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Saturday, November 3, 2007

[vinnomot] Re: [khabor.com] War Criminals of 1971: Time to Take Action [Shada K

Dear All,
 
I was rather sick during the last week when a lot hue and cry was raised by certain groups of people. In my dictionary, I want to believe that 'Mukti-Joddho' happened. I want believe that people laid down lives for Bangladesh and not for petty self-interest cited by some people. I want to believe Pakistanis oppressed us for the longest time and Mukti Juddho was the volcanic eruption that started much earlier. I want to believe much blood, sweet, glory, punishment, harassment, depravation, and many social ills happened during 1971 and earlier.
 
I want to believe there were collaborators who worked against Bangladesh and some even worked to hand over Bangladeshi people to the Pakistanis.
 
This is my reality and I want to die with this reality.
 
Dear All,
 
I was rather sick during the last week when a lot hue and cry was raised by certain groups of people. In my dictionary, I want to believe that 'Mukti-Joddho' happened. I want believe that people laid down lives for Bangladesh and not for petty self-interest cited by some people. I want to believe Pakistanis oppressed us for the longest time and Mukti Juddho was the volcanic eruption that started much earlier. I want to believe much blood, sweet, glory, punishment, harassment, depravation, and many social ills happened during 1971 and earlier.
 
I want to believe there were collaborators who worked against Bangladesh and some even worked to hand over Bangladeshi people to the Pakistanis.
 
This is my reality and I want to die with this reality
 
Now, amnesty was never for everyone (meaning lock stock and barrel). My friend do not let anyone confuse you. The war criminals will be and ought to be weeded out like worms...Out of great magnanimity, one could forgive them only if the war criminals stoop down, cry on their feet of the families on whom they had done injustice, then perhaps they and the country may pardon them.  I used to harbor these feelings but given the new twist in politics that some people have brazenly mentioned that 1971 did not happen or that there are no war criminals, I want to realize urge the government to start the War Criminals Tribunals.  This sorry saga has to end and the perpetrators must be booked for justice. We cannot continue to teach our children and even their children lies, more lies and fanciful, self-concocted stories.  I want this purification process to start and it is not up to individuals to file cases, it is the sacred duty of the government. So, my government please act responsibly, do your God ordained duties. If you are spending millions to catch a petty thief or a accidental murderer, then you ( GOB) better put your best people out to capture the War Criminals. If the Jewish State of Israel is still searching for war criminals after 70 years, we ( Bangladesh) can begin our search for WAR criminals after 36 years.  If you ( the GOB) do not take these important stand, then you are no less to be shamed by the citizens of this country and your pusillanimous
acts will be etched in dark black ink in the anals of history of Bangladesh. Now, the choice is yours to take - my GOB.
 
Ziaur Rahman
IITM
Dhaka 
 


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[vinnomot] Autism: Father's it's time you stood up and faught.

October 31, 2007
Olmsted on Autism: I'm not vaclempt!

Hysterical By Dan Olmsted

WASHINGTON, Oct 30 -- If there is one word I'd like to see banished forever
from the dictionary of autism cliches, it would be "emotional." You know
what I mean -- "Lawsuits and emotion vs. science and childhood vaccines,"
trumpets a piece in the Wall Street Journal; "confronting the contentious
and highly emotional issue of whether early childhood vaccinations might
have caused autism in thousands of children," as The New York Times
described the recent vaccine court hearing; "officials from federal health
agencies and medical societies tried to calm the fears around this
emotional issue," said NBC's Robert Bazell.

Get it? Concerns about vaccines causing autism are emotional; science that
refutes it is logical. Parents who believe their kid's autism came from
vaccines are fearful; experts who say otherwise are calming and rational.
If these overrought parents would just lie down in a bathtub filled with
ice and listen to reason, this debate would be over.

And who are those parents? Well, as far as the mainstream media is
concerned, they're mostly mothers. Wild-eyed, tangled hair, mangled
thinking – it's all part of the same game. Network TV has even managed to
cast Barbara Loe Fisher, a calm, rational, evidence-based critic of
vaccination policy, as a zealot who would have us all in iron lungs if she
had her wicked, wicked way.

Are you getting my drift that the word "emotional" as applied to autism is
basically sexist? Mostly moms are on the front lines of autism; they are up
against (mostly) men who represent the paternalistic structures of public
health, pediatric medical practice and the pharmaceutical companies. (And
of course, some women in power can be just as paternalistic as men.)

Around the turn of the last century, Freud and his followers were obsessed
with the idea of a disorder called "hysteria." The psychoanalysts, almost
all men, decided that "hysterics," almost all women, were suffering from
all manner of suppressed, submerged, repressed issues. A female cousin of
mine had a different definition: "Hysteria is a word men use to describe
women they can't control."

And so is "emotional." It reminds me of the dust-up when someone called
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice "articulate." The use of that word was
criticized, and properly so, because of the unsavory implication that a
black woman who had reached the highest levels of the United States
government might NOT be articulate. Criticize her job performance, in other
words, but don't reveal your own surprise that there are plenty of
confident, capable – and articulate – black women in this country.

Calling autism parents "emotional" is especially odious given the long
habit of parent-blaming ("refrigerator moms," anyone?) that preceded the
current debate. Parents can't catch a break – first they were too cold and
unemotional, now they're all hot under the collar and beyond the reach of
reason.

Of course, strong feelings are part of the picture, and they should be --
that's true of just about every controversy from gun control to Christmas
trees in the town square. But there is nothing inherently more emotional
about figuring out what causes autism and what we can do to treat it. So
let's stop using the word.

One way that men could help out here is to make sure they are not so
woefully underrepresented on the front lines of the autism debate. Of
course, plenty of fathers are out there battling, but the autism
conferences are by and large a gathering of moms. At the Long Island autism
conference I attended last week, that was plain to see. The few men
attending stood out; as one autism mom said after spending the evening with
three of them: "Wow, it's been a long time since I drank beer with
good-looking guys at a bar!"

Maybe autism fathers could think of a special way to make an impact. How
about a thousand-man march on the CDC? An awards dinner for Autism Father
of the Year. A conference of, by and for fathers. Fathers and children
descending on Capitol Hill -- moms get the day off. Anyway, it's time to
stop letting the powers-that-be make the rest of us feel like Mike Myers
acting like Linda Richmond on Saturday Night Live. We are not vaclempt.

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If I came to you and said, "I'm going to perform a little sexual assault on you---a small rape---because, one day you could meet a rapist and you could be raped. But, it won't be as bad the second time as the first time." This is exactly the same thing as giving someone a vaccine, or a little bit of disease. It's nonsense!  An Interview With Guylaine Lanctot, M.D. By Kenneth & Dee Burke


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[vinnomot] Distorting hisory in school text book

dear all,
assalamu alaikum.todays daily amar desh published an informative and alarming story about distorting our history in school and madrasa textbook.
where sahid zia read the declaration of libaration war prepared by "father of the nation; mujib and so

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[vinnomot] Faruk Wasif on War crminal ,Jamat ,anti thesis of 71 (Shamokal)

http://www.shamokal.com/details.php?nid=78550


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[ALOCHONA] BNP constitution

Alochoks:

I read the following article in the New Age headlined "Controversy rages over powers vested in Khaleda by BNP constitution" and found it humorous. Isn't it funny how all these BNP leaders are so intensely scrutinizing the BNP constitution? On one level it is silly because the same ppl who talk about the BNP constitution, never cared about such things as constitutions, rule of law, etc.

But on another level, it is a great change - this is how things should move - based on rules, constitutions, deliberations instead of the whims of a single person. In a single year, the politicians have gone from looting and violence to referring to constitutions, reforms, etc. Nice!

- M. Raheem
New York





Controversy rages over powers vested in Khaleda by BNP constitution
Staff Correspondent

The constitution of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party gives the chairperson absolute authority in making decisions on party affairs, senior leaders of the party having allegiance to Khaleda Zia said on Saturday.
   Followers of Saifur Rahman and M Hafizuddin Ahmed acknowledged the chairperson's authority in making decisions but claimed such decisions needed to be approved by the standing committee.
   'The constitution gives the chairperson absolute authority to hire and fire anybody. There is no scope to raise questions about a decision made by the chairperson,' said Mir Shawkat Ali, once a vice-chairman of the party.
   He told New Age on Saturday that any meeting of the standing committee should be
   convened by the secretary general after being asked by the chairperson who would chair the meeting.
   'No meeting of the standing committee can be held without the chairperson attending,' Shawkat said brushing aside the decisions of the meeting of standing committee members at Saifur Rahman's house on October 29 that made the latter acting chairperson.
   M Hafizuddin Ahmed, named acting secretary general by the same meeting, meantime, claimed that whatever decisions the October 29 standing committee meeting had taken, were made in line with the party constitution.
   Asked if the post of the acting chairperson was specified in the party constitution, M Saifur Rahman, hesitantly said at his first press briefing after assuming the charge that everything was not mentioned in the constitution.
   Hafizuddin came up with a clarification the following day, saying that the standing committee had taken the decisions as per the 'doctrine of necessity' — a move censured by the leaders loyal to Khandaker Delwar Hossain as a conspiracy to fragment the party.
   Followers of Delwar said that some conspirators were trying to misinterpret the clauses of the constitution to implement their own 'agenda'.
   'They know that their arguments are weak and unconvincing and they have now come
   up with a new agenda – to
   make the party constitution controversial,' said one of the five joint secretaries general of the party.
   The BNP constitution was formulated in 1978 and amendments were made at the
   party council in 1993 and also by the standing committee
   itself in 1995. 'After so many years, they have discovered that the amendments were not approved by the council,' he said adding that the same standing committee — mostly its present members — brought amendments giving the chairperson the absolute authority to make decisions.
   Another senior leader, who was a cabinet minister in Khaleda Zia's last cabinet, cited the example of promulgation of ordinances in absence of the parliament and said endorsement of the 1995 amendments by the party council was not possible as no council session was held since then.
   'Is it that all ordinances promulgated by president Iajuddin Ahmed are illegal since they have not yet been rubberstamped by parliament?' he asked rejecting the controversies surrounding the party constitution and the chairperson's authority.
   The joint secretary general also pointed out that if
   amendments defining the
   chairperson's authority were not lawful, the appointment of so many big shots in the party hierarchy and their actions would be considered illegal by the same token.


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[vinnomot] 25 th March- pitunt ovijhan in prothom -Alo by Ex CA and CJ Habibur Rahman

Dear Bangladeshi,
 
 you all know that 25 th march, 1971  was the most dangerous  and cruel day in the history of Bangladesh.
 
 If some one just term it as  pituny ovijan, then it is What      ?????????????????
 
 To know details  read the  report below
 
 
 
It wil expose the character of Many  people in our civil society.
 
 
 


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           Alhamdulillah - All praise to be of Allah 
                   Allahhuakbar - Allah, the Greatest
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[ALOCHONA] Bangladesh can issue emergency rule if both big political parties do not participate in the 2008 MP election

All,
 
This is just my personal analysis.  I wish to be wrong.  After what happened in Pakistan,  I am predicting that if both big political parties do not participate in the next general election in Bangladesh,  Bangladesh can rule emergency which can happen the image and democracy in Bangladesh.
 
I will urge both parties to join in the next election and think about future of Bangladesh.  There will be some sacrifice from the both parties if SK Hasina and Khalida can not join in the election.
 
Please comments on my assumption.
 
M. M. Chowdhury (Mithu)


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[vinnomot] Bangladesh can issue emergency rule if both big political parties do not participate in the 2008 MP election

All,
 
This is just my personal analysis.  I wish to be wrong.  After what happened in Pakistan,  I am predicting that if both big political parties do not participate in the next general election in Bangladesh,  Bangladesh can rule emergency which can happen the image and democracy in Bangladesh.
 
I will urge both parties to join in the next election and think about future of Bangladesh.  There will be some sacrifice from the both parties if SK Hasina and Khalida can not join in the election.
 
Please comments on my assumption.
 
M. M. Chowdhury (Mithu)


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[vinnomot] Jamaat in its own mirror: Daily Songram in 1971

Part-1:
 
To us, "Birshestra" Capt. Motiur Nizami is one of the greatest heroes of Bagladesh, to Rajakar Nizami (I mean, our "honorable" former minister) he's just an "Indian agent."   
 
 
Part-2:
 
Thanks to Mr Ali Akbar Tabi for a wonderful compilation of great historical importance.
 
 
Jahed Ahmed
 


"I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do
everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do."
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[vinnomot] COMMUNIST PARTY WILL RESIST MARTIAL LAW OR EMERGENCY IN PAKISTAN!

(ISLAMABAD – 3RD NOVEMBER 2007)        Communist Party of Pakistan (CPP) will resist Martial Law or emergency if imposed in Pakistan. The armed struggle would be launched against the Government if Martial Law is now imposed fifth time by the Army and General Musharraf and in case of emergency, the CPP will challenge the imposition of emergency in the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

 

This was stated in a policy statement by the Central Chairman of the Communist Party of Pakistan, Engineer Jameel Ahmad Malik here today. He said Quaid-e-Azam has not created Pakistan for the rule of military.

 

He said that if the Army and General Pervaz Musharraf would follow unconstitutional steps by imposing Martial Law in the country in the coming days, the Communist Party would then leave the path of democratic norms and would resist the Martial Law tooth and nail by launching arms struggle against the Martial Law in whole of Pakistan.

 

The CPP Chairman vehemently stressed and said that the Army and General Musharraf, who are ruling this country on one pretext or the others for almost 35 years out of 60 years since independence of Pakistan from British Empire in 1947, has now in fact lost the credibility in the eyes of the down trodden and poor masses of Pakistan.

 

They are now ruling the country with the help of elites and those politicians, who are in fact traders and 'turn coats' politicians, for whom people have no respect for them at all.

 

The turn coats politicians like the President Pakistan Muslim League Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, Federal Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad and others, who are supporting Military regimes and General Musharraf are warning the public that if the Supreme Court gives an anti judgment concerning the controversial Presidential election of General Musharraf, martial law or emergency would be imposed in Pakistan.

 

In fact by such like statements, they want to pressurize the Supreme Court of Pakistan for deciding the Musharraf's case in his favour keeping the law of necessity. It is a message to Supreme Court by them not to decide the Justice (Retd) Wajid-ud-din Ahmad petition's against General Musharraf on merits.

 

CPP fully supports the armed struggle launched by the communists in various countries of the world. Engineer Jameel said that the arms struggle by the communists in Nepal against the monarchy is near to end now and the communists will soon over throw the monarchy for ever in Nepal.

 

 

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[ALOCHONA] Worth a read: Bureaucratic and Ministerial perks in South Asia

Worth a read!

RING FOR THE BUTLER - Ministers and civil servants in India cling to symbols of rank 

Sunanda k. Datta-Ray

The Telegraph

sunanda.dattaray@gmail.com

 

George Orwell describes somewhere the bustling arrival at a dak bungalow in Burma of a Burmese official of modest rank. The man stormed and shouted, threw his weight around, and having thereby established his superiority, squatted down to a comfortable smoke and chat with the servants he had hectored a moment ago.

 

That scene always comes to mind when I see the cars of our ministers and civil servants whiz past self-importantly with red lights swirling above. This column has dwelt before on the phenomenon. Now, Singapore's austere Lee Kuan Yew has drawn attention to it in a dialogue in Mumbai with legislators, administrators and company chiefs on the strategies that he employed to transform a ramshackle colonial port (Atal Bihari Vajpayee compared it to Calcutta in 1967) into a glittering First World metropolis.

 

Singapore is especially strict about perquisites that go with jobs. Only the head of state enjoys an official residence, and hardly any president has ever lived in the stately palace called the Istana. The present incumbent, S.R. Nathan, an exceptionally unassuming man, uses the Istana as his office, driving back every evening to his very ordinary bungalow in a middle-class residential area.

 

The sprawling black-timbered bungalows in which British civil servants lived were put to other use after independence and the new generation of bureaucrats paid enough for them to invest in private homes. That had a twofold effect. It avoided creating a bumptious bureaucratic caste to which the badges of office matter more than responsibilities. And it saved administrators the heartbreak that retirement usually means in India, when a senior man is thrown out of his house and shorn of the chauffeured car and the flunkeys he has become used to. I knew a former accountant-general who for years afterwards would every morning don the ornate braided jacket that was the ceremonial outfit of his position in British times.

 

Perks create dependence, but Lee cited an additional reason for abolition in Mumbai. He had observed that ruling parties tend to lose elections in their capital cities. Singapore being both capital and country, the contempt born of familiarity would mean a change of government. "So in Singapore no minister goes with the flag, and our cars are not specially numbered. We share the trials and tribulations of the populace."

 

Thanks to him, there are not many trials and tribulations to share. But that last sentence must be a sore point with many Indians. One remembers Jyoti Basu countering complaints of pot-holed roads with the astonishing claim that he noticed none on his daily drives to and from the Writers' Buildings. Officials who linked their enclave's electricity connection to an essential service similarly wondered ingenuously at the uproar over load-shedding.

 

The invention of perks made a certain sense in the colonial idiom. At its most innocent, the British administrator on a tour of duty in India had not the means, competence or inclination to invest in property. His memsahib would find it impossibly burdensome to interview and engage servants in each posting. So it was more convenient to attach bungalows and bungalow peons to the job. But, of course, there was a higher design than practical convenience. As the viceroy told the "native subjects of the Empress of India" at the Imperial Assemblage of 1877, "the permanent interests of the Empire demand the supreme supervision and direction of their administration by English officers" who must "continue to form the most important practical channel through which the arts, the sciences and the culture of the West…may flow freely to the East".

 

Those "English officers" formed an exalted new caste. They were the Brahmins of the raj, several notches above the grandest company burra sahib who, being trade, was a mere boxwallah in the lingo of the raj. The distinction was enshrined in the old Bengal Club's eligibility rules. But all that belonged to an age and ethos that are long gone. For us, people of a different race in our own native environment, to cling to any vestige of expatriate privileges is Orwell's Animal Farm all over again.

 

Why do we do it? The obvious answer is that the beneficiaries — whether bureaucrats or ministers — are themselves responsible for the decision. It's like parliamentarians voting to increase their emoluments. But there may be a reason beyond crude self-interest. Conversation with bureaucrats often reveals a startling sense of regret at the loss of the power they imagine civil servants enjoyed in colonial India without having to answer to ministers. That mental comparison and the consequent sense of deprivation gloss over the difference between a small ruling elite of alien stock and indigenous servants of the people in a democracy. The training given, the psychology engendered and the administration's powerful institutional memory are largely responsible for this stupidity. The outcome is to suborn even the bright young people who join the administration, defeat the purpose of quotas by contributing to the creation of what is called the creamy layer and perpetuate the distance between governed and governor.

 

One contributory factor is the crassness and corruption of the ministers bureaucrats often have to serve. Another is the perception — one cannot be more definite in the absence of empirical evidence — that colleagues in the excise and customs departments make money hand over fist. The third is the premium attached to special treatment — like boarding a plane without going through the security procedure. I was witness once to the tantrum an Indian ambassador, visiting from his country of posting, threw because the external affairs ministry receptionist did not unroll the red carpet for him. He must have known that his diplomatic privileges disappeared in New Delhi, but being without either special ability or sense of dedication, what else had he to live for but the small comforts of being an Excellency?

 

That is also so with civil servants, judges and ministers who insist the nation will grind to a halt unless their distinctive cars are allowed to crash through traffic lights. Admittedly, road congestion in most cities makes this sound plausible. But the symbols of rank assume tremendous importance in the absence of quality. A state governor from the north attending a seminar in Hyderabad had his liveried chaprasi stand at attention behind his chair all through the two-day proceedings. Similarly, a high court judge's chaprasi accompanied the judge to every diplomatic party.

 

Perhaps the Asian craving for ostentation exists regardless of any practical reason. The British cabinet minister I once saw unobtrusively sitting on the train from Manchester to London, and then in the taxi queue at Euston station, would be unthinkable in India. Lee describes in his memoirs how Sheikh Mujibur Rahman "arrived in style…in his own aircraft" for the 1973 Commonwealth summit in Ottawa. "When I landed, I saw a parked Boeing 707 with ' Bangladesh' emblazoned on it. When I left, it was still standing on the same spot, idle for eight days, getting obsolescent without earning anything. As I left the hotel for the airport, two huge vans were being loaded with packages for the Bangladesh aircraft." Compounding the irony, Mujib made a pitch for aid at the conference. Lee's observation is that "the poorer the country, the bigger the Cadillacs they hired for their leaders" at the United Nations.

 

Much can be said about the waste of scarce public funds. What matters more is that there never will be any public funds to speak of if our masters and betters live in a perks-driven bubble. They run the risk then of becoming like the Somerset Maugham character who could never understand why the poor did not ring for the butler when they wanted dinner.

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[ALOCHONA] Jammat’s S.G’s recent remarks: A different Assessment

Last 25th October 31, 2007, under the discussion project of Election
Commission with the political parties, Jammat-e-Islami Bangladesh
had met with three election commissioners led by their secretary
general Mr. Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujaheed. After the meeting, Mr.
Mujaheed gave answers to the journalists. He informed everyone about
the summery of the meeting. He expressed some particular views about
the voter list preparation and EC's roadmap too.

Apart from these election related opinions, peoples were very
interested to hear their reaction about the recommendations of some
religion-based parties of banning and rejecting them from the
election program. Those secular parties are trying in different form
to restrain them, to defy them as they took position against the
liberation forces during the liberation war.

Regarding this controversial issue, JIB Secretary General said,
there is nothing like anti-liberation force now in Bangladesh. He
added that, as Bongobondhu Sheikh Mujib, forgave all the recognized
(195 people) war criminal under the Shimla contact, and after this
forgiving, no one else were convicted as war criminal, so there is
no war criminal right now in Bangladesh too.

Very naturally, extreme reaction is vividly seen in different places
after this remarks. Particularly media and leftist political parties
are making a huge outburst after his statement. From here, I am
going to evaluate the whole situation in a different way.

I have some questions about the role of Jammat-e-Islami in 1971.
Such as: Had Jammat-e-Islami made any major fault, which may address
as war crime in 1971? Is there any option to punish them for their
deeds and statement? What should we do to as the primary
initiatives? What can Jammat do, to settle down the matter?

Historically it is established, that, Jammat-e- Islami did not work
in favor of our freedom fighters during the liberation war. But to
my consideration, principally it was a political stand. Any
political motivation or stands cannot be considered as war crime.
JIB or a particular party cannot stand for a vice or fault like war
crime. You can not address a whole party for war crime. You can say
that some persons of that party may involve with such tasks, which
can be considered as war crime. If we say in this tone, then I
think, the allegation will be more specific and more logical.
Because, if we bring the party name firstly, then it may loose the
weight of the allegation. If a party's political decision proves
faulty, then that should be condemned politically. You have no
chance to take over a decision factor to the court for trial.

According to the dictionary, war crime is a crime, which is vividly
a violation of international law and human rights. In a simple
definition, war crimes generally stands for killing, genocide, mass
rape, firing etc. Whenever we are talking, about the relevance of
Jammat-e-Islami with the war crime, then as the evidence of this
allegation, we bring the statement of Jammat leaders, which were
generally published in 1971 in their party's newspaper, "The Daily
Sangram". My question, is there any option to define any type of
statement or addressing as a war crime?

I do not want to do any favor to any one in this issue. But, I want
to settle down the issue immediately. The most important question to
me is, are we working for the establishment of Jammat in the name of
their punishment? On October 30th, I heard a discussion of Mr.
Naimul Islam Khan, the editor of "Daily Amader Shomoy" in the
satellite channel Bangla Vision. His views stroke me extremely. He
said, we went to court in the past with the issue of the citizenship
of Prof. Golam Azam, ex-Ameer of JIB. But the complainants lose in
that the case due their weakness in managing information. Their
allaegation against Mr. Azam, finally proved as a wrong one. From
that case, Golam Azam has been established finally. Naim said, that
loosing was a great setback for us. He indirectly discourages every
one to take the issue of war criminal into the court. As he thought,
that this case may also turn into a fake allegation again.

Naim is one of senior editor in Bangladesh. He was the founder
editor of The Daily Ajker Kagoj. What I know about him, he never
talks like a foul person. His views prove that, it will be really
difficult to prove JIB leader as a war criminal. Because, in the
last 36 years, no body even filed a single case against them. Every
one is criticizing them verbally. But no body claimed that this
particular Jammat leader had killed his/her lost person. Or he had
seen to participate any particular leader of JIB in the firing or
genocide activities. There is a far difference between political
statement and a war crime. We must be aware of that.

I think almost like the election commissioner Shakhawat Hossain
that, JIB secretary general's recent statement is mostly a political
statement. This is a part of their strategy (Offensive?). So who
will take risk to go forward with a simple political statement?

But this statement has opened some new controversies, which will
take us almost near to the truth, I think.

The reaction, what we are observing and hearing in media, mostly it
is rhetorical and full of political ornaments. As our political
history and the culture of our leadership are not very praiseworthy,
so these statements are not sufficient enough to prove anything.
Some people still do not recognize or accept our leader or media
person's views at all. Whenever, they (political or media people)
are saying against some one, particularly without evidence, people
think that these are nothing but an expression of personal anger
ness. Such as in the last 30th October night talk show in Ekushe
Television, JSD leader Najmul Hoque Prodhan without any evidence,
simply said that, Jammat is the mother organization of all kinds of
existing fundamental wings in the country.

Islamic terrorism is one of the most controversial issues of the
country right at the moment. Our intelligence had worked a lot on
this issue, both in last political regime as well as in this free
and fair caretaker regime. But they cannot prove this fact of
linkage between Jammat and the other fundamentalists at all. Even
the recent investigation report by the renowned daily ' Prothom Alo'
& 'Daily Star" cannot find out any relevance in this perspective.
Unfortunately, due to lacking of authentic evidence, people already
start to consider these allegations against Jammat as fake and
false.

Simultaneously, if we want to establish the allegation of war crime
against Jammat-e Islami without evidence and witness again, people
may also be able to consider the allegations as a political
propagandas and biased attitudes as they do.

JIB people claim that Bongobondhu Sheikh Mujib has forgave all the
war criminals. Particularly the trial of 195 recognized war
criminals has been settled long time ago, under the Shimla contact.
By the contrary, the complainants against JIB claim that, that
decision of forgiveness is not applicable for the crime like rapes,
murders, firing etc. Ok, but who has the evidence that JIB leaser is
related to such destructive activities? After this general mercy,
Awami league was in power. Why they did not bring any JIB leader
under trial for these war crimes? Why they did not recognize any war
criminal from the Bengali community?

Again the complainant against JIB claims that, under the dalal
(Collaborators) law, thousand of people were arrested at that time,
when Bongobondhu was murdered in August, 1975. Surprisingly, no top
leadership of present JIB was among those arrested peoples. It
proves another painful truth, that immediately after liberation war,
the powerful and popular Awami league did not do or could not do any
thing against these so-called collaborators.

As the initial strategy of bringing war criminal under justice, some
people gave their views of immediate filing case against the
leadership of JIB. The problems lie here too. After the long 36
years, when the investigation officer of the local thana will move
forward with the case, will he get minimum evidence to prove the
allegation. Former law minister of 1996-01, Awamil league rgime, Mr.
Abdul Matin Khosru, came in a talk show in ETV named Ekusher Shomoy
on last 01-11-2007. He point out this problems and indirectly
expressed his frustration for this limitations of filing case
against JIB now?

In this complex situation, I think the exact number and aspect of
war criminal is yet to be proved. JIB is not the synonym of war
crime. For the proper punishment of war criminal, I think every body
should go forward to collect evidence. After collecting evidence,
government should try to punish the criminals according to the
aspect and forms of their crime. We should not turn this serious
issue into a blaming game again. This issue is to be settled down
with the highest sincerity and authenticity. Because, this matter is
creating major harm for the development program of the country even
after 36 years after the liberation war.



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[vinnomot] Consensus is needed to transform the political culture

http://votebd.org/shujan-somabesh/?p=139
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This article by Dr. Badiul Alam Majumdar, Secretary SHUJAN, emphasizes on creating national consensus through dialog to transform our political culture. The dialog must be held among the political parties and the government can play a catalytic role in this process. The focus of the dialog should be to create a consensus about the thorny national issues as well to formulate a code of conduct to ensure free, fair, credible and meaningful elections. The article also documents the code of conduct agreed upon by the alliance composed of 15-7-5 political parties in 1990.


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