kamran' etc. In fact I'd say nearly 80% of the stuff under the Army has been good. So what's wrong? Well they are doing whatever they like with impunity. Above all they do not practice what they preach.
Now to the main reason of the blog today. Just got a confirmation about corruption by the army. You see in BD if a police officer wants to get posted to a certain location then he has to pay a bribe to the guys in charge of the postings. This usually filters into a tiny sum to the guy at the top. For example I know a police officer who paid Tk 3 lakh (approx £3k at the time) so he did not get posted somewhere else. The reason? Well he was making a tidy sum in bribes at the police station he was posted at.
So what's that got to do with the army/ jouto bahini/ lemmings you say? Well the confirmation I received is that the commanding officers who have been given charge of a district have been paying in the region of Tk50 lakh (Approx. £40k) to be posted as the guy in charge. Why would one pay so much to come out of the barracks and rule a bunch of unruly civilians? Well for a start you can take bribes off these so called unruly citizens. And with the anti-corruption drive the guys that usually take all the money off the everyday citizens is either locked up or on the run. So using the pretext of anti-corruption drive they have got rid of their competition in addition to making themselves a nice tidy sum. Hmmm more of the same please....
As an example in Sylhet they have occupied the football stadium. From there they carry out their so called anti corruption drive. Don't get me wrong they have caught a lot of the 'bad guys' such as the thieving bastard of a Mayor of Sylhet - 'Kamran' etc. In fact I'd say nearly 80% of the stuff under the Army has been good. So what's wrong? Well they are doing whatever they like with impunity. Above all they do not practice what they preach.
Now to the main reason of the blog today. Just got a confirmation about corruption by the army. You see in BD if a police officer wants to get posted to a certain location then he has to pay a bribe to the guys in charge of the postings. This usually filters into a tiny sum to the guy at the top. For example I know a police officer who paid Tk 3 lakh (approx £3k at the time) so he did not get posted somewhere else. The reason? Well he was making a tidy sum in bribes at the police station he was posted at.
So what's that got to do with the army/ jouto bahini/ lemmings you say? Well the confirmation I received is that the commanding officers who have been given charge of a district have been paying in the region of Tk50 lakh (Approx. £40k) to be posted as the guy in charge. Why would one pay so much to come out of the barracks and rule a bunch of unruly civilians? Well for a start you can take bribes off these so called unruly citizens. And with the anti-corruption drive the guys that usually take all the money off the everyday citizens is either locked up or on the run. So using the pretext of anti-corruption drive they have got rid of their competition in addition to making themselves a nice tidy sum. Hmmm more of the same please....
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