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Re: [mukto-mona] The Hindu &Governor visit to Nandigram

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Dear Sankar,

The corporate media will still be that with all its leanings whether left, right, centre or corporate. Why not we team up to create a news portal in the manner of what Media Lens has in the UK or Media Watch in the US? You can contact me via Mukto Mona.

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[vinnomot] What do women really want? Men as men or men as women?

What do you think.......?
 
Metrosexulas and retrosexuals have tried all out but are still groping. Even God has taken a break from the goofy goings-on in the era's Eden.
 
 
Its very very interesting story
 


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Re: [mukto-mona] Re: Trouble for Taslima Nasreen

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There is no such thing as religious scholars, there are only bigots who have
read a few pages on religion and suffer from arrested mental development.

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[vinnomot] Re: [sahitya] Taslima's moral values and Badrul Islam's curse on my family!

Enayet,
 You are not reading what I wrote and gushing out like water from hose. First read what I wrote and then spend time. I explained the question of morality of sexuality and liberalism. My point was, one can deal with sexual morality better from scientific view point than religion. Tons of Swamijis, Hujurs, Mullahs, Babas have been convicted for sexual offense.
 
Currently there is much harder porn material available on net than what Taslima writes. If my morality would be inspired by those, my family will not see a second day and I explained why scientifically. However, there is a huge difference between eroticism and perverted sexuality-I support first and oppose counter productive sexuality. My personal morality on sexuality is highly governed by evolutionary science.
 
 
The reason religion still exists today is because science didn't try to explain spiritual needs of human beings. Right now it is happening. I explained why science didn't replace religion  in details in this article. I am sure efforts are being made to understand the need of religion in human life and civilization.
 
I have no problem with religion or religious people as long as critical and rational view on religion is maintained. I have wonderful devout Muslim friends from Iran who are excellent human beings.
Thanks
Biplab
 
 
 
 
 

 
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Enayet Ullah <enayet_2000@yahoo.com> wrote:
Biplab,

Did your read Taslima's writings?
Do you want your son read Taslima's saucy writings?
Do you want your daughter follow Taslima as a role
model?

If yes, then I applause thee!

I found Taslima's literature not only offensive, also
obtrusive for a constructive society. People like you
supporting Taslima acting as a villain for a
progressive society! You can build a sand-castle and
continue pursue your dream, but that dream will never
be a reality!

Whatever you believe, either an atheist or a believer,
it's one prerogative! I am not against your new fad of
'atheist' & 'secular' though I defer both!

Since Darwin's 'evolution hypothesis' - world has
thought to eradicate religion once for all. Even after
hundred years of Darwin's legacy, religion is still
alive!

I do not know your knowledge about 'atheism' or
'satanism' or 'secularism' - they are all different
label.

There is a reason why religion did not perish yet, and
parishioner still visits church - that's coming!

-- EOM

--- Dr Biplab Pal <biplabpal2000@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Islamic Mind and Taslima
> -Biplab Pal,
> 12/3/2007
>
>
>
> So finally Mr Badrul Islam whose actual name is Anis
> Ahamed, employee of a civil right center in USA,
> cursed my son and wife!
>
>
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/vinnomot/message/14033
> I am atheist-nor that I care for curse from an
> insane Islamic soul, but it presents me an
> opportunity to explain how a mind suffering from
> theist existentialism crisis resorts to such
> stupidity. Theist existentialism in this context
> means-- to him, Islam and his biological existence
> are not separate. I wrote to him a few days back
> that our biological religion is no different-we all
> want to raise good kids in good society. Perhaps, he
> didn't understand what I said.
>
> Point is-why this guy is against Taslima even when
> he works in a civil right department and Taslima is
> fighting for right of the women? Why instead of
> supporting Taslima's war for human right, his
> Islamic existence is forcing him to defend Islam ?
> We need to analyze that in depth.
> He is pointing at Taslima's lifestyle-Taslima
> wants to lead a life of fallen woman. And he thinks
> by supporting her, I am setting up a bad example to
> my son and to my wife and that they will be ruined
> because I am supporting an evil sexual morality when
> I am supporting Taslima! He also thinks, I have been
> admitted to USA for my Jehad against Islam ! He
> thinks everybody is like him---!!! Ok, I received
> permanent residency in USA in EB1 category (which
> has the highest priority for foreign nationals) as
> an outstanding researcher in Optical Technology.
> Civil right is not my profession but passion.
>
> Do I support Taslima's views on sexuality and
> family values? Not at all. I have written several
> articles to explain why we need strong family values
> from scientific angle.
>
>
>
http://www.vinnomot.com/test/editorial/biplab/Taniya.pdf
> http://www.vinnomot.com/BiplabPal/Kawan2.pdf
> http://www.vinnomot.com/BiplabPal/Bigganbad.pdf
>
> In the past, I was in debate with my good atheist
> friend Avijit Roy on the issue of divorce—I have
> shown from research in sociology why divorce is
> unwanted if the family has kids. And I strongly
> pursue that value in my own family life.
>
> But still I will be the first one to protect
> Taslima from Muslim goons even if she writes for
> fallen women. A religion must be reformed. A society
> must be criticized without fear. The reason, America
> and West are doing far better—and that their moral
> standards are far better—and that their social
> organization is superior-is all because they allow
> criticism of all kinds. If I don't like her, let
> criticize her through writing. Reasons and logics
> are far stronger than swords and bombs of the goons.
>
> Will our women be inspired for adultery from her
> example?
> Will our girls be inspired to be fallen woman from
> her writing?
>
> This question needs very deep critical analysis.
> Our core existence is sexual-that is at the heart of
> our biological existence. If one can not handle
> his/her sexuality properly he/she will be ruined-and
> unproductive for the society. The reason, I will not
> be involved in adulterous behavior is not because I
> have religious values. I have none. Neither do I
> think there should be any punishment for adultery.
> But I will not do that for the simple reason—because
> as a biological existence, my first duty is to raise
> my kids as good citizen. If I am involved in
> adultery, a family conflict will evolve and that
> will ruin my kid's life-my most precious wealth. Not
> that I am not tempted for other women and sexual
> pleasure-I am very much inclined for that but still
> I will not do that because kids are far more higher
> priority for the biological existence of my genetic
> survival. It does not need any religion of ancient
> time with barbaric rules to stop adulterous
> behavior-a simple
> scientific understanding of objective of our life
> will do much better job.
>
> Best of luck for Badirul's family-although he cursed
> my son, I will bless his son since as a religious
> person he believes in blessings and curse. But more
> importantly, only a person of logic, honesty and
> reason can be successful on the earth. People with
> religious conviction are far less successful
> financially and as achiever. Once I asked my dad,
> what is that I have ever inherited from him? He
> coldly replied—if I can live a life of honest man, I
> did inherit from him or else, I inherited nothing. I
> guess, I will pass the same message to my son from
> his grandfather.
>
>
>
>

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[mukto-mona] Slow implementation of ADP


Slow implementation of ADP

The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (Ecnec) expressed dissatisfaction over the slow implementation of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) of the current fiscal year. Only 7.44 per cent of the ADP has been implemented in the first quarter of the current fiscal year.
   The finance adviser had outlined the ADP worth Tk 26,500 crore in June for the current fiscal year. Of this amount, Tk 9,800 is crore is from foreign aid. Many of the ministries spent less than three per cent of their allocation in first three months of the fiscal year. This is utterly disappointing.
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[mukto-mona] Activate Union Parishad to effectively face the disaster


I have just returned from the cyclone Sidr affected areas. Along with a group of volunteers, I went to Borguna, Patuakhali, Pirojpur and Jhalakathi with some emergency relief supplies and much heartfelt empathy. There, I saw the devastation, which turned some areas into killing fields and shattered the lives and livelihood of so many.

A week after that fateful night of November 15, the smell of death lingers in the air as some of the dead still remained unburied, the wails of orphaned children are ever present, and the cries of widowed women pierce the darkness of the night. There is so much pain there that one's mind goes numb, and it becomes impossible to hold back the tears.

The number of deaths and injuries cannot accurately portray the devastation. Properties, houses, plants and crops -- almost all the worldly possessions of the residents -- were destroyed. Food from their homes, fish from their freshwater ponds, cows, buffalos, goats, ducks and chicken were all wiped away by the tidal surge.

Fishermen lost their nets and boats. Where there was no high tide, the water, contaminated by fallen leaves and other debris, has become unusable and pond fish are dying. The environment of the affected areas is totally polluted. The victims are hungry and thirsty. Many are living under the open sky. They do not even have seeds to plant.

This scenario is common to almost all districts of the south. Conditions in the chars and near riverbanks are, however, most serious. Falishatoli village under Monsha Baliatoli union of Borguna Sadar is a case in point.

Almost no dwelling is standing there. Even the soil from the foundations has washed away. The top of the embankment protecting the village is gone; creating deep ditches every few meters. Twenty-two people from this location were reportedly lost, nine people being from a single homestead. A "war" appears to have been fought here, as very few things have remained standing.

Each story I heard in the Sidr affected areas was more horrifying than the one before. I heard of a 10-year old schoolboy whose dead body was washed into a house. His school backpack was still tightly strapped to his back. Clearly, he tried to flee from death carrying his most important possession!

I heard of a young man dying under a fallen wall while trying to rescue his blind, aging mother. Instead of swimming away to save her own life, a mother embraced death holding her child to her bosom.

In Falishatoli, I heard of a mason who came home from his workplace in Dhaka to find that all four of his family members were dead. He was last seen leaving the area wailing -- "who should I live for anymore?"

This is not the first time that a natural disaster has hit coastal Bangladesh. They have occurred many times before. The great tidal wave of 1970 killed over half a million people. The loss of life and property in the 1991 cyclone was also enormous.

In addition, there have been many relatively smaller calamities. Even though the destruction from these smaller calamities was less, their cumulative impact is serious and far-reaching.

Because of repeated disasters in the past, many people were already in an awful state before Sidr arrived. Malnutrition, especially among the poorest segment of the society like women and the disadvantaged, is nakedly visible here.

The women of these areas are short and very thin. The effects of women's malnutrition are clearly noticeable among the children. Because of malnutrition, their immune systems have not developed fully.

Given an outbreak of common diseases like diarrhea and pneumonia, they will, therefore, be the first victims. Even though malnutrition and lack of immunity are the real killers -- diarrhea and pneumonia are easily blamed for the deaths.

Clearly, the lives of the people of Sidr affected areas are once again shattered, but they are not defeated. In the past, these people, who lost their loved ones and much of their material possessions, have courageously fought back. They appear to be determined to do so again this time. Resiliency is a unique trait of the Bangladeshis, especially among the disaster prone people of this country.

Another distinguishing attribute of these people is that they have few worldly possessions and their demands are also very limited. Given rock-bottom minimums, they are satisfied. If they are able feed and clothe themselves and have roofs over their heads, they feel "grateful."

They do not need fancy cars or extravagant palaces. Still, our policymakers have repeatedly shown indifference toward these citizens in the past. Our leaders have even ignored their survival needs during disasters. Thus, we don't even have enough cyclone shelters for the coastal areas. Only 2000 such shelters with stated capacity to hold 20 lac exist, although the population of the coastal region is several times more.

What was most visible to me in the Sidr affected areas is the lack of coordination. Many individuals, organisations, and the government are distributing emergency relief. They are doing it based on their own instincts and cursory information. As a result, even a week after the disaster hit, help has not yet reached some remote areas where the communication system has broken down.

In some locations, especially close to the riverbanks, relief supplies have been distributed repeatedly. Consequently, the right kinds of supplies are not reaching the right places. This is unacceptable in a country like Bangladesh, which has vast disaster management experience. In any event, the government will have to take responsibility for the coordination, and we are pleased that it has taken the initiative under a honourable adviser.

A prerequisite for coordination is reliable information. The number of dead and injured, where they are, what types of damage occurred in which location, and what type of help is urgently needed in different areas -- such information needs to be collected for each village. For example, information about whose dwellings were demolished, which families are hungry, who lost how many bulls and buffalos, how many hand pumps are dysfunctional, which public institutions such as schools were destroyed, etc., needs to be collected.

With an appropriate format developed for this purpose, the local Union Parishad representatives could easily gather this information in a few days.

It would only require the initiative of the UNOs. The help of the armed forces would be needed for reaching the remote areas. District and upazila level officers, instead of performing protocol duties, could be assigned to specific unions to help with data collection and need assessments. We feel that such information and groundwork are still needed.

The information offices at the upazila could be turned into information centres, where which type of help is needed in which areas could be displayed. The information displayed at these centres could come from Union Parishads, journalists and social workers, and could be used by all concerned to direct assistance to appropriate places. The adviser's office, to be located in Barisal, could do the much-needed supervision and monitoring through the DCs and other functionaries.

Union parishads will have to play the most vital role in the process of coordination. UPs must also be used for distributing help. We do not understand why this important institution with rich traditions, which has withstood the test of time, is not used to tackle this dire emergency.

Also, if the elected UP representatives cannot effectively respond to this call of humanity with honesty and dedication, there is no justification in keeping this 135-year old institution. Unlike in the past, there are no parallel networks of "MP sarkar" to bypass them or make them ineffective.

Since human beings are not angels, in order to avoid "election politics" on the part of the UP representatives, distinguished local people and social workers must be tagged with them in this endeavour. NGOs must also work in coordination with UPs. Our experience of using this arrangement for distributing relief supplies has been quite positive and confidence inspiring.

Several priorities must be kept in mind in extending help to the Sidr victims. Emergency supplies of food, water, clothes, especially winter clothes, seeds, bullocks for cultivation etc., will have to be immediately arranged. Women, children, the old and the handicapped will have to be given priority. Damaged gardens and ponds need to be cleaned. Roads must be cleared and electricity connections restored.

People must be provided financial support to restart their livelihood efforts, which the government has already initiated. Books and supplies for students must be arranged and educational institutions renovated. We must not also forget the relatively better off families, who have lost everything and are hungry, but are uncomfortable about standing in line for relief.

In the middle term, the Wapda embankments must be repaired, and they must be elevated and made stronger. Otherwise, salt water will damage the crops during the high tides in the rainy season.

In the long-term, many more cyclone shelters will have to be constructed. Houses for the victims will have to be built based on scientific designs so that they are cyclone-safe. A green belt will have to be built throughout the coastal line, for the Sundarban had greatly protected some areas from the ferocity of the cyclone.

However, cautiousness must be exercised in planting trees. Cyclone Sidr damaged alien trees like Chambal, which are very soft. Many rain trees were also uprooted -- it is alleged that polyethylene bags from the bottom of the saplings were not removed, and sometimes roots were trimmed before they were planted.

While returning from the Sidr affected districts by launch, it occurred to me as I approached Sadarghat that I was returning from one devastated area to another. In contrast to the southern districts, the devastation in the capital city is in the values and norms of its residents.

This realisation becomes more acute seeing the continued competition among the rich to occupy the banks of the Buriganga River. It became increasingly clear to me that honesty, equity and fairness etc. -- the values based on which the liberation war was fought -- are no longer held by many who live in Dhaka city's concrete jungle.

It is clearly reflected in one single political family's alleged plundering of nearly Tk.16,000 crores, which is apparently equivalent to the total loss of the cyclone Sidr. Thus, all the palatial buildings of the capital city appeared to me to be nothing more than monuments of the devastated values of their owners. If we are really to move forward as a civilised nation, we must urgently do something about restoring these disappearing values.

Dr. Badiul Alam Majumdar is Global Vice-President and Country Director, The Hunger Project, Bangladesh, and Secretary, Shujan.


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[vinnomot] Activate Union Parishad to effectively face the disaster


I have just returned from the cyclone Sidr affected areas. Along with a group of volunteers, I went to Borguna, Patuakhali, Pirojpur and Jhalakathi with some emergency relief supplies and much heartfelt empathy. There, I saw the devastation, which turned some areas into killing fields and shattered the lives and livelihood of so many.

A week after that fateful night of November 15, the smell of death lingers in the air as some of the dead still remained unburied, the wails of orphaned children are ever present, and the cries of widowed women pierce the darkness of the night. There is so much pain there that one's mind goes numb, and it becomes impossible to hold back the tears.

The number of deaths and injuries cannot accurately portray the devastation. Properties, houses, plants and crops -- almost all the worldly possessions of the residents -- were destroyed. Food from their homes, fish from their freshwater ponds, cows, buffalos, goats, ducks and chicken were all wiped away by the tidal surge.

Fishermen lost their nets and boats. Where there was no high tide, the water, contaminated by fallen leaves and other debris, has become unusable and pond fish are dying. The environment of the affected areas is totally polluted. The victims are hungry and thirsty. Many are living under the open sky. They do not even have seeds to plant.

This scenario is common to almost all districts of the south. Conditions in the chars and near riverbanks are, however, most serious. Falishatoli village under Monsha Baliatoli union of Borguna Sadar is a case in point.

Almost no dwelling is standing there. Even the soil from the foundations has washed away. The top of the embankment protecting the village is gone; creating deep ditches every few meters. Twenty-two people from this location were reportedly lost, nine people being from a single homestead. A "war" appears to have been fought here, as very few things have remained standing.

Each story I heard in the Sidr affected areas was more horrifying than the one before. I heard of a 10-year old schoolboy whose dead body was washed into a house. His school backpack was still tightly strapped to his back. Clearly, he tried to flee from death carrying his most important possession!

I heard of a young man dying under a fallen wall while trying to rescue his blind, aging mother. Instead of swimming away to save her own life, a mother embraced death holding her child to her bosom.

In Falishatoli, I heard of a mason who came home from his workplace in Dhaka to find that all four of his family members were dead. He was last seen leaving the area wailing -- "who should I live for anymore?"

This is not the first time that a natural disaster has hit coastal Bangladesh. They have occurred many times before. The great tidal wave of 1970 killed over half a million people. The loss of life and property in the 1991 cyclone was also enormous.

In addition, there have been many relatively smaller calamities. Even though the destruction from these smaller calamities was less, their cumulative impact is serious and far-reaching.

Because of repeated disasters in the past, many people were already in an awful state before Sidr arrived. Malnutrition, especially among the poorest segment of the society like women and the disadvantaged, is nakedly visible here.

The women of these areas are short and very thin. The effects of women's malnutrition are clearly noticeable among the children. Because of malnutrition, their immune systems have not developed fully.

Given an outbreak of common diseases like diarrhea and pneumonia, they will, therefore, be the first victims. Even though malnutrition and lack of immunity are the real killers -- diarrhea and pneumonia are easily blamed for the deaths.

Clearly, the lives of the people of Sidr affected areas are once again shattered, but they are not defeated. In the past, these people, who lost their loved ones and much of their material possessions, have courageously fought back. They appear to be determined to do so again this time. Resiliency is a unique trait of the Bangladeshis, especially among the disaster prone people of this country.

Another distinguishing attribute of these people is that they have few worldly possessions and their demands are also very limited. Given rock-bottom minimums, they are satisfied. If they are able feed and clothe themselves and have roofs over their heads, they feel "grateful."

They do not need fancy cars or extravagant palaces. Still, our policymakers have repeatedly shown indifference toward these citizens in the past. Our leaders have even ignored their survival needs during disasters. Thus, we don't even have enough cyclone shelters for the coastal areas. Only 2000 such shelters with stated capacity to hold 20 lac exist, although the population of the coastal region is several times more.

What was most visible to me in the Sidr affected areas is the lack of coordination. Many individuals, organisations, and the government are distributing emergency relief. They are doing it based on their own instincts and cursory information. As a result, even a week after the disaster hit, help has not yet reached some remote areas where the communication system has broken down.

In some locations, especially close to the riverbanks, relief supplies have been distributed repeatedly. Consequently, the right kinds of supplies are not reaching the right places. This is unacceptable in a country like Bangladesh, which has vast disaster management experience. In any event, the government will have to take responsibility for the coordination, and we are pleased that it has taken the initiative under a honourable adviser.

A prerequisite for coordination is reliable information. The number of dead and injured, where they are, what types of damage occurred in which location, and what type of help is urgently needed in different areas -- such information needs to be collected for each village. For example, information about whose dwellings were demolished, which families are hungry, who lost how many bulls and buffalos, how many hand pumps are dysfunctional, which public institutions such as schools were destroyed, etc., needs to be collected.

With an appropriate format developed for this purpose, the local Union Parishad representatives could easily gather this information in a few days.

It would only require the initiative of the UNOs. The help of the armed forces would be needed for reaching the remote areas. District and upazila level officers, instead of performing protocol duties, could be assigned to specific unions to help with data collection and need assessments. We feel that such information and groundwork are still needed.

The information offices at the upazila could be turned into information centres, where which type of help is needed in which areas could be displayed. The information displayed at these centres could come from Union Parishads, journalists and social workers, and could be used by all concerned to direct assistance to appropriate places. The adviser's office, to be located in Barisal, could do the much-needed supervision and monitoring through the DCs and other functionaries.

Union parishads will have to play the most vital role in the process of coordination. UPs must also be used for distributing help. We do not understand why this important institution with rich traditions, which has withstood the test of time, is not used to tackle this dire emergency.

Also, if the elected UP representatives cannot effectively respond to this call of humanity with honesty and dedication, there is no justification in keeping this 135-year old institution. Unlike in the past, there are no parallel networks of "MP sarkar" to bypass them or make them ineffective.

Since human beings are not angels, in order to avoid "election politics" on the part of the UP representatives, distinguished local people and social workers must be tagged with them in this endeavour. NGOs must also work in coordination with UPs. Our experience of using this arrangement for distributing relief supplies has been quite positive and confidence inspiring.

Several priorities must be kept in mind in extending help to the Sidr victims. Emergency supplies of food, water, clothes, especially winter clothes, seeds, bullocks for cultivation etc., will have to be immediately arranged. Women, children, the old and the handicapped will have to be given priority. Damaged gardens and ponds need to be cleaned. Roads must be cleared and electricity connections restored.

People must be provided financial support to restart their livelihood efforts, which the government has already initiated. Books and supplies for students must be arranged and educational institutions renovated. We must not also forget the relatively better off families, who have lost everything and are hungry, but are uncomfortable about standing in line for relief.

In the middle term, the Wapda embankments must be repaired, and they must be elevated and made stronger. Otherwise, salt water will damage the crops during the high tides in the rainy season.

In the long-term, many more cyclone shelters will have to be constructed. Houses for the victims will have to be built based on scientific designs so that they are cyclone-safe. A green belt will have to be built throughout the coastal line, for the Sundarban had greatly protected some areas from the ferocity of the cyclone.

However, cautiousness must be exercised in planting trees. Cyclone Sidr damaged alien trees like Chambal, which are very soft. Many rain trees were also uprooted -- it is alleged that polyethylene bags from the bottom of the saplings were not removed, and sometimes roots were trimmed before they were planted.

While returning from the Sidr affected districts by launch, it occurred to me as I approached Sadarghat that I was returning from one devastated area to another. In contrast to the southern districts, the devastation in the capital city is in the values and norms of its residents.

This realisation becomes more acute seeing the continued competition among the rich to occupy the banks of the Buriganga River. It became increasingly clear to me that honesty, equity and fairness etc. -- the values based on which the liberation war was fought -- are no longer held by many who live in Dhaka city's concrete jungle.

It is clearly reflected in one single political family's alleged plundering of nearly Tk.16,000 crores, which is apparently equivalent to the total loss of the cyclone Sidr. Thus, all the palatial buildings of the capital city appeared to me to be nothing more than monuments of the devastated values of their owners. If we are really to move forward as a civilised nation, we must urgently do something about restoring these disappearing values.

Dr. Badiul Alam Majumdar is Global Vice-President and Country Director, The Hunger Project, Bangladesh, and Secretary, Shujan.


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[mukto-mona] Reply to Biplab : Taslima's moral values and Badrul Islam's curse on my family!

WRT: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mukto-mona/message/45274

Mr. Biplab Pal:

You might be a very important person in your society, in your
office, country. Might be a very important perosn as you received
permanent residency in USA in EB1 category, you don't believe in any
God, You talk very logically, everyone loves you for suave talks...
all very well ... these all doen't matter to me. At all. As you are
an athiest, I believe you have your own reasons. And I am not
critisizing that. But as a gentleman you have no right to talk ill
of my religion. In our religion, it's said 'Lakum di lukum
waliadin' - His his religion is with themselves. As I have nothing
against other religions. When you talk about adultery, you are
talking only about Islam, but you don't talk about Catholicism. You
come froma society where girls are used as prostitutes in the name
of religion called 'Sevadasi'. I feel pity for you.

My father also gave me a quote of a famous person (I forgot his
name, unfortunately) before he died. He told me, to be a fountain,
not a drain. I tried to and still trying. And that is why, I forgive
you. I finfd it amusing. people like you and Taslima goes into
oblivion as soo as you die, probably 1 / 2 / 3 years later. But you
know what, our last prophet who is a preacher of a barbaric religion
(as you said) is still remembered with respect and faith and love
and will be remembered as long as the erath remains. May you find
peace in whatever ethics you believe. Unfortunately you don't even
know you have faith in your athiesm. That is a religion in ots own.

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[vinnomot] “Don't worry about me. I am not anxious or afraid about myself. During my solitary confinement I only think about the people of my country & their well being. This is a false case & I am innocent & I will be winning InsaAllah - Sheikh Hasina in court

 

"Don't worry about me. I am not anxious or afraid about myself. During my solitary confinement I only think about the people of my country & their well being. This is a false case & I am innocent & I will be winning InsaAllah. But I have doubt about the out come of justice & please make DOA for me " – Sheikh Hasina in court
 

Similar sentiments & words we had heard from Bangabandhu in 1968 in the beginning of the trial of "Agortala Conspiracy Case "

 

History is repeating again!!!

 

The defence lawyers of Sheikh Hasina challenged the legality of a recent government notice ordering a trial of the case under a special arrangement. They argued that the government cannot issue such an order to a court when the judiciary is separated from the executive branch of the government & only the court has the right to decide how the case will be tried. They said the government cannot issue such an order, if necessary only the SC can direct what to be done with the case. The defence lawyers also told the court of Judge Mohammad Azizul Haque that the government is unmindful of the fundamental rights of the accused, and they should have the right to a public trial in an independent and impartial tribunal.

 

Expressing deep concern over the fairness of the trial, the defence lawyers told the court that sending of the case from court to court by the government proves that the independence of the judiciary still remains only in books while the entire world is waiting to see a truly separated and independent judiciary, especially in connection with a case against a former premiere.

 

The defence lawyers mentioned that the matter of trying the case under the special arrangement is currently being disputed in the HC.

 

They also argued that a judge cannot operate from two offices simultaneously nor can a court be convened at more than one places during a period of time making the special court convened on the premises of the parliament building illegal.
 
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[mukto-mona] Celebrating the month of victory - and a note for Barrister Rafiqul Haque

Celebrating the month of victory - and a note for Barrister Rafiqul Haque

The month of December this year should be a month when the nation takes some time to introspect and retrospect, to make sure that we as a nation celebrate our success and correct our failures.
The collaborators of Pakistani Army have either killed the best brains during our 1971 Liberation War. At the very end of our nine-month war, the collaborating forces did the worst crime of the last century. The gathered a great number of living intellectuals and killed them in a planned way so the newborn nation cannot stand upright The intellectuals carry the burden of conscious of a nation and that burden is very high when a nation has come out of a long armed struggle and where many of the best people have been killed in war.
Those who did kill our intellectuals - did it with a very conscious mind. The deserved to be prosecuted without mercy at the end of the war, they deserve so today. However, we know that is something that we as a nation owe to our liberation war heroes. No question about it
With that background, we want to highlight one single issue today. It is not only the loss of our greatest minds that caused our current situation. There is another side of the story. What good brains we were left with, they did not do their job. They are not doing their job. We want to highlight one such example today. Many of you may disagree with this viewpoint We are also sending this article out hesitantly - with a hope that this may trigger something good. Sometimes a good brain needs some teaser to act Hopefully, we are doing exactly that
While watching a biographical programmed on the life of Barrister Rafiqul Haque, it seems that he has some share in almost all the important things that our nation has gone through. Some of those roles will make us proud, but many others would give us a feeling, which are not so proud. However, he, it seems, has been a witness to most of the important ups and downs of the legal history of our country.
Right now, he is involved in something that one day might prove to be a low point of his career. After being part of many of the important legal proceedings, he was rightfully saying that he wants to retire from the legal profession after finishing the current assignments.
We would like to humbly suggest one thing to this living legend.
Almost all the misgivings of our nations history can be traced back to the great loss of our greatest sons of the land. Intellectuals who can guide the nation were killed - cowardly.
Then there was another set of intellectuals - who did not do their job. You generation failed to do the right thing. You did not punish those cowards - you did not have the time to prosecute the culprits.
Would you come out public and advise the nation (instead of advising the corrupts) about how to proceed about prosecuting the unpunished criminals of 1971?
That would be a service that nation would remember you for.
You do things when Hasina tells you to do; you do things when Khaleda tells you to do.
Would you volunteer your legal advise to the nation about how to proceed in trying the criminals of 1971? Certainly, you would not get money (in disguise) earned through corruption, in this case. Or a share of illicit power, which you so cheerfully described - off course, you are good in sugar coating your stories. But try this one this time. Do it out of good conscious. A good chance to prove your critics wrong.
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[vinnomot] Re: A "draft" agreement prepared by Awami League Govt (in 2001, AL left govt in July 2001)) made more than 13000 cores BDT loss to Bangladesh. That "draft agreement" was finalized & completed as "final agreement" by BNP-Jamat Govt that in 2003 and ma

Thanks for your logical comments & inputs.


On 12/4/07, Arif Ahamed <ahamed.ahmed@gmail.com > wrote:
 

Dear Sajeeb Wazed Joy

 

And

 

Dear all sensible & rational political columnist, journalist & politically conscious and enthusiastic readers (except old and new RAZAKAR & RAZAKAR minded people),

 

A "draft" agreement prepared by Awami League Govt (in 2001, AL left govt in July 2001)) made more than 13000 cores BDT loss to Bangladesh. That "draft agreement" was finalized & completed as "final agreement" by BNP-Jamat Govt that in 2003 and made loss to Bangladesh 10,000 cores BDT (less than loss caused by AL Govt).

 

And Sheikh Hasina, the President of Awami League and a former Prime Minister has made responsible for that 'loss' (!).

 

You may think - I might have done some typing mistake!!!

 

But no bro, it is neither a typing mistake nor a wrong report!!!

 

This very vital report was made in the 1st page of the news paper, owned by the most vocal adviser of present MBIG (proven Jamat-BNP minded) Bar Moinul Hussain (who collaborated (DALALI) with Paki in 1971) of yesterday's ( 2.12.07) issue.

 

For the verification and authenticity of that news, I have waited for one day, if there is any correction or modification to that news report, if may happened in yesterday's that crucial news report, but no joy!

 

Please read that news 1st line of 2nd paragraph (PDF copy is also attached):

 

http://www.ittefaq.com/content/2007/12/02/news0734.htm

 

Present military backed interim government (MBIG) is very much intolerant to Sheikh Hasina. It was now evident that the Present military backed interim government is determined to 'eliminate' Sheikh Hasina from the political field of Bangladesh & to 'punish' Sheikh Hasina by any means. For that they are not leaving any stone unturned.

 

The present MBIG are not getting any 'genuine' & 'authentic' complain & case against her.

 

So, they are making 'false' and 'manufactured' case, like mentioned above, against Sheikh Hasina and will try to give her a 'pre planned' conviction & punishment (!) to ban her from politics.

 

I have also written a detail posting on 29.11.07 on this matter with some comments and news.

 

Please see again the interview of the BNP leader Abdul Awal Mintoo (who has recently released from Jail), published in different news paper of ( 28.11.07) - where Mr. Mintoo openly said that while he was in custody he was interrogated less about his own assets than about what evidence he could furnish against Ms. Sheikh Hasina, the President of Awami League and a former prime minister. Please read:

 

http://www.nybangla.com/This_Week_News/News04.htm

 

 

Seleucus - this country is really strange!

 

 

 

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[vinnomot] Celebrating the month of victory - and a note for Barrister Rafiqul Haque

Celebrating the month of victory - and a note for Barrister Rafiqul Haque

The month of December this year should be a month when the nation takes some time to introspect and retrospect, to make sure that we as a nation celebrate our success and correct our failures.
The collaborators of Pakistani Army have either killed the best brains during our 1971 Liberation War. At the very end of our nine-month war, the collaborating forces did the worst crime of the last century. The gathered a great number of living intellectuals and killed them in a planned way so the newborn nation cannot stand upright The intellectuals carry the burden of conscious of a nation and that burden is very high when a nation has come out of a long armed struggle and where many of the best people have been killed in war.
Those who did kill our intellectuals - did it with a very conscious mind. The deserved to be prosecuted without mercy at the end of the war, they deserve so today. However, we know that is something that we as a nation owe to our liberation war heroes. No question about it
With that background, we want to highlight one single issue today. It is not only the loss of our greatest minds that caused our current situation. There is another side of the story. What good brains we were left with, they did not do their job. They are not doing their job. We want to highlight one such example today. Many of you may disagree with this viewpoint We are also sending this article out hesitantly - with a hope that this may trigger something good. Sometimes a good brain needs some teaser to act Hopefully, we are doing exactly that
While watching a biographical programmed on the life of Barrister Rafiqul Haque, it seems that he has some share in almost all the important things that our nation has gone through. Some of those roles will make us proud, but many others would give us a feeling, which are not so proud. However, he, it seems, has been a witness to most of the important ups and downs of the legal history of our country.
Right now, he is involved in something that one day might prove to be a low point of his career. After being part of many of the important legal proceedings, he was rightfully saying that he wants to retire from the legal profession after finishing the current assignments.
We would like to humbly suggest one thing to this living legend.
Almost all the misgivings of our nations history can be traced back to the great loss of our greatest sons of the land. Intellectuals who can guide the nation were killed - cowardly.
Then there was another set of intellectuals - who did not do their job. You generation failed to do the right thing. You did not punish those cowards - you did not have the time to prosecute the culprits.
Would you come out public and advise the nation (instead of advising the corrupts) about how to proceed about prosecuting the unpunished criminals of 1971?
That would be a service that nation would remember you for.
You do things when Hasina tells you to do; you do things when Khaleda tells you to do.
Would you volunteer your legal advise to the nation about how to proceed in trying the criminals of 1971? Certainly, you would not get money (in disguise) earned through corruption, in this case. Or a share of illicit power, which you so cheerfully described - off course, you are good in sugar coating your stories. But try this one this time. Do it out of good conscious. A good chance to prove your critics wrong.
If you thought some of the ideas are worth of your reading time, please forward it to others. If you have an ear to the columnists in regular traditional media, please forward it to them. If you have an ear to the journalists and news editors of the electronic media, discuss it with them. Hope they would look at the suggestions and give due diligence.
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